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British History Online: premium content

British History Online – Premium Content is a digital library of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and early modern history of Britain made up of 122 volumes of the Calendar of State Papers, Domestic and the Calendars of State Papers for Scotland and Ireland, the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, and the National Archives Calendar of Close Rolls;    The online calendar texts are fully cross-searchable with a range of other material for the early modern period, and offer scholars the opportunity to comment on, and correct, the recognised shortcomings of some volumes.

Provider: Institute of Historical Research
Updated: Aug 30, 2013 4:33pm

British Online Archives

British Online Archives, distributed by Microform Academic Publishers (MAP), consists of eleven thematic series, each containing individual collections of archival contents. New collections are added to each series as they become available.  Two of the series within this digital archive have also been reviewed separately by CRL: British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900, and Communist Party of Great Britain.

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: May 22, 2020 12:05am

British Online Archives : Colonial and Missionary Records

British Online Archives: Colonial and Missionary Records is a thematic series contained as a sub-set within the digitized archival content known as British Online Archives (BOA), distributed by Microform Academic Publishers (MAP). 

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Jul 25, 2017 11:53am

British Online Archives: British Broadcasting Corporation

British Online Archives, distributed by Microform Academic Publishers (MAP), consists of eleven thematic series, each containing individual collections of archival contents. New collections are added to each series as they become available.

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Jun 20, 2017 10:41am

British Online Archives: Communist Party of Great Britain

Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) is a thematic series contained as a sub-set within the digitized archival content known as British Online Archives (BOA), distributed by Microform Academic Publishers (MAP). 

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Jun 20, 2017 10:41am

British Online Archives: Twentieth Century Political History

British Online Archives: Twentieth Century Political History is a thematic series contained as a sub-set within the digitized archival content known as British Online Archives (BOA), distributed by Microform Academic Publishers (MAP). 

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Jun 20, 2017 10:42am

British Online Archives: World War II

British Online Archives: World War II is a thematic series contained as a sub-set within the digitized archival content known as British Online Archives (BOA), distributed by Microform Academic Publishers (MAP). 

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Apr 29, 2019 11:23am

British Periodicals Collections I and II

The British Periodicals Collections I and II provides online access to nearly 6.1 million pages from over 460 journals published from the 1681 to the 1937 covering subjects such as archaeology, architecture, art, the fine arts, drama, history, literature, music, philosophy, science and the social sciences.  

Provider: ProQuest
Updated: Sep 13, 2013 10:02am

The British Union of Fascists: newspapers and secret files, 1933-1951

The British Union of Fascists: newspapers and secret files, 1933-1951 provides access to 13,847 pages of newspapers and files from the British Union of Fascistis. 

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Oct 4, 2017 2:26pm

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries includes over 100,000 pages of material assembled from numerous bibliographies and from newly conducted research. Alongside the published material are 4,000 facsimile pages of previously unpublished manuscripts.  British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries spans more than 400 years of personal writings, bringing together the voices of women from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

Provider: Alexander Street Press
Updated: Aug 24, 2016 10:15am

The British industrial revolution: mills and education

The British industrial revolution: mills and education is a thematic series contained as a sub-set within the digitized archival content known as British Online Archives (BOA), distributed by Microform Academic Publishers (MAP).  This series includes the following collections:

Bolton's mills, how the spinning mule changed the textile industry, 1672-1929 Bristol shipping records: imports and exports, 1770-1917...

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Oct 3, 2017 12:19pm

British officers' diaries from World War 1, 1914-1919

British officers' diaries from World War 1, 1914-1919 provides access to 13,041 pages in 5 volumes of diaries from soldiers during The First World War.

Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
Updated: Oct 4, 2017 2:12pm


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