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Introduction

At British Online Archives (BOA), we take great pride in our innovative digital platform and the extensive range of unique primary source collections that it hosts. We are also committed to ensuring that our collections remain accessible and affordable.

We have therefore instituted our annual Spring Purchasing Scheme. The mechanics of this are simple—for a limited period, we are offering a 20% discount on 20 of our outstanding primary source collections.

The scheme also allows for further discounts. Again, the concept is simple—the more collections that are purchased, the greater the potential discount that we can offer! We would also like to highlight that every collection on the scheme is available as a one-off perpetual purchase.

Our talented content and editorial teams have put much thought and time into compiling the selection of collections available on this year’s scheme, ensuring that they explore a wide range of historical events, trends, and themes. To showcase the collections on the scheme, we have compiled a brochure. This provides succinct overviews of each collection.

For 2026, the scheme runs from 1 March to 31 July.

Dates Covered

1559-2009

Contributors

Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Bethlem Museum of the Mind
British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
British Library
Findmypast Ltd
Illustrated London News
Imperial War Museum
India Office Library (c/o British Library)
The National Archives (UK)
Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Collections

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An image taken from within a trench. A soldier stands and looks directly at the camera, with other soldiers behind him.

Licensed to access Life on the Front Line: Diaries, News, and Letters from the First World War, 1914–1919

Contributor Imperial War Museum; Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History Contents 6 Volumes, 62 Documents (14,886 Pages)

A close-up photograph of four bound blue books.

Licensed to access Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821–1953

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office Contents 13 Volumes, 779 Documents (144,705 Pages)

Jedburghs in front of B-24 just before night at Area T, Harrington Airdrome, England

Licensed to access Secrecy, Sabotage, and Aiding the Resistance: How Anglo-American Cooperation Shaped World War II

Contributor The National Archives (UK) Contents 11 Volumes, 222 Documents (59,215 Pages)

A barbed wire fence in the foreground, running parallel to a watch tower

Licensed to access Prosecuting the Holocaust: British Investigations into Nazi Crimes, 1944–1949

Contributor The National Archives (UK) Contents 8 Volumes, 144 Documents (180,875 Pages)

A black and white image of French, British and Italian ministers at the Paris Peace Conference.

Licensed to access Paris Peace Conference and Beyond, 1919–1939

Contributor The National Archives (UK); British Library Contents 9 Volumes, 113 Documents (52,343 Pages)

An image of the painting The Relief of Lucknow, by Thomas Jones Barker. The siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Licensed to access World News in Indian Newspapers, 1782–1908

Contributor India Office Library Contents 3 Volumes, 106 Documents (111,913 Pages)

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman monument, Moscow, modern-day Russia

Licensed to access Communisms and the Cold War, 1944–1986

Contributor Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain Contents 10 Volumes, 178 Documents (14,393 Pages)

Representatives from the Soviet Union, UK and US at the 1945 Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany.

Licensed to access Establishing the Post-War International Order, 1944–1961

Contributor The National Archives (UK) Contents 14 Volumes, 1275 Documents (231,364 Pages)

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Licensed to access Jisc Brochure 2025

BOA - Jisc Brochure 2025

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