Books
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CELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsAlmost 1,700 texts documenting Irish history. All periods are represented, but the bulk of the texts come from seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
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Early English Books Online (EEBO)Almost every book printed between 1473 and 1700 in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, regardless of language, and English-language books printed elsewhere in the same time period.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)Based on the English Short Title Catalog, includes almost every book printed in England,Ireland, Scotland, and Wales during the 18th century, regardless of language, along with thousands of English-language books printed elsewhere in the same time period. Includes some serials.
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Orlando: Women Writing in the British Isles from the Beginning to the PresentAutobiographical (and other) writings by women, and some men, in Britain, from ca. 600 B.C.E. to present.
Periodicals and Newspapers: Major Collections
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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers CollectionPrimarily London newspapers, ca. 1672 to 1737. Complement's the Burney Collection. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers CollectionDigitized from the largest collection of English language, seventeenth and eighteenth century newspapers in the world. Newspapers mostly from British Isles, but includes titles from mainland Europe, India, North, and Caribbean. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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British Library NewspapersNewspapers from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, 1732-1950, with strongest coverage of the nineteenth-century. Especially valuable for its collection of provincial newspapers, many of which are here digitized through 1950. Click here to view a title list. Library has Part I: 1800-1900 (47 newspapers, including the Illustrated Police News, the Morning Chronicle, and the Graphic, as well as radical papers like the Northern Star, and the Examiner); Part II: 1800-1900 (22 newspapers, including the London London Standard and the Morning Post); Part III: 1741-1950 (35 newspapers, including the Leeds Intelligencer, the Hull Daily Mail, the Northampton Mercury, the Poor Law Unions’ Gazette, and the Westmoreland Gazette); and Part IV: 1732-1950 (23 newspapers including Stamford Mercury to what is possibly the oldest magazine in the world still in publication, the Scots Magazine, the 23 newspapers including the Aberdeen Journal and Dundee Courier). Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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Nineteenth Century U.K. PeriodicalsPeriodicals published in Great Britain from 1800-1900. Many periodicals reproduced in full color. Series 1: New Readerships (emphasizing women, children, humour, leisure, and sport). Series 2: Empire (emphasizing travel, anthropology, economics, evangelism, colonialism). Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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British PeriodicalsHundreds of influential British periodicals (literary, political, religious, and more) published between 1680 and 1940.
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Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical DatabasesCross-search Gale's collections of newspapers and periodicals, mostly British. Includes Nineteenth Century U.K. Periodicals, Burney Collection Newspapers, British Library Newspapers, Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers, and major titles like the London Times.
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The Irish Newspaper ArchiveSubscription CANCELED. Currently comprises 33 newspapers covering 1763-present.
Periodicals and Newspapers: Smaller Collections
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The Times Historical Archive, 1785-2019The Times of London. The Sunday Times available on a separate platform. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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The Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2016The Sunday edition of the London Times. The daily edition is available on a separate platform. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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ProQuest Historical Guardian1821-2003. The Manchester Guardian. Part of ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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The Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004The London Daily Mail. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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ProQuest Historical Irish TimesDaily Irish Times, 1859-2022; and Weekly Irish Times, 1876-1958. Part of ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2014Influential global news weekly, based in London. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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The Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2021Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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The Independent Historical Archive, 1986-2016One of the few major British newspapers not to align itself with a political party. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991Began as a weekly publication that printed transcripts of BBC radio and later television broadcasts. Also included book reviews and other cultural news coverage. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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The National Reformer, 1860-1892Freethought newspaper published in London by Charles Bradlaugh. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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The Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957Weekly British photojournalism magazine, similar to Life magazine in the United States. Part of Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper and Periodical Databases (formerly Gale NewsVault).
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ProQuest Historical ObserverThe London Observer, 1791-2003. Part of ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
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Religious Magazine Archive23 periodicals from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, chiefly United States and Britain, including Catholic World and Islamic Horizons.
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Country Life Archive, 1897-2005The British magazine Country Life presented an idealized chronicle of the landed gentry life. After the First World War, with the formation of the first Labour government, its classified pages also increasingly document the sale of country estates by landowners unable to meet estate tax obligations.
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Interwar CultureFull color reproductions of 27 periodicals, chiefly British and American. Module I is strongest in magazines for women. Also notable in this module are fashion magazines, children's magazines, travel magazines, and general interest magazines.
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Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive1880- . Major consumer and trade magazines, from their first issues through recent years. Includes: Variety; Picturegoer; Box Office; Back Stage; Stage; Billboard; Vox; Spin; Rolling Stone; Hollywood Reporter; and more. Emphasis is on Anglo-American publications.
Newspapers and Periodicals from the Empire
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Colonial Africa Newspapers from the British Library1821-1922. 24 newspapers. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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African Newspapers (World Newspaper Archive)Currently includes about 65 newspapers from Africa, covering late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Click here to view a complete title list for African Newspapers (World Newspaper Archive). Part of the World Newspaper Archive.
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ProQuest Historical Times of India1838-2008. Part of ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Government and Law: Major Collections
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UK Parliamentary PapersOver 200,000 UK Parliamentary papers from 1715 to the present, with supplementary material back to 1688. Includes: House of Commons papers, 1715-2010; Bills and Acts, 1695-2010; Command Papers, 1833-2010; House of Lords papers, 1714-1805; Debates (pre-Hansard), 1774-1805; Hansard (debates), 1803-2005; Journals, 1688-1834; and Histories and Proceedings, 1660-1743.
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State Papers Online, 1509-1800British State Papers Domestic, Foreign, Scotland, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council. Each document is keyed to its entry in the Calendar of State Papers.
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British Cabinet Papers, 1880-1916National Archives record series CAB 37: Cabinet Office: Photographic Copies of Cabinet Papers. National Archives description of this series: "This series consists of a collection of photographic copies of memoranda circulated to the Cabinet to the end of 1916 compiled from various official and private sources. Includes material on the Reconstruction Committee. This series originally comprised 162 volumes." Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Cecil PapersIncludes the Cecil Papers, digitized in full color from the collections at the Hatfield House Archives; the 24 volume Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury; the Collection of State Papers Relating to Affairs in the Reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1542 to 1570 transcribed by Samuel Haynes (London, 1740); the Collection of State Papers Relating to the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the Year 1571 to 1596 transcribed by William Murdin (London, 1759); and the Description of Maps and Architectural Drawings in the Collection Made by William Cecil, First Baron Burghley, Now at Hatfield House (Oxford, 1971).
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Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926Unofficially published accounts of trials; official trial documents, briefs and arguments; and official records of legislative proceedings, administrative proceedings and arbitrations that document Anglo-American trials, with coverage of the British Empire. Digitized from the collections at Harvard University, Yale University, and the Bar of the City of New York.
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Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources, 1600-1970Legal codes, statutes, regulations, and commentaries on codes from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and other European countries.
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Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926Works on American and British law.
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Macmillan Cabinet PapersComplete minutes and memoranda of the cabinet of British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, 1957-1963.
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Queen Victoria's JournalsFull color digital facsimiles of Queen Victoria's journals, reproduced in their entirety, along with transcribed and re-keyed text for improved search-ability.
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Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain: Selections from the Papers of William Ewart Gladstone1843-1897. From the collections of the British Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Women in the National Archives (UK)Documents from the British National Archives, with emphasis on the campaign for women's suffrage in Britain, 1903-1928 and the granting of women's suffrage in colonial territories, 1930-1962.
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Justis 2.0Ceased. European case law dating back to 1163, and statutory law from 1235.
Government and Law: Domestic Policy
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Childhood in the Nineteenth Century: Records from the Home OfficePart of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Child Welfare and Reform: Records from the Ministry of Health and Department of Health and Social SecurityRecords from 10 industrial and reformatory schools in Britain, selected from National Archives record series MH 102: Home Office: Children's Department: Registered Files. Also includes MH 102/1400: Emigration of children to farm schools in Australia and Canada: Fairbridge Society Emigration Scheme; correspondence between Overseas Settlement Department, Ministry of Health and Child Emigration Society of Oxford (1910-1937). Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Civil Disturbance, Chartism and Riots in Nineteenth Century England1839-1878. Selected manuscripts from National Archives record series HO 45: Home Office: Registered Papers. Documents chosen for inclusion based on relevance to the subjects of civil disturbance, Chartism, and riots. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Discontent and Authority, 1820-1840National Archives record series HO 64: Home Office: Criminal (Rewards and Pardons) Correspondence and Secret Service Reports. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Education in the Nineteenth Century: Records from the Department of Education and ScienceSelections from National Archives record series ED: Records created or inherited by the Department of Education and Science, and of related bodies, with emphasis on schools for the blind and/or deaf, mentally defective or epileptic, and physically defective. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Home Office: Disturbances Entry Books1815-1916. National Archives record series HO 41: Home Office: Disturbances Entry Books. National Archives description of this series: ome Office entries of out-letters, warrants, etc. relating to riots, disturbances and political activities." Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Home Office: Domestic Correspondence from 1773 to 1861National Archives record series HO 44: Home Office: Domestic Correspondence from 1773 to 1861. National Archives description: "The records reflect the varied responsibilities of the Home Secretary's office, including: addresses and petitions to the crown, aliens and refugees, appointments to public offices and ecclesiastical dignities, disturbances and sedition, honours and orders of chivalry, inventions, poor relief, prison administration, public health, public order, royal patronage in Great Britain and Ireland, and the universities. Among matters covered extensively are Chartism, agricultural distress, and the introduction of power looms and other industrial machinery. Some papers are grouped according to subjects of particular contemporary importance, among them the claim of Olive Serres to be Princess of Cumberland and Duchess of Lancaster (1819-1830), the Cato Street Conspiracy of 1820, the case of Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, and the disturbances which accompanied her funeral in 1821, and the attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria in 1840. Other subjects represented include the Duc de Bouillon's work for refugees, 1794-1801, socialist periodicals and pamphlets, 1838-1840, and membership of the Poor Knights of Windsor. Two substantial blocks of papers contain, respectively, replies from customs houses to a questionnaire relating to shipwrecks, 1815, and quarterly returns of births and deaths for various English and Welsh counties, 1860 and 1861." Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Home Office: Domestic Entry Books1782-1898. National Archives record series HO 43: Home Office: Domestic Entry Books. National Archives description: "From 1782 to 1871 these Home Office domestic entry books contain out-letters to the Lord Chancellor, judges, local magistrates and officials, police authorities, and private persons on matters of local administration and justice. The subjects covered include duties of lords lieutenant, sheriffs, clerks of the peace, coroners and other local officials, arson cases, commissions of sewers, exequaturs and recognitions of consular officials, explosives, extradition, fairs and markets, pardons and rewards for information. Out-letters relating to borough funds, inebriate retreats, lunatic asylums, parliamentary bills and wild birds were later entered in this series. From July 1871 to February 1873 there is a gap." Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Home Office: Post Office Correspondence1784-1850. National Archives record series HO 33: Home Office: Post Office Correspondence. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Home Office: Registered Papers1839-1916. From National Archives record series HO 45: Home Office: Registered Papers. National Archives Description: "This is the main series of Home Office papers. The subject matter of the files reflects the diversity of domestic matters dealt with by the Home Office. These have included aliens, betting and gaming, borstals, building societies, burials and cremations, bye-laws, changes of name, the Channel Islands, charities, children, civil juries, drugs, ecclesiastical matters, elections, explosives, extradition, factories, fire services, firearms, honours, Ireland and subsequently Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, magistrates, markets and fairs, Lords Lieutenant, mental patients and criminal lunatics, naturalization, pardons, petitions of right, poisons, police, prisons, prostitution, public order, use of royal title by institutions and companies, universities, vivisection, wartime measures, warrants and wild birds. For naturalization papers: information regarding the place of residence (usually town) only appears from 1878 onwards. From 1848 all papers reaching the Home Office were registered centrally, and earlier papers were numbered retrospectively. Those papers selected for preservation were re-registered as OS (Old Series) papers. In 1871 a single numerical series was introduced, to be replaced in 1880 by a numerical series with an A prefix. This was followed shortly afterwards by series with B, V, and X prefixes. These series were replaced in 1902 by a six figure numerical series starting at 100,001 which continued until 1949 when separate series were introduced for each function, each distinguished by letter symbols. The catalogue is arranged in subject order within blocks of years. The same subject headings are those used by the Home Office in its registers (HO 46). The portion of the list covering the years 1871-1919 cites the original Home Office file number only. To order these files a box number is needed as well as a file number. This can be found in the box list, in which the file number should be sought in the appropriate block of boxes (eg 1871-8, 1879-1900, 1901-1909, 1910-1919). The ordering reference will then be in the form HO 45/box no./file no. (eg HO 45/10523/140292). From 1921, box numbers as well as file numbers are given together in the series list. The list for the years 1841-1855 is incomplete. A manuscript version is available in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew, and should be consulted for subjects not appearing in the on-line list. Readers should note that the series number is not cited in the manuscript list. If a number cited in it has no letter prefix or is prefixed by the letters 'OS', the paper will be found in HO 45; if a number is prefixed by the letters 'OC' the paper will be found in HO 12. A few papers referred to in the manuscript list could not be identified in either HO 45 or HO 12 and so no reference could be cited in the on-line list. The electronic list for HO 45 mostly retains the structure used in the Standard Set. However, whereas the Standard Set has seven blocks of files (each block corresponding to a date range) the electronic list currently has six blocks, the first two date ranges having been combined into one block. The six blocks in the electronic list each come under a heading corresponding to the date range. From the date range 1872-1878 onwards, the electronic list for each block is an amalgam of the block subject list and the block packing list as seen in the Standard Set. The files listed in the subject list come first. The subject headings used have been branched down to the level of the file description. The order of the Standard Set subject list has usually been maintained, with files listed under, for example, 'Aberdeen' coming before 'Accidents'. At the end of each block in the electronic list, and following the files once listed in the Standard Set subject list, come files without any description. They have been taken from the Standard Set packing list and are essentially references that could not be matched to a file description in the subject list. These files are arranged in numerical order." Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Home Office Papers and Records1783-1894. National Archives record series HO 42: Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Juvenile Crime and Detention: Records from the Prison CommissionSelected records from National Archives record series PCOM 2/291: Home Office and Prison Commission: Prisons Records, Series 1: Prisoners: Photograph Album. Selections focus on juvenile prisoners. Each photograph is accompanied by information about the prison subject. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Ordnance Surveyors' Drawings, 1789-1840Maps created by the Board of Ordnance, a division of the War Office. Despite their provenance, the maps are often used by historians because they are widely considered to provide the best topographical view of early 19th century Britain. From the collections of the British Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London, 1674-1834The largest body of texts ever published detailing the lives of ordinary people, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court, with summaries or transcripts of testimony.
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Public Order, Discontent, and Protest in Nineteenth Century England, 1820–1850From National Archives record series HO 52: Home Office: Counties Correspondence. Continues: HO 42 (Home Office Papers and Records), and continued by: HO 45 (Civil Disturbance, Chartism, and Riots in Nineteenth-Century England). National Archives description: "Original Home Office correspondence and papers from magistrates, officers and other county authorities, from municipal corporations, etc. Much of the correspondence relates to the maintenance of public order and contains reports of local conditions, including riots, arson and other civil disturbances. The main series ceases in 1840 but there are a few papers between 1840 and 1850. The papers are arranged under counties. The papers are incoming letters from local landowners or officials (mayors, aldermen, magistrates or their clerks). The records arrangements change through the period covered by the series. The first five boxes (1820-1829) are 'all counties' boxes covering specific years. From 1830 to 1838 the annual incoming correspondence to the Home Office increases due to the reports of agricultural disturbances (Swing Riots), trade union activity and increased reports of the demands for parliamentary reform. For this period the boxes are arranged in county ranges, e.g. Bedford to Kent (which includes alphabetically all counties in-between). In the majority of cases the county referred to is the place in which the correspondent is writing from as well as the location of the places mentioned in the letter, report memo etc. On other occasions this refers to the places/county being discussed in the content of the letter: the correspondent writing from elsewhere. In a few cases the correspondent may live within one county but were writing about events in the neighbouring county: for example a magistrate in Lancashire reporting on activities in Yorkshire. From 1839 to 1840 the records are arranged alphabetically by place name (e.g. A-D; where for example a letter from Berwick upon Tweed would be filed). In the very last volume there are a number of papers to 1850." Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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The Rise of Public Health in England and Wales1805-1900. Over half a million documents used by the British government to formulate public health policy in the 19th century. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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The Wolfenden Report: Committee on Homosexual Offences and ProstitutionGeographic coverage: United Kingdom.
Date range: 1954-1957.
Document types: Hearing transcripts, committee papers, meeting notes, meeting minutes, correspondence, report drafts; and the final report..
Topical coverage: Criminalization of homosexuality.
Source institution: The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).
Part of The Archives of Sexuality and Gender.
Government and Law: Foreign Policy and Empire
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Afghanistan in 1919: The Third Anglo-Afghan WarTRIAL. Documents from the Records of the Military Department held by the British Library. Part of Archives Unbound.
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Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1980Covers the years 1948-1980. Documents from the British National Archives. Records have been selected from the following record series FO 371; FCO 45; FCO 105; CO 1048; DO 35; DO 119; DO 157; DO 161; DO 165; DO 180; DO 193; DO 212; DO 216; FCO 13; FCO 29; FCO 38; FCO 58; FCO 61; FCO 65; FO 924; FO 953; FO 973; FO 1110; and FO 1117.
Keyword searchable, and browsable by National Archives record series numbers.
Includes a subject index that can be searched but not browsed.
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British Admiralty Office Photographs1850s-1920s. Photographs of naval sites in Britain and across the Empire as well. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British and Foreign State PapersA serial publication (1812-1968) produced for use by British diplomats, and is a compendium of treaties, diplomatic correspondence, and other information deemed useful to diplomats in conducting their work.
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British Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918TRIAL. Documents from the Records of the Military Department held by the British Library. Part of Archives Unbound.
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British Colonial Office: Photographic Collection1850s-1920s. From National Archives record series CO 1069: Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection. National Archives description: "The Colonial Office Photographic Collection is formed from a core of the old Colonial Office collection, which began in 1869 when the Colonial Secretary asked governors to arrange for the taking of photographs of 'noteworthy buildings and scenery...together with individuals of various races peculiar to the colony'. The photographs were to be sent to the Colonial Office." Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Library: India Office Records Atlases and Gazetteers1830-1934. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Library: Ministry of Defense Maps1840-1935. 1,605 maps of regions around the world. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Library: Royal United Services Institution (R.U.S.I.) Maps1700-1899. Almost 5,000 maps of regions around the world. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan: 1834-1922Documents from British National Archives record series FO 65 (188 volumes), FO 106 (complete 11 volumes), FO 371 (30 volumes of correspondence), FO 539 (118 files of "Confidential Print"). Focus of the collection is on the the geopolitical rivalry between the British and Russian empires in Central Asia, especially in Afghanistan. Document types include correspondence, intelligence reports (including open source intelligence such as translations of Russian newspaper articles), telegrams, agents’ diaries, newspaper clippings, maps, government reports, treaties, photographs, and sketches.
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Colonial AmericaWhen complete, this digital collection will comprise all 1,450 volumes/bundles of the British National Archives Record Series CO 5 (Records of the Colonial Office: Board of Trade and Secretaries of State: America and West Indies, Original Correspondence). The collection will be released in modules, with the first three modules currently available: Module 1: Early Settlement, Expansion and Rivalries; Module 2: Towards Revolution; and Module 3: The American Revolution.
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Colonial Caribbean1624-1849 (will be extended to 1870 with future modules). Includes documents from the following National Archives record group CO (Colonial Office), with emphasis on the following record series: CO 7: Antigua and Montserrat; CO 8: Antigua; CO 23: Bahamas (includes Turks and Caicos Islands up to 1848); CO 28: Barbados; CO 37: Bermuda; CO 71: Dominica; CO 101: Grenada; CO 110: Guadeloupe; CO 111: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo; CO 116: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo; CO 123: British Honduras; CO 137: Jamaica; CO 152: Leeward Islands; CO 154: Leeward Islands; CO 166: Martinique; CO 175: Montserrat; CO 184: Nevis; CO 239: St Christopher (St. Kitts), Nevis and Anguilla; CO 245: Santo Domingo; CO 253: St. Lucia; CO 260: St. Vincent; CO 285: Tobago; CO 295: Trinidad; CO 301: Turks and Caicos; CO 314: Virgin Islands; and CO 318: West Indies. Collection also includes selections from the War Office (WO) record series 1: West Indies. Users can browse the collection by record series, by colony, and by governor. To further support document discovery, the collection has been organized around the following nine themes: Slavery and Emancipation; Crime and Punishment; Finance and Economy; Trade and Shipping; Law and Governance; War and Military; Religion; Plantations and Agriculture; and Piracy and Privateering.
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Colonial Defence Commission under Lord Carnarvon1881-1882. 9 volumes comprising 1,258 pages: First report of the Royal Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad: Together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix; Second Report of the Royal Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Defence of Bristish Possessions and Commerce Abroad: with Appendix; Third and Final Report of the Royal Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad: with Appendix, Minutes of Evidence and Digest of Evidence; and Evidence taken by the Royal Commission of the Defence of British Possessions and Commerce Abroad. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Colonial State PapersThe Privy Council and Related Bodies: America and West Indies, Colonial Papers, a collection of papers presented to the Privy Council and the Board of Trade between 1574-1757, and The Calendar of State Papers, Colonial: North America and the West Indies 1574-1739, an essential guide to those papers.
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Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966British government documents, mostly from the Foreign Office, but also from the Colonial Office, the Dominions Office, and the War Office. "Confidential Prints" were diplomatic dispatches and related documents deemed sufficiently important to be printed and then circulated among government officials. The prints were grouped into series by geographical region, and then numbered consecutively, but after being transferred to the Public Records Office, the prints were organized according to the National Archives' system of provenance. Part of AM Archives Direct.
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Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969British government documents, mostly from the Foreign Office, but also from the Colonial Office, the Dominions Office, and the War Office. "Confidential Prints" were diplomatic dispatches and related documents deemed sufficiently important to be printed and then circulated among government officials. The prints were grouped into series by geographical region, and then numbered consecutively, but after being transferred to the Public Records Office, the prints were organized according to the National Archives' system of provenance.
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Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969British government documents, mostly from the Foreign Office, but also from the Colonial Office, the Dominions Office, and the War Office. "Confidential Prints" were diplomatic dispatches and related documents deemed sufficiently important to be printed and then circulated among government officials. The prints were grouped into series by geographical region, and then numbered consecutively, but after being transferred to the Public Records Office, the prints were organized according to the National Archives' system of provenance.
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Confidential Print: North America, 1839-1961British government documents, mostly from the Foreign Office, but also from the Colonial Office, the Dominions Office, and the War Office. "Confidential Prints" were diplomatic dispatches and related documents deemed sufficiently important to be printed and then circulated among government officials. The prints were grouped into series by geographical region, and then numbered consecutively, but after being transferred to the Public Records Office, the prints were organized according to the National Archives' system of provenance.
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Documents on British Policy Overseas: Diplomacy in the Twentieth CenturyDocuments from Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Series I. v. 1. Conference at Potsdam, July-August 1945. v. 2. Conferences and conversations 1945, London, Washington, and Moscow. v. 3. Britain and America: Negotiation of the United States loan, 3 August-7 December 1945. v. 4. Britain and America: Atomic energy, bases and food, 12 December 1945-31 July 1946. v. 5. Germany and western Europe, 11 August-31 December 1945. v. 6. Eastern Europe 1945-1946. v. 7. United Nations: Iran, Cold War and world organisation, 2 January 1946-13 January 1947. v. 8. Britain and China 1945-1950. v. 9. The Nordic Countries : from war to Cold War, 1944-1951. v. 10 The Brussels and North Atlantic treaties, 1947-1949 -- v. 11. European recovery and the search for Western security, 1946-1948.
Series II. v. 1. The Schuman Plan, the Council of Europe and Western European integration, May 1950-December 1952. v. 2. The London Conferences, Anglo-American relations and Cold War strategy, January-June 1950. v. 3. German rearmament, September-December 1950. v. 4. Korea, June 1950-April 1951. Series III. v. 1. Britain and the Soviet Union, 1968-72. v. 2. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1972-75. v. 3. Détente in Europe, 1972-76. v. 4. The year of Europe: America, Europe and the energy crisis, 1972-1974. v. 5. The southern flank in crisis, 1973-1976. v. 6. Berlin in the Cold War, 1948-1990. v. 7. German unification, 1989-1990. v. 8. The invasion of Afghanistan and UK-Soviet Relations, 1979-1982. v. 9. The challenge of Apartheid : UK-South African relations, 1985-1986 -- v. 10. The Polish crisis and relations with Eastern Europe, 1979-1982 -- v. 11. The unwinding of apartheid : UK-South African relations, 1986-1990 -- v. 12. Britain and the revolutions in eastern Europe, 1989. -
Dublin Castle Records 1798-1926TRIAL. National Archives Record Series CO (Colonial Office) 904/7-216. Part of Archives Unbound.
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East India CompanyDocuments from the collection of India Office records, held by the British Library. In addition to the records of the East India Company, this collection includes records of other agencies charged with administering India, especially after the British Crown took over direct administration of India in 1858 (the Company's charter officially expired in 1874). The collection at the British Library is organized into record series based on the agencies from which the records originated, and the digital collection is based on this classification scheme. Because most of the India Office Records primarily comprise manuscript material, the documents are not keyword searchable, so the interface provides many different ways of interacting with the collection, including by record series, by date, by theme, by index terms (where available), and a hierarchical index of government. Some documents are keyword searchable.
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Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980Complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, from 1919-1980.
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Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, 1947-1980Record series DO (Dominions Office) 133, DO 134, FO (Foreign Office) 371, and FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 37 from the British National Archives.
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Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1919-1952Drawn from the British National Archives record series FO 262 and FO 371.
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Foreign Office Files for South East Asia, 1963-1980Documents drawn from British National Archives record series FO 371, DO 169, DO 187, FCO 15 and FCO 24. Emphasis on Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Philippines. Documents digitized in full color.
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Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981When completed, it will include all files for the time period 1971-1981 from British National Archives Record Series FCO 8 (Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Arabian Department and Middle East Department: Registered Files); FCO 9 (Foreign Office, Central Department and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Southern European Department: Registered Files); FCO 17 (Foreign Office, Eastern Department and successors: Registered Files); FCO 39 (Foreign Office, North and East African Department and successors: Registered Files); FCO 67 (Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commodities and Oil Department and successors: Registered Files); and FCO 93 (Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Near East and North Africa Department: Registered Files). Also includes selections from British National Archives Record Series PREM (Records of the Prime Minister's Office) and DEFE (Records of the Ministry of Defence).
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Joseph Chamberlain Papers Relating to Africa1893-1903. 274 manuscripts (35,761 pages). from the University of Birmingham Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Middle East Online: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970Documents selected from the British Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers. Digitized from the microfilm set The Middle East: A Documentary Resource: Series One: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970. Part of Archives Unbound.
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Middle East Online: Iraq, 1914-1974Selected documents from British National Archives record series Selected files from series AIR (Records created or inherited by the Air Ministry, the Royal Air Force, and related bodies); CAB (Records of the Cabinet Office); CO (Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies ); FCO (Records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors); FO (Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office); PREM (Records of the Prime Minister's Office); T (Records created or inherited by HM Treasury); and WO (Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies). Part of Archives Unbound.
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Migration to New WorldsSources documenting the emigration of people from Europe and Asia to the United States, Canada, and Australasia. Document types include letters, diaries, scrapbooks, artwork, photographs, maps oral histories, pamphlets, ship logbooks, realia, legal papers, and government documents, including all 195 volumes of the British National Archives Record Series CO 384 (War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence).
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The National Archives: Selected Maps Representing the Long 19th Century1780-1925. 5,247 maps of regions in Britain and across the British Empire. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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The Nixon Years, 1969-1974The complete British National Archives record series FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 7 and 82 for the entire period 1969-1974.
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Selected Cabinet Papers on Africa1890-1916. Documents related to Africa selected from National Archives Record Series CAB 37: Cabinet Office: Photographic Copies of Cabinet Papers. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Selected Colonial Office Files on Africa1794-1919. Includes: CO 50: War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Cape of Good Hope Colony (Cape Colony), Acts Passed by the Government of Cape Colony; CO 114: War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: British Guiana, Formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo, Sessional Papers; CO 455: British South Africa Company Government Gazettes; CO 525: Colonial Office: Nyasaland Original Correspondence; CO 527: Colonial Office: South Africa, Intercolonial Council Original Correspondence; CO 528: Colonial Office: South Africa Railways Original Correspondence; CO 537: Colonial Office and predecessors: Confidential General and Confidential Original Correspondence; CO 873: Colonial Office: Wei-Hai-Wei Commissioner's Files; and CO 879: War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Africa, Confidential Print. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Selected Foreign Office Files on Africa1825-1905. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Selected India Office Records on Colonial Africa1867-1922. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Selected War Office Files on Africa1875-1938. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
British Empire
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Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914Sources documenting colonialism in Africa, primarily from a European perspective. Document types include diaries, journals, illustrated sketchbooks, correspondence, personal papers, government documents, photographs, printed books, reports, and films. Document creators include explorers, scientists, missionaries, travelers, military personnel, colonial administrators, diplomats, business people, journalists, and the British Foreign Office.
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Indian Army and Colonial Warfare on the Frontiers of India, 1914-1920Official Army war diaries for the North-West Indian Frontier. Diaries selected from British Library record series IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4066-4121. War diaries are an official category of British government document, and provide information on the activities of the Army for which each diary reports. These are not personal diaries of soldiers, officers, or other military personnel. Part of Archives Unbound.
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India from Crown Rule to Republic, 1945-1949: Records of the U.S. State DepartmentDigitized from the 2 reel microfilm set, Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. India: Internal Affairs, 1945-1949. Documents selected from National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 59, decimal numbers 645, 745, 845 and 711.45. Part of Archives Unbound.
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British Mandate in Palestine, Arab-Jewish Relations, and the U.S. Consulate at Jerusalem, 1920-1944TRIAL. Records from the United States NARA RG 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Jerusalem, Confidential Correspondence, 1920-1935 (All Decimal classifications); RG 59, General Records of the Department of State, Palestine, 1936-1944, Decimal numbers: 867n.00 to 867n.925 ("These records consist primarily of political reports and despatches from the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem relating to the administration of the British Mandate of Palestine, Arab and Jewish political organizations, and civil disturbances. Part of Archives Unbound.
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Japan Collections (Adam Matthew Research Source)Digitized from the following microfilm collections: Japan through Western Eyes: Manuscript Records of Traders, Travellers, Missionaries and Diplomats, 1853-1941 (Part 1: Sources from the William R. Perkins Library, Duke University; Parts 2 to 5: The William Elliot Griffis Collection from Rutgers University Library; Parts 7 and 8: The Harold S. Williams Collection from the National Library of Australia; Part 9: Siebold manuscripts from the Asian and African Studies Collection at the British Library; and Part 10: Japanese manuscripts from the Asian and African Studies Collection at the British Library); East Meets West: Parts 1 to 3: Original Records of Western Traders, Travelers, Missionaries and Diplomats to 1852 (Part 1: The logbook of W. Adams and other manuscript and rare printed material from the Bodleian Library, Oxford; Part 2: Papers of E. Kaempfer and related sources from the British Library; and Part 3: Papers of J. Scattergood, I. Titsingh, H. J. Klaproth and other early materials from the British Library, London); Asian Journals: The Anglo-Japanese Gazette, 1902-1909; and Asian Journals: The Eastern World: A Weekly Journal for Law, Commerce, Politics, Literature and Useful Information, 1899-1908. Part of Adam Matthew Research Source.
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India Collections (Adam Matthew Research Source)Digitized from the following microfilm sets: Colonial Discourses, Series 3: Colonial fiction, 1650-1914, Parts 1-3; Curzon, India and Empire: The Papers of Lord Curzon from the British Library, London; The Empire Writes Back: Parts 1-3: Indian Views on Britain and Empire, 1810-1915, from the British Library, London; India During the Raj: Eyewitness Accounts: Diaries and Related Records Describing Life in India, 1712-1925; India in the Age of Empire
The Journals of Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812-1881) from the Bodleian Library, Oxford; and Indian Newspaper Reports, c. 1868-1942 (Part 1: Bengal, 1874-1903; Part 2: Bengal, 1904-1916; Part 3: Punjab, Agra, Oudh, Rajputana and Central Provinces, c. 1868-1896; Part 4: United Provinces, 1897-1937; Part 5: Madras, 1876-1921; Part 6: Bombay, 1874-1898; Part 7: Bombay, 1901-1921; and Part 8: Punjab 1896-1924, Sind 1936-1939, Burma 1938-1942, Bihar and Orissa 1920). Part of Adam Matthew Research Source. -
India, Raj, and Empire1710-1937. Diaries, journals, official papers, letters, sketches, paintings, histories and literary works documenting the British presence in India. Emphasis on the role of the Scottish in India as traders, generals, missionaries, viceroys, governor-generals. Documents drawn from the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland
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Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement, and Colonial Encounters1650-1920, with bulk of documents from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Emphasis is on British colonialism in North America, Africa, and Australasia. Hybrid collection of books, government documents, legal records, correspondence, business records, maps, diaries and memoirs, pamphlets, ephemera, realia, artwork, and more. Organized around fifteen broad themes: Travel and Exploration; Natural World; Land and Property; Government and Politics; Warfare and Military History; Law and Order; Business and Commerce; Industry and Technology; Agriculture; Art and Entertainment; Healthcare; Women’s History; Children and Family; Religion; and Indigenous Peoples. Collection can also be browsed by subjects (topics, people, and places).
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Empire Studies Collections (Adam Matthew Research Source)Digitized from the following microfilm collections: Empire and Commonwealth: Archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society from Cambridge University Library (Part 1: Colour Question in Imperial Policy, c1830-1939; and Part 2: Imperial and Commonwealth Conferences, 1887-1955); Convict Transportation and the Metropolis: The Letterbooks and Papers of Duncan Campbell, 1726-1803, from the State Library of New South Wales; The Empire Writes Back: Part Two: Black and Asian Visitors to Britain, 1734-1942; African and Colonial Journals (The Colonial Gazette, 1838-1847; and The African Colonizer, 1840-1841; Colonial Enterprise, Review of the Mines, Manufactures and Industries of Greater Britain, 1894-1899; and The African Times and Orient Review, 1912-1914, 1917-1918); Sex and Gender: Manuscript Sources from the National Archives (Parts 1 and 2: Empire and Suffrage); Australia: Colonial Life and Settlement: The Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1825, from the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales (Part 1: Letters Sent, 1808-1825; Part 2: Special Bundles [Topic Collections], Proclamations, Orders and Related Records, 1789-1825; Part 3: Letters Received, 1788-1825); Empire and Colonial Administration: The Papers of Lachlan Macquaire and Family from the State Library of New South Wales; and Plantation Life in the Caribbean (Part 1: Jamaica, c.1765-1848 : the Taylor and Vanneck-Arcedeckne Papers from Cambridge University Library and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London).
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Empire Online15th century to the present. Emphasis on the British Empire. Collection tilts heavily toward the 18th century, 19th century, and early 20th centuries.
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East India CompanyDocuments from the collection of India Office records, held by the British Library. In addition to the records of the East India Company, this collection includes records of other agencies charged with administering India, especially after the British Crown took over direct administration of India in 1858 (the Company's charter officially expired in 1874). The collection at the British Library is organized into record series based on the agencies from which the records originated, and the digital collection is based on this classification scheme. Because most of the India Office Records primarily comprise manuscript material, the documents are not keyword searchable, so the interface provides many different ways of interacting with the collection, including by record series, by date, by theme, by index terms (where available), and a hierarchical index of government. Some documents are keyword searchable.
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Colonial Caribbean1624-1849 (will be extended to 1870 with future modules). Includes documents from the following National Archives record group CO (Colonial Office), with emphasis on the following record series: CO 7: Antigua and Montserrat; CO 8: Antigua; CO 23: Bahamas (includes Turks and Caicos Islands up to 1848); CO 28: Barbados; CO 37: Bermuda; CO 71: Dominica; CO 101: Grenada; CO 110: Guadeloupe; CO 111: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo; CO 116: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo; CO 123: British Honduras; CO 137: Jamaica; CO 152: Leeward Islands; CO 154: Leeward Islands; CO 166: Martinique; CO 175: Montserrat; CO 184: Nevis; CO 239: St Christopher (St. Kitts), Nevis and Anguilla; CO 245: Santo Domingo; CO 253: St. Lucia; CO 260: St. Vincent; CO 285: Tobago; CO 295: Trinidad; CO 301: Turks and Caicos; CO 314: Virgin Islands; and CO 318: West Indies. Collection also includes selections from the War Office (WO) record series 1: West Indies. Users can browse the collection by record series, by colony, and by governor. To further support document discovery, the collection has been organized around the following nine themes: Slavery and Emancipation; Crime and Punishment; Finance and Economy; Trade and Shipping; Law and Governance; War and Military; Religion; Plantations and Agriculture; and Piracy and Privateering.
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China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain, and China, 1841-1951Correspondence from British National Archives record series CO 129 (War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence).
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China and the Modern World: Diplomacy and Political SecretsChina-related records from the archive series India Office Records (IOR) held by the British Library. The collection reflects British security interests, particularly with regard to India. Document types include reports, memoranda, correspondence, pamphlets and official publications, intelligence diaries, accounts of political and scientific expeditions, travel diaries, handbooks and maps.
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Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan: 1834-1922Documents from British National Archives record series FO 65 (188 volumes), FO 106 (complete 11 volumes), FO 371 (30 volumes of correspondence), FO 539 (118 files of "Confidential Print"). Focus of the collection is on the the geopolitical rivalry between the British and Russian empires in Central Asia, especially in Afghanistan. Document types include correspondence, intelligence reports (including open source intelligence such as translations of Russian newspaper articles), telegrams, agents’ diaries, newspaper clippings, maps, government reports, treaties, photographs, and sketches.
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African Diaspora, 1860-PresentCovering African diasporic communities in the Caribbean, Brazil, India, Britain, and France from 1860 to the present, this collection contains both primary and secondary textual sources, as well as feature films and television programs. Primary sources include archival collections, composed principally of two major record series from the British National Archives (series CO, Records of the Colonial Office; and series FO, Records of the Foreign Office). You will also find periodicals, pamphlets, ephemera, speeches, correspondence, interviews, personal narratives, literary works, and photographs. Hundreds of websites are indexed as well.
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Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914Sources documenting colonialism in Africa, primarily from a European perspective. Document types include diaries, journals, illustrated sketchbooks, correspondence, personal papers, government documents, photographs, printed books, reports, and films. Document creators include explorers, scientists, missionaries, travelers, military personnel, colonial administrators, diplomats, business people, journalists, and the British Foreign Office.
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Curzon, India and Empire The Papers of Lord Curzon (1859-1925) from the British Library, LondonBritish Library record series MS. EUR F111 & F112.
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Joseph Chamberlain Papers Relating to Africa1893-1903. 274 manuscripts (35,761 pages). from the University of Birmingham Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Virginia Company ArchivesThe Ferrar Papers (Magdalene College, Cambridge), along with transcripts of select documents. Also includes the four volumes of The Records of the Virginia Company of London. Does not include items that were once part of the collection but are so no longer; nor does it record any of those volumes from the Ferrars' library which are to be found in the Old Library at Magdalene.
Statistics and Data
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History Data ServiceOver 650 datasets compiled from historical sources like gazetteers, ordnance surveys, census records, parish records, and more.
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UK Data ServiceFormerly the "Economic and Social Data Service". Collects statistical data collected by the government (including census), cross-national surveys, business data, and qualitative data. Includes tools for manipulating data, along with topic guides.
Major Themed Collections
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Dictionary of Old English CorpusOver 3,000 texts used to create the Dictionary of Old English.
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British Literary Manuscripts, 1120-1900In addition to strictly literary works, contains letters, chronicles, and religious writings.
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Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)Manuscripts, state papers, chronicles, accounts and correspondence from the archives of Britain, Ireland and continental Europe. Covers Britain, 1100-1800.
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Medieval Family LifeFive major letter collections from 15th century England.
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Perdita ManuscriptsOver 230 manuscripts, authored by women, that document life in Early Modern England.
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British And Irish Women's Letters and Diaries, 1500-1950Diaries and letters of approximately 500 women. Like the material included in "Early Encounters" and "North American Women’s Letters and Diaries", which are produced by the same publishers, the texts in this database are deeply indexed and fully searchable. All letters have been re-keyed, rather than reproduced as page images.
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Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926Works on American and British law.
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Food and Drink in HistoryVariety of sources, ca. 1514-2010, that document the role of food in world history, with emphasis on North America and Britain. Document types include Cookbooks, menus, advertisements, food labels, pamphlets, ephemera (trading cards, stamps, posters, postcards, scrapbooks (also called "guardbooks" in this collection), marketing reports, business records, maps, photographs, books, periodicals, diaries, correspondence, government documents, realia, episodes of the radio program "Adventures in Gastronomy", and a variety of film footage from Heinz..
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British Archives Online20 record series from multiple repositories in Britain: Series 1, Records Relating to the Slave Trade at the Liverpool Record Office; Series 2, American Material in the Archives of the USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel); Series 3, Papers of William Davenport & Co., 1745-1797; Series 4, Jamaican Materials in the Slebech Papers; Series 5, Papers Relating to the Jamaican Estates of the Goulburn Family of Betchworth; Series 6, Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1694- ; Series 7, Journal, Annual Sermons and Reports of the SPG (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), 1701-1870; Series 8, South American Missionary Society Records, 1844-1919; Series 9, Liverpool Street and Trade Directories, 1766-1900; Series 10, Early Colonial and Missionary Records for West Africa; Series 11, West Indies Material in the Archives of the USPG, 1710-1950; Series 12, Archives of the Associates of Dr. Bray to 1900; Series 13, Collected Papers of the Bolton Whitman Fellowship; Series 14, Canadian Papers of the 4th Earl of Minto; Series 15, American Material from the Tarleton Papers; Series 16, Liverpool Customs Bills of Entry, 1820-1900; Series 17, Tudway of Wells Antiguan Estate Papers, 1689-1907; Series 18, Bristol Presentments, 1770-1917; Series 19, Annual British Army Lists, 1740-1784; and Series 20, American Prisoners of War, 1812-1815.
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Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900Emphasis of the collection is on journals written by sailors on both merchant, naval, and pirate ships. Includes other records that document the daily lives of sailors, including correspondence, court martial records, logbooks, ship's musters, medical journals, memoirs, ship's papers, records of impressment, newspapers, artwork, orderbooks, regulations, and legal records.
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Slavery, Abolition, and Social Justice, 1490-2007Manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, and maps. Emphasis on the Atlantic world, but includes coverage of Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific. Documents all aspects of slave trade and the slave experience.
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Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Trans-National ArchiveBooks, periodicals, manuscripts, court records, and reference works documenting world slavery and the slave trade from the 16th century through the 19th.
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Defining Gender, 1450-1910Ephemera, pamphlets, college records, exam papers, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, account books, pedagogical treatises, government documents, anatomy books, midwifery texts, manuscript journals, poetry, novels, ballads, drama, receipt books, literary manuscripts, travel writing, and conduct and advice literature.Comprises five sections: Conduct and Politeness, Domesticity and Family, Consumption and Leisure, Education and Sensibility, and The Body.
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Women's Studies Collections (Adam Matthew Research Source)Digitized from the following microfilm collections: Aristocratic Women: The Social, Political and Cultural History of Rich and Powerful Women (Part 1: The Correspondence of Jemima, Marchioness Grey, 1722-1797, and Her Circle: From the Bedfordshire County Record Office; and Part 2: The Correspondence and Diaries of Charlotte Georgiana, Lady Bedingfeld, formerly Jerningham, c1779-1833, together with the Letters of Anna Seward, c1791-1804, and Lady Stafford, c1774-1837: from Birmingham University Library); Colonial Discourses: Series One: Women, Travel and Empire, 1660-1914 (Part 1: Early Travel Accounts by Women and Women’s Experiences in India, Africa, Australasia, and Canada; and Parts 2-3: Women and “The Orient”); International Women’s Suffrage: Part 1: Suffrage Correspondence of Rose Scott, 1847-1925, from the State Library of New South Wales; Women, Education and Literature: The Papers of Maria Edgeworth (Part 1: The Edgeworth Papers from the Bodleian Library, Oxford; Part 2: The Edgeworth Papers from the National Library of Ireland; and Part 3: Edgeworth Papers from Other Libraries); Women, Emancipation and Literature: The Papers of Harriet Martineau, from Birmingham University Library; Women, Morality and Advice Literature: Manuscripts and Rare Printed Works of Hannah More and her Circle (Part 1: Manuscripts, First Editions and Rare Printed Works of Hannah More, and Works Inspired by Her; Part 2: Gift Books, Memoirs, Pamphlets and the Cheap Repository Tracts; and Part 3: Writings by Eminent Blue Stockings); Women, Suffrage and Politics: The Papers of Sylvia Pankhurst, from the Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam; Women, Writing and Travel: Part 1: The Diaries of Stella Benson, from Cambridge University Library; Women’s Autobiographies: Rare Printed Autobiographies of Fifty-Five Women’s Lives (Part 1: 1713-1859; and Part 2: 1780-1889); Women’s Journals of the Nineteenth Century: Part 1: The Women’s Penny Paper and Woman’s Herald, 1888-1893; Women’s Suffrage and Government control, 1906-1922: Papers from the Cabinet, Home Office and Metropolitan Police Files in the National Archives, UK (CAB 41, HO 45, HO 144, MEPO 2 & MEPO 3); and Women’s Suffrage Collection from Manchester Central Library (Part 1: Papers of Lydia Becker; and Part 2: Papers of Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Sections on Women’s Suffrage, Education, Employment, welfare, the First World War, and Other Women’s Issues). Part of Adam Matthew Research Source.
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Early Modern England: Society, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1500-1700Published and unpublished sources selected for their capacity to document the history of everyday life. Sources include court records, administrative records, petitions, wills, inventories, tax records, financial documents, military records, church records, memoirs, diaries, unpublished essays, commonplace books, printed broadsides, and printed books. Also included are 164 objects, such as clothing, jewelry, and home furnishings. The collection is organized around twenty themes: Family life; Birth, marriage, death; Health and medicine; Land and property; Possessions; Work and employment; Poverty; Agriculture; Finance; Trade and economics; Law and order; Politics and government; Foreign affairs; War; Monarchy; Religion; Scholarship, science, and the humanities; Arts, literature, and culture; Travel; and Women’s history. In addition to these themes, documents can be browsed by region and date of creation.
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Autobiographies from Men of All Ranks Sources from the British Library, LondonCollection of British autobiographies, ca. 1760-1820, digitized from the microfilm set of the same name. Part of Adam Matthew Research Source.
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John Johnson Collection of Printed EphemeraSelections from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Documents Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Victorians on FilmDigitized from two collections at the British Film Institute: the Victorian Film Collection, and the Mitchell and Kenyon Collection, with films from the period 1895-1913.
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Victorian Popular CultureComprising four modules: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic; Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks; Music Hall, Theatre and Popular Entertainment; and Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema. Document types include books, periodicals, correspondence, diaries, scripts, films, sheet music, photographs, slides, manuscripts, ephemera (posters, scrapbooks, postcards, handbills, pamphlets, memorabilia), and realia.
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Poverty, Philanthropy, and Social Conditions in Victorian BritainPublished reports, books, petitions, correspondence, maps and architectural drawings, meeting minutes, newspaper and periodical clippings, government documents, printed lectures and speeches, pamphlets, periodicals, and other types of documents. Collection is organized around ten broad themes: Charitable Organizations and Friendly Societies; Education and Children; Health, Medicine and Disability; Manufacturing, Technology and Trade; Race and Immigration; Sanitation, Slums and Housing; Social Order and Discipline; Social Reform and Welfare; Socialism and Political Movements; and The Poor Laws, Workhouses and Outdoor Relief. Also includes subject indexes, place name indexes, and personal name indexes. Highlights of the collection include the complete correspondence of the Poor Law Commission, Poor Law Board and Local Government Board, 1834-1904; National Archives record series MH (Ministry of Health) 32: Local Government Board and Predecessors: Assistant Poor Law Commissioners and Inspectors, Correspondence, 1834-1904; and MH 33: Poor Law Commission: Assistant Poor Law Commissioners, Registers of Correspondence, 1834-1846.
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London Low Life: Street Culture, Social Reform, and the Victorian UnderworldRare books, maps, guidebooks, and ephemera that document street life in 19th and early 20th century London.
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Leisure, Travel, and Mass Culture: The History of TourismBrochures, posters, guidebooks, maps, ephemera, periodicals, films, correspondence, scrapbooks, travel journals, photographs, postcards, company records, government documents, and monographs documenting the history of tourism on all continents, and organized around the following themes: Women and Tourism; Children and Families; Road, Rail and Air Travel; Accommodation, Hospitality and Entertainment; Package Tours, Cruises and Organized Travel; Beachfront: Seaside and Coastal Destinations; The Great Outdoors; Urban Tourism; Health and Medical Travel; Historical, Cultural or Religious Tourism; International Relations; and Planning and Business. 1850 to the 1980s.
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British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on FilmOver 6,000 silent newsreels that were shown in movie theaters, ca. 1911-1930, all produced by the Topical Film Company. Source libraries: British Film Institute, and Imperial War Museums.
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Rock and Roll, Counterculture, Peace and Protest: Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975Emphasis on protest and social change. Archival material from the Browne Popular Culture Library (Bowling Green State University), the Bancroft Library (University of California, Berkeley), the British National Archives, the University of Sussex Library, and the Rock Source Archive.
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Mass Observation OnlinePapers from the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex. Mass Observation was an organization that existed between 1937 and the 1960s (bulk of documents 1937-1950s). The organization attempted to document everyday life in Britain by collecting diaries, surveys, reports, and photographs from "mass observers," who were both both volunteer citizens and paid investigators. These mass observers completed surveys, questionnaires, and diaries about their own everyday lives, and what they observed about the everyday life of their communities. The completed surveys, questionnaires, and diaries were then sent to the central organization, where the documents were compiled, summarized, and publicized through reports and publications. Mass Observation Online includes both the finished reports and publications issued by Mass Observation, as well as the completed surveys, questionnaires, diaries submitted by the mass observers. The collection also includes the original instructions for mass observers.
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1980s Culture and SocietyThe 1980s, primarily in the Anglophone world, especially the United States, the U.K., Australia, and Canada. Documents selected for primary source potential in several key research areas: Black Resistance Movements; Conflict and Disasters; Consumer Culture and Materialism; Disability Rights; Environmentalism; Feminism; Grassroots Activism and Community Groups; Health and Social Issues; Indigenous Rights; New Media and Technology; Politics and Rise of Conservatism; Popular Culture; Religious Movements and Spiritualism; Sexuality and Identity; Subcultures and Fandom; and Threat of Nuclear War.
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Mass Observation Project, 1981-2009A continuation of the original Mass Observation project, which ceased in the 1960s. The original project was an independent social research organization, but its archives went to the University of Sussex. The new Mass Observation Project is headquartered at the University of Sussex, and like the original it asks volunteer "mass observers" to complete questionnaires about their everyday lives. The collection serves to document the social history of Britain.
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British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular CultureArchives of the Royal Literary Fund; British playbills, 1754-1882; programs from the 9 triennial Crystal Palace Handel festivals; programs from the Crystal Palace Saturday Concert series; Drury Lane receipts; the Drury Lane Theatre archive; Drury Lane manuscript plays and correspondence, 1776-1812; a collection of manuscripts from the British Library on English theater, 1733-1822; the JW Davison papers; the King's Theatre Haymarket archive; a run of Konzert-Programm-Austausch; manuscript collection of Lord Chamberlain's plays, 1852-1858; the Barry Ono Collection of Bloods and Penny Dreadfuls; the Sabine Baring-Gould and Thomas Crampton Collections; concert programs from Queen's Hall, 1895-1915; concert programs from the Royal Albert Hall; the Royal Philharmonic Society archive including its collection of manuscript music; the Sir George Smart papers; programs from the St James Hall Monday/Saturday Popular Concerts; and the Wandering Minstrels archive. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Politics and SocietyMixture of government documents, published sources, and organizational records that trace the popular movement for political reform, and the British government's shifting response. British Cabinet Papers, 1880-1916; British Labour History ephemera; documents on the British trade union movement; Home Office records on civil disturbance, Chartism, and riots; papers of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, Lord Carnarvon;diaries of Sir Frederic Madden; selections from the National Archives record series HO (Home Office); Transactions of the Manchester Statistical Society, Parts I and II; the Police Gazette; ordnance surveyors' drawings, 1789-1840; the Tractarian pamphlets at Pusey House; papers and correspondence of Charles James Fox, 1749-1806; papers and correspondence of Sir Robert Peel, 1834-1835, 1841-1846); a collection of working class autobiographies; papers of John Cam Hobhouse, 1809-1869; the Francis Place collection in the British Library; unpublished sources on radicalism, anti-radicalism, and reform movements; a collection of books on freethought; a colleciton of radical and labor periodicals; papers related to the "Jacks the Ripper" killings; and the card catalogue of the Working Class Movement library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Archives Online20 record series from multiple repositories in Britain: Series 1, Records Relating to the Slave Trade at the Liverpool Record Office; Series 2, American Material in the Archives of the USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel); Series 3, Papers of William Davenport & Co., 1745-1797; Series 4, Jamaican Materials in the Slebech Papers; Series 5, Papers Relating to the Jamaican Estates of the Goulburn Family of Betchworth; Series 6, Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1694- ; Series 7, Journal, Annual Sermons and Reports of the SPG (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), 1701-1870; Series 8, South American Missionary Society Records, 1844-1919; Series 9, Liverpool Street and Trade Directories, 1766-1900; Series 10, Early Colonial and Missionary Records for West Africa; Series 11, West Indies Material in the Archives of the USPG, 1710-1950; Series 12, Archives of the Associates of Dr. Bray to 1900; Series 13, Collected Papers of the Bolton Whitman Fellowship; Series 14, Canadian Papers of the 4th Earl of Minto; Series 15, American Material from the Tarleton Papers; Series 16, Liverpool Customs Bills of Entry, 1820-1900; Series 17, Tudway of Wells Antiguan Estate Papers, 1689-1907; Series 18, Bristol Presentments, 1770-1917; Series 19, Annual British Army Lists, 1740-1784; and Series 20, American Prisoners of War, 1812-1815.
Smaller Themed Collections
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Working Class Movement Card CatalogueThe card catalog of the Working Class Movement Library, in Manchester Britain. A current version of the catalog is also searchable online. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online. Indexes publications from 1790-1984.
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The Whitechapel Murders Papers: Letters Relating to the "Jack the Ripper" KillingsSomewhat misleadingly titled (this is not an official collection of papers related to the Whitechapel murders). Includes a mixture of contemporary documents, such as including letters to the police, newspaper cuttings, and visiting cards. Highlight of the collection is probably the official inquest record of the death of Catherine Eddowes. From the London Metropolitan Archives. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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War on Poverty in Britain: Documents from the Community Development Projects1970-1978. 42 reports and 160 photographs from 12, government funded Community Development Proojects across Britain.
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Vision of Britain Through Time, 1801-2001Maps, statistical datasets, and full text reproductions of travel narratives. From the Great Britain Historical GIS (Geographical Information System) Project, based at the University of Portsmouth.
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Victorian Manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of The New York Public LibraryManuscript collections from Matthew Arnold, Brontës, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, Alfred Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
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Travels and Travelers in the 19th Century: Selected Journals and Papers1808-1878. Manuscripts from the collections of the British Library. British travelers. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Travel Narratives and Personal Reminiscences1786-1921. Almost 300 travel narratives by British and French travelers. From the collections of the British Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Selected Religion Manuscript Collections from the British Library1780-1923. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Selected Africa Collections from the Bodleian Library1809-1903. Personal correspondence, notes, and photographs from the manuscript collections of the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, University of Oxford, University of Oxford. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Romanticism: Life, Literature and LandscapeThe manuscript collection of the Wordsworth Trust. Document types include: verse manuscripts, printed manuscripts, prose manuscripts, printed verse, correspondence, diaries, travel journals, autograph albums, guide books, fine art and maps.
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The Rise of Public Health in England and Wales1805-1900. Over half a million documents used by the British government to formulate public health policy in the 19th century. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Religion, Philosophy, and Politics: Selected Monographs from the British Library1780-1920. Subjects include Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, atheism, natural philosophy, social reform, and both social and scientific debates around Darwinism, Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Records of the Copyright Office of the Stationers' Company: Photographs1860-1900. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Rare Freethought Militant 19th Century BooksPart of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Radical Politics and the Working Man in England1770-1854. Documents from the Francis Place collection at the British Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Radicalism, Anti-Radicalism and Reform in England, 1769-1861: Original Papers and Minute BooksFrom the British Library manuscript collections. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Quaker Women's Diaries: 18th-19th CenturiesFrom the collections of the Library of the Society of Friends in London. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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People's History: Working Class AutobiographiesAlmost 200 autobiographies. Based on the bibliography The Autobiography of the Working Class: An Annotated, Critical Bibliography by John Burnett, David Vincent, and David Mayall. Burnett, Vincent, and Mayall's bibliography lists over a thousand working class autobiographies, so this collection presents only a small fraction of the autobiographies listed in the bibliography. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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The Oxford Movement: Tractarian Pamphlets at Pusey House: The Halifax and Church Sub-CollectionsIn addition to the Tracts for the Times, collection includes relevant books, manuscripts, and periodicals. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Nineteenth Century Travel Literature1800-1899. 2,510 books from the Bryn Mawr College Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Royal Archives, Windsor1845-1901. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Mass Incarceration and Prison StudiesInternational in scope (with heavy emphasis on North America and Europe), the collection is organized around key events and themes, such as internment camps, prison labor, prison riots, juvenile detention, capital punishment, and the economics of mass incarceration. Brings together a variety of document types, such as government documents (including trial documents); institutional records; documentary videos; web content; memoirs, interviews, and personal narratives; pamphlets and ephemera; and literary works. Bulk of the primary sources were created between 1920 and 1950.
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London Lives, 1690-1800Wide range of sources, including parish records, workhouse records, court record, criminal records, coroners' records, guild records, and hospital records documenting crime, poverty, and social policy in 18th century London. Intended as a companion to the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London, 1674-1834.
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Literary Manuscripts from the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds190 manuscripts of 17th and 18th century verse.
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Learning and Leisure: A Selection of Children's Literature from the British Library1685-1921. 266 books. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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King George III Topographical Collection1664-1800. Maps of regions in Britain and the British Empire. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Journeys to the East Indies and Asia: Selected Journals and Papers1800-1906. From the manuscript collections of the British Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Industrial Mobilization in Britain and the Ministry of Munitions, 1915-1918TRIAL. Digitized from a twelve volume reference work. Part of Archives Unbound.
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The Hill and Adamson Albums: Photographs by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, 1843-18481843-1848. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Eighteenth Century DramaEvery play submitted for licensing to the English Inspector of Plays between 1778-1824 (John Larpent), along with contextualizing documents like correspondence, diaries, notes, playbills, artwork, biographical documents, scrapbooks, realia, and auxiliary documents like addresses, interludes, preludes, and songs.
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Economic and Social Investigations in England since 1833: Transactions of the Manchester Statistical Society, Parts One and Two1833-1901. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Crace Collection of Maps of London1570-1860. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Collins Collection of Irish Political CartoonsIrish political cartoons of the late 1800s and early 1900s, emphasizing Ireland's relationship with England.
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Charles Bradlaugh Pamphlets1853-1891. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Trade Union History CollectionLate 19th to early 20th century. About 350 documents, mostly published primary sources. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Labour History Ephemera1880-1910 (bulk). Document types include periodicals, conference reports, leaflets, lectures, minutes of meetings, pamphlets, and speeches. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Journal of Photography and Annual, 1854-1914Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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British Book Trade Index (BBTI)Information on printers, publishers, booksellers, stationers, papermakers, engravers, auctioneers, ink-makers, and anyone else who worked in the English or Welsh book trade, through the year 1850.
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British Birth Control Material at the British Library of Political and Economic Sciences, 1800-1947From the collections of the London School of Economics and Political Science Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
Organizational Archives
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Royal College of Physicians ArchivesCorrespondence, administrative papers, medical notes, personal papers, maps, books, and photographs from the archives of the Royal College of Physicians in London,ca. fourteenth through twentieth centuries. Interface offers several text mining visualization features and other archival exploration tools. Collection also maintains original archival order, allowing researchers the experience of conducting archival research in the collection.
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Archives of the Royal Geographic SocietyMaps, photographs, books, expedition reports, and other manuscript materials from the collections of the Royal Geographic Society (Britain), 1830-
Early Modern
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Cecil PapersIncludes the Cecil Papers, digitized in full color from the collections at the Hatfield House Archives; the 24 volume Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury; the Collection of State Papers Relating to Affairs in the Reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1542 to 1570 transcribed by Samuel Haynes (London, 1740); the Collection of State Papers Relating to the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the Year 1571 to 1596 transcribed by William Murdin (London, 1759); and the Description of Maps and Architectural Drawings in the Collection Made by William Cecil, First Baron Burghley, Now at Hatfield House (Oxford, 1971).
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Papers and Correspondence of Charles James Fox, 1749-1806From the British Library manuscript collections. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Literary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company ArchiveImportant for researching the history of publishing in Britain. Includes Entry Book of Copies, 1554-1842; membership records, 1555-1940; court records, 1602-1982; English stock documents, 1603-1961; and treasurers’ vouchers, 1734-1800.
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Papers of the Christian Faith Society1642-1962. From the collections of the Lambeth Palace Library in London. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Royal College of Physicians ArchivesCorrespondence, administrative papers, medical notes, personal papers, maps, books, and photographs from the archives of the Royal College of Physicians in London,ca. fourteenth through twentieth centuries. Interface offers several text mining visualization features and other archival exploration tools. Collection also maintains original archival order, allowing researchers the experience of conducting archival research in the collection.
Nineteenth Century
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Carlyle LettersDigitized from the Duke-Edinburgh edition of the Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle.
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Victorian Lives and LettersLetters of Thomas Carlyle, the John Ruskin diaries, the Michael Field diaries, and the papers of W.E. Gladstone.
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The Diaries of Elizabeth Fry, 1797-1845Fry's thoughts on women; prison reform; and female prisoners. Digitized from the Library of the Society of Friends. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Diaries of Sir Frederic Madden, 1801-1873Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Mary Braddon ArchiveFrom the collections of the International Centre for Victorian Women Writers at Canterbury Christ Church University. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Papers of C. J. Blomfield, 1828-1855Bishop of London (Church of England), 1828 to 1856. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain: Selections from the Papers of William Ewart Gladstone1843-1897. From the collections of the British Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Queen Victoria's JournalsFull color digital facsimiles of Queen Victoria's journals, reproduced in their entirety, along with transcribed and re-keyed text for improved search-ability.
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Radicals and Reformers in Britain: The Papers of John Cam Hobhouse, 1809-1869Selections from the Broughton Papers in the manuscript collections of the British Library. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Victorian Manuscripts from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of The New York Public LibraryManuscript collections from Matthew Arnold, Brontës, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, Alfred Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
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Archives of the Royal Geographic SocietyMaps, photographs, books, expedition reports, and other manuscript materials from the collections of the Royal Geographic Society (Britain), 1830-
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Literary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company ArchiveImportant for researching the history of publishing in Britain. Includes Entry Book of Copies, 1554-1842; membership records, 1555-1940; court records, 1602-1982; English stock documents, 1603-1961; and treasurers’ vouchers, 1734-1800.
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Nineteenth Century Literary SocietyRecords of the John Murray publishing company, documenting much more than literary history (Murray was Charles Darwin's publisher), the collection is organized into the following broad thematic areas: Business and Finance; Literature and Poetry; Politics, Society, and Religion; Private and Domestic Life; The Sciences; and Travel and the World.
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Papers of the Christian Faith Society1642-1962. From the collections of the Lambeth Palace Library in London. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) Digital ArchivesCommittee minutes and other documents of the RAI, along with other manuscript material, photos, and maps, ca. nineteenth century to the present.
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Royal College of Physicians ArchivesCorrespondence, administrative papers, medical notes, personal papers, maps, books, and photographs from the archives of the Royal College of Physicians in London,ca. fourteenth through twentieth centuries. Interface offers several text mining visualization features and other archival exploration tools. Collection also maintains original archival order, allowing researchers the experience of conducting archival research in the collection.
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Selected Records of the Presbyterian Fund BoardPart of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
Twentieth Century
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Papers of Guy Aldred, 1888-1963Christian evangelical, radical political organizer. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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The Papers of Vera "Jack Holme"United Kingdom, ca. 1870-1964. Lecture notes, diaries, postcards, poems, music, flyers and pamphlets, government certificates, press clippings, organizational records of the Women's Social and Political Union, speeches, correspondence, reports, and photographs. LGBTQ experience. Source Institution: London School of Economics, The Women's Library. Part of The Archives of Sexuality and Gender.
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Archives of the Royal Geographic SocietyMaps, photographs, books, expedition reports, and other manuscript materials from the collections of the Royal Geographic Society (Britain), 1830-
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Chatham House Archive, 1920-2008Documents drawn from the archives of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Includes published and unpublished sources, including journals, speeches, pamphlets, reports, and books.
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Literary Print Culture: The Stationers' Company ArchiveImportant for researching the history of publishing in Britain. Includes Entry Book of Copies, 1554-1842; membership records, 1555-1940; court records, 1602-1982; English stock documents, 1603-1961; and treasurers’ vouchers, 1734-1800.
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Papers of the Christian Faith Society1642-1962. From the collections of the Lambeth Palace Library in London. Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
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Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) Digital ArchivesCommittee minutes and other documents of the RAI, along with other manuscript material, photos, and maps, ca. nineteenth century to the present.
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Royal College of Physicians ArchivesCorrespondence, administrative papers, medical notes, personal papers, maps, books, and photographs from the archives of the Royal College of Physicians in London,ca. fourteenth through twentieth centuries. Interface offers several text mining visualization features and other archival exploration tools. Collection also maintains original archival order, allowing researchers the experience of conducting archival research in the collection.