Colonial Africa in official statistics (1821-1953)

Statistics covering the history of thirteen colonies across Africa, available from the British Online Archives.

Early American Newspapers, Series XII: 1821-1900: The Specialized Press

Search and browse American newspapers published across three centuries.

East India Company, Module 1: Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947

This database from Adam Matthew offers access to a unique collection of India Office Records from the British Library, London.

American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971

A large variety of collections from the U.S. National Archives, a series of collections from the Chicago History Museum, as well as selected first-hand accounts on Indian Wars and westward migration.

Digital Library of World War I

Brill’s Digital Library of World War I is an online resource that contains over 700 encyclopedia entries plus 250 peer-reviewed articles of transnational and global historical perspectives on significant topics of World War I.

Chinese Film and Newsreel Scripts from the Cultural Revolution Online

The bulk of the items in the collection are transcripts for the documentary films and newsreels from the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.

Classic Arabic Texts Online

Offers accounts of the early conquests of the Islamic polity and historical works about the first centuries of Muslim society.

English Historical Documents Online

English Historical Documents Online contains over 5,500 expertly indexed and fully searchable primary documents from 500-1914.

First World War: Propaganda and Recruitment

From personal collections and rare printed material to military files, artwork and audio-visual files, content highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of a conflict that shook the world.

The American Civil War Collection, 1860-1922

Featuring more than 13,500 works published between 1860 and 1922, this fully searchable collection offers printed items addressing all facets of the Civil War.

The Chernobyl Files: Declassified Documents of the Ukrainian KGB

The collection contains reports ranging from 1971 to 1991 prepared for and by a variety of Soviet and Ukrainian government agencies, such as the KGB, documenting and detailing the most important developments in the wake of the disaster, but also internal reports and investigations on the its various causes.

American Underworld: The Flash Press

From crime and scandal to brothels and blackmail, the Flash Press covered the seamier aspects of urban life in the mid-19th century.

Colonial America: Module III

Colonial America will make available all 1,450 volumes of the CO 5 series from The National Archives, UK, covering the period 1606 to 1822. CO 5 consists of the original correspondence between the British government and the governments of the American colonies, making it a uniquely rich resource for all historians of the period.

Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (1917-2013)

Contains the full text of various communist American and British newspapers.

Einbanddatenbank

A database on bookbinding (especially rubbings from bindings) from the 15th and 16th centuries, focusing on collections in Berlin, Stuttgart, Wolfenbuttel and Munich.

FBI Confidential Files and Radical Politics in the U.S., 1945-1972

Contains records from the FBI and the Subversive Activities Control Board, who investigated and tracked radical groups in the U.S. from the 1940s through the 1970s.

American County Histories - Accessible Archives

These large county volumes have long formed the cornerstone of local historical and genealogical research. They are encyclopedic in scope and virtually limitless in their research possibilities.

Alexander III and the Policy of "Russification," 1883-1886

This collection, as seen through the eyes of the British diplomatic corps in Russia, provides a unique analysis of this "retro-reform" policy, both in the Russian Empire and Eastern Europe.

Black Studies in Video

An award-winning black studies portfolio that brings together seminal documentaries, powerful interviews, and previously unavailable archival footage surveying the black experience. 

Cold War: Voices of Confrontation and Conciliation

This collection will provide a unique opportunity to read the recollections of many of the players in the Cold War. These transcripts of oral recollections will assist scholars in understanding the motivations for conflict and conciliation.

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