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Documents relating to the colonial, economic, and maritime expansion of British naval and trade globally over 1662-1809. Documents are image scans with no transcription.
Sources illustrate the colony’s development into a key commercial centre, exporting local resources including diamonds, gold, cotton, ostrich feathers, and wine. This collection features administrative documents, annual and legislative reports, proclamations, correspondence with local rulers, and accounts of rebellions. It also provides glimpses into African cultures and societies, and local resistance to colonialism. Documents are image scans with no transcriptions.
Facsimile images of literary manuscripts, including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works from the Restoration through the Victorian era , c. 1660-1900. It encompasses extensive materials related to major British literary figures from the Bronte sisters to Sir Walter Scott to Oscar Wilde.
Digitised primary sources related to the political climate in Great Britain during the "long" nineteenth century, covering approximately 1749 to 1984. Documents facilitate study of the major political, industrial, social, and economic events during this period.
Correspondence from the British legation and consulates in the cities of imperial and republican China, documenting Sino-British relations and aspects of Chinese history from 1830 to 1939.
Discover the shifting and expanding theatre world of the nineteenth century. Featuring material such as prompt books, programmes, company records, photographs and playbills, scrapbooks, illustrations and more from archival collections in the UK, USA and Australia.
Over 400 American newspaper titles, covering the 19th Century.
Digitised versions of 141 volumes of Queen Victoria’s private diaries, written between 1832-1837. Entries are transcribed.
Scientific material from the late seventeenth century through the first quarter of the twentieth century, with a primary focus on the nineteenth century. The collection is divided into four major parts: academies of science publications, natural history, public health, and entomology.
Global in scope, this collection presents materials covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives and offers a look at the roles, experiences, personal and professional lives and achievements of women in society. It explores themes such as women's rights, health, politics, religion, education, and activism, with a focus on both individual women and organizations. Topics include birth control, civil rights, minority groups, prison reform, and the paranormal. The materials include personal papers, journals and periodicals, manuscripts, organizational records, and reports. Date range: 1741-1986.