Guide to Resources
Materials relating to the Civil War can be found across our collections. There are also many resources freely available on the Web. This pages offers a guide to some of these and lists useful starting points.
Electronic resources available via the British Library Reading Rooms
- 19th Century British Newspapers (Gale) Searchable collection of British newspapers
- The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs, with sophisticated searching
- America's Historical Newspapers (Readex) Early American Newsaper 1690-1876 (currently available for Readers Pass holders via their own computer)
- Bolton's textile industry, 18th-19th century: manufacture, trade and politics (British Online Archives) Includes a visit to America
- Congressional Serial Set (Readex) Searchable record of the US Congress; also includes maps and images, as well as materials published by the Government Printing Office
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (Proquest)
- North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) Includes more than 150,000 pages of primary materials
- Full list of American Studies e-resources
Websites
- Britain and the American Civil War (Wikipedia)
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) Search and view U.S. newspapers 1860-1922
- Connected Histories
- John Bull and Uncle Sam: from enemy to ally (Library of Congress)
- John Bull and Uncle Sam: from abolition to equal rights (Library of Congress)
