World Peace Foundation Collection at Tufts
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A Guide to the World Peace Foundation records, 1899-1993This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the World Peace Foundation between 1899 and 1993. It includes books, pamphlets, maps, correspondence, and minutes and agenda. The collection is largely organized by subject, with most of the material dating from 1912 to 1941. The materials provide a window on international and ethnic tensions in the years between the two World Wars.
Selected Primary Sources: European, British, French & German, Russian
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The Western Front Association: dedicated to the study of The Great War 1914-18Established in 1980 by noted military historian John Giles. The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed with the aim of furthering interest in The Great War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War.
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Europeana 1914-1918Europeana Collections 1914-1918 is a substantial digital collection of material from national library collections of ten libraries in eight countries that found themselves on different sides of the historic conflict.
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World War I Document ArchiveInternational in focus, the archive intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War. It includes treaties, diaries, memorials, personal reminiscences, and a biographical dictionary.
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World War I CollectionFrom the University of Wisconsin's Digital Collections. UW-Madison's World War I collection focuses primarily, though not exclusively, on European aspects of the war. It is particularly strong in documenting rescue and relief efforts, and in propaganda materials, but all aspects of the war are included.We have made a special effort to include visual images in the digital collection, including illustrated periodicals as well as memorabilia. Included as well are two multi volume illustrated histories.
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The Great War ArchiveThe Great War Archive contains over 6,500 items contributed by the general public between March and June 2008. Every item originates from, or relates to, someone's experience of the First World War, either abroad or at home.
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First World War Poetry Digital ArchiveThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive is an online repository of over 7000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research.
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BBC - History: World War OneThis BBC site contains a wide variety of material on World War I, including a timeline, essays, films, audio, and photographs.
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Belgian War NewspapersThe Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (Ceges-Soma [French-Flemish acronym]), a federal research institution on wars and conflicts of the twentieth century and their impact on Belgium, launched the Belgian War Press website, which introduces you to hundreds of Belgian newspapers that were written, printed and distributed clandestinely during the two World Wars.
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Digitized Belgian NewspapersIncludes Presse quotidienne belge (1831-1970) – BelgicaPress Sélection de journaux numérisés, en ce compris la presse dite « censurée » des deux guerres mondiales and Presse artistique et littéraire (1871-1958).
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Documents on Irish Foreign PolicySelected documents available
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La Grande Guerra: The Italian Front, 1915 -1918Mixture of resources, some primary.
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The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-16: Documents Presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon, (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsLondon : H.M. Stationery Off., Printed by Sir Joseph Causton and Sons, 1916.
Locating Periodicals/Magazines
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International Index to PeriodicalsInternational Index to Periodicals was an article index for specialized and international periodicals, with a focus on humanities and social sciences, published in the 20th century.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982Readers' Guide Retrospective contains indexing of over 600 periodical titles between 1890 and 1982. Use this resource to locate articles published during the time period you are studying.
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The Economist: Historical Archive 1843-2014Search the archives of The Economist as far back in history as you like.
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The National Archives | The First World WarThe United Kingdom's National Archives holds the official UK government records of the First World War, including a vast collection of letters, diaries, maps and photographs. Direct link to unit diaries, below.
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British Army War DiariesDigitized diaries from The National Archives of the UK. The war diaries include details of the unit's activities, often on a daily basis. While not personal diaries, they do often refer to individuals and in some cases offer personal insights into life (and inevitably death) on the front line.
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British Pathé Newsreel and Video ArchiveBritish Pathé is considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world and is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
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The Serving SoldierDocuments and photographs about the lives of ordinary soldiers held by the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King’s College London have been digitized and placed online. Among the images from the First World War are albums of stereoscopic photos of the Western Front and a collection of letters from a Royal Flying Corps trainee to his parents.
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Siegfried Sassoon War DiariesThe notebooks kept by the soldier-poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) during his service in the British Army in the First World War are among the most remarkable documents of their kind, and provide an extraordinary insight into his participation in one of the defining conflicts of European history.
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The Fairbank PapersThe diaries and photographs digitised here give a vivid impression of the life of an army surgeon during the First World War, first on the Western Front, including the Second Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Loos, and later in Salonika.
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UK Parliamentary DebatesSearch for House of Common Debates. Other periods available.
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British Cabinet Papers, 1916-1986Find a collection of carefully chosen cabinet papers by browsing the relevant historical topics.
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Empire and Commonwealth: Archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society from Cambridge University Library (print)43 reels in the Tisch Microforms Collection MFR570. Covers c. 1830-1955. Pt. 1. The colour question in imperial policy, 1830-1939; Pt. 2. Imperial and commonwealth conferences, 1835-1955.
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British Documents on Foreign Affairs--Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential PrintPrint volumes in the Tisch Library oversize collection (call number JX632 .B7695 1989). Volumes include numerous documents covering the mid-nineteenth century to 1950.
Newspapers/Magazines
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Times Digital ArchiveThe Times of London, 1785-2011. Researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page.
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London GazetteUse search and filter in left column to search dates and Gazette edition (London, Belfast or Edinburgh).
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The Economist: Historical Archive 1843-2014Search the Economist as far back in history as you like.
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British PeriodicalsIncludes the full text of several British periodicals published from the1680s to the 1930s.
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Gallica: Digital Library of the National Library of FranceEnglish interface. Find newspapers, books, etc. Includes Les Archives de la Grande Guerre. Gallica also gives the full text of several important French newspapers including Le Figaro (1826-1942), Le temps (1861-1939), L'humanité (1904-1944).
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Journaux de Tranchée en ligneLa guerre de 1914-1918 voit, au sein des unités engagées, des créations sporadiques de « journaux de tranchées », imprimés ou polycopiés. Ce sont autant de gazettes d’unités combattantes, d’unités de réserve, de camps de prisonniers, de sections sanitaires, d’associations de blessés, en France, en Allemagne, comme sur le front d’Orient.
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Official German Documents Relating to the World War; translated under the supervision of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International LawOnline edition from the Internet Archive.
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German History in Documents and ImagesGerman History in Documents and Images (GHDI) is a comprehensive collection of primary source materials documenting Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present.
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German Trade and the War: Commercial and Industrial Conditions in War Time and the Future Outlookby the United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Snow, Chauncey Depew; Král, Josef Jirí, 1918.
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Portal des Bundesarchivs zum Ersten WeltkriegMore than 700,000 records relating to WWI, as well as photos, films and audio recordings were made accessible, including private material as well as files of military and civilian authorities, records left by politicians and military officers, documentaries and propaganda films.
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Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918-1945From the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry. Published by the U.S. Dept. of State, 1951.
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Der Erste WeltkriegIn German. From the LeMO – Lebendiges Museum Online is the Online Portal for German History.
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German Trade and the War: Commercial and Industrual Conditions in War Time and the Future OutlookA 1918 publication from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Russian Military Historical ArchiveDatabase in Russian
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Stalin Internet Archive (1910's)Includes numerous translated documents.
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Soviet History ArchiveMost links are to actual documents; just notice it was produced by Marxists.org.
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The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record RecreatedPictures taken throughout the Russian Empire 1909 to 1915 from an online exhibit from the Library of Congress.
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Prokudin-Gorskii Collection"The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities." (LOC)
Treaties & League of Nations Documents
Online Collections:
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Law Journal LibraryThis HeinOnline collection consists of full-text access to over 2,300 law journals, usually starting with the first volume and available through the most current content.
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League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament DocumentsNorthwestern University Library's digital collection "League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents" contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents. The League existed from 1919 to 1946.
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League of Nations TreatiesYou can find here League of Nations Treaties that are included in the United Nations Treaty Collection.
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League of Nations Official JournalIncludes volumes 1-21 (1920-1940).
Print Resources in Tufts' Collections:
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The Consolidated Treaty Series: 1648-1919
Call Number: Ginn Library Reference JX120 .P35v. 1((1648/1659))-v.226((1919)) -
Index-Guide to Treaties: Based on the Consolidated Treaty Series
Call Number: Ginn Library Reference JX120 .P35 -
Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919-1939
Call Number: Ginn Library Reference DA566.7 .A18