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Papers of Old Shanghai: Social Shanghai, 1906-1912
The Carter Administration and Foreign Affairs
This archive treats U.S. foreign affairs during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
This collection provides a window into the political, social, and economic development of Cambodia.
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) remains the most famous member of his family because of his controversial "appeasement" policy to keep Europe from plunging into another war.
State Papers Domestic for the Stuart era (1603-1714) is the richest primary source archive of its kind to cover national affairs in England the seventeenth century. The manuscripts and accompanying calendars are vital to any scholar's understanding of this turbulent century of civil strife, revolution, and regicide. Users can explore the nature of monarchy, the details of religious conflict, and the emergence of party politics.
China and the Modern World: Imperial China and the West, Part I: 1815–1881
This archive provides more than 500,000 pages of British Foreign Office correspondence from China, offering material relating to the internal politics of China and Britain, and the relationships between other Western powers.
Associated Press Collections Online European Bureaus
From Vienna, its chief listening post, and also from Prague and Warsaw, the Associated Press (AP) covered Eastern Europe during World War II and the Cold War. This collection is composed almost entirely of rare wire copy, recording the declining influence of the Soviet Union, the last days of the Iron Curtain, and the political and economic restructuring of the former Soviet satellites.
Associated Press Collections Online Middle East Bureaus
The AMiddle East Bureaus collection offers access to records from some of the Associated Press’s (AP) most active international bureaus – Jerusalem, Ankara, and Beirut, as well as their surrounding areas – delivering the exclusive stories behind the headlines from 1967 to 2005.
Associated Press Collections Online News Features and Internal Communications
This collection provides rare access to an array of internal Associated Press publications dating from the turn of the twentieth century, offering valuable insight into the Associated Press, its staff, and the history of news coverage.
Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in America
As part of the Introduction to U.S. History series, which provides access to the essential primary source documents that tell the story of a nation's birth, challenges, and milestones, this collection includes materials that specifically focus on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, and related topics.
British Literary Manuscripts Online: Medieval and Renaissance
The second part of British Literary Manuscripts Online series, British Literary Manuscripts Online: Medieval and Renaissance offers students and researchers unprecedented online access to nearly 400,000 pages of rare manuscripts from the Medieval and Early Modern periods, c.1100 to 1660. Researchers and students can explore a rich tapestry of letters, poems, stories, plays, chronicles, religious writings, and commonplace books through searchable online catalog records. Scholars will find important cultural and historical sources, like the 1488 manuscripts of Barbour's Life and Acts of Robert the Bruce.
British Literary Manuscripts Online: c. 1660-1900
The first installment in this series provides intimate glimpses into the lives and works of famous and lesser-known British authors from a significant two hundred-year literary period. It includes thousands of pages of poems, plays, essays, novels, diaries, journals, correspondence, and other manuscripts from the Restoration through the Victorian era.
China and the Modern World: Diplomacy and Political Secrets,1869–1950
A valuable collection of primary source material carefully selected from the British India Office Records, covering Anglo-Chinese relations and British interests in South Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia from 1869-1950. The collection comprises records selected from three departments – the Political and Secret Department, the Burma Office, and the Military Department.
China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain, and China, Part I: 1841–1951
An essential primary source archive for researching the history of Hong Kong in the context of modern China and the British Empire in Asia from the inception of this British colony in the 1840's to the early 1950's immediately after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887–2013
An online, fully searchable facsimile, the International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887–2013 delivers the full run of this internationally focused daily paper, from its first issue through to 2013. Articles, advertisements, and market listings are included—shown both individually and in the context of the full page and issue of the day.
Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822–2021*
Since 1822, the Sunday Times has provided thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week's global news and society at large. World famous for its cutting-edge investigative journalism, the newspaper broke many of the key stories of the twentieth century. In more than 600,000 full-text searchable pages, this digital collection is a gateway to the greatest crimes, careers, and culture of the last 180 years.
The Telegraph Historical Archive 1855–2016*
The Telegraph Historical Archive is the fully-searchable digital archive of what was once the world's largest-selling newspaper. Researchers and students can full-text search across 1 million pages of the newspaper's backfile from its first issue to the end of 2016, including issues of the Sunday Telegraph from 1961.