Time
Period - Twentieth Century
Alex Catalogue of
Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
American Memory:
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
The American memory web site aims to provide electronic access to
holdings at the Library of Congress which relate to the United States.
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An American Time
Capsule: Three centuries of Broadside and Other Printed Ephemera
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html
The American Time Capsule web site has been developed by the rare
books and special collections division of the Library of Congress
to provide access to printed ephemera held by the Library of Congress.
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Anarchist Archives
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/index.html
Work on the site started in 1995 with the aim of providing an online
history of anarchists and anarchist movements, as well as the online
provision of the collected works of major anarchists. |description|
The Ascoli Project
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/jb6/archives/index.html
Austrian Primary
Historical Documents: Eurodocs
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/austria.html
Avalon Project at
Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The Avalon Project aims to provide access to documents relating
to law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government over
the World Wide Web. |description|
Bletchley Park
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk
British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.|description|
British Library
Newspaper Library
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/newspapers.html
The History of the British Library Newspaper Library web site has
four main sections. |description|
British Library of Political and Economic Science: pamphlet collection
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/pamphlets/
This section of the British Library of Political and Economic Science (BLPES) website provides information and access to the full-text of its pamphlet collection. There are over 90,000 pamphlets in the collection, mainly published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. |description|
British
Pathé
http://www.britishpathe.com/index.cfm
The British Pathé offers access to 3,500 hours of news footage
spanning almost a century, from 1896 until 1970. |description|
By Popular Demand:
'Votes for Women' Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
By Popular Demand: 'Votes for Women' Suffrage Pictures web site,
from the Library of Congress, provides access to thirty-eight pictures
relating to the women's suffrage movement in the United States between
1850 and 1920. |description|
CAIN: Conflict Archive
on the Internet
http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/
Canadian Constitutional
Documents: a legal history
http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/index.html
The Canadian constitutional documents web site was created by William
Maton in order to provide free access to relevant documents. |description|
Castro Speech Database
http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/castro.html
The Castro speech database contains full text English translations
of a selection of speeches, interviews and press conferences by
Fidel Castro. |description|
CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts
http://www.ucc.ie/celt
The CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts is an excellent scholarly site, still growing, that contains a vast number of Irish cultural, historical, and literary texts (in Irish, Latin, Hiberno-Norman French, and English). |description|
Centre for Contemporary British History
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/icbh/welcome.html
The Centre for Contemporary British History (CCBH) is a research
department of the Institute of Historical Research, University of
London. |description|
Centre for Metropolitan
History
http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/cmh/cmh.main.html
The Centre for Metropolitan History (CMH) was established in 1988
and promotes the study and appreciation of London's character and
development. |description|
The Centre for the
Study of Cartoons and Caricatures
http://library.ukc.ac.uk/cartoons/
The Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature was established
in 1973 as a research centre and picture library which is based
upon an archive of over 85,000 pieces of cartoon artwork. |description|
Chronology of Russian
History
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/chrono.html
The chronology lists major events of Russian history between 860
and the present. |description|
Churchill Archives
Centre
http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/
The Churchill Archives Centre, based at Churchill College Cambridge,
holds 570 collections of documents relating to Churchill. |description|
The
Churchill Era: An Educational Resource
http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/churchill_era/
The Churchill Era is an educational web site
published by the Churchill Archives Centre, and has been specially
designed for teachers and students of A-Level History courses.
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Codes and Ciphers
in the Second World War
http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/
Cold War International
History Project
http://cwihp.si.edu/default.htm
The Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) was set up at
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington
D.C. in 1991. |description|
Concise History
of the British Newspaper
http://www.bl.uk/collections/britnews.html
Danish Data Archive
http://www.dda.dk/
Digital Archive
of Architecture
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/
Dr Seuss Went to
War
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/
The Dr Seuss Went to War web site provides access to political cartoons
drawn by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr Seuss) for the New York publication
PM between 1941 and 1943. |description|
Dutch National Accounts
1800-1913
http://nationalaccounts.niwi.knaw.nl/
Early Canadiana
Online
http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq
Electric Scotland
http://www.electricscotland.com/
"Electric Scotland's Scottish History" is a large Web site offering information on early Scottish history, battles, culture, literature, and music. |description|
Eurodocs: Belgium
Primary Historical Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/belgium.html
Eurodocs: Irish
Primary Historical Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/ireland.html
Eurodocs: Italian
Primary Historical Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/italy.html
Eurodocs: Spanish
Primary Historical Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/spain.html
Finland 500 Years
on the Map of Europe
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/mapseng.html
This site takes the
form of an online exhibition showing the way in which Finland has
been represented in maps over the last 500 years. |description|
Five College Archives
Digital Access Project
http://clio.fivecolleges.edu/
The Five College Archives Digital Access Project web site provides
access to a selection of material held at Amherst College, Hampshire
College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst. |description|
Friends of Devon's Archives
http://www.foda.org.uk
This is the website of the Friends of Devon's Archives, an organisation which supports the work of the local record offices for that county.|description|
From Slavery to
Freedom: the African-American Pamphlet Collection 1824-1909
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html
The From slavery to freedom: the African-American pamphlet collection
web site, compiled by the Rare Books and Special Collections Division
at the Library of Congress provides access to the full-text of 397
pamphlets published between 1824 and 1909. |description|
The
GLBT Historical Society
http://www.glbthistory.org/
The
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society collects,
archives, and exhibits material that deals with the history of homosexuals
and other sexual minorities. |description|
Great Britain Historical
Database Online
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/gbh.asp
The Great Britain historical database online access to a large part
of the statisitical information on the Great Britain historical
database. |description|
Hall-Carpenter Archives
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/gutoho/hall_carpenter_archives.htm
Founded in 1982, the Hall-Carpenter Archives are the largest source
for the study of gay activism in Britain. |description|
Historical Archives
of the European Communites
http://wwwarc.iue.it
Historical
Chart and Map Collection
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm
This site, created
by the US Office of Coast Survey (OCS) provides access to historic
coastal charts and maps dating mainly from the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century. |description|
Historical Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/historical/history_main.html
Historical maps from the University of Texas provides access to
hundreds of historical maps from around the world. |description|
A
History of the Canadian Coastguard and Marine Services
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/usque-ad-mare/welcome.htm
AHDS History http://ahds.ac.uk/history/index.htm
AHDS History 'collects, preserves and promotes the use
of digital resources, which result from or support historical research,
learning and teaching'. |description|
The History of Disabilities
and Social Problems
http://codi.buffalo.edu/graph_based/.bibliography/woodhill/woodhill.html
The history of disabilities and social problems is a bibliography
of printed resources which was originally compiled in 1987-88. |description|
History of European Integration
http://www.eu-history.leidenuniv.nl/
The history of European integration site was developed by R.T. Griffiths
from Leiden University History Department. |description|
History of France: Primary Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/france.html
The History of France: primary documents site provides links to over
sixty documents relating to French history from the ninth century
to the present day. |description|
History of Germany: Primary Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/germany.html
The History of Germany: primary documents site provides links to over
one hundred documents relating to German history from the ninth century
to the present day. |description|
History of the Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5.asp
This site, which forms part of the British Monarchy web site, provides
a brief history of all the monarchs of England, Scotland and the
United Kingdom. |description|
History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk.html
The History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents site provides
links to over one hundred documents relating to the history of the
United Kingdom from the eighth century to the present day. |description|
The Holocaust History
Project
http://www.holocaust-history.org/
Hospital Records Database
http://hospitalrecords.pro.gov.uk/
The Hospital Records Database, from the Wellcome Trust and the Public
Record Office, provides information on the existence and location
of hospital records in the United Kingdom. |description|
Immigration History Research Center
http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/index.htm
The Immigration History Research Center (IHRC), based at the University
of Minnesota, collects and preserves material on American immigration
and ethnic history. |description|
International Institute of Social History
http://www.iisg.nl/index.html
The International Institute of Social History (IISH) was founded in
1935. It is involved with the documentation of and research into social
history in general and the labour movement in particular. |description|
International Institute
of Social History: Collections
http://www.iisg.nl/collections/index.html
This site outlines the collections available from the International
Institute of Social History (IISH). |description|
Internet Modern
History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
This sourcebook covers a wide range of topics from the Reformation
up to the present. |description|
The Linen Hall Library
http://www.linenhall.com/
The Linen Hall Library was founded in 1788 and is the oldest library
in Belfast. The web site provides details of the collections held
in the library. |description|
Making of America
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
Making of America is a digital library of primary documents relating
to American social history. |description|
Map Collections:
1500-2002
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Marxist Internet
Archive
http://www.marxists.org/
Mass Observation
Archive
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/massobs/homearch.html
The Mass-Observation Archive, a charitable trust, has been housed
at the University of Sussex since 1970. |description|
McMaster University
Archive for the History of Economic Thought
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca:80/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html
The Archive for the History of Economic Thought web site from McMaster
University provides access to a variety of material relating to
economic history. |description|
Modern Records Centre
http://modernrecords.warwick.ac.uk/
The Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick has the aim
of collecting and making sources for British political, social and
economic history, in particular labour history, industrial relations
and industrial politics, available for research. |description|
A
More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/index.html
This site, which is one of the Smithsonian’s
virtual exhibitions, is concerned with the internment of Japanese
Americans in the U.S.A during the Second World War.
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Mundus: Gateway
to Missionary Collections in the UK
http://www.mundus.ac.uk
The Mundus Gateway
provides an online guide to the archival collections in the British
Isles that hold material concerning the history of missionaries.|description|
NASA Historical
Archives
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/history.html
National Archives
of Australia
http://www.aa.gov.au/
The National Archives of Australia hold papers of Governors-General,
Prime Ministers and Ministers. |description|
National Archives
of Canada
http://www.archives.ca/
The web site of the National Archives of Canada holds both general
and detailed information on their holdings. |description|
National Archives
of Ireland
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
The web site of the National Archives of Ireland provides information
about their holdings and publications as well as general information
for readers. |description|
National Library
of Canada: Knowledge within Reach
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/
Nazi
Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/
This is one of the online exhibitions on the web site of the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and it deals with the Nazi campaign
of persecution and violence against German homosexuals. |description|
NDAD: UK National
Digital Archive of Datasets
http://ndad.ulcc.ac.uk/
NDAD provides access to archived digital data from UK government
departments and agencies.
Netherlands Historical
Data Archive
http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/us/dd_nhda/dd_nhda.htm
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/
The New Deal Network (NDN) was lunched in 1996 by the Franklin and
Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. It is now based at the Institute for
Learning Technologies at Columbia University. |description|
Out of the Past:
400 years of Lesbian and Gay history in America
http://www.pbs.org/outofthepast/
Out of The Past explores the importance of history in creating identity,
and documents the history of gay men and women in the United States
over four centuries. |description|
Pathways in American
Planning History: a thematic chronology
http://www.planning.org/pathways/index.htm
Pathways in American Planning History was originally published in
the Journal of Planning and Education Research and has been adapted
and updated prior to publication on the web. |description|
The Patrin Web Journal:
Romani Culture and History
http://www.patrin.com
Patrin is a web resource which covers aspects of Romani culture
and history. A wide variety of material is covered by the site.
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Photos of the Great
War
http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/photos/greatwar.htm
The Photos of the Great War site, which is part of World War I document
archive from the University of Kansas, currently provides access
to 1844 photographs relating to the First World War. |description|
Photographic
Libraries
http://www.photographiclibraries.com/
The Photographic Libraries
web site offers links to over 140 image libraries and collections,
ranging from agency portfolios to archival resources.
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Popular Document
Collection: Bay of Pigs Reports
http://www.foia.ucia.gov/bay_of_pigs.asp
This web site from the electronic document release center of the
CIA in the United States provides access to full-text reports on
the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. |description|
Powys Digital History
Project
http://history.powys.org.uk/
The Powys digital history project web site provides access to information
about the local history of the region. |description|
Project Wittenberg
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html
Project Wittenberg, created under the direction of Bob Smith of
Concordia Theological Seminary, provides a gateway to Lutheran texts;
texts by Luther, texts about Luther and works of other Lutherans.
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Prosperity and Thrift:
the Coolridge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-1929
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html
The Prosperity and Thrift web site from the Library of Congress
provides access to full-text material that documents the prosperity
enjoyed by the United States during the Coolidge years. |description|
Public Record Office
of Northern Ireland
http://proni.nics.gov.uk/
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the official
place of deposit for public records in Northern Ireland. |description|
Publications of
the War
http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/pubs/
The Publications of the War web site provides access to digital
facsimiles of a selection of publications produced during the First
World War. |description|
Quaker Archives
Database
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/quaker/quakint1.htm
The Quaker Archives Database from the University of Leeds special
collections department has created a name index of many of the older
documents in The University Library's Carlton Hill archive. |description|
Talking History:
aural history productions
http://talkinghistory.org/
Talking History based at the University at Albany, State University
of New York 'is a production, distribution, and instructional center
for all forms of "aural" history'. |description|
South Asian Research Centre for Advertisement, Journalism & Cartoons (SARCAJC)
http://www.sarcajc.com/
South Asian Research Centre for Advertisement, Journalism & Cartoons (SARCAJC) is South Asia's first study centre for research into the history and political importance of cartoons, political satire, advertisements and journalism. |description|
Stormont Papers: Northern Ireland Parliamentary papers online 1921-1972
http://stormontpapers.ahds.ac.uk/
This site provides free access to an electronic library of full text government reports relating to Northern Ireland during the period from June 7, 1921-March 28, 1972. They include over 92,000 printed pages from 84 volumes of minutes of the Stormont (Northern Ireland devolved parliament). |description|
United States Historical
Census Data Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
The United States historical census data browser contains data from
US censuses between 1790 and 1970. |description|
University of Southampton
Library: Archive and Manuscript Collections
http://www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk/
Urban Past: an International
Urban History Bibliography
http://www.uoguelph.ca/history/urban/citybib.html
The urban past: an international urban history bibliography was
compiled by Gilbert Stelter from the University of Guelph and was
originally designed as a resource for students at this institution.
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Victorian Turkish baths http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/
The history of the Victorian Turkish bath is virtually uncharted, so the website is an attempt to interest historians in an aspect of Victorian life which has been almost totally forgotten. |description|
Virtual Library:
History - German History
http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p1ges/heidelberg/gh/gh.html
Votes for women:
Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association
Collection 1848-1921
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/rbnawsahtml/
The Votes for Women web site from the Library of Congress consists
of 167 full text items relating to the American women suffrage movement.|description|
Web Genocide Documentation
Centre
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm
WISE: Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation
http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/
WISE: Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation is a leading research institute based at the University of Hull. It conducts cross-disciplinary research into the history of slavery, its contemporary forms and efforts to eradicate it.|description|
The Workhouse
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/index.html
This site provides a helpful and interesting introduction to workhouses
and poor relief in general. |description|
World War I Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/index.html
This site has been developed by contributors to the by volunteers
of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). The aim of the
site is to assemble primary available on the internet about the
First World War in one location. |description|
World War II Poster
Collection
http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/cright.html
This site from Northwestern University holds over 300 posters relating
to the Second World War dating from 1941-1945. |description|
Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
http://www.hull.ac.uk/lib/archives/quaker/
The Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Projects aims to increase access to
and awareness of collections of Quaker material relating to Yorkshire.
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