On trial: Colonial Caribbean TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | Archives | Black history | Britain | Colonialism | Colonisation | databases | Europe | history | primary source | Slave trade | slavery Thanks to a request from HCA staff the library currently has trial access to Colonial Caribbean from AM Digital, which provides access to British Colonial Office files from The National …Continue reading →

On trial: Two databases on sexuality and LGBTQI+ history TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | cultural history | databases | gender studies | history | LGBT+ History | LGBT+ studies | LGBTQ history | primary source | sex | sexuality | social history *The Library has purchased access to both Gender: Identity and Social Change and Sex & Sexuality. These can be accessed via Digital Primary Source and Archive Collections or the Databases …Continue reading →

LGBTQI+ History Month: Discovering the Papers of the BLOG Society and the Letters of Christopher Isherwood TAGS: Archives | LGBTQIA+ Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been looking into the papers of the BLOG society and the letters of Christopher Isherwood in …Continue reading →

On trial: Early American Newspapers, Series 1 TAGS: 18th century | 19th century | Archives | databases | history | Newspapers | United States Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to Early American Newspapers, Series 1 from Readex, which offers fully searchable issues from over 730 …Continue reading →

On trial: East African Newspapers TAGS: 20th century | 21st century | Africa | Archives | databases | east africa | history | Newspapers | Politics | primary source *The Library now has permanent access to this resource. See New! East African Newspapers.* Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to East …Continue reading →

On trial: British Online Archives collections TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | cultural history | databases | gender studies | history | Magazines | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history *The Library now has permanent access to Britannia and Eve, 1926-1957 and The Tatler, 1901-1965. You can access these either from Newspapers, Magazines and Other News Sources or the Databases …Continue reading →

Review 2022 and a look towards 2023 TAGS: Archives | Archives Access and Engagement | Archives Cataloguing | Archives Conservation | Archives Digitisation | Archives Transcription | Earth Science | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) A lot has happened in 2022! Supported by both core and external funding, and with a return to more normal ways of working, we have been able to re-start and …Continue reading →

On trial: Radical Irish Newspaper Archives TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Archives | databases | First World War | history | Ireland | Newspapers | Politics | World War Two Thanks to a request from a researcher in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the Radical Irish Newspaper Archives, an extraordinary collection of over 115 Irish radical and …Continue reading →

On (long term) Trial: More Gale Primary Sources TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | cultural history | databases | Europe | history | Manuscripts | Newspapers | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history *The Library has subsequently purchased access to Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Inernational Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture, British Library Newspapers Part VI: Ireland, 1783-1950, Financial Times Historical Archive …Continue reading →

“An epoch in history” – Charles Lyell in Nova Scotia 1842 TAGS: Archives | Archives Digitisation | Centre for Research Collections | collections | Earth Science | Geology | Image Collections | Nova Scotia | Sir Charles Lyell (1795-1875) We are delighted to welcome Tim Fedak – a Curator and Palaeontologist based at Nova Scotia Museum – to our blog! Tim has been waiting ever so patiently for access …Continue reading →