New to the Library – Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa (Aluka) TAGS: 20th century | Africa | Apartheid | Archives | Black history | correspondence | databases | Decolonisation | history | journals | official documents | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history I’m happy to let you know that following a request from a member of HCA staff the Library  now has a subscription to the digital primary resource Struggles for Freedom: …Continue reading →

On trial: Medical Services and Warfare TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Britain | clinical notes | conflicts | correspondence | databases | diaries | ephemera | Europe | First World War | government papers | history | hospital records | medical history | military records | primary source | United States | war Further to a request from staff in the Medical School the Library currently has trial access to the digital primary source database Medical Services and Warfare from Adam Matthew. This …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | correspondence | databases | history | Jamaica | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | Politics | primary source | slavery | West Indies I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 from British Online Archives. This database contains a wide range of documents …Continue reading →

New! Tanzania and Malawi in records from colonial missionaries, 1857-1965 TAGS: Africa | African Studies | anthropology | Colonialism | correspondence | databases | history | Magazines | missionaries | new | online resources | primary sources | social anthropology | Sociology I’m pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to Tanzania and Malawi in records from colonial missionaries, 1857-1965 from British Online Archives. This database gives you …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Stuart and Cumberland Papers TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Battle of Culloden | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | Jacobite risings | Jacobites | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland I’m really happy to let you know that the Library has recently been able to purchase the extensive Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, digitised …Continue reading →

Normandy landings: through our digital primary sources TAGS: 20th century | Allies | Archives | Britain | Canada | correspondence | D-Day | databases | diaries | Europe | film | France | Germany | history | International Relations | Newspapers | Normandy | official documents | Politics | primary source | TV | United States | World War Two On this day, 6 June, 75 years ago the Normandy landings took place. This was part of a major combined naval, air and land assault on German-occupied France by Allied …Continue reading →

On trial: Medieval and Early Modern Studies TAGS: 15th century | 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Early Modern | Europe | history | International Relations | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | medieval | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history *The Library has now purchased access to this resource. See New to the Library: Medieval and Early Modern Studies.* Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently …Continue reading →

On trial: State Papers: Eighteenth Century (Part II) TAGS: 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Manuscripts | official documents | primary source Thanks to a request from a student in HCA and following a previous trial the Library now has trial access to Part II of State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782 …Continue reading →

On trial: State Papers: Eighteenth Century (Parts I and IV) TAGS: 1700's | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to Parts I and IV of State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782 from Gale. Part I …Continue reading →

On trial: digital collections relating to the slave trade and slavery in the West Indies TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Antigua | Archives | Black history | Britain | Colonisation | correspondence | cultural history | databases | empire | Europe | history | International Relations | Jamaica | Manuscripts | missionaries | North America | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland | Slave trade | slavery | social history | West Indies *The Library has now purchased access to the collection ‘Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 ’. See New to the Library: Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865* Thanks to a request from …Continue reading →