On trial: State Papers Online, Part III TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | history of religion | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from staff members in both HCA and ECA the Library currently has trial access to State Papers Online, Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, …Continue reading →

Battle of Cable Street: through our newspaper archives TAGS: 20th century | Britain | cultural history | databases | Europe | history | Newspapers | Politics | primary source | social history | World War Two On this day, 4th October, in 1936 large crowds of people gathered in London’s East End, an area of the city that had a large Jewish population, in an attempt …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Service Newspapers of World War Two TAGS: 20th century | Africa | Archives | Asia | Australia | Britain | Canada | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | India | International Relations | new zealand | Newspapers | primary source | social history | United States | World War Two I’m really pleased to let you know that following a successful trial the Library now has access to Service Newspapers of World War Two from Adam Matthew Digital, a brand …Continue reading →

Channel Islands occupation: through the Library’s online primary sources TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Newspapers | official documents | primary source | social history | World War Two On this day, 30 June, in 1940 the Germans invaded the Channel Islands which was the beginning of nearly 5 years occupation. In this week’s blog I’m using some of …Continue reading →

Fitba’ crazy, fitba’ mad? A football inspired reading list (yet again!) TAGS: Books | Britain | e-books | ethnography | Europe | football | history | online resources | social anthropology | Sociology The 2018 World Cup kicks off today in Russia and to mark this occasion we decided to resurrect and update our football inspired reading list that we originally published just …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Irish Newspaper Archive TAGS: 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Britain | databases | Europe | Ireland | Newspapers | primary source I’m very happy to let you know that following a successful trial earlier this year and further to requests from students and staff in HCA the Library has a 1-year …Continue reading →

On trial: The Age of Exploration TAGS: 15th century | 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Americas | Antarctic | Archives | Arctic | Asia | Britain | China | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Europe | film | history | India | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | Maps | Oceania | primary source | rare books | social history Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to a brand new digital primary source collection from Adam Matthew Digital, Age of Exploration. This …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Ancient history | Archaeology | Asia | Black history | Books | Britain | China | classics | cultural history | e-books | Europe | film | history | India | medieval | Politics | social history | United States | World War Two Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a (very) small …Continue reading →

On trial: Cold War Eastern Europe, 1953-1960 TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Eastern Bloc | Eastern Europe | Europe | history | International Relations | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | Soviet Union Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the digital primary source collection Cold War Eastern Europe, Module 1: 1953-1960, a unique and …Continue reading →

On trial: Secrecy, sabotage, and aiding the resistance TAGS: 20th century | Africa | Archives | Britain | Central America | China | databases | Europe | history | India | Intelligence | International Relations | middle east | official documents | Politics | primary source | Security | South America | United States | World War Two The Library has been given trial access to the British Online Archives (BOA) collection Secrecy, sabotage, and aiding the resistance: how Anglo-American co-operation shaped World War Two. Giving you unique …Continue reading →