Searchable digital images of more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1923. Covers the American Colonial era through World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties. Sourced from the American Antiquarian Society.
Primary documents from the U.S. National Archives, a series of collections from the Chicago History Museum, plus selected first-hand accounts on Indian Wars and westward migration. The two major collections from the 20th Century are Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and records from the Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes.
Digitized primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. Includes four collections:
LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Parts I and II;
International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture;
Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century.
This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of Asian American history and daily life – as well as the ways popular culture has portrayed and perceived people of Asian descent. Includes Series 1: 1704-1941, Series 2: 1942-2017, and Series 3: 2018-today.
From Black-owned newspapers to mainstream news publications, BLIA offers a window into African American history, culture, and daily life—as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of African descent. Includes Series 1: 1704-1877, Series 2: 1878-1975, and Series 3: 1976-today.
Brings together digitized archival material from former colonies and Commonwealth nations across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Australasia, and the Americas, to provide valuable primary source material created for local audiences by local actors during a period of enormous global change. Collections: Papers of African Trade Unions; Political Pamphlets from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies; The Trades Union Congress Archive.
Archival records relating to the forced removal of Japanese American citizens and residents from their homes following Pearl Harbor. Documents the day-to-day running of the 10 concentration camps. Records include reports and correspondence on issues such as security, education, health, vocational training, agriculture, food, and family welfare.
Digitized archival documents covering three pivotal decades (1943-1970) in the struggle for civil rights in America through the eyes and work of sociologists, activists, psychologists, teachers, ministers, students and housewives.
Brings together digitized archival material from former colonies and Commonwealth nations across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Australasia, and the Americas, to provide valuable primary source material created for local audiences by local actors during a period of enormous global change. Collections: Papers of African Trade Unions; Political Pamphlets from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies; The Trades Union Congress Archive.