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Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program
Archival collection on polar exploration and research developed by Ohio State University. Include virtual exhibitions.
Subjects: Primary Sources, Exploration
- Category.s
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Early encounters in North America : peoples, cultures, and the environment
Letters, stories, accounts and images from more than 1400 authors about the first contacts between First Peoples and Europeans, between 1534 and 1850. Provides access to documents by people, places, years, type of environments, etc.
Subjects: Colonialism, Primary Sources, Indigenous peoples, First contact, Europe
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Empire Online
Manuscripts, printed works, correspondence, maps, photographs, etc., related to history, politics, culture and colonial societies from the collections of 23 libraries in the United States and the United Kingdom. Opportunity to filter by geographic region (North America).
Subjects: Colonialism, Primary Sources, Politics, Indigenous peoples, History
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- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
Printed books, government, legal and commercial documents, newspapers and magazines, maps, photographs, etc., dealing with the theme of the borderlands and colonization during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes 18 archival collections from the United States and Canada, including the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (Archives of Manitoba) and thematic guides on First Nations, exploration, expeditions and travel.
Subjects: Colonialism, Primary Sources, Indigenous peoples, Hudson’s Bay Company, Exploration, Borders
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Indigenous Peoples. North America
Includes extensive monograph, manuscript, newspaper, periodical and photograph collections. McGill has text mining rights for Gale Databases for our researchers. Please contact a librarian for more information.
Subjects: Primary Sources, North America, Indigenous peoples
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
North American Indian thought and culture
Biographies, stories, oral histories, speeches, photographs, drawings and audio files related to Indigenous history and culture in North America. Provides access to documents by people, places, years, type of environments, etc.
Subjects: Primary Sources, North America, Indigenous peoples, Culture, History
- Type of access
- Reserved Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
Social History of the Eastern Arctic Database
This database contains abstracts of documents that deal principally with what is now Nunavut Territory and includes other material from the Inuvialuit Settlement Area, the Northwest Territories and Nunavik (Arctic Quebec).Designed to provide users with access to documents related to the social history of the Eastern Arctic that are in the archives of Canada. Contains references only.
Subjects: Nunavut, Inuit, History, Eastern Arctic, Primary Sources
- Type of access
- Free - Reference only
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences
The Labrador Inuit Through Moravian Eyes
Provides photographs, maps, drawings, and manuscripts on the 250-year relationship between Moravian missionaries and the Inuit of Labrador.
Subjects: Primary Sources, Moravian, Missionaries, Labrador, Inuit
- Type of access
- Free - Open Access
- Domain
- Humanities and Social Sciences