HIST 226: History of Human Rights (BMC): Primary Sources

Provides access to 6 million digital items, including books, art work, photographs, newspapers, films and other cultural objects from European museums, galleries, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections including the Bibliotheque Nationale, the British Library, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.

Offers full-text access to English-language titles and editions published between 1801 and 1900 including books, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics, and more. Subjects covered include history, geography, fine arts, medicine, science, literature, language, religion, philosophy, diplomacy, theater, politics, law. etc.

Provides a searchable collection that brings the 1960s alive through diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary. With 150,000 pages of material at completion, this searchable collection is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history, culture, and politics.

Provides access to the digital collections of Bryn Mawr College Special Collections, Haverford College Special Collections, Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library and Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Includes primary source material in the areas of advertising, botany, peace studies, Quakerism, theater, women's studies and more.

This resource provides documents pertaining to women and social movements. Includes document projects that interpret and present documents to address a question or a scholarly debate. Also includes images, a dictionary of social movements, a chronology and teaching tools. Covers the 17th century to the 21st century.

"This digital archive will eventually offer 150,000 pages of conference proceedings, reports of international women's organizations, publications and web pages of women's non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century."

The collections of the 36 PACSCL member libraries include a total of more than 4,000,000 rare books, 260,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archival materials, and 9,000,000 photographs, maps, architectural drawings, and works of art on paper. PACSCL member libraries hold rich collections of materials on national, regional, and local history; the natural and social sciences; world history, literature and religion; art and architecture; and business and industry.

The Bryn Mawr College Special Collections, 2nd floor of Canaday, has an especially strong collection of manuscript and published materials related to women's rights and women's suffrage from the 18th century to the present.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection, located in McCabe Library, has extensive holdings of manuscripts and archives from individuals and organizations active in the peace movement, nonviolence, and refugee relief since the late 19th century.

The Friends Historical Library, located in McCabe Library, contains extensive holdings on the Society of Friends from the 17th century to the present, including much on anti-slavery, peace, and non-violence.

The Quaker and Special Collections, located in Magill Library, contain extensive holdings on the Society of Friends, including documentation on the anti-slavery, peace, and non-violence movements.