Original Communication – U of T Libraries: June 16, 2023

Children’s Literature and Culture collection includes digitized rare books, games, and ephemera from the 19th and 20th centuries that demonstrate new publishing methods in the Golden Age of children’s literature. The collection includes resources from mass-produced chapbooks to detailed illustration books. Of interest to scholars in book and media history, children’s education, sociology, and art history.

Scripta Sinica collection is a database of over 14000 classic Chinese ebooks, curated by Academica Sinica (Taiwan). The collection makes available significant Chinese literature and is strong with materials on Chinese history. Of interest to scholars in Chinese history, literature, language, and studies.

History Commons: Weimar & Nazi Germany collection includes nearly 600,000 pages from 1918 to 1939 of declassified and newly digitized files sent to the UK Foreign Office from embassies, covert contracts, and other sources that detail the aftermath of WWI, the Great Depression, and Hitler’s rise. Of interest to scholars in German history and studies, World War II, military history, and political science.

History Commons: Cold War & Eastern Europe, 1947-1982 collection includes over 1.4 million pages from the British Foreign office on the workings of every country in the Eastern Bloc during the post-Stalin era. The collection includes thousands of English-language insights written in first person by officials at the time. Records include visual media, reports, speeches and public statements, financial records, and more. The collection covers wide themes of religion, border security, economics and trade, industry and agriculture, and media and culture. Of interest to scholars in European history, economic history, cultural studies, media and broadcast, and political science.

Original Communication – U of T Libraries: June 23, 2023

Wiley Digital Archives collections includes digitized primary sources from influential academic and scientific societies and universities. The collections include records on the progress, innovation, and history of scientific discovery. The content focuses on themes of natural history, history of science, and history of technology as documented through the records, charts, letters, and illustrations included within the collections. Of interest to scholars in history of science, technology, and geography; public health; and environmental studies.

• British Association for the Advancement of Science
• Environmental Science and History (catalogue record forthcoming)
• New York Academy of Sciences
• Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
• Royal College of Physicians
• Royal Geographic Society (catalogue record forthcoming)

British Online Archives: Prison Ship Records from the War of 1812 collection includes personal information of American seafarers recorded into the General Entry Books drawn from British administered prisoner of war ships and their corresponding ports from 1812-1815. Information provided by the records include prisoners’ place of birth, the health condition of prisoners, and the port at which respective ships were docked at. The collection also illustrates general conditions of incarcerated individuals during the War of 1812. Of interest to scholars in war and military history, maritime history, and British history.