LibGuides: HIST 0097: Men, Women, and Patriarchy in the Middle East: Primary Sources

Primary Source databases and Collections

British Mandate in Palestine, Arab-Jewish Relations, and the U.S. Consulate at Jerusalem, 1920-1944
1920-1944 CE | Correspondence and telegrams received and sent by the American consular post in Jerusalem

Christian Missionary Society Periodicals
1800-2019 CE | Publications from Christian missionary societies

French Mandate in The Lebanon, Christian-Muslim Relations, and the U.S. Consulate at Beirut, 1920-1941
1920-1941 CE | Correspondence and telegrams received and sent by the American consular post in Beirut
Middle East & North Africa Global Perspectives
1958-1994 CE | Translated journals, newspapers, scientific reports, and radio and television broadcasts
Middle East Online Arab-Israeli Relations
1917-1970 CE | British Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers
Middle East Online Iraq
1914-1974 CE | British Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers
Making of the Modern World
1450-1850 CE | Rare books, reports, correspondence, speeches, and surveys | History of Western trade

Most of the resources in this box will present information on this topic from a Western perspective.

British Periodicals
1681-1939 CE | Periodicals
Boston Globe Historical Newspapers
1872-1981 CE | Newspapers
Los Angeles Times Historical Newspapers
1881-1990 CE | Newspapers
New York Times Historical Newspapers
1851-2017 CE | Newspapers
The Times Digital Archives
1785-2010 CE | Newspapers | The Times of London Archive

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran | دنیای زنان در عصر قاجار
Explore the lives of women during the Qajar era (1796-1925) through a wide array of materials from private family holdings and participating institutions. Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran provides bilingual access to thousands of personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, publications, everyday objects, works of art and audio materials, making it a unique online resource for social and cultural histories of the Qajar world.
Harvard Open Collections Program: Islamic Heritage Project
For the IHP, Harvard’s Open Collections Program (OCP) has produced digital copies of over 280 manuscripts, 275 printed texts, and 50 maps, totaling over 156,000 pages. Users can search or browse online materials that date from the 10th to the 20th centuries CE.