British Online Archives External This link opens in a new windowBritish Online Archives (BOA) is one of the United Kingdom’s leading academic publishers. BOA's goal is to provide students and researchers in the humanities and social sciences with access to unique collections of primary source documents. To this end, BOA hosts over 4 million records drawn from both private and public archives. These records are organised thematically, covering 1,000 years of world history, from politics and warfare to slavery and medicine. Currently, collections accessible through the Library of Congress include:
19th and 20th Century Philosophy in Perspective
Asia at War, World War 2 ad Described by USPG Missionaries, 1914-1946
The Atheist Politician and his Anti-War Daughter: the Bradlaughs, 1833-1948
Australia in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1808-1967
BBC Handbooks, Annual Reports and Accounts, 1927-2002
BBC Listener Research Department reports, 1937-c.1950
British Diplomacy with America and Ireland, an Ambassador's Letters, 1909-1962
British Government Information and Propaganda, 1939-2009
British Labour Party Papers, 1906-1969
The British Union of Fascists: Newspapers and Secret Files, 1933-1951
Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722-1952
Caribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950
Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1953
Colonial Law in Africa, 1920-1945
Communism and Popular Culture in the 20th Century
Communism, Culture and Society in the 20th Century
Communisms and the Cold War, 1944-1986
Debate and Division on the British Left, 1917-1964
Establishing the Post-War International Order, 1944-1961
Gambia under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1881-1966
Ghana and Togo under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1843-1957
Ghana in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1886-1951
Hitler's Army, Nazi Germany at War and the Nuremburg Trials, 1925-1956
Independent Labour Party Records, 1893-1960
India, Business and Control 1806-1814: in the Records of the Governor-General
Kenya under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1907-1964
Liberal Party from Asquith to Ashdown, 1912-1988
Life under Nazi Rule: Reports by Anti-Fascists in Occupied Europe, 1933-1945
Malawi under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports 1907-1967
Marxist History and Historians in the 20th Century
The Middle East, its Division into Countries and the Creation of Israel, 1879-1919
Military Intelligence Files: Land, Sea & Air, 1938-1974
New Zealand & Polynesian Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1838-1958
Nigeria and Cameroon under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1887-1962
Prosecuting the Holocaust: British Investigations into Nazi Crimes, 1944-1949
Secrecy, Sabotage, and Aiding the Resistance: How Anglo-American Cooperation Shaped World War II
Sierra Leone under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961
Tanzania and Malawi in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1857-1965
Uganda under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1903-1961
The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950
Zimbabwe under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1897-1980