{"id":82,"date":"2020-08-20T15:24:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-library-guide\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:55:51","slug":"digital-archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-library-guide\/primary-sources\/digital-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This section highlights the fantastic collection of digitised archives that we hold at Kent and includes newspapers, periodicals, rare books, images, letters, pamphlets, diaries, accounts, maps, drawings, and much more!<\/p>\n<p>You can find guidance on visiting our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-library-guide\/special-collections-archives\/\">Special Collections and Archives<\/a><\/strong>, as well as the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/english-library-guide\/canterbury-cathedral-archives-and-library\/\">Canterbury Cathedral Library<\/a><\/strong>, on their own pages. Both are treasure troves for English students, and you are very welcome to visit them.<\/p>\n<p>We have so many primary sources that it&#8217;s difficult to list all that could be relevant to you here. I also recommend using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\"><strong>Digital Resources Directory<\/strong><\/a> or visiting one of the other <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-subject-library-resource-guide\">Library Resource Guides<\/a><\/strong> that might be relevant to your topic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/17\/american-periodicals\"><strong>American Periodicals<\/strong><\/a>: Contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/26\/am-explorer\"><strong>AM Explorer<\/strong><\/a>: Allows you to search across several databases of primary source material including:\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/297\/american-west\"><strong>The American West<\/strong><\/a>: Documents the westward expansion from the early 18<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/74\/colonial-america\"><strong>Colonial America<\/strong><\/a>: Correspondence between the British government and the American Colonies between 1606 and 1822<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/76\/confidential-print-africa\"><strong>Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966<\/strong>:<\/a> Papers generated by the British Foreign and colonial Offices in Africa<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/83\/defining-gender-1450-1910\"><strong>Defining Gender<\/strong><\/a>: Explores the study and analysis of Gender, leisure and consumer culture in the period 1450-1910<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/101\/eighteenth-century-journals-portal\"><strong>Eighteenth Century Journals (I-V)<\/strong><\/a>: Rare journals printed between c.1685 and 1835 from across the British Empire .<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/105\/empire-online\"><strong>Empire Online<\/strong><\/a>: Materials for the study of \u2018Empire\u2019 and its theories, practices, and consequences, covering the last 500 years.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/149\/india-raj-and-empire\"><strong>India, Raj and Empire<\/strong><\/a>: Covers the history of South Asia from 1615 to 1947<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/173\/london-low-life\"><strong>London Low Life<\/strong><\/a>: Contains colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 18th, 19th and early 20th century London.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/188\/mass-observation-online\"><strong>Mass Observation Online 1937-1967<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/454\/mass-observation-online-1981-2009\"><strong>1981-2009<\/strong><\/a>: Diaries and survey\u2019s detailing everyday experiences of everyday life in Britain.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/194\/migration-to-new-worlds\"><strong>Migration to New Worlds<\/strong><\/a>: Charts the emigration experience of millions across 200 years of history.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www-perditamanuscripts-amdigital-co-uk.chain.kent.ac.uk\/\"><strong>Perdita Manuscripts: female writers, 1500-1700<\/strong><\/a>: Manuscripts from the early modern period<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/299\/the-grand-tour\"><strong>The Grand Tour<\/strong><\/a>: Explores the relationship between Britain and Europe during 1550-1850 with the Grand tour as a starting point.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/317\/victorian-popular-culture\"><strong>Victorian Popular Culture<\/strong><\/a>: A collection on popular entertainment in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> and early 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/43\/black-thought-and-culture\"><strong>Black Thought and Culture<\/strong><\/a>: On-fiction writings by major American black leaders\u2014teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures\u2014covering 250 years of history<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/102\/electronic-enlightenment\"><strong>Electronic Enlightenment<\/strong><\/a>: Correspondence between writers and thinkers from the age of enlightenment<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chain.kent.ac.uk\/login?url=https:\/\/go.galegroup.com\/ps\/start.do?p=GDCS&amp;fromProdId=GDCS&amp;userGroupName=uokent\"><strong>Gale Primary Sources<\/strong><\/a> including amongst other relevant collections:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/100\/eighteenth-century-collections-online-ecco\"><strong>Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)<\/strong><\/a>: Full text access to 150,000 titles, including all significant English language and foreign titles published in the UK and a substantial number from North America<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/209\/nineteenth-century-collections-online\"><strong>Nineteenth Century Collections<\/strong> <strong>Online (NCCO)<\/strong><\/a>: A primary source collection for the long nineteenth century including theatre scripts and books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/2\/19th-century-uk-periodicals\"><strong>Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals<\/strong><\/a>: Fully searchable facsimile resource for the study of British life in the nineteenth century through mainly magazines and serials<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/255\/punch-historical-archive\"><strong>Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992<\/strong><\/a>: Full text access to all volumes of the satirical magazine Punch from 1841 to 1992<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/171\/listener-archive\"><strong>The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991<\/strong><\/a>: Weekly BBC magazine covering reflections on politics, literature and the arts as well as contributions from literary icons as well as being a platform for new writers and poets<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/307\/times-literary-supplement-historical-archive\"><strong>The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive (1902-2014)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/174\/london-review-of-books\"><strong>London Review of Books<\/strong><\/a>: Magazine archive of book reviews and essays<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory\/239\/periodicals-archive-online\"><strong>Periodical Archives Online<\/strong><\/a>: 700 scholarly periodicals across 37 key subject areas in the humanities and social sciences. 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