Research Guides
1885 issue of the Illustrated War News courtesy of Peel's Prairie Provinces, 1849 colonial dispatch & 1916 Eaton's catalog courtesy of Before E-Commerce
For books available within the libraries, see search UW Libraries Search using the strategies shown on the Books as Primary Sources page.
Most government material is housed in the Government Publications section on the ground floor of Suzzallo Library. Librarians there can help you find material you need.
To find additional freely available digitized historic newspapers see Digitized Historical Newspapers and Magazines Produced in Northern North America as well as ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers. For contemporary newspaper coverage (roughly since 1990) see the e-Newspapers guide.
To find published letters and diaries available at the UW Libraries search UW Libraries Search using the terms: correspondence or diaries
