The Center for Research Libraries has a number of microfilmed collections, international newspapers, and official documents from countries outside the U.S.
Each guide includes a short writeup on the landscape of the field of study, links to relevant primary source collections at CRL, and links out to related sources.
Newspapers, pamphlets, broadsides and books from London, the British Isles and the colonies gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817): "the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media." The present digital collection totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles. Title list Also available in the Gale NewsVault, a searchable collection of historical newspapers.
Finding Aids
Darbishire Family Papers, 1751-1948, 1883-1919 (bulk dates)
The Darbishire family papers (dated 1751-1948, bulk 1883-1919; 7.5 cubic feet; 21 boxes) consist of correspondence, essays, articles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and diaries from six generations of the Shelby family of Kentucky and four generations of the Darbishires of England and America.
William Cassius Goodloe Civil War Scrapbooks, 1860-1865
The William Cassius Goodloe Civil War scrapbooks (dated 1860-1865; 0.6 cubic feet; 2 items) consists of two scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings about the Civil War. Important European events of the period are also represented in the scrapbooks, including the liberation of serfs in Russia and the death of Albert, the British Prince Consort.
Oral Histories - (Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History)
American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project
World War II veterans from Kentucky discuss campaigns in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific; the attack on Pearl Harbor; Anzio, Italy; the Battle of the Bulge; the United States Army Air Force; bombing raids; Iwo Jima, Japan; Saipan; Guam; kamikaze attacks; submarine warfare; the Bataan Death March in the Philippines; the Palawan Massacre in the Philippines; and the experiences of prisoners of war. Also included are interviews with women veterans of various services and organizations. The interviews with General William R. Buster are also at the Kentucky Oral History Commission (see Collection Number 18-15). *See interview with Patricia Fitzgerald Smith, November 29, 1994 (Includes British Red Cross).