Covers women and their connections with social movements in the United States from 1600-2000. Includes primary and secondary sources (speeches, book chapters, newspaper and journal articles, book reviews).
Full-text and fully searchable primary sources focusing on women's history worldwide during the 19th and 20th centuries. Contents include diaries, letters, photographs, newspapers, and periodicals presenting a record of the issues that have affected women and women's movements. This resource can also be searched, along other resources, within Gale Primary Sources. Coverage: 19th and 20th centuries. Tip sheet.
"British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust."
The project is described as "a wide range of primary sources about eighteenth-century London, with a particular focus on plebeian Londoners. A fully searchable edition of 240,000 manuscripts from eight archives and fifteen datasets, giving access to 3.35 million names."
"A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of [British] non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."
Electronic collection of non-fiction sources from leading African Americans. Speeches, interviews and essays are also included. Coverage: early 19th century - present.
Full-image and fully searchable access to nearly every page and article of the Chicago Tribune, from its first issue as the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1849 through 1997.
Full-image and fully searchable access to daily newspaper The Times (London). This resource can also be searched, along other resources, within Gale Primary Sources. Coverage: 1785 through 6 years from the present. Tip sheet.
Full text access to American periodicals and news sources (published 1684-1912) chronicling life from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Browse by SUBJECTS as varied as theology, agriculture, women’s periodicals, slavery and abolition and advertising. Coverage: 17th, 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
Cross searches seven primary source collections in fulltext/image: American Historical Periodicals, Archives of Sexuality & Gender, Nineteenth Century US Newspapers, Slavery and Anti-Slavery, The Times Digital Archive, The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, and Women's Studies Archive. Consult the full list of primary source digital resources for more information on each collection.
Digital access to 19th century books and periodicals, scanned from the archives of Cornell University. University of Michigan also provides additional resources. Freely available online.
A virtual library that contains access to dozens of European libraries whose content includes digitized books and manuscripts, children's literature, images, and more.
VWWP is a collection of poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more. It began in 1995 at Indiana University and its aim is to promote lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century.
Full-image and fully searchable access to daily newspaper The Times (London). This resource can also be searched, along other resources, within Gale Primary Sources. Coverage: 1785 through 6 years from the present. Tip sheet.
"British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust."
Full-text and fully searchable primary sources focusing on women's history worldwide during the 19th and 20th centuries. Contents include diaries, letters, photographs, newspapers, and periodicals presenting a record of the issues that have affected women and women's movements. This resource can also be searched, along other resources, within Gale Primary Sources. Coverage: 19th and 20th centuries. Tip sheet.
Charles Booth was a Victorian philanthropist and social reformer who's work resulted in a thorough census of London's poor neighborhoods. "Charles Booth's London enables you to search the catalogue of over 450 original notebooks from the Inquiry into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903), view 41 digitised notebooks and explore the London poverty maps."
The project is described as "a wide range of primary sources about eighteenth-century London, with a particular focus on plebeian Londoners. A fully searchable edition of 240,000 manuscripts from eight archives and fifteen datasets, giving access to 3.35 million names."
"A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of [British] non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."
VWWP is a collection of poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more. It began in 1995 at Indiana University and its aim is to promote lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century.
