There are 7 sections on this page that point to collections by historical time period, geographic area, and theme. The 8th section leads to other UWaterloo guides on finding and using primary sources.
Research sexual and gender norms, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, social movements, and more. Includes newsletters, government documents, posters, and pamphlets. Coverage: 1600s - present
We have access to these four collections within this archive:
LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I
LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part II
Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture
Works by notable figures of the Humanities. Coverage includes philosophy, political thought, and religious studies. Filter by geographical area, gender, and time period. Coverage: ancient - modern
Search for primary sources and secondary resources, including full books, selected chapters, journal articles, and essays. Coverage: Primary sources: 1776-1928; Secondary sources: 1978 - 2016
Themes include: politics and law; religion and belief; education; literature and writings; women at home; society and culture; Empire; and movements and ideologies.
Search details of over 35,000 voyages involving the forcible transport of some 12 million Africans to the Americas. Find data and analysis on the trans-Atlantic and intra-American enslavement including an African name registry, interactive maps, timelines, and images. Coverage: 1514 - 1866
This series contains collections of annual reports, Government Gazettes, and Blue Books of statistics. Also find the papers of Anti-Apartheid journalist, Colin Legum. Coverage: 1808 - 1995
Collections include:
* Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1535
* Colonial Law in Africa, 1808-1919; 1920-1945; 1946-1966
* Gambia Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1881-1966
* Ghana and Togo Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1843-1957
* Kenya Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports 1907-1964
* Malawi under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1907-1967
* Nigeria and Cameroon Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports 1887-1962
* Sierra Leone under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1893-1961
* Uganda under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1903-1961
* Zimbabwe under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1897-1980
* South Africa under Apartheid, reports and research by a journalist,
1949-1995
* Apartheid Through the Eyes of South African Political Parties, 1948-1994
Documents of the association linked to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Search minutes, correspondence, reports, and candidates' books. Coverage: 1861 - 1967
Geographic coverage includes: India, China, Japan, Madagascar, Borneo, Burma
(Myanmar), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Korea.
English-language and English translations of radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, books, and United States government documents relating to immigration. Coverage: 1941 - 1996
English translations of and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, books, and United States government documents, relating to global reaction to major protest and reform movements. Coverage: 1945 - 1996
English translations of news broadcasts and publications on the reaction to apartheid throughout the African continent and from around the world. Coverage: 1946 - 1996
Reports, publications, and news broadcasts covering racial justice in the United States and US race relations with Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Coverage: 1941 - 1996
14 November 1945-1 October 1946.
v. 1. Official documents -- v. 2-22. Proceedings -- v. 23. Chronological and subject index -- v. 24. Document & name index -- v. 25-42. Documents and other material in evidence.
Also known as: Blue series
v. 1. Medical case -- v. 2. Medical case (continued); Milch case -- v. 3. Justice case -- v. 4. Einsatzgruppen case; RuSHA case -- v. 5. RuSHA case (continued); Pohl case -- v. 6. Flick case -- v. 7-8. I.G. Farben case -- v. 9. Krupp case -- v. 10. High Command case -- v. 11. High Command case (continued); Hostage case -- v. 12-14. Ministries case -- v. 15. Procedure, practice and administration.
Also known as: Green series
English translations of news broadcasts and publications on the reaction to apartheid throughout the African continent and from around the world. Coverage: 1946 - 1996
Find correspondence, speeches, event programs, oral histories, photos, and more relating to Black women’s rights, voting rights, and civic activism. Coverage: 1850s - 1960s
Geographic focus: mainly United States but also Canada, Mexico, Caribbean and
Africa. This collection is part of the DPLA (Digital Public Library of America).
Contains materials relating to the socio-political history of South Africa's struggle for freedom with emphasis on the Apartheid period. Find correspondence, interviews, photos, periodical literature and more. Coverage: 1950s - present
This series contains collections of annual reports, Government Gazettes, and Blue Books of statistics. Also find the papers of Anti-Apartheid journalist, Colin Legum. Coverage: 1808 - 1995
Collections include:
* Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1535
* Colonial Law in Africa, 1808-1919; 1920-1945; 1946-1966
* Gambia Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1881-1966
* Ghana and Togo Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1843-1957
* Kenya Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports 1907-1964
* Malawi under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1907-1967
* Nigeria and Cameroon Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports 1887-1962
* Sierra Leone under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1893-1961
* Uganda under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1903-1961
* Zimbabwe under colonial rule, in Government reports, 1897-1980
* South Africa under Apartheid, reports and research by a journalist,
1949-1995
* Apartheid Through the Eyes of South African Political Parties, 1948-1994
Search details of over 35,000 voyages involving the forcible transport of some 12 million Africans to the Americas. Find data and analysis on the trans-Atlantic and intra-American enslavement including an African name registry, interactive maps, timelines, and images. Coverage: 1514 - 1866
Materials relating to colonial rule, Black resistance, and attempts by international networks to fight racism from afar. Focus is on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Coverage: 1940s - 2010s
Included are pamphlets created by the Liberation Support Movement (LSM) 1969-1981 based out of the west coast of Canada and the United States.
Facsimiles of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere. Coverage: 1475 - 1700
EEBO contains images of works by such authors as Malory, Spenser, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, and Galileo. The database also includes musical exercises by Henry Purcell, novels by Aphra Behn, prayer books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, calendars, and many other primary resources.
English and other language books, pamphlets, broadsides and other ephemera published in the United Kingdom and the Americas. Coverage: 1701 - 1820
Included are significant collections of women writers, collections on the French Revolution, numerous 18th century editions of the works of Shakespeare, and multiple editions of other works of literature.
Nine pamphlet collections covering various socio-political themes in Britain including Anti-slavery, universal suffrage, criminal punishment, and more. Coverage: 1545 - 1931
Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection; Hume Tracts; Bristol Selected Pamphlets; Cowen Tracts; Earl Grey Pamphlets; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Knowsley Pamphlets; LSE Selected Pamphlets, and Selections of the University of Manchester covering the Irish Question, Free Trade, and women's suffrage.
Reports, surveys, diaries, photographs, maps, and essays related to social research. Geographical area: Britain. Coverage: 1930s - 1970s
Papers from the archives of Mass Observation, a British social research organization. Includes both material collected by investigators and material submitted by volunteers.
Find manuscripts, modern books, maps, photographs, journals, and newspapers that are part of the Bavarian State Library in Munich. Coverage: 600-present
Find documents of the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Responsibility for the War. Translated under the supervision of the Carnegie endowment for international peace, Division of international law. Coverage: 1914 - 1923
Find government documents, newspapers, and more. Countries covered are Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
Collection of images of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative art, design, and various forms of visual culture. Artstor's high-quality collections and key functionality are now on JSTOR. Coverage: prehistoric - present
ARTstor's software tools allow the viewing and analyzing of images through features such as zooming and panning, saving groups of images online for personal or shared uses, and creating and delivering both online and offline presentations.
Facsimiles of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere. Coverage: 1475 - 1700
EEBO contains images of works by such authors as Malory, Spenser, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, and Galileo. The database also includes musical exercises by Henry Purcell, novels by Aphra Behn, prayer books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, calendars, and many other primary resources.
Contains copies of three English language newspapers: The India Gazette (1782-1834); The Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle (1822-1866); and The Bengal Times (1876-1908). Coverage: 1782 - 1908