Enhanced access to British Online Archives collections

17 Nov 2025

Enjoy enhanced access to a wide range of primary source materials on the British Online Archives platform.

As a consequence of ongoing mapping activity relating to our position as National Research Library in the North the Library has significantly boosted its holdings from British Online Archives.

About the collections

A number of the 21 new primary source collections acquired therefore align directly not only with existing online digital reserves, but also with particular strengths at Rylands.  

As an example, our extensive women’s suffrage collections have now been strengthened by a specifically Scottish archive of further material to assist researchers in compiling a more expansive picture of the movement.

Access the British Online Archive

The entire BOA platform can be cross-searched thematically and a comprehensive index of all accessible individual collections housed within the database is listed under ‘Related titles’ on the Library Search entry. 

More details can be found on the History subject guide.