New databases: Stuart and Cumberland papers and Picture Post Historical Archive

Library and University Collections have purchased two exciting new primary source databases, The Stuart and Cumberland Papers and the Picture Post Historical Archive.

The Stuart and Cumberland Papers is an important resource for anyone interested in Scottish, British and European history during the 17th and 18th centuries. Purchased from Gale, it includes the recent digitised The Stuart Papers and The Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle. The Stuart Papers contains three generations of the Stuarts in exile covering the history of the Jacobite movement from the Glorious Revolution in 1688 to the death of the last Stuart heir in 1807. The Cumberland Papers, the papers of the Duke of Cumberland, the second surviving son of George II, provide a Hanoverian counterpoint to the Stuart Papers.

The Picture Post Historical Archive database comprises the complete archive of the Picture Post from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957. Picture Post's innovative use of photojournalism captured the imagination of the British people and it was at its most successful during and just after WWII. It provides a fascinating snapshot of British life during the 1930s-1950s, as well as covering far wider events across the world.

Both resources will be valuable additions to the range of resources already available and will support teaching, learning and research across a wide range of disciplines in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

You can access these from the Databases pages 

A new guide to accessing Digital primary source and archive collections is also now available.