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: Picture Post Historical Archive TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | cultural history | databases | history | journals | Magazines | photojournalism | primary source | social history | World War Two Did you know the Library now has access to the Picture Post Historical Archive? This database comprises the complete archive of the Picture Post from its first issue in 1938 …Continue reading →

On trial: selection of U.S. magazine archives TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | cultural history | databases | history | Magazines | Politics | primary source | social history | United States *The Library has now purchased access to The New Republic Magazine Archive. See New to the Library: The New Republic Archive* Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the …Continue reading →

On trial: Archives of Sexuality & Gender TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Books | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | e-books | Europe | gender studies | history | Letters | LGBT+ History | LGBT+ studies | Magazines | Manuscripts | Politics | primary source | social history | United States | World War Two *The Library has now purchased access to Archives of Sexuality & Gender. See New to the Library: Archives of Sexuality & Gender* Thanks to a request from staff and students …Continue reading →

On trial: Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | cultural history | databases | Europe | First World War | history | Magazines | primary source | social history *The Library has access to Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.* Thanks to a request from …Continue reading →

LGBT Magazine Archive: Trial access TAGS: Bisexual | Britain | databases | Gay | gender studies | history | Lesbian | LGBT+ History Month | Magazines | media | online resources | Politics | primary sources | Queer studies | Social & Political Sciences | Sociology | Transgender | UK | United States | USA *The Library now has access to LGBT Magazine Archive until 31st July 2024. See New! LGBT Magazine Archive* I’m happy to let you know that just in time for LGBT …Continue reading →

On trial: Tanzania and Malawi in records from colonial missionaries, 1857-1965 TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | correspondence | databases | history | journals | Magazines | missionaries | primary source | UMCA | Universities' Mission to Central Africa *The Library has now purchased access to the ‘Tanzania and Malawi in records from colonial missionaries’. See New! Tanzania and Malawi in records from colonial missionaries, 1857-1965.* Thanks to a …Continue reading →

First World War: through our Library resources TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | First World War | Great War | history | International Relations | Magazines | Manuscripts | Newspapers | official documents | Politics | primary source | United States | World War One | WWI This weekend, Sunday 11th November, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. In this week’s blog post I have pulled together just a small selection …Continue reading →

On trial: Women’s Magazine Archive TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | cultural history | databases | gender studies | history | Magazines | primary source | social history | United States | women's history *The Library has now purchased access to the ‘Women’s Magazine Archive, collection I and II’. See New to the Library: Women’s Magazine Archive.* Thanks to request from a student in …Continue reading →

“Ye are many—they are few”: Exploring the Peterloo massacre through our library resources TAGS: 19th century | Archives | Books | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | history | Magazines | Manuscripts | Newspapers | official documents | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history Next year on this day, 16th August, it will be the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. The ironic name given to events at St Peter’s Fields in Manchester on …Continue reading →