| Topic | Time frame | Resource | Locations Covered | 
| Local history |  | Whatley, Christopher A., et al. The Life and Times of Dundee. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Donald. c1993 | Angus, Dundee | 
| Local history |  | McCraw, Ian. The fairs of Dundee. Dundee: Abertay Historical Society. 1994. | Angus, Dundee | 
| Farm life | 1840-1914 | Carter, Ian. Farm life in northeast Scotland, 1840-1914: the poor man's country. Edinburgh: Donald. 1979. | Grampian | 
| Farm life | 1770-1840 | Adams, David G. Bothy nichts and days: farm bothy life in Angus and the Mearns. Edinburgh: J. Donald Publishers. 1992. | Angus | 
| Crofters | 1810-1883 | Cameron, A. D. Go listen to the crofters. Stornoway: Acair. 2008. | Scotland | 
| Education | 19th & 20th centuries | Scotland Street School Museum in Glasgow | Scotland | 
| Mining | 1840's | Great Britain (British Parliamentary Papers). Children's Employment Commission: first report of the Commissioners, mines. Irish University Press. 1968. | England, Scotland, Wales | 
|  |  | Johnston, Thomas. The history of the working classes in Scotland. Wakefield: E.P. Pub. [and] Rowman & Littlefield.1976. | Scotland | 
|  |  | FYFE, JAMES GABRIEL. Scottish diaries and memoirs, 1550 1746 (classic reprint). [Place of publication not identified]: FORGOTTEN Books. 2016. | Scotland | 
|  |  | Fyfe, J. G., and J. D. Mackie. Scottish diaries and memoirs, 1746-1843. Stirling: Mackay. 1942. | Scotland | 
| war prisoners | 1811-1814 | Doisy de Villargennes, Adelbert J. Reminiscences of army life under Napoleon Bonaparte. Cincinnati: R. Clarke. 1884. | Selkirk |