Oscar Wilde October 16, 1854- November 30, 1900, Dublin, Ireland, the son of an eminent Dublin surgeon, stands out among the fraternity of Victorian dramatists.
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Britain in the twentieth century: a documentary reader. Edited by Lawrence Butler and Harriet Jones. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational, 1994. 2v.
SML, Stacks Da566.7 B663X (LC) 1994
Englander, David. A documentary history of Jewish immigrants in Britain, 1840-1920. New York: Leicester University Press, 1994.
SML, Judaica Collection DS135 E5 D63X 1994
English historical documents. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1953-1977. 12v.
SML, Main Reading Room DA30 E55 1953
v.8: 1660-1714; v.9: American colonial documents to 1776; v.10: 1714-1783; v.11: 1783-1832; v.12, pt.1: 1833-1874; v.12, pt.2: 1874-1914.
New edition: English historical documents. Ed. Andrew Prescott. London: British Library, 1979- . In Progress.
SML, Main Reading Room DA 30 E5
SML, Stacks DA30 E534 1988
Eurodocs: primary historical documents from western Europe. (Brigham Young University)
"A collection of selected transcriptions, facsimiles, and translations of Western European historical documents that . . . shed light on key historical happenings within [each country]."
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. JP. London: H.M.S.O, 1962- . v1. Irregular.
Classed individually.
For volumes in this series cataloged after 1980, search under the series title Joint publication (Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission). This series is designed to help local and other record societies to publish editions of texts of historical importance. The volumes are selected by the record societies and are then published simultaneously by the societies and the Historical Manuscript Commission.
Medieval realms [interactive multimedia]: Britain 1066 to 1500. Produced by the British Library; software developed by the Open University. Princeton, NJ: Films for the humanities & science, 1996, 1994.
SML, CD-ROM Center
DIV, Stacks CDR0021
An interactive database providing access to original source material for the period 1066-1500 in British history. Includes 1475 records, i.e. illuminated manuscripts, historical documents, literary and music manuscripts, maps and more, accompanied by related images and sounds; and features topic, type of evidence, date, keyword and combined searching.
Prime Ministers' papers series. London: H.M.S.O., 1968- . Irregular.
Classed individually.
Search in Orbis under the series name for a list of the titles held in this series:
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart). W. E. Gladstone. Edited by John Brooke and Mary Sorenson. London: H.M.S.O., 1971-1981. 4v.
SML, Stacks D563 A35
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount. Palmerston. Edited by Roger Bullen and Felicity Strong. London: H.M.S.O. v.1- 1985- .
ON ORDER
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of. Wellington, political correspondence. London: H.M.S.O. v.1- 1976- .
SML, Stacks DA68.12 W4 A4 1976
The Reformers: socialist feminism. Edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts and Tamae Mizuta; introduced by Marie Mulvey Roberts. London: Routledge/ Thoemmes Press, 1993.
SML, Stacks HQ1596 R34X 1993 (LC)
Sources of British feminism. Edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts and Tamae Mizuta; introduced by Marie Mulvey Roberts. London: Routledge/ Thoemmes Press, 1993. 6 v.
SML, Stacks (locations vary)
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