How to find primary sources

Diaries & letters

British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries (part of the Alexander Street Press Core Collections – contains the personal writings of women from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, spanning more than 400 years)

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (part of the Alexander Street Press Core Collections – contains 100,000 pages of material, including Ellis Island Oral Histories, audio files, scrapbooks, previously unpublished diaries (some translations), autobiographies, oral histories, political cartoons and more)

North American Women’s Letters and Diaries (part of the Alexander Street Press Core Collections – contains letters and diaries of American and Canadian women, including previously unpublished manuscripts)