Research Guides: Confronting Empire: HIST 0874: Find Primary Sources

Find Historic Newspapers - International and US Sources

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Best for the years 1850-2000
ProQuest Historical Newspapers contains many US and international newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries, including the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Washington Post.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Best for years 1690-1850
America's Historical Newspapers provides searchable, scanned newspaper pages. The collection contains Early American Newspapers, Series 1-5 (1690-1922), Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876), African American Newspapers, Series 1 (1827-1998), and The Civil War (1840-1877).
London Times (1785-2019) [via Gale Times Digital Archive] This link opens in a new window
London Times provides a searchable, full-text and full-image archive of every page of the (London) Times from 1785 to 2014.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996 This link opens in a new window
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996 are translated transcripts of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements. The reports contain political, military, economic, environmental, and sociological news and information.

Find Printed & Online Primary Sources in the Library Catalog

Many primary-source documents have been reproduced in books commonly held in research libraries. You can use Library Search to retrieve this material.

Enter your search terms and then select the Books & Media box.
Try adding keywords such as Correspondence, Diaries, Interviews, Personal Narratives, and Sources along with your research topic to identify printed primary sources.
You can also filter for these terms under "Genre" to the left of your search results.
When you find a title of interest, such as personal narratives from the first World War, select the hyper-linked subjects in the item record to find additional titles. For example, the heading: World War, 1914-1918--Personal Narratives.

Primary Source Collections Relevant to Imperialism

ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Proquest Congressional provides access to the full text of congressional working papers and legislation, a wide variety of information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, financial data, and the full text of the Congressional Record.
Empire Online This link opens in a new window
Empire Online contains manuscript, printed and visual materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and are accompanied by a host of secondary learning resources including scholarly essays, maps and an interactive chronology.
U.K. Parliamentary Papers This link opens in a new window
Records of the UK Parliament, from 1688 continuing into the early 20th century.