Primary Sources
The library has a page listing online resources for modern history. Here are a few to get you started.
General Resources
These include letters, documents, texts, photographs, and images.
- The University of British Columbia Open Collections
- The University of Manitoba Digital Collections
- State Library of South Australia Digital Collections
- Empire Online
- Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange
Photographs and Images
- National Archives ‘World Through a Lens’ Collection
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
- British Museum Collections
- Victoria & Albert Museum Collections
- Bristol Museum British Empire and Commonwealth Collection
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
- National Army Museum Collections
- Yale Center for British Art
- Art UK
- Punch Cartoon Archive
Newspapers
- Trove National Library of Australia
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Times of India
- Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876
- British Library Newspapers
- The Times Digital Archive
- Library and Archives Canada Canadian News Online
- Illustrated London News Archive