British/United Kingdom History Core Sources

Collection encompasses publications from the Church Missionary Society and the South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work from the 19th to the 21st century, the database includes news, journals and reports offering an insight into the history of the societies, protestant missions across the world and cultural encounter from the Victorian era to the contemporary age. Note: Includes: Module I: Global Missions and Contemporary Encounters, 1804-2009; and Module II: Medical Journals, Asian Missions and the Historical Record, 1816-1986.

Collection of manuscript and printed material from the archive of the British government in London. Covering the period 1606 to 1822, this digital resource consists of the complete series of Colonial Office (CO) 5 files – the original correspondence between London and the American colonial governments. The documents shed light on political, economic, military, cultural and social aspects of life in colonial America. Modules I-III covering 1606-1799 are available. Tutorial for the Colonial America database.

Collection of digitized primary sources depicting gender in British history, literature, society, and culture. Material types include ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, government papers, illustrated writings on anatomy, writings on midwifery, art and fashion publications, receipt books, conduct and advice literature, poetry, novels, ballads, drama, literary manuscripts, and travel writing. View a tutorial on this database here.

Features the John Larpent Archival Collection from the Huntington Library which includes over 2,500 digital facsimile of almost every play submitted for license in England between 1737 and 1824. The collection also includes two major reference sources, The London Stage, 1660-1800 and A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. View a tutorial on this database here.

Collection of unique and rare periodicals representing the wide range of English language print culture in the 18th century. Journals from the United Kingdom and its then-colonies, including United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and India are represented. A wide variety of subjects are addressed in these periodicals. Coverage: 1685 – 1835. Note: Includes: Modules I – V. View a tutorial on this database here.

Resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and are accompanied by a host of secondary learning resources including scholarly essays, maps and an interactive chronology.

Complete British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980, covering important historical events in modern Chinese history. Coverage: 1919 – 1980. View a tutorial on this database here.

Collection of files from the Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and Dominions Office focuses on the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Coverage: 1947 – 1980. View a tutorial on this database here.

Resource for primary source documents covering the events in the Middle East during the 1970s. Includes diplomatic correspondence, minutes, reports, political summaries and personality profiles. Note: Includes: Module I: 1971-1974, The 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Oil Crisis. Coverage: 1971 – 1974. View a tutorial on this database here.

Primary source documents covering the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in the European and colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia. Through an array of digitized primary source materials it documents the creation of new states, trade networks, and movements of people in these regions alongside the marginalization and decline of indigenous peoples. Material ranges across four centuries, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century.
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Contains primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. It focuses on the history of 15 major commodities, and examines the ways that they have changed the world. In addition to historical documents, collection provides users with visual resources, such as thematic galleries, data and maps, and a searchable chronology.
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Collection of primary and secondary resources, including writings, artworks, photographs, and maps for the study of travel. Coverage: 1550 – 1850. View a tutorial on this database here.

Primary source materials depicting, from a British colonial perspective, the history of South Asia (primarily India) between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. Material types include diaries and journals, official and private papers, letters, sketches, paintings, histories, and literary works. View a tutorial on this database here.

Provides digital access to documents relating to the evolution of British and American working class tourism from c.1850 to 1980. It includes access to guidebooks and brochures, periodicals, travel agency correspondence, photographs, personal travel journals posters, and ephemeral items. Coverage: 1850 – 1980. View a tutorial on this database here.

Collection of historical primary source publications relating to the history and study of sex, sexuality, gender research and gender studies research. Materials span the sixteenth to twentieth-first centuries. Documentation covering disciplines such as social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) communities around the world are included, as well as rare and unique books on sex and sexuality from the sciences to the humanities.