Data collected in the project "Cultures of Suntanning in late 19th to mid-20th century Britain", British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship award number MCFSS22\220038. Archive Dataset lists identifying details for all archive resources that were consulted during the project, with a note as to whether data was collected from each source. Literary dataset lists identifying details for all literary resources consulted during the project, including digital concordances where used, with a note as to whether data was collected from each source. The raw data collected cannot be made open access due to archive/copyright restrictions. The identifying details provide enough supplementary information for researchers to locate these resources.