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Award-winning primary source collections for teaching and research.

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    Description
    Period covered
  • Thumbnail for African American Communities
    AM Primary
    African American Communities
    AM Primary
    1863-1986

    From communal struggle to creative outpourings: uncover the everyday lives of African Americans spanning two turbulent centuries.

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    AM Primary
    America in World War Two: Oral Histories and Personal Accounts
    AM Primary
    1939-1949

    The stories of American military personnel and civilians during the Second World War through their oral histories, correspondence, diaries, photographs, artefacts and military records. This digital resource offers an insight into the personal experiences of those involved in the conflict, both on the United States home front and on deployment overseas in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Pacific, China, Burma and India.

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    American History, 1493-1945
    AM Primary
    1493-1945
    The digital archive of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which holds one of the outstanding collections on American History. It is full of spectacular individual items, but it also has rich veins of manuscript research material. This makes it ideal for teaching survey courses on American History, but equally valuable as a platform for undergraduate essay work and postgraduate research.
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    American West
    AM Primary
    Early 18th to mid-20th century

    Comprised of original manuscripts, rare printed books, maps and ephemeral material from the Everett D Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library in Chicago, American West is a source for the study of westward US expansion from the 18th to the 20th century. Including documents from 1718-1968, it has tales of frontier life, Native Americans, vigilantes and outlaws, as well as evidence of the growth of urban centres, the environmental impact of westward expansion and life in the borderlands.

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    AM Scholar
    Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia
    AM Scholar
    1743-1999
    A varied array of records of traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats, offering Western perspectives on many aspects of Chinese culture and society.
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    AM Scholar
    Area Studies: India
    AM Scholar
    1712-1942
    A vital resource for the study of Empire, the British Raj, and the history, culture and literature of the Indian subcontinent
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    AM Scholar
    Business, Economic and Labour History
    AM Scholar
    1875 - 1970

    A range of important sources from Britain and America, covering key subjects within this field including a complete run of The Stock Exchange Official Year-Book for 1875-1945.

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    AM Archives Direct
    Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, 1834-1922
    AM Archives Direct
    1834-1922

    Official British government records relating to the region, from the decline of the Silk Road, through the diplomatic confrontation between the British and Russian Empires known as the “Great Game”, to the influence of the emergent Soviet Union in the 20th century.

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    Children's Literature and Culture
    AM Primary
    1820s-1920s

    A collection of rare books, games, ephemera and artwork from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that reveals the socio-cultural history of these times. Showcasing innovative new publishing methods characteristic of the golden age of children’s literature, from mass-produced chapbooks to richly illustrated ‘book-beautifuls’, this resource examines the way in which new concepts were introduced to young readers, encouraging an engagement with the imagination which went on to fundamentally shape established notions of childhood.

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    AM Primary
    China, America and the Pacific
    AM Primary
    18th and early 20th century

    Covering the 18th and 19th centuries, China, America and the Pacific provides primary source materials for the study of the history of North American trade and cultural exchange with China. This collection also provides coverage of China’s and the United States' economic dealings with the whole of East Asia and the Pacific.

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    Church Missionary Society Archive
    AM Scholar
    1619-1981
    A repository of source materials on the work of this globally influential organisation, founded in 1799 as an Anglican evangelical movement and still active today. It includes records of both the CMS and the many other missionary societies which have become associated or amalgamated with it over its lifetime.
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    Colonial America
    AM Primary
    1606-1822
    The complete CO 5 files from the National Archives, UK, 1606-1822, Colonial America is a 'game changing' development for historians and researchers of early America, the Atlantic world, the Caribbean and the nascent British Empire. Colonial America enables online access to the vast archive of circa 70,000 documents of manuscript materials that tell the story of British involvement in North America.
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    Colonial Caribbean
    AM Primary
    1624-1872

    The definitive collection of primary source documentation to explore life under British colonial rule.

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    AM Primary
    Early Modern England
    AM Primary
    1500-1700

    This collection of primary sources looks at two centuries of everyday, political, religious, working, trading and administrative life in England during this pivotal epoch. Documents cover an array of topics relating to England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with a significant focus on the lives of ‘everyday’ people.

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    East India Company
    AM Primary
    1599-1947

    From 16th century origins as a trading venture to the East Indies, through to its rise as the world’s most powerful company and de facto ruler of India, to its demise amid allegations of greed and corruption – the East India Company was an extraordinary force in global history for three centuries. 

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    AM Primary
    Eighteenth Century Drama
    AM Primary
    Mid 17th to early 19th century

    Delve into the theatrical world of eighteenth-century society and explore how the Larpent plays reflect the politics of the time, the role of women, views on race and religion, opinions on empire, and European and British history.

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    Empire Studies
    AM Scholar
    1734 - 1968
    This collection offers an array of sources for the study of the British Empire. It features material on British colonial policy and government; perspectives on life in British colonies; the relationship between gender and empire; race; and class.
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    Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings
    AM Primary
    1950-1980

    Presenting content from across the globe, this diverse and comprehensive resource features thousands of audio field recordings and interviews, educational recordings, film footage, field notebooks, slides, correspondence and ephemera from over 60 fields of study, including sites in West Africa, North America, South East Asia and more.

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    AM Primary
    First World War Portal
    AM Primary
    1914-1920s
    Revealing the voices and experiences of the men and women who served in the First World War, this rich and varied collection will be an invaluable source for anyone studying and researching the ‘Great War’. Material includes letters and diaries of service people, maps, photo albums, artwork, oral histories, official documents, newspapers, posters and much more, covering all aspects of the global conflict.
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    AM Primary
    Food and Drink in History
    AM Primary
    1514-2010

    A wide range of primary source material, including printed and manuscript cookbooks, advertising ephemera, government reports, films and illustrated content. It reveals the evolution of food and drink within everyday life and the public sphere. The material in this collection has been sourced from across the globe to reflect a wide range of food cultures and traditions.

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    AM Archives Direct
    Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia, 1963-1980
    AM Archives Direct
    1963-1980

    British Government Foreign Office files relating to the significant changes that took place in Southeast Asia during 1963-1980, including the creation of Malaysia and the response to this from the wider region.

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    AM Primary
    Gender: Identity and Social Change
    AM Primary
    19th to 21st centuries

    Explore the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations.

  • Thumbnail for India, Raj and Empire
    AM Primary
    India, Raj and Empire
    AM Primary
    17th-19th century
    The National Library of Scotland has wonderful collections documenting this history from the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 to the granting of independence for India and Pakistan in 1947. They are made available online through this collection.
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    Literary Studies
    AM Scholar
    18th and 19th centuries
    Literary manuscripts, rare printed works, and personal papers of a range of leading literary figures, as well as rare and obscure literary texts and genres. This collection covers both British and US Literature.