Research Guides
History : Canada: Primary Sources
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Canadian history.
Major Portals to Digitized Primary Sources
Regional Collections of Primary Sources
Letters, Diaries & Oral Histories
- North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories. This link opens in a new window
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- North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
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Digital Book Collections
For books available at the UW Libraries, search UW Libraries Search following the strategies shown on Books as Primary Sources.
- Early American Imprints
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- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
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Government Documents
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers This link opens in a new window
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Newspapers & Magazines
For contemporary newspaper coverage (roughly since 1990) see the e-Newspapers guide.
- Globe and Mail 1844-2017
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- Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War This link opens in a new window
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- Vancouver Sun 1912 - 2010
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