History @ CUL

Cambridge Archive Editions Online — now available

Cambridge Archive Editions Online presents a wealth of historical reference materials which otherwise would remain unknown, difficult to access, or fragmentary. Considered collectively, this body of documents represents many thousands of original documents of the National Archives (UK) represented in facsimile, including numerous maps, on the national heritage and political development of many countries. The […]

African Blue Books, 1821-1953 – now available online

About “African Blue Books, 1821-1953” from the British Online Archives site: The Blue Book was a key item of considerable standing in 19th century colonial administration. With a particular focus on the latter nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the focus of these Blue Books is upon economic development; imports, exports and each territory’s balance […]

Colonial State Papers Online – now available

[Proquest] Colonial State Papers Online Colonial State Papers Online provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Colonial State Papers integrates two important research tools as one service: Collection CO 1 from The National Archives (full name: Privy Council and […]

Gale’s “The Making of the Modern World” now available!

Produced by Gale, The making of the modern world (also known as MoMW)  provides full-text and full-page-image access to books from 1450-1914, and pre-1906 serials. It’s scope is international; it’s strength is economics. It focuses on economics of the past interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology, and special collections on banking, finance, […]

Four digital collections trials from Adam Matthew

The following collections are available: American Consumer Culture, 1935-1965 (new) American Indian Histories and Cultures The First World War Portal (part 3: Visual Perspectives and Narratives is new) Global Commodities   The resources will be available at the following URL for the next four weeks (ending on the 13/10/2014): www.consumerculture.amdigital.co.uk www.aihc.amdigital.co.uk www.firstworldwar.amdigital.co.uk www.globalcommodities.amdigital.co.uk   Please […]

30 day trial: Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)

Gale’s Nineteenth Century Collections Online is a rich digital collection of primary source material. Rare primary sources, curated by an international team of experts, provide access to important works sourced from leading libraries worldwide. Users will find millions of full-text, fully searchable pages. The trial runs roughly March 18-April 18, 2014. Access via: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cornell?id=cornell&db=NCCO or […]

New at Cornell: Black Abolitionist Papers

Black Abolitionist Papers is now available at Cornell. This digital collection consists of primary sources. It presents the international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves. Covering the period 1830-1865, the approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists […]

New at Cornell: British Periodicals

This just in:  British Periodicals! This digital collection allows searching full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture. More information and complete title list and […]

New Resource: Eighteenth Century British Journals

Eighteenth Century Journals, A portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, c.1685-1835 This resource focuses on the British Empire. It consists of five sections. Currently Cornell only subscribes to Section III. Materials for this section are drawn from two sources: the British Newspaper Library at Colindale, London and Cambridge University Library. This section focuses on journals published […]

Announcing “Slavery and the Law”

  Proquest History Vault: Slavery and the Law: Race, slavery, and free Blacks petitions to southern legislatures and southern county courts. Announcing the arrival of this new digital collection. The Slavery and the Law collection provides testimony on a broad range of subjects by a variety of southerners—Black and white, slave and free, slaveholder and […]

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