Women Writers Online
Women Writers Online is a full-text collection of early women’s writing in English, published by the Women Writers Project at Northeastern University. It includes full transcriptions of texts published between 1526 and 1850, focusing on materials that are rare or inaccessible. The range of genres and topics covered makes it a truly remarkable resource for teaching and research, providing an unparalleled view of women’s literate culture in the early modern period.
Women in the National Archives
This collection consists of two distinct elements: A finding aid to women's studies resources in The National Archives and Original documents on the suffrage question in Britain, the Empire, and colonial territories
Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922
Gives researchers access to over one million pages of female-authored work across a diverse range of both fiction and non-fiction. Sourced from and curated by the American Antiquarian Society, the pre-eminent collector of pre-twentieth century Americana, this archive includes around 5,700 monographs published between 1820 and 1922 in the United States and authored by women.
The resources on this guide will help you think through research and DH project options related to the Great Exhibition of 1851 or the Collective Biographies of Women (CBW).
World’s Fairs (Adam Matthew)
Explore the phenomenon of world's fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world, and twenty-first century expos. Through official records, monographs, publicity, artwork and artifacts, this resource brings together multiple archives for rich research opportunities in this diverse topic.
Victorian Popular Culture (Adam Matthew)
Victorian Popular Culture is a portal comprised of four modules, inviting users into the darkened halls, small backrooms, big tops and travelling venues that hosted everything from spectacular shows and bawdy burlesque, to the world of magic, spiritualist séances, optical entertainments, and the first moving pictures.
Virgo is UVA Library's catalog. Search Virgo for scholarship about Woolf and her works. Use subject headings to help you find resources that meet your research needs. You can use a general subject to get started, like: Great Exhibition
You can also run an advanced search and pair a search for Great Exhibition with a search for subjects that relate to themes/topics of interest. For example, you might search for a keyword of Great Exhibition and a subject of: Public Opinion, Sources, Social life and customs, etc.
Once you find a book that includes a subject heading that relates to your topic of interest, click on the subject heading in the item record to find other items marked with that subject.
Below are a few examples of some recent print books and ebooks that critically examine the Exhibition of 1851: