This collection of digitized primary sources aims to capture the experiences of the people of the past who built their lives on the fringes of the anglophone world. Featuring archival materials spanning nearly three hundred years, Frontier Life assembles unique resources connected to settlements in North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Students and researchers can make use of this vast array of documents (ex. diaries, correspondence, artwork, maps, government reports, photographs, etc.) to delve deep into subjects connected to exploration, relations with indigenous peoples, governance and more.

Subjects: History, Colonialism, Indigenous Studies, Migration, Economics

New eResources:

• National Geographic Magazine Archive
• Digital History Archive
• Press Reader
• Migration to New Worlds
• Other notable electronic additions