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This unique collection, digitized for the first time ever, brings together records and briefs from 1891–1950 that have most influenced modern writing and thinking about American law and American legal history.
Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822–2016*
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 Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, Part II, 1763-1970
Composed of US codes, constitutional conventions and compilations, and municipal codes, this collection enhances scholarly access to essential documents in American legal history through the second half of the twentieth century.
The Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926
Tracing the details of the courtroom dramas that rocked America, the British Empire, and the world, this archive provides unofficially published accounts of trials; official trial documents, and official records of legislative proceedings, administrative proceedings, and arbitration sessions. It is the world's most complete full-text collection of American and British trials.
The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978
Researchers will find coverage of the most-studied cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions. This collection provides transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, and other official papers brought before the highest court in the United States. It also includes information from cases that were denied certiorari.
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The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620-1926
This virtual gold mine of information for researchers of American legal history contains published records of the American colonies, documents published by state constitutional conventions, city and state codes, law dictionaries, and other materials.
Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture: Oliveira Lima Library, Monographs
Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture: Oliveira Lima Library, Monographs brings together approximately one million pages of monographs covering Brazilian and Portuguese history, indigenous peoples, international relations, ecology, economic development, medicine and public health, literature, and more from the mid-sixteenth to twentieth centuries.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
The "long" nineteenth century is an era characterized by industrial, technical, and social revolution. With a changing society came new approaches to the study of natural history, physics, mathematics, medicine, and public health. Boasting a wealth of curated primary sources, this collection helps researcher place essential subjects in the larger picture of historical study.
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection
Through a partnership with the Bodleian Library, Gale has digitally scanned each page of this collection, and with Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection brings these rare documents to scholars around the world in an easy-to-use, full-text searchable digital format.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society examines the influence of both faith and skepticism on the shaping of many aspects of society -- politics, law, economics, and social and radical reform movements.
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Researchers can find a wealth of children's literature texts from around the world with Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood. This collection documents the changing construction of childhood, the growing popularity of children's literature, and the legal and sociological context for both. This collection opens an array of compelling subjects for research and teaching, making it a rich resource for many academic disciplines and areas of study.
Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2021*
The Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2010 is an essential, comprehensive, and unbiased research tool for those studying public affairs and economic and financial history from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century.
Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896–2016*
This collection offers access to more than 100 years of this major UK national newspaper, viewable in full digital facsimile form, with copious advertisements, news stories, and images that capture twentieth-century culture and society, providing an important alternative perspective to other newspapers such as the Times (London).
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U.S. Declassified Documents Online
U.S. Declassified Documents Online offers unique insights into the inner workings of the U.S. government. The collection links the most sensitive documents from all the presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies in a single, easily searchable database. This collection provides access to a broad range of declassified federal records spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The Making of Modern Law: Landmark Records and Briefs of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1950‒1980
This archive collection of courts of appeals documents provides a comprehensive review of trial history, including depositions, transcripts, and arguments. Addressing historical issues beyond legal theory and precedent, this collection unlocks material that was once mostly inaccessible to researchers
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
With 2.1 million pages of trial transcripts, police and forensic reports, detective novels, newspaper accounts, true crime literature, and related ephemera, this collection presents the broadest and deepest collection of materials supporting the study of nineteenth-century criminal history, law, literature, and justice. This quintessential resource enhances understanding of the intersection of law and society during a pivotal era of social change.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part II
Science, Technology and Medicine, Part II expands subject coverage in Part I, gathering together periodicals and monographs from renowned sources, and providing a global view of science and technology from a critical era of scientific development.
Public Health Archives: Public Health in Modern America, 1890-1970
Public Health in Modern America, 1890-1970 provides scholars with materials that explore the fight for a national health care plan from the end of the Depression well into the 1960s. Content covers medical economics and sociology, medical care, legislation, and the role of key organizations and individuals. The collection’s documentation of the evolution of public health legislation, policies, and campaigns at local and federal levels supports the examination of our past while considering outcomes for our future.
Declassified Documents Online: Twentieth-Century British Intelligence An Intelligence Empire
Declassified Documents: Twentieth Century British Intelligence, An Intelligence Empire brings together files from five government departments to provide researchers with access to detailed, previously classified documents from the communications compiled by Britain and its Empire throughout the twentieth century.
The Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, Part I: 1912-1990
The Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, Part I: 1912-1990, spans most of the 20th century. it focuses on civil rights, civil liberties, race, gender, and issues relating to the U.S. Supreme Court. The relevance of the collection to today’s curriculum and to current debates at both national and local levels serve many research needs.