Archival documents relating to the historical, political, social, legal, and health aspects of sex, sexuality, and gender. Contains newsletters, papers, government documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and more. Includes modules on LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 (parts 1-2); Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century; International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture; Community and Identity in North America.
Archives and publications of the Chinese central government, from the National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
Archives and publications of the Communist Party of China including information from official organizations, i.e., the People's Daily Press, the Party Literature Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, the National People's Congress, and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Art, architecture, and archaeology images including images from the Smithsonian, the MoMA collection for architecture and design and the Schlesinger photograph collection on the history of women in America.
Wire copy, intra- and inter-bureau correspondence, photos, video footage, and personal papers from reporters and photographers affiliated with the Associated Press. Libraries access includes module U.S. Cities Bureaus Collection, 1931-2004
ACCESS NOTE: The British Library is continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack. The outage is still affecting their website, online systems and services. This is a temporary website, with limited content, which outlines the services that are currently available.
A searchable database of some of the western illuminated manuscripts in the British Library. The Library holds one of the richest collections of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the world, and aims to provide access to images and information about its manuscripts to students, scholars, and the general public. The Catalogue includes descriptions and images of western manuscripts with pictorial and decorative embellishments, from fully painted miniatures to decorated initials.
British Foreign Office files relating to Persia (Iran), Central Asia, Russia, and Afghanistan between 1834 and 1922. Sources include government documents, dispatches, correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, and personal accounts between the British government and various governmental representatives including foreign ministers, diplomats, Shahs of Persia, Emirs of Afghanistan, military officials, and national governments.
ACCESS NOTE: The British Library is continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack. The outage is still affecting their website, online systems and services. This is a temporary website, with limited content, which outlines the services that are currently available.
Images of manuscripts from a number of British Library collections, related to history, music, science and more (full list: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/About.aspx).
Personal papers of environmentalists and records of United States and United Kingdom government agencies covering the history of land rights, resource usage, environmental protections, disaster response strategies, and international trade rules. Includes modules on Conservation and Public Policy in America, 1870-1980; Colonial Policy and Global Development, 1896-1993
British Foreign Office files relating to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980. Sources include government documents, dispatches, correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, reports detailing influential Chinese personalities, and economic assessments during the rise of the modern state.
British Foreign Office files relating to South Asia, post- World War II. Content includes reports, dispatches, maps, photographs, analyses, and statistical information documenting social and political history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Includes Modules 1-3.
British Foreign Office files relating to Japan during Imperialism, World War II, and occupation. Content includes diplomatic dispatches, correspondence, maps, newspaper clippings, and reports. Also includes files from the Western and American Department, and Far Eastern sub papers. Includes Modules 1-3.
This collection follows the establishment of an independent Malaysia in 1963, following the release of the Cobbold Commission Report. Under President Sukarno, Indonesia strongly opposed this decision and hostilities between the two countries escalated. Alongside tensions with Malaysia, Indonesia would experience growing civil unrest in this period, with anti-Communist sentiments on the rise. Documents featured in this collection cover these fundamental events alongside a number of key themes, including trade, economic development and authoritarian rule in this period.
British Foreign Office files relating to the Middle East during the Arab-Israeli War, oil crisis, Lebanese Civil War, Iranian Revolution, and the Iran-Iraq War. Includes reports, dispatches, maps, photographs, analyses, and statistical information. Includes Modules 1-3
Art, correspondence, diaries, business documents, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, photographs, printed books, treaties, and tribe records documenting early contacts between European settlers and American Indians, 1500-1998. Content digitized from the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library. Subjects covered include political, social, and cultural effects of early encounters; the turbulence of the Civil War; on-going repercussions of government legislation; and the civil rights movement.
Collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada from 1828-2016. From the collections at the Newberry Library, Chicago, and the Sequoyah National Research Centre at the University of Arkansas. Key topics covered include community news, public health and welfare, education, tribal laws and elections, sovereignty, and more.
Transcriptions, motions, petitions, proceedings, and arbitrations from historical trials in North American and European Anglo-American courts.
Transcripts, motions, petitions, and other documents from the United States Court of Appeals.
Oral histories, ephemera, campaign materials, government records, and other materials from and about political extremist movements. Includes the modules Far-Right and Left Political Groups in the U.S., Europe, and Australia in the Twentieth Century; Far-Right Groups in America; Global Communist and Socialist Movements.
Books, journals and documents from across the Indian subcontinent from 1700 to 1953, originally collected by the South Asian Research Foundation (SARF), covering India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. Documents included in the archive are written in English, Bengali, Sanskrit, and more.
Documents related to U.S. intelligence efforts in the Middle East, the Near East, and North Africa from the World War II to the present.
Female-authored literature, women’s periodicals, and other materials on women’s political activism, suffrage, birth control, civil rights, and socialism. Documents are from North and South America, Europe, East and South Asia, and Africa. Content is in English, French, German, and Dutch.
Newsletters, newspapers, policy papers, zines, photographs, video footage, advertisements, and other documents that highlight the political, social and welfare issues of the 1980s such as the rise of conservatism, nuclear threat, civil rights issues, anti-drug campaigns, and the AIDS crisis.