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Primary Sources
71 databases
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- Only 2 concurrent users allowed. Please log out when ending your session. Contains analytical accounting, auditing, governmental, and SEC information as well as primary source data. Coverage: Details not available. primary sources
- Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina, this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through a range of primary sources. Coverage: 1863-1986. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals reports
- This collection traces the progress of American History and covers the major themes of the period from colonization and settlement through the revolution, expansion, politics, slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, to World War II. Coverage: 1493-1945. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Comprised of original manuscripts, rare printed books, maps and ephemeral material from the Everett D.Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago, American West covers topics including tales of frontier life, Indigenous Peoples, vigilantes and outlaws. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Apartheid South Africa makes available British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices. These previously restricted letters, diplomatic dispatches, reports, trial papers, activists’ biographies and first-hand accounts of events give unprecedented access to the history of South Africa’s apartheid regime. Coverage: 1948-1980. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- The Archives of Sexuality and Gender program provides a collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas. This growing archival program offers rich research opportunities across a wide span of human history. Coverage: 1600-Current. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- The Artstor Digital Library provides images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences, with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Comprises contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Images form ARTstor are for noncommercial educational or scholarly use only. Images may be used in educational or scholarly presentations, including printed handouts, but may not be otherwise distributed or publicly displayed. artwork images primary sources video multimedia
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- This is a trial version of BiblioBoard Web. BiblioBoard contains anthologies of books, images, documents, sounds and video around specific themes. BiblioBoard is also available as an app for the iPad and will soon be available for Kindle Fire HD and Nexus tablets. literary texts primary sources
- The British Library Newspapers collections feature London national newspapers, English regional papers, home country newspapers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and titles in specialist areas such as Victorian radicalism and Chartism. Coverage: 1800-1900. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals primary sources
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- Cambridge Histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. encyclopedias reference primary sources
- Simultaneously searches sources like IRS.gov, IRS Tax Map, Forms & Instructions, state-specific departments of revenue, AICPA, and the Big 4. Coverage: Details not available. primary sources
- A collecetion of archival material, including manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects, and maps, connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- China: Culture and Society features primary resources and secondary resources, including scholarly essays, an interactive chronology, mini guides, and editors’ choices from the collection. Coverage: 1750-1929. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals reports
- With documents encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, this resource collects sources from nine archives to give insight into the changes in China during this period. Coverage: 1793-1980. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Coverage: 1690-present. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals primary sources
- This resource encompasses publications from the CMS, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work, periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters. Coverage: 1804-2009. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Colonial America includes Modules I-V . Sourced from The National Archives UK, Colonial America offers access to thousands of documents on North America from the 1600s and 1700’s. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Complete volumes of all British Government Confidential Print for Africa, from the Colonial, Dominion, Foreign and War Offices. Coverage: 1834-1966. primary sources reports
- Complete runs of all British Government Confidential Print volumes relating to the nations of South and Central America. Coverage: 1833-1969. primary sources reports
- Complete volumes of all British Colonial Office and Foreign Office Confidential Print for the Middle East. Coverage: 1839-1969. primary sources
- This collection consists of the Confidential Print for the United States, Canada and the English-speaking Caribbean, with some coverage of Central and South America, and covers such topics as slavery, Prohibition, the First and Second World Wars, racial segregation, territorial disputes, the League of Nations, McCarthyism and the nuclear bomb. Coverage: 1834-1961. primary sources reports
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- The only collection of curated primary and secondary full-text materials to support informed performance, pedagogy, and scholarship in dance. Presents the historical context of 20th and 21st century dance through 150,000 pages of exclusive photographs, correspondence, magazines, dance notation, and reference material. primary sources
- Provides access to original British source material to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- Full text of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in England or in English between 1475 and 1700. Includes many of the items indexed in the English Short Title Catalogue. Corresponds to the Pollard and Redgrave, and Wing Short-Title Catalogues, as well as Thomason Tracts. Coverage: 1473-1700. literary criticism reference primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Ebony Magazine Archive covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes more than 800 issues providing a broad view of African-American culture from its first issue in 1945 through 2014. Coverage: 1945-2014. primary sources
- Full text–including page images–of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in England or in English between 1701 and 1800. Includes many of the items indexed in the English Short Title Catalogue. Includes ECCO parts I and II. Coverage: 1701-1800. literary criticism reference primary sources
- Explore the Larpent Collection from the Huntington Library – a unique archive of almost every play submitted for licence between 1737 and 1824. Larpent preserved the original submissions, over 2,500 of which are presented here. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Bibliography only, no full text. This database is derived from the seminal reference work "European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750," commonly known as the Alden-Landis bibliography (after the co-editors John Alden and Dennis Landis). Features works produced in Europe that make some mention of the discovery and emerging awareness of the Americas. A wide range of subject areas are covered, from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. encyclopedias reference primary sources
- Comprises thousands of fully searchable images of rare books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- Includes Modules I, II, and III. From personal collections and rare printed material, to military files, ephemera and artwork, The First World War highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict and in multiple theatres of war. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Featuring diplomatic dispatches, letters, newspaper cuttings, political pamphlets, reports of court cases and other materials, this collection represents a constant exchange of information between London and the British embassies and consulates. Coverage: 1919-1980. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals reports
- This is a resource for the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in this period, featuring essential content on Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Kashmir, as well as other frontier regions. Coverage: 1947-1980. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Includes Section I. A resource for researchers and students seeking to understand the modern Middle East, this collection contains complete runs of Foreign Office files, providing an expansive view of key events and their global political impact. Coverage: 1971-1974. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- The Fortunoff Archive (hosted by Yale) holds more than 4,400 testimonies, which were produced in cooperation with thirty-six affiliated projects across North America, South America, Europe, and Israel. The Fortunoff Archive and its affiliates recorded the testimonies of willing individuals with first-hand experience of the Nazi persecutions, including those who were in hiding, survivors, bystanders, resistants, and liberators. Users must create an account and be on campus or VPN in order to access testimonies. primary sources video multimedia
- This multi-archive collection captures the lives, experiences and colonial encounters of people living at the edges of the Anglophone world from 1650-1920. Coverage: 1650-1920. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- Hosted by the Getty Research Institute. Search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids. This link initially limits your search to images available for free download under the Getty's Open Content Program. Coverage: Details not available. artwork images primary sources video multimedia
- This resource focuses on the following fifteen significant commodities whose stories are often intertwined: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, oil, opium, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- This digital collection of manuscript, visual and printed works explores the relationship between Britain and Europe from c.1550 to 1850, exploring the Anglo-European response to continental travel for pleasure, business and diplomacy. Coverage: 1550-1850. primary sources
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- A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago. Supported in part by the Dail Endowment Fund. Coverage: Varies. articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases primary sources
- The Global Plants database is a growing collection of nearly three million high-resolution type specimens and related materials from community contributors around the world. This resource also features partner-contributed reference works and primary sources, such as collectors’ correspondence and diaries, illustrations, and photographs. Selected sub-collections include reference works and books such as The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, illustrations from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, and Kew’s Directors’ Correspondence. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- This collection charts the development of one of the world’s largest and most culturally significant industries. Material is sourced from international archives, including the archives of Thomas Cook, the world’s best known travel agency and a pioneer of tourism for the masses. Coverage: 1850-1980. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts reports
- Drawn from the holdings of the Lilly Library, this resource contains full colour maps, cartoons, sketches and Tallis’ Street Views of London, and George Gissing’s famous London scrapbooks from the Pforzheimer Collection. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- Provides complete coverage of the Cabinet conclusions (minutes) and memoranda of Harold Macmillan’s government, plus selected minutes and memoranda of policy committees. Coverage: 1957-1963. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts reports
- An insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst and market research pioneer. Coverage: 1935-1965. primary sources reports
- The project combines multiple manuscript sources, detailing the journeys of famous travellers from Marco Polo to John Capgrave, and the stories of legendary figures such as Prester John and Sir John Mandeville, with translations, route maps and introductory essays. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Manuscripts for the study of Meiji society, culture, ethnology and education from the papers of Edward Sylvester Morse. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Module I. This module covers all aspects of the migration experience, from motives and departures to arrival and permanent settlement. Significant material on the movement of Indian and Chinese indentured labourers is included from The National Archives. Coverage: 1800-1924. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- Includes hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration. Coverage: 1801-1899. news current events primary sources
- Nixon’s handling of numerous Cold War crises, his administration’s notable achievements, as well as his increasingly controversial activities and unorthodox use of executive powers culminating in Watergate and resignation, from a British, European and Commonwealth perspective. Coverage: 1969-1974. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- This collection includes a selection of student and community newspapers, as well as African-American newspapers, from schools and towns around North Carolina. articles newspapers magazines primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- This resource is produced in association with the Perdita Project based at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University. Their goal was to identify and describe all manner of writing by early modern women from diaries to works of drama. Coverage: 1500-1700. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Performance Design Archive Online is the first comprehensive, international collection that covers all aspects of theater production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including, scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup, and more. It includes 100,000 pages of primary and secondary resources, including sketches, photographs, technical drawings, monographs, articles, and dissertations. primary sources
- From the collections of original archival material from key libraries in Britain and America, discover the 1950’s to the 1970’s through a wealth of printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera and video clips. Coverage: 1950-1975. artwork images primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Uncover the history of ‘popular’ remedies and treatments in nineteenth century America, through primary source materials from the extensive collections at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Coverage: 1800-1900. primary sources
- Contains ten newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2002), Pittsburgh Courier (1950-2002), Washington Post (1877-1997), New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010), The Korea Times (1956-2016), The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2020). More recent issues are available through other databases, such as ProQuest. Includes advertisements, illustrations, etc. as they were laid out on the original page. Coverage: 1849-three years ago. articles newspapers magazines news current events primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- A multimedia resource that synthesizes the most important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection pairs audio and video recordings of original experiments (when existent) with primary-source documents. Includes exclusive and hard-to-find materials such as notes from experiment participants, journal articles, books, field notes, letters penned by the lead psychologist, videos of modern-day replications, and modifications to the original experiments. primary sources video multimedia
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- Queer Pasts is a digital queer history project consisting of primary source document collections and curatorial essays. The digital exhibits on this platform are designed for students, teachers, and scholars of queer history. primary sources
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- Indexes general interest magazines covering most of the 20th century. Coverage: 1890-1982. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases primary sources
- This database includes RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals, RIPM e-Library of Music Periodicals, and RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1760-1966). primary sources
- Presents the manuscript collections of the Wordsworth Trust, researchers unique access to the working notebooks, verse manuscripts and correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers. Authors and artists represented include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Ruskin, Gainsborough, and others. Also includes over 2,500 fine art pieces from the Wordsworth Trust's fine art collection. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Rotunda was created for the publication of original digital scholarship along with newly digitized critical and documentary editions in the humanities and social sciences. primary sources
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- This resource features the world-famous prompt book collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States and internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- The resource offers in-depth case studies in America, the Caribbean, Brazil and Cuba along with important material examining European, Islamic and African involvement in the slave trade. Coverage: 1490-2007. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals reports
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- This world history resource includes rare diaries and the supporting correspondence from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. These personal accounts describe the travel experiences, destinations and desires of nineteenth and twentieth century American women. Coverage: 1835-1976. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- The Victorian Popular Culture portal is a resource for the study of popular entertainment in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It contains a wide range of source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930, and shows how interconnected these worlds were. Coverage: 1779-1930. artwork images primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- This resource documents the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624. Coverage: 1590-1790. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- A finding aid for women’s studies resources in The National Archives, UK is presented alongside original documents on the suffrage question in Britain, the Empire and colonial territories. Coverage: 1559-1995. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- "Women Writers Online contains the full text of hundreds of pre-Victorian English-language works written by women. Works are both fiction and non-fiction. The text of each work is fully searchable. A special subset, Renaissance Women Online, contains 100 works from this period as well as critical commentary." Coverage: 1400-1850. literary texts primary sources
- Includes a wide variety of sources about Latin America and the Caribbean: reference articles and commentary; academic journals and news-feeds; primary-source documents; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more. Covers topics such as politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science, and technology. encyclopedias reference primary sources
- This resource digitizes primary source material from hundreds of international fairs and expositions spanning 1829-2015. Coverage: 1851-2015. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals