UK Archives: Empire Windrush resources
To mark the 75th anniversary of the ship bringing Caribbean migrants to the UK the UK archives has released a 7-minute film about their ‘Windrush’ resources.There are also teaching resources based on primary source documents aimed at school-age students.
Autograph Letter Collection
The LSE digital library is releasing its autograph letter collection online. The collection contains over 5,000 letters dating from 1851 to 1975. The original deposit was made in 1930 by Philippa Fawcett of letters received by her mother, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, who had died the year before. Many of these letters were considered ‘Autograph’ letters written […]
Dun and Bradstreet book collection
Library of Congress Dun and Bradstreet digital book collection Online volumes have been expanded to cover most of 1859 to 1879 and 1900 to 1924. These are of value for economic historians and business historians as R.G. Dun & Company, now known as Dun & Bradstreet, was a credit reporting agency that provided ratings on an […]
Medieval and Renaissance Women
Medieval and Renaissance Women: charters and rolls The British Library blog has a full list of digitised charters and rolls from their medieval collections. They include examples of women who made wills and owned and passed on property which will be fascinating for those interested in the economic agency of women at this time.
Coronations through history
The National Archives has a mini coronations website which includes images of seals, phots and discussions of government documents. For detailed histories of oaths, processions and ceremonies in the 20th century take a look at this House of Commons Library research briefing.
Votes for women: coronation special (1911)
An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V. These Flickr photos show preparations, banners, leaflets, tracts letters and so on. A Fragile Unity: The Women’s Coronation Procession, 1911 is an article on the Mapping Women’s Suffrage website which shows the scale […]
Protests and Suffragettes
A project led by artists, activists & archivists who are working with schools and Wikipedia to rediscover and celebrate the women of Scotland and their history. They are making art works, murals and recording oral histories of famous Scottish women from history. Their YouTube channel has short talks on Scottish suffragettes. They have great social media […]
Digital Documentary Resources in Nilgiri and Coimbatore (1850-1970)
The collections digitised in this project consist mostly of photographs dating from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries. They include historic records from tea planters associations with photos of tea plantations and their owners and workforces.
Time-Lapse Maps of Russia’s War on Ukraine
Released by the Institute For the Study of War, it is possible to download maps for each month of the war and to interact with them to zoom in and look at advances made by specific sides.
Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946
The archive of the IMT is now online via the Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice website. It includes original unedited footage which may be searched. It also includes digitised court room evidence archive of holocaust and Nazi rights abuses during the second world war.
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