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ENGLISH 225: Intermediate Academic Prose

Global Primary Sources

Voice of the Shuttle

A large database incorporating links to primary sources from many countries over the centuries.

Europeana

Web portal containing digitized museum collections of more than 3,000 institutions across Europe. Created by the European Union. 

Asia for Educators

Documents and speech transcriptions spanning movements and figures from Confucius to Mao Zedong. Appropriate for studies in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature.

 

EuroDocs

Holds wide variety of online Sources for European history, including transcriptions, facsimiles, and translations.

UK National Archives

Archives iconic national documents for the UK government, England, and Wales. Explore digital collections, legislation, and even the Twitter feed from Downing Street, all preserving the public record. 

Specialized Primary Sources

Women in World History

More than 200 primary sources, organized by region of the world (Africa, the Americas, East Asia, Europe, Mid-East/North Africa, Russia, South Asia, Southeast Asia).

First Person Narratives of the American South

Digitized primary materials offering Southern perspectives on American history and culture. Texts, images, and other materials come primarily from the libraries at UNC Chapel Hill. 

Making the History of 1989

Primary sources drawn from the emergence of resistance movements in the 1980s, the collapse of Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, and its aftermath.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation Archive

Includes handwritten papers, official records and unique artifacts from the personal archive of Nelson Mandela.