A-Z Databases

Access unique primary source collections dedicated to African American Studies. This is an interdisciplinary academic collection of primary source archives devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans, covering the tumultuous period from 1900 to present day. Researchers can explore a breadth of experiences ranging from U.S. nation-building in Liberia to Freedom Riders, the Rastafari movement, and FBI surveillance.

With extensive coverage of Japan, China, and Korea from 1910 to 1950, this collection of primary source archives supports the study of colonialism, politics, nationalism, military actions, government systems, economics, and even geography of Asia during a critical period of engagement with the Western nations.

This collection of primary source archives provides opportunities for an interdisciplinary examination of historical events related to gender and sexuality. Queer history and the Men’s Movement offer interesting perspectives on the struggle for equality and social justice. The social, political, and cultural contributions of women throughout history are on display in international women's periodicals dating from 1786 to the Women’s and Civil Rights movements.

This collection of primary source archives provides opportunities for an interdisciplinary examination of historical events related the Holocaust. Deep and broad in its coverage, this collection incorporates anti-Semitic propaganda, correspondence from prisoners, documents from resistance groups, bank records from Nazi financiers, eyewitness accounts from concentration camps, and much more.

Explore the origins of the American book trade through the archive records of US-based presses, bookstores, printers, booksellers, and more. The collection comprises material from both mainstream and small independent presses, the latter of which emerged predominantly in the second half of the twentieth century and often served authors and readerships from marginalized communities.