LibGuides: Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Find Primary Sources

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Primary source documents of a variety of types available online.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Primary source material about personal and historical events written by women who lived in North America from 1675 to 1950. Materials include letters and diaries previously published in other sources as well as materials from unpublished manuscript sources.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral History
Primary source material from immigrants to the United States and Canada. Letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, political cartoons, and oral histories previously published in other sources as well as materials from unpublished manuscript sources.

Defining Gender, 1450-1910 This link opens in a new window
Images of original source material from British and European archives relating to gender studies.
LGBT Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Academic, cultural, lifestyle, and regional publications, newspapers, newsletters. Also indexes books, bibliographies, case studies, and dissertations. LGBT-specific literature, covering civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, politics, psychology, religion, and sociology.
Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present This link opens in a new window
Primary source materials, writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (scholar's edition) This link opens in a new window
Digital library of high resolution images for instruction, study, and research in the arts, architecture, humanities and social sciences. The images have been contributed by museums, scholarly collections, photo archives, and artists' estates. Pre-history-21st century.
Women Writers Online This link opens in a new window
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 in a range of genres and tops.

Digital Transgender Archive
The purpose of the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is to increase the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world.
Transgender Archives - University of Victoria
The Transgender Archives is actively acquiring documents, rare publications, and memorabilia of persons and organizations that have worked for the betterment of Trans+ people.