Backfiles of over 30 periodicals concerning the 20th-century history of the British Empire, decolonization, and the history and culture of former colonies.
The archive offers a mixture of British publications about the empire and titles published in Commonwealth countries (including Australia, New Zealand, India, Canada, South Africa, and Papua New Guinea).
Coverage spans over 150 years, ranging from the late-19th century to the 21st – these publications encompass the empire’s later phase and its post-independence legacies. It will support research in key events in colonial history, including the latter stages of the Scramble for Africa, the world wars, independence movements, the creation of the Commonwealth and more. While official publications contain valuable information about colonial administration and ideology, more popular titles, covering the arts, society, and general interests, provide insights into many facets of Commonwealth countries’ history and society before and after independence.
Primary sources and critical documentary essays covering American life from end of the Civil War to the election of Theodore Roosevelt. Materials included are songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera. Covers issues such as immigration and migration, racism and civil rights, labor and industry, women and universal suffrage, treatment of Native Americans, and the environment.
Over two million high resolution plant specimen images and foundational materials from more than 300 herbaria collections in 70 countries. Materials include high resolution specimen images, extensive flora, reference materials, collectors' correspondence and diaries, and thousands of paintings, photographs, and drawings.
Materials relating to the gay rights movement in America from 1950 until present day, including an interactive timeline, as well as subject-coded court cases, scholarly articles, books, pamphlets, reports, and more.
Gathers academic and open policy research on international and national security problems and foreign policy issues, encompassing perspectives from around the world.
Focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It brings together materials from various archives and libraries throughout the world documenting colonial rule, dispersion of exiles, international intervention, and the worldwide networks that supported successive generations of resistance within the region.
