What's online and what isn't?
The answer usually comes down to copyright. Items published in the United States prior to 1923 are usually out of copyright. In the United Kingdom, copyright for most works lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.
Items that are out of copyright become part of the public domain, and can legally be scanned and posted online.
Wellesley purchases access to additional collections of texts, most of which are not available for free online.
Primary source collections primarily from American and British archives. Collection themes include empire and globalism, gender and sexuality, history, literature, politics, theatre, and war and conflict.
Dates: 15th Century-20th Century CE
An archive of nearly 1,000 prompt books of 34 of Shakespeare's plays, showing how they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the U.S., and internationally. Prompt books feature the the text of play, usually annotated to include cut lines or scenes, cues for music, movement, lighting, and other stage directions.
Dates: 1660s-1975 CE
Full-text books and magazines mostly published before 1923. Includes scanned volumes of older as well as newer books, audio and video, software, and more.
