Pre-1914:
Reportage |
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Mayhew's London
Labour and the London
Poor |
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Online version
of famous documentary survey
- written by the man who
founded Punch. |
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Post-1914:
Reportage |
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Voices
of the Holocaust |
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Written
transcripts,
plus pictures
and audio files
of real-life
testimonies from
survivors of
the Death Camps.
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Imperial
War Museum |
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Pictures,
notes, web links,
and downloadable
notes from the
museum's permanent Holocaust
Exhibition.
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Pre-1914:
Diary
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Samuel
Pepys' Diary |
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Biographical
note, portrait,
plus extracts
from the famous
diary describing
the Great Fire
of London.
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More
on Pepys' Dairy |
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Preface
to the original
publication,
biographical
memoir, plus
long extract
- all one very
long [but searchable]
page. Check the
homepage of this
site for lots
more texts.
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Post-1914:
Diary
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Anne
Frank's Diary |
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Pictures,
background notes,
diary extracts,
articles, and
web links from
the very stylish Anne
Frank House museum.
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War
Diaries |
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Lots
of diaries, letters,
and memoirs at
this site - the World
War I Document
Archive
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Autobiography
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Vera
Brittain Testament
of Youth |
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Extract
from her autobiography,
recalling work
as a nurse in
England and France
during the First
World War.
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Background
to Vera Brittain |
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Social
and political
background notes
with web links
- from a good
history site.
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Biography
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Writing
a Biography |
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How-to-do-it
notes on writing
a biography -
simple site with
links and templates.
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Letters
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Letters
from World
War One |
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Letters,
diaries and photographs
of people who
lived through
World War One
- plus lots of
links at a rich
site.
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Wilfred
Owen's war
letters |
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Owen's
letters to his
mother and his
publisher, written
during the First
World War.
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Journalism
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Sinking
of the Titanic |
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Newspaper
reports, map,
cartoons, conflicting
reports, web
links - a very
thorough collection
of contemporary
documents.
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Titanic disaster
newspaper clippings |
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Report
of the disaster
on three consecutive
days in the Belfast
Newsletter.
Site also includes
an account of
the launch of
the ship.
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