EuroDocs: Primary
Historical Documents from Western Europe Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations of historical
documents. Maintained by Richard Hacken at the Lee Library, Brigham
Young University. Documents range from medieval to contemporary.
European Navigator A collection of more than 5,000 documents including photographs, treaties, newspaper articles, interviews and maps documenting the history and institutions of post-war Europe.
Internet
Modern History Sourcebook Collection of primary sources, often in English translation, of
historic documents from the early modern period to the present for both
Europe and the Americas. Also see his Medieval Sourcebook.
Stars & Stripes Complete run of the WWI edition of the Stars & Stripes from February 8, 1918, to June 13, 1919.
Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive Collection of Wilfred Owen correspondence, manuscripts and poetry. Also includes substantial primary source material (images, audio, film, and text) dealing with World War I.
World War I Document
Archive Collection of documents including treaties, personal narratives and
correspondence created by the World War I Military History List and based
at Brigham Young University.
World War I History Commission Questionnaires "A fully-searchable index to questionnaires completed by World War I veterans or their surviving relatives providing personal information and details of each individual's war experience. Questionnaire images are available online." Index to American soldiers maintained by The Library of Virginia.
Creating
French Culture Treasures from the Bibliotheque nationale de France exhibit at the
Library of Congress covering the 8th century to the present.
French Studies
Web
The French Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in French Studies. Maintained by the Western European
Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Historical
Maps of Paris Collection of 100 maps from the 18th and 19th centuries maintained by
art history professor, Barry Berdoll at Columbia University.
Gallica
The Bibliotheque Nationale de
France's stunning digital library of texts and images. The collection can be searched and also browsed in a number of ways (chronologically, by theme).
Siege and Commune
of Paris A collection of over 1200 photographs and images recorded during the
Siege and Commune of Paris from the collection of Northwestern University
Library.
1848 Flugschriften im Netz "Collection of pamphlets, posters, etc. from the Revolution of 1848 in Germany, with additional biographical and general information."
Compact Memory Digitized versions of German language Jewish periodicals such as Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums, 1837-1922 and Die Welt, 1897-1914.
A Concrete Curtain: The Life and Death of the Berlin Wall
"The history of the Berlin Wall, from its creation to its destruction:
An exhibition comprising around a hundred photographs" created by Cyril Buffet. In English, German and French.
German Propaganda Archive
"Collection of English translations of propaganda material from Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic" created by Professor Randall Bytwerk of Calvin College.
German Studies
Web
The German Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in German Studies. Maintained by the Western European
Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Also see Virtual Library Zeitgeschichte.
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt's well-known essay originally translated in 1878, part
of the Electric Renaissance course offered by Boise State University.
Digital
Dante "The ILTweb Digital Dante Project is a long-term effort of the
Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University to prototype
and develop an online, multimedia Dante-related academic resource
combining traditional elements of scholarly research with new
communication and presentation possibilities enabled by networked digital
technology." Also see Renaissance Dante in
Print .
Italian Life Under Fascism
"A virtual exhibition exploring the nature of Italian fascism in the early twentieth century. Digital reproductions of original documents provide insight into "the character and range of Fascist propaganda and the special cult of the Duce that it fostered.""
Italian
Studies Web
The Italian Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in Italian Studies. Maintained by the Western European
Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Also see the Best of the Italian History Index.
Medici Archive Project
Project to catalog more than 2 million documents from the Medici archive. Selected documents are transcribed.
De correspondentie van Willem van Oranje The correspondence of William of Orange (1533-1584) includes over 12,000 letters, commission and orders (primarily in Dutch and French).
dbnl: Digitale bibliotheek voor der Nederlandse lettteren "This Dutch-language site, sponsored by the Nederlandse Taalunie and the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, offers literary texts (and some literary history) from the Dutch Middle Ages to the present."
Dutch Studies Web
The Dutch Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in Dutch Studies. Maintained by the Western European
Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Het Parool Archive 1940-1945 Digitized version of an underground newpaper during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
Historical Sample of the Netherlands "The HSN is a well-structured database consisting of a representative
sample of persons born in the Netherlands between 1812 and 1922
(n=75.000). A rich variety of data concerning their life-careers has been
gathered and is available to the scientific community."
Historicsche Kranten in Beeld Page images of three Dutch newspapers from 1909-1945: Het Vaderland, Het Centrum and Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant.
Memory of the Netherlands "Memory of the Netherlands is an extensive digital collection of illustrations, photographs, texts, film and audio fragments, all of Dutch making."
Tulip Book
The Tulip book of P. Cos published in 1637 with illustrations of tulips
and prices. A project of Wageningen Agricultural University Library.
Digitalarkivet
Database of census, church records and emigrant lists provided by the
National Archive of Norway.
The
Documentation Project
Nationwide digitization project with projects dealing with archaeology,
lexicography, history, folklore and numismatics. Material in Norwegian
with some explanatory information in English.
Muisti Database
Searchable database of digitized material from the collections of Finnish libraries, archives and museums.
Saganet: Icelandic Medieval Literature Partnership between Cornell and the National and University Library of Iceland to digitize more than 400,000 pages of Icelandic sagas.
Scandinavian
Studies Web
The Scandinavian Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in Scandinavian Studies. Maintained by the Western European
Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
AARHMS Archive
Collection of translated medieval documents including Aragonese and Catalan charters maintained by the American Academy of Research Historians
of Medieval Spain.
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Archives Home page of the archives based at Brandeis University, includes
exhibits, links, finding aids and a discussion group. Also see The Visual Front, a exhibit of Spanish Civil War posters from the University of California at San Diego.
The Columbus
Letter Digital version of the 1494 Basel edition of Columbus's
letter announcing the success of his voyage to the "islands of the India
sea." Maintained by the University of Southern Maine.
Iberian Studies
Web
The Iberian Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in Spanish and Portuguese Studies. Maintained by the Western
European Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research
Libraries.
Letters of Philip II,
King of Spain, 1592-1597
Important collection of more than 150 letters and other
documents primarily between Philip II
and Diego de Orellana de Chaves, Royal Governor of the northern coast.
This site was created and is maintained by the Harold B. Lee Library of
Brigham Young University.
Spain, United States, & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas "The site features maps, rare books, manuscripts, prints and photographs, and motion pictures from the Library of Congress. These selected items relate to Spanish influence and interaction with other cultures existing in the geographic areas of North America, the Caribbean, and present-day Mexico between 1492-1898."
AEIOU - The Austrian Cultural Information System The site created by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture "presents a detailed overview of Austria in the form of texts, pictures, sounds and video. An online version of the Osterreich Lexikon provides the major text.
Austrian Newspapers Online
Digitized Austrian newspapers covering the 19th century to the first third of the 20th.
Swiss Diplomatic Documents
"The Swiss Diplomatic Documents (SDD) is a collection of documents on Swiss foreign policy" covering from 1848 to 1961. Approximately 1000 documents have been digitized.
Painting: Detail from Pieter Brugel the Elder's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1559.
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