Our collections
Award-winning primary source collections for teaching and research.
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CollectionDescriptionPeriod covered
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Gender: Identity and Social Change19th to 21st centuries
Explore the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations.
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Global Commodities17th-20th century
Discover the histories of fifteen key commodities that changed the world through a wide range of manuscript sources, rare books, maps, advertising memorabilia, paintings, photographs and ephemera. Explore themes of exploration and discovery; imperialism and attempts at monopoly, trade Wars, translocation and economic geography, slavery, mass production, luxury, taste and the evolution of global branding.
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Hindi Cinema: Histories of Film-makingc.1950-2010
A rich audio-visual resource exploring personal accounts of the Hindi filmmaking tradition.
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India, Raj and Empire17th-19th centuryThe National Library of Scotland has wonderful collections documenting this history from the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 to the granting of independence for India and Pakistan in 1947. They are made available online through this collection.
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Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America17th to mid-20th century
From early contacts between European settlers and Indigenous Peoples and the subsequent political, social and cultural effects of those encounters on Indigenous American life, these materials tell both the historical and the personal stories of the colonisation of the Americas.
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Indigenous Newspapers in North America1828-2016 (bulk of material from 1970-2016)Discover North American Indigenous journalism spanning two centuries with this major digital resource. Featuring publications from a range of communities, with an extensive list of periodicals produced in the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Nevada and Oklahoma, from 1828 to 2016.
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Interrogating Colonial Documents and Narratives
Develop students' primary source literacy and critical engagement and introduce key approaches to working with colonial documents.
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Interwar Culture1919-1939
From entertainment and technology to relationships and current affairs, explore everyday life and society on both sides of the Atlantic through popular and lesser-known periodicals.
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J Walter Thompson: Advertising America
The online version of the J Walter Thompson Company archive - the single most complete and informative corporate record of the history of modern advertising. It includes the account files of some of the world’s biggest brands, such as Kraft, Kodak, Oscar Mayer and Pan Am.
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Jewish Life in America, c1654-195417th and 20th centuryMaterial is sourced from the American Jewish Historical Society, New York. It contains primary sources on the history of Jewish immigration to the United States, life and culture among the Jewish population there, and records of business and trade from Jewish-owned companies.
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Leisure Travel and Mass CulturePrimary sources on the history of tourism. Bringing together collections from multiple archives, including Thomas Cook, this resource presents an untapped multi-national perspective on the evolution of affordable tourism around the world.
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Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-19001600-1900
Explore three centuries of life at sea through the individual histories of ships’ crews during the Age of Sail and into the era of steam.