HSTRY 498B: Cities in the Modern Middle East: Primary: Government Sources & More

In addition to these digitized handwritten diaries you can find published ones using UW Libraries Search and HathiTrust. Use these official terms in conjunction with your location: diaries and correspondence (follow the search model on the Travel Accounts & Guidebooks page).

British government publications such as Parliamentary Papers and Colonial/India Office reports generally focus more broadly on regional topics rather than specific cities. But you can find information about infrastructure, economic and population statistics for some cities. For example a 1917 report on Development of the Port of Basra is available in the Qatar Digital Library.

Some British documents can be found in HathiTrust. Use the following search model.

Do a similar search in UW Libraries Search to find what we may have in print.

In addition to the selected streaming video sources listed below the UW Libraries has films on DVD and other formats. To find these items use the search model provided in the Finding Videos guide.

Sample films available on DVD: المهرج الكبير al-Muharrij al-kabīr = The great clown (1952 feature film), Iranian journey (2008 documentary), and زمستان است Zamistān ast = It's winter (2006 feature film).