Age of Exploration
Digitized primary sources depicting key events in European maritime exploration from 1410-1920.
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AM Explorer
Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from AM (Adam Matthew).
About AM ExplorerAM Search
Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from AM (Adam Matthew).
About AM SearchAmerica in World War Two
Digitized primary sources illustrating United States military and civilian involvement in WWII.
About America in World War TwoApartheid South Africa: 1948-1980
Digitized British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices documenting the apartheid era.
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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Consists of more than 400 years' worth of personal writings by women of Britain and Ireland.
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Digitized historical newspapers originally published in the United Kingdom during the 19th century.
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*Best Bet for SubjectPeriodicals published from the 17th through the early 21st centuries, but primarily during the 19th century, that broadly cover humanities disciplines.
About British PeriodicalsBurney Collection Newspapers
17th and 18th century British newspapers, newsbooks, pamphlets, and broadsides.
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C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
The most comprehensive index of English language books, periodical and newspaper articles, government publications, and archival materials printed in the 19th century.
About C19: The Nineteenth Century IndexCentral Asia, Persia & Afghanistan, 1834-1922
Digitized files from the British Foreign Office regarding Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan.
About Central Asia, Persia & Afghanistan, 1834-1922Church Missionary Society Periodicals
Digitized collection of periodicals and other documents produced by the Church Missionary Society, a major Protestant mission organization, from 1804-2009.
About Church Missionary Society PeriodicalsColonial Caribbean
Digitized files from the British Colonial Office regarding the Caribbean.
About Colonial CaribbeanConfidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966
Digitized collection of formerly confidential British government documents about Africa. The original documents were produced by the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
About Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969
Digitized collection of formerly confidential British government documents about Latin America. The original documents were produced by the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
About Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
Digitized collection of formerly confidential British government documents about the Middle East. The original documents were produced by the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
About Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961
Digitized collection of formerly confidential British government documents about North America. The original documents were produced by the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
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Defining Gender
Digitized primary sources depicting gender in British history, literature, society, and culture from 1450-1910.
About Defining GenderDictionary of National Biography
*Best Bet for SubjectClassic source for biographical information on the United Kingdom and the British Empire. Typical entries include a brief bibliography and relevant archival sources.
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Early English Books Online
Digitized collection that includes virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America from 1473-1700.
About Early English Books OnlineEarly Modern England
Digitized primary sources illustrating everyday life in 16th and 17th-century England.
About Early Modern EnglandEast India Company
Digitized archives of the London administration of the East India Company and the pre-1947 government of India.
About East India CompanyEighteenth Century Collections Online
A nearly comprehensive collection of the works published in the English language during the eighteenth century.
About Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineEighteenth Century Drama
A collection of digitized play manuscripts, including nearly every play submitted for license in the U.K. from 1737-1824.
About Eighteenth Century DramaEighteenth Century Journals
A collection of digitized unique and rare periodicals representing the wide thematic and geographic range of English language print culture in the 18th century.
About Eighteenth Century JournalsElectronic Enlightenment
Over 70,000 letters and documents of British, American, French, German, and other Enlightenment figures.
About Electronic EnlightenmentEmpire Online
Digitized primary sources on the history of empires and empire building in the modern era, with primary emphasis on the British Empire. There are also materials on American imperialism.
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The First World War
Digitized primary sources produced by soldiers, civilians, and governments on both sides of the conflict and in multiple theatres of war.
About The First World WarFirstSearch
A shared catalog of library collections worldwide.
About FirstSearchFood and Drink in History
Digitized primary sources documenting food and drink in global history.
About Food and Drink in HistoryForeign Office Files for China, 1919-1980
Digitized files from the British Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) regarding China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
About Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980
Digitized files from the British Foreign Office regarding India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
About Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1919 -1952
Digitized files from the British Foreign Office regarding Japan.
About Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1919 -1952Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia, 1963-1980
Digitized files from the National Archives of the United Kingdom regarding Southeast Asia.
About Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia, 1963-1980Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981
Digitized files from the British Foreign Office regarding the Middle East.
About Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
Digitized primary sources documenting European migration to and colonization of Africa, Australasia, and North America.
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Gale Digital Scholar Lab
Digital scholarship tool for analyzing documents from Gale primary source collections.
About Gale Digital Scholar LabGender: Identity and Social Change
Digitized primary sources depicting gender history, women’s suffrage, the feminist movement, and the men’s movement.
About Gender: Identity and Social ChangeGerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs
A digitized collection of materials documenting feminist thought and women’s rights movements around the world.
About Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. JacobsGlobal Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange
Collection of primary source materials exploring the history of key global commodities and ways they have changed the world.
About Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural ExchangeThe Grand Tour
Digitized primary sources documenting British travel to the European continent from the 16th through the 19th centuries.
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HathiTrust Digital Library
(Open Access) A collection of books, consisting mostly of works in the public domain, digitized by libraries around the world.
About HathiTrust Digital LibraryHeinOnline
Legal research collection featuring laws and regulations, case law, treaties and agreements, scholarly legal and criminal justice periodicals, and related materials.
About HeinOnlineHeritageQuest
Genealogical database with government records, census data, and auxiliary resources for family history research.
About HeritageQuestHistorical Abstracts
*Best Bet for SubjectCovers the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada.
About Historical AbstractsHistory of Science, Technology, and Medicine
An index of scholarship on the history of a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biological science, computer and information sciences, engineering, geography, mathematics, medicine, neurosciences, pharmacy, physics, psychiatry, public health, and technology.
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India, Raj and Empire
Primary source materials focusing on the history of India from a British colonial perspective.
About India, Raj and EmpireInterwar Culture
Digitized periodicals published in the United States and Britain between the World Wars.
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JSTOR
Journals, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of subject areas in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Leisure, Travel and Mass Culture: The History of Mass Tourism
Digitized primary sources depicting the development of mass tourism from the mid-19th through the 20th century.
About Leisure, Travel and Mass Culture: The History of Mass TourismLife at Sea
Digitized primary sources documenting Anglo-American sea travel from 1600-1900.
About Life at SeaLiterary Manuscripts: 17th and 18th Century Poetry from University of Leeds
Digitized manuscripts from the Brotherton Library Collection at the University of Leeds.
About Literary Manuscripts: 17th and 18th Century Poetry from University of LeedsLiterary Manuscripts: Victorian Manuscripts from the Berg Collection
Digitized Victorian manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of the New York Public Library.
About Literary Manuscripts: Victorian Manuscripts from the Berg CollectionLiterary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company Archive
Digitized primary sources from The Stationers’ Company, which controlled the early British publishing industry.
About Literary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company ArchiveLondon Low Life
Digitized primary sources documenting popular culture in 19th-century London.
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Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963
The complete Cabinet conclusions (minutes) and memoranda of the government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
About Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926
Collection of digitized legal monographs published in Great Britain and the United States from 1800-1926.
About Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926Mass Observation Online
Digitized archive of Mass-Observation, a U.K. social research organization that documented the actions of ordinary Britons in everyday life from 1937 through the mid-1960s.
About Mass Observation OnlineMass Observation Project
Digitized archive of the Mass Observation Project, a public opinion survey program conducted by the University of Sussex, dating from 1981-2009.
About Mass Observation ProjectMedical Services and Warfare
Digitized primary sources documenting medical history during times of armed conflict dating from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
About Medical Services and WarfareMedieval Family Life
The collected papers of five major families from the late medieval England period: Paston, Stonor, Cely, Plumpton, and Armburgh.
About Medieval Family LifeMigration to New Worlds
Digitized primary sources documenting migration from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe, and Asia to North America and Australasia.
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New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Digitized collection of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 3 years ago.
About New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Primary source materials related to 19th century (primarily British and American) history.
About Nineteenth Century Collections OnlineNineteenth Century Index
The most comprehensive index of English language books, periodical and newspaper articles, government publications, and archival materials printed in the 19th century.
About Nineteenth Century IndexNineteenth Century Literary Society: The John Murray Publishing Archive
Digitized primary source materials from the John Murray publishing company, a major British publishing house.
About Nineteenth Century Literary Society: The John Murray Publishing ArchiveThe Nixon Years, 1969-1974
The complete digitized files of the U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office regarding Richard Nixon’s presidency of the United States.
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Oral History Online
Oral histories of English-speaking men and women from all walks of life.
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*Best Bet for SubjectClassic source for biographical information on the United Kingdom and the British Empire. Typical entries include a brief bibliography and relevant archival sources.
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PAIS Index
Research on public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations.
About PAIS IndexParker Library on the Web
(Open Access) Handwritten books from the sixth through the sixteenth centuries written mostly in Latin, Anglo-Saxon, or English.
About Parker Library on the WebParliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504
Official records of the sessions of the medieval English parliament.
About Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504Perdita Manuscripts
Digitized writings by Early Modern women dating from 1500-1700.
About Perdita ManuscriptsPeriodicals Index Online
Multidisciplinary index of articles published in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
About Periodicals Index OnlinePopular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975
Digitized primary sources representing mass culture in midcentury Britain and the United States.
About Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975Poverty, Philanthropy & Social Conditions in Victorian Britain
Digitized primary sources documenting poverty and efforts to alleviate it in 19th-century Britain.
About Poverty, Philanthropy & Social Conditions in Victorian BritainProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times
Digitized collection of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 3 years ago.
About ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York TimesProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post
Digitized collection of every issue of The Washington Post from 1877 to 16 years prior to the current year.
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Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape
Digitized primary sources from The Wordsworth Trust. The collection includes William Wordsworth's manuscripts and papers, correspondence with and manuscripts by other Romantic poets, and over 2,500 Romantic-era art pieces.
About Romanticism: Life, Literature and LandscapeRoyal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
The complete digitized archives of the Institute, including administrative records, correspondence, pamphlets, publications, proceedings, and reports.
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Service Newspapers of World War II
Digitized newspapers originally produced by members of various services branches on both sides of the conflict.
About Service Newspapers of World War IISeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
17th and 18th century British newspapers, newsbooks, pamphlets, and broadsides.
About Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers CollectionSex & Sexuality
Digitized primary sources, including materials from the Kinsey Institute, documenting attitudes toward sexuality, gender, and sexual behavior in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia from the 19th-21st centuries.
About Sex & SexualityShakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt Books
A collection of over 1,000 digitized rare and unique prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
About Shakespeare in Performance: The Folger Shakespeare Library Prompt BooksSlavery, Abolition & Social Justice
Digitized primary sources from archives around the world documenting the history of slavery, slaves' experiences and testimonies, and abolitionist and social justice movements.
About Slavery, Abolition & Social JusticeState Papers Online, Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic
*Best Bet for SubjectDigitized domestic State Papers of the government of Great Britain dating from 1603-1714.
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The Times Digital Archive
*Best Bet for SubjectDigitized collection of every issue of The Times of London from 1785 to 2014.
About The Times Digital ArchiveTravel Writing, Spectacle and World History
Collection of manuscripts, diaries, travel journals, correspondence, photographs, postcards and ephemera created by women travelers.
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Victorian Popular Culture
Digitized primary sources depicting popular entertainment in Britain, the United States, and Europe in the long 19th century.
About Victorian Popular CultureVictorians on Film
Digitized films produced during the Victorian era primarily in Great Britain.
About Victorians on FilmVirginia Company Archives
Digitized archives of the Virginia Company of London, an English joint-stock company chartered to establish colonial settlements in North America.
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Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Digitized collection of every issue of The Washington Post from 1877 to 16 years prior to the current year.
About Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)Women and Social Movements, International
Digitized primary source materials drawn from more than 300 repositories documenting women's activism in social movements globally.
About Women and Social Movements, InternationalWomen in the National Archives (UK)
Digitized primary sources from the UK National Archives documenting women's suffrage in Britain and its colonies, accompanied by a finding aid to all women’s studies resources in the UK National Archives.
About Women in the National Archives (UK)WorldCat
A shared catalog of library collections worldwide.
About WorldCatWorld’s Fairs: A Global History of Expositions
Digitized primary sources documenting global expositions.
About World’s Fairs: A Global History of Expositions