Allowable Uses:
Access is available on and off campus to current McMaster University students, faculty and staff.
Description:
Coverage: 1650 to 1920
Coverage: 1650 to 1920
This collection of primary source documents captures the lives, experiences and colonial encounters of settlers and indigenous people living in colonial frontiers of North America, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand from 1650-1920. More than 20% of the content is Canadian, with over 1,000 documents drawn from the Hudson's Bay Archive and the Glenbow Museum.
Themed collections bring together documents from 16 archives and libraries from around the world, allowing scholars to take either a comparative approach or focus on a particular region. Topic areas include
- Agriculture & Livestock
- Arts & Entertainment
- Business,Trade & Commerce
- Children & Family
- Exploration, Expeditions & Travel
- Government & Politics
- Health & Medicine
- Indigenous Peoples
- Industry & Technology
- Land & Property
- Law & Order
- Natural World
- Religion
- Warfare & Military History
- Women’s History
