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Finding primary Sources in British History

General advice about locating primary resources

Newspapers & Pamphlets

Times (London) Digital Archive

Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)

Early American Imprints Series I (1639-1800)

Early American Imprints Series II (1801-1819)

Journal articles written by contemporaries

JSTOR

Periodicals Archive Online (1770-1995)

For databases of secondary literature see History Resources.

Other databases

British History Online. note from the web site: British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.

Guides

Macfarlane, Alan. A guide to English historical records / Alan MacFarlane. Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.
Case Main DA32.5.M33 1983

Selected titles in Case Library

Foreign Policy in general

British Foreign Policy, 1918-1945 : a guide to research and research materials / compiled and edited by Sidney Aster Edition Rev. ed Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1991. CASE Ref DA578.A88

English historical documents. 2nd edition. London : E. Methuen ; New York : Oxford University, 1979- .Case Main DA26 .E55 1979 (12 vols.)

Documents on British foreign policy, 1919-1939. London, H.M. Stationery Off., 1946-1985. Case Main DA566.7 A18 vols 1-

British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print...
(various regions covering the period 1856-1956)
Browse.... Case Main JZ632
Browse.... Case Main Main JX632

Documents on British policy overseas / edited by Rohan Butler and M.E. Pelly. 1984-<1989 >
Case Main DA588 .D63 1984
CASE MFiche Research DA588 .D63 1984.
NOTE Accompanied by microfiches in folders entitled: Microfiches of documents calendared in Documents on British policy overseas; these fiches consist of reproductions of documents related to those in the printed vols and referred to in the calendars following individual documents in the printed vols.

Domestic Issues

Great Britain: the lion at home; a documentary history of domestic policy, 1689-1973. New York, Chelsea House Publishers, 1985
Case Main DA470 .W48 vols. 1-4

British satire, 1785-1840 / general editor, John Strachan Imprint London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2003.
Case Main PR1195 .S3 B75 2003 vols 1-5

The political writings of the 1790s / edited by Gregory Claeys Imprint London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 1995.
Case Main DA520 .P78 1995 vols. 1-8

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Political and economic writings of Daniel Defoe / general editors, W.R. Owens and P.N. Furbank. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2000. Case Main PR3401 .o94 2000.

The reception of Locke's politics / edited by Mark Goldie. London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 1999.
Case Main JC153 .L87 R43 1999 vols. 1-6.

The popular radical press in Britain, 1817-1821 / edited by Paul Keen ; advisory editor, Kevin Gilmarti. London ; Brookfield, VT : Pickering & Chatto, 2003. Case Main DA521 .P68 2003

Medieval and early modern period

The parliament rolls of medieval England [electronic resource] - Contains full text and translation of the meetings of the English parliaments from Edward I to Henry VII, covering the years from 1275 to 1504

Manchester Medieval Sources Online [electronic resource]

Acts of the Privy Council of England. London, H. M. Stationery Off., 1890-1921.
LASR Main 942 G79 vols. 1-33 covering 1542-1614.
LASR Main 942 G79c vols 1-6 covering 1613-1783

Calendar of state papers, foreign series, of the reign of Elizabeth ; preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office / edited by Joseph Stevenson.
LASR Main 942 c130 vols. 3-4;6-7;11-12;15-17;19;22

Calendar of state papers, foreign series, of the reign of Edward VI., 1547-1553, preserved in the state papers department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Edited by William B. Turnbull.
LASR Main 942 C128

Calendar of state papers, foreign series, of the reign of Mary, 1553-1558, preserved in the state paper department of Her Majesty's public record office. Ed. by William B. Turnbull. LASR Main 942 C129

Calendar of state papers, Domestic series, of the reign of Charles II ... Preserved in the state paper department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Edited by Mary Anne Everett.
LASR Main 942 C126 vols. 1; 8-12;16;18;20

Calendar of the state papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. Preserved in the State Paper Department of H. M. Public Record Office. LASR Main 941.5 C12 vol. 1

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic series, of the reign of Charles I, 1625-[1649] preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office 1858-97.
LASR Main 942 C123 vols. 1-4;11;15;19;21-22

Calendar of the state papers, relating to Scotland, preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. 1858. LASR Main 941 C12 vols. 1-2 cover 1509-1587

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Calendar of state papers, Domestic series, of the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, 1547-1580, preserved in the State paper department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. 1856-72. LASR Main 942 C1219 vol. 1

Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII : preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and elsewhere in England / arranged and catalogued by J. S. Brewer. 1862-1932.
LASR Main 942 C121 vols. 3, pt. 1-4 pt1;4 pt.3; 6; 11;12; 13 pt.2;14 pt.1; 17; 19 pt1.-21 pt. 2; 25

Slave Trade

The British transatlantic slave trade. London ; Brookfied, VT : Pickering & Chatto, 2003. Case Main HT1162 .B75 2003 vols. 1-4

The Atlantic slave trade. England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006- Case Main HT1322 .A85 2006 vols. 1-4.

Colonies - North America

Great Britain. Parliament. Proceedings and debates of the British parliaments respecting North America, by edited by Leo Francis Stock. Washington, D.C., The Carnegie institution of Washington, 1924- .
LASR Main 973.2 G79 vols. 1-5

Great Britain. Parliament. Proceedings and debates of the British Parliaments respecting North America, 1754-1783 / edited by R.C. Simmons and P.D.G. Thomas. Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications, c1982- . volume 1 1754-1764. Case Main E187.G79 1982

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Documents of the American revolution, 1770-1783. (Colonial Office series) Ed. by K. G. Davies. Shannon Irish Univ. Press c1972- .
Case Main E203 .G68 1972 vols. 1-21

Select documents on the constitutional history of the British Empire and Commonwealth : the foundations of a colonial system of government / edited by Frederick Madden with David Fieldhouse.
Case Main KD5025 .S45 1985 vols. 1-6

British pamphlets on the American Revolution, 1763-1785 / editor, Harry T. Dickinson London : Pickering & Chatto, 2007-2008.
CASE Main E209 .B775 2007 vols 1-8

Colonies /Age of Imperialism

Great Britain. Board of Trade. Journal of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations ... Preserved in the Public Record Office. London : H. M. Stationery Off., 1920-38. Case Main DA25 .H55 vols. 1-14

Travels, explorations, and empires : writings from the era of imperial expansion, 1770-1835 London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2001. CASE Main G465 .T74 2001 vols. 1 -8

Towards freedom : documents on the movement for independence in India. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1999-
Browse CASE Main DS480.45 .T59....

Middle East

British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. University Publications of America, c1997. covering 1856-1956. Case Main JZ632 .B7...

Records of Islam, 1908-1972 : British documentary sources / editor, Jane Priestland [Slough, England] : Archive Editions, 2004.
CASE Main BP173.7 .R43 2004 vols. 1-12

Islamic movements in the Arab world, 1913-1966 / editor, Anita L.P. Burdett [London?] : Archive Editions, 1998.
Case Main BP173.7 .I869 1998 vols. 1-4

World Wars I and II

British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914 / edited by G.P. Gooch and Harold Temperley. London : H.M.S.O., 1926-1938
Case Main D505 .G68 vols. 1-11

Report of the Dardanelles Commission. Selections. The Dardanelles Commission. Abridged ed. London : The Stationery Office, c2000
Case Main D568.3 .G74 2000 pt. 1-2

British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. Part II, From the First to the Second World War. Series J, The League of Nations, 1918-1941. Md. : University Publications of America, c1992-c1995.
CASE Main JX632 .B773 1992 vols. 1 -10.

Economics

Battles over free trade / general editor, Mark Duckenfield. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2008. Case Main HF1711 .B38 2008 vols. 1-4.

Women

Bluestocking feminism : writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-1785 / general editor, Gary Kelly, volume editors, Elizabeth Eger ... [et al.] London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 1999. Case Main PR1111 .F45 B59

History of suffrage, 1760-1867. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2000.
Case Main JN945 .H577 2000 vols. 1-6

Women and empire, 1750-1939 : primary sources on gender and Anglo-imperialism / edited by Cheryl Cassidy ... [et al.] Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008. Case Main HQ1593 .W528 2008 vols. 1-5

Conduct literature for women, 1720-1770.
London : Pickering & Chatto, 2004-
1720-1770 CASE Main BJ1609 .C66 2004 vols. 1-6.
1770-1830 CASE Main BJ1609 .C662 2005 vols. 1 -6.
1830-1900. CASE Main BJ1609 .C68 2006 vols. 1 -6.

The early modern Englishwoman : a facsimile library of essential works. Part 1, Printed writings, 1500-1640 / general editors, Betty Travistsky & Patrick Cullen Aldershot, Brookfield Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Co., 1996-
Case Main PR1121 .E19 1996 vols. 1-10

Women's political writings, 1610-1725 / edited by Hilda L. Smith, Mihoko Suziki and Susan Wiseman. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2007.
Case Main PR110 .W6 W66 2007 vols. 1-4/

General Advice
Newspapers
Journals
Guides
Foreign policy
Domestic Policy
Prior to 1700
Slave Trade
Colonies, North American
Colonies, other
Middle East
World Wars
Economics
Women

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