Thematically organized collections of books, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and statistics that document the global history of the 19th century. Currently, the database includes the following collections: Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange; British Politics and Society; British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture; and European Literature, 1790–1840: The Corvey Collection. More Information.
Tag: british history
18th Century Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1685-1835
Over 270 newspapers and periodicals from across the British Empire, but mostly from Britain.
Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966; North America, 1839-1961; Latin America, 1833-1969; Middle East, 1839-1969
Digital collection of British 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.
London Low Life: Street Culture, Social Reform, and the Victorian Underworld
Rare books, maps, guidebooks, and ephemera that document street life in 19th and early 20th century London.
MacMillan Cabinet Papers
Complete minutes and memorandum of the cabinet of British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, 1957-1963.
Medieval Family Life
Digitized collection of the only five major letter collections from 15th century England.
19th Century English Poor Law Union and Workhouse Records
Digital collection of the correspondence between Poor Law unions and the central administration in London. Correspondence includes letters, memos, reports, and other accounts of activities within the region covered by the union. Includes source material for the study of education, local politics, labor movements, and public health. Covers 1834- 1871.
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Irish Newspaper Archive
The Irish Newspaper Archive contains over 6 million pages in over 500,000 issues of Irish Newspaper publications. With national daily editions such as the Irish Independent, regional weekly editions including the Connacht Tribune, Kerryman and Anglo-Celt and out of print publications such as the Freeman’s Journal and The Nation.
New Online Resource: 19th Century UK Periodicals
Contains over 2 million digitized pages of periodicals from 19th Century UK.
More New Databases
UIUC Library recently purchased British Periodicals I & II as well as the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (1824-1900) . Enjoy!