This archive of primary documents from the Great War period is international and presents both primary and secondary documents between 1890 - 1930.
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, Nineteenth Century History
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28 March, 2011 16:04
Great War Primary Documents Archive
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29 September, 2010 11:07
Germany settles World War One Reparations
Story spotted on Neatorama.
In 1919, after the close of World War I, Germany was assessed 226 billion marks in reparations payments against its foes. On Sunday, that nation will pay its final installment of this bill:
The final payment of £59.5 million, writes off the crippling debt that was the price for one world war and laid the foundations for another.[...]
“On Sunday the last bill is due and the First World War finally, financially at least, terminates for Germany,” said Bild, the country’s biggest selling newspaper.
African Newspapers database now available
Researchers at UCT now have access to the African Newspapers collection from the World Newspaper Archive.
More than 40 nineteenth- and twentieth -century African newspapers are featured and include titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
[Twentieth Century History
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05 March, 2010 13:32
Holocaust Resources on the Web
This is a useful listing of links compiled by John Jaeger and published
in February 2010, College & Research Libraries News, vol. 71 no. 2
80-87. It highlights key academic sites for researching the Second
World War holocaust. The list is sub-divided into different categories
such as resource type (discussion list, ejournal, comprehensive sites)
and specialist sub-topics such as history projects) . Each resource is
described
From Intute.ac.uk
British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900 - 1902
A database of the British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900 - 1902 is now available.
The camps were formed by the British army to house the residents of the two Boer republics of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. They were established towards the end of 1900, after Britain had invaded the Boer republics. This database was designed to investigate mortality and morbidity in the camps during the war. Although it will include everyone listed in the registers during the war, it usually excludes returning prisoners-of-war and men who came back from commando at the end of the war, as well as the considerable movement of people which took place after 31 May 1902, when families were repatriated to their homes.
The database is an ongoing project and a number of registers have yet to be completed. Because of the complexity of the sources, most of them produced under wartime conditions, and the incomplete nature of the project, the database does contain duplicates and inconsistencies. Although they will be eliminated as far as possible, variants will always remain.
The database is searchable by person, camps and farms.
The work on the database has been undertaken by Dr Elizabeth van Heyningen, and a team of research assistants. Elizabeth van Heyningen is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town. She is co-author of Cape Town. The Making of a City, Cape Town in the Twentieth Century and The Cape Doctor in the Nineteenth Century. A Social History. In addition she has written a number of articles on the camps.
The database is hosted by UCT Libraries's Manuscripts and Archives Department.
[General
, Twentieth Century History
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09 November, 2009 16:25
British Army World War One Service Records now available online
In partnership with the UK National Archives, Ancestry.co.uk has now made available online the entire collection of British Army World War One Service Records, 1914 - 1920 detailing the full military careers of more than two million soldiers who served during World War One.
Service records contain a variety of information concerning all aspects of the army careers of those who completed their duty were killed in action or executed. They include the soldier's name, date and place of birth, address, next-of-kin, former occupation, marital status, medical records, service history, regiment number, locations of service and discharge papers.
[General
, Twentieth Century History
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09 October, 2009 08:45
A digital collection of World War One posters has been made available by the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (USA). The majority of the posters are from the US, but posters from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia are included as well.
[General
, Twentieth Century History
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06 October, 2009 09:33
History & Policy: Connecting historians, policymakers and the media
History & Policy is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, the Institute of Historical Research and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine aims to demonstrating the relevance of history to contemporary policymaking, put historians in touch with those discussing and deciding public policy today; increasing the influence of historical research over current policy and advises historians wanting to engage more effectively with policymakers and media.
One can search the papers published by theme, author or keyword. The site also includes specially commissioned opinion pieces, where historians give their views on current issues.
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04 September, 2009 16:31
70th Anniversary of World War Two (updated)
September 2009 is the 70th Anniversary of the start of World War Two.
Intute.ac.uk has put together a number of useful sites to commemorate the occasion. Sites include news stories and film clips.
History Study Centre's theme for the month of September also looks at World War Two . (Access only on campus or via off-campus login)
The UK National Archives has created a series of 6 webcasts discussing popular WWII feature films, showing how the collections of the National Archives could be used to find out more information about war time experiences on the battlefield and the Home Front. The films chosen include Hope and Glory and the Great Escape. Each film has a webcast, podcast and associated research notes on how to find related materials in the National Archives. Some include links to online government Cabinet papers from the time. Technical and copyright information is provided on the website. (from Intute.ac.uk)
[General
, Twentieth Century History
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31 August, 2009 20:59
20th Century British History Essay Competition
An annual essay competition from Oxford Journals open to anyone currently registered for a higher research degree in the UK and abroad, or who completed one no earlier than October 2008.
The winner will get his/her essay published in Twentieth Century British History , a cash prize of £300, £200 worth of OUP books and one year's free subscription to Twentieth Century British History.
Closing date is 15th October 2009.
[Twentieth Century History
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06 August, 2009 14:06
Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative
Spotted on Intute.ac.uk
The Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative is a project of the UnitedStates Holocaust Memorial Museum. It uses Google Maps technology andanimated maps to provide users with mappings of where the Holocausttook place. These are then linked to oral histories, encyclopaediaentries and articles giving an extra layer of understanding to theperiod. Maps include death marches, concentration camps and sites ofNazi atrocities. Other sections of the mapping cover current andpotential sites of genocide worldwide. Technical and copyrightinformation is displayed on the website.
[Twentieth Century History
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06 July, 2009 14:15
Online database of the Far East Prisoners of War
Spotted on intute.ac.uk
The online database of the Far East Prisoners of War is maintained by the Children & Families of the Far East Prisoners of War (COFEPOW). It provides free access to a searchable database of over 55,000 records of British POWs from World War Two. Holdings are taken from records of the National Archives at Kew,
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, Twentieth Century History
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29 May, 2009 11:09
The Great War Archive contains over 6,500 items contributed by the UK general public between March and June 2008. Every item originates from, or relates to, someone's experience of the First World War. Contributions were received via a special website and also through a series of open days at libraries and museums throughout the UK.
Although the project came to an end, there is still the opportunity to add images to Flickr at The Great War Archive Flickr Group.
The Great War Archive is part of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive, an online repository of over 4000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research. The First World War Poetry Digital Archive includes collections of primary material from major poets of the period, as well as a range of multimedia artefacts from the Imperial War Museum and Great War Archive itself.
