Why Primary Resources?
What was happening when a work was written? How about when it was set? Primary resources provide first-hand knowledge and experience from a given age. These materials were created by people who lived then, and show what life was like at the time.
An online collection of early British newspapers and news pamphlets from the period. Supplied by the British Library. Includes material from London, the British Isles and the colonies. Coverage: 1600 - 1799.
Full article access to newspapers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Includes both major news publications and penny papers. Coverage: 1800-1900.
Full article access to major, rural, and specialty news sources.
Nineteenth century newspapers published by and for African-Americans. Contains the full articles of several major African American newspapers published in the United States between 1827 and 1900. Covers 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Search British magazines and newspapers from the 17th-20th centuries
Digital reproduction of the Illustrated London News. Covers 1842-2003.
Correspondence between some of the greatest thinkers and writers of the 18th century and their families, friends, bankers, booksellers, and publishers. Over 55,000 letters and documents from over 6,500 correspondents spanning from the 17th to the mid-19th century.
Magazine intended to entertain, inform and educate women. UMKC access includes issues published from 1830-1855.
Correspondence between some of the greatest thinkers and writers of the 18th century and their families, friends, bankers, booksellers, and publishers. Over 55,000 letters and documents from over 6,500 correspondents spanning from the 17th to the mid-19th century.