Old Bailey Online
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Old Bailey OnlineThe Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, 1674-1913.
Evidence/Primary Source Databases
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17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThe newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media, helping chart the development of the concepts of news/newspapers and the free press.
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18th Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowDigital texts of books published in England in several languages between 1701-1800. Coverage from a variety of materials -- including books and broadsides, Bibles, tract books and sermons to printed ephemera -- with works by many well-known and lesser-known authors, women, and collections from the French Revolution.
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AAS Historical Periodicals Collection: 1684-1820 This link opens in a new windowThis collection of periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society documents the life of people in the United States from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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American History, 1493-1945 This link opens in a new windowSourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, this resource documents American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century.
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American Periodicals Series Online This link opens in a new windowDigitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
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Archives of Sexuality and Gender This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas.
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ARTFL This link opens in a new windowContains french language texts and philological resources from the 12th through the 20th centuries.
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British Literary Manuscripts II, Medieval & Renaissance This link opens in a new windowIncludes hundreds of thousands of pages of poems, plays, essays, novels, diaries, journals, correspondence and other manuscripts dating from roughly 1120 to 1660.
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800) This link opens in a new windowBooks on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc. from the Colonial period through the early 19th century. Includes the supplemental material from the the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) This link opens in a new windowBooks from 1801-1819 published in America on the topics of history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel, etc. Includes the supplemental material from the the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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Early American Newspapers [Gift of Edwin S. Snead III, Class of 1951] This link opens in a new windowNewspaper articles on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, politics, and more from the Colonial Period through the Reconstruction Period. [more information about this gift]
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Early English Books Online This link opens in a new windowBooks on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc. from the first book printed in English through the through the end of the 17th century.
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East India Company This link opens in a new windowContaining royal charters, correspondence, trading diaries, minutes of council meetings and reports of expeditions, among other document types, this resource charts the history of British trade and rule in the Indian subcontinent and beyond from 1599 to 1947.
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European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 This link opens in a new windowComprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, covering the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples
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Food and Drink in History This link opens in a new windowThe materials in this collection illustrate the deep links between food and identity, politics and power, gender, race and socio-economic status, as well as charting key issues around agriculture, nutrition and food production.
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International Women's Periodicals, 1786-1933: Social and Political Issues This link opens in a new windowProvides an important resource to scholars interested in the lives of women, the role of women in society and, in particular, the development of the public lives of women as the push for womens rights grew in the United States and England.
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State Papers Online, 1509-1714 This link opens in a new windowA collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Times Digital Archives, 1785-2012 This link opens in a new windowComplete archive in facsimile of the Times of London newspaper covering general news, culture, fine arts, politics, history, and more.
Evaluating Primary Sources
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Using Primary Sources from DoHistory.orgExplanation of primary sources from a history guide.
