Perspectives & Debate
Chatham House Online I, 1920-1979
A unique collection providing digitized and fully searchable audio recordings with correlating written transcripts. Chatham House is the premier European international affairs think tank, and incorporates numerous world leaders’ speeches, conference proceedings, and surveys.
Chatham House II, 1980-2010
Expanding on part 1, this module offers additional audio on key meetings/speeches from the Cold War, the continuing conflict in the Middle East, climate change, the end of apartheid in South Africa, and the expansion of globalization.
Political Extremism and Radicalism, Part 1: Far-Right and Left Political Groups in the U.S., Europe, and Australia in the Twentieth Century
A compilation of rare and unique archival collections covering a wide range of fringe political movements. With an extensive scope of content focused on political extremism and radical thought, this archive is one of the first digital archives covering such a broad assortment of both far-right and radical left political groups. It offers a diverse mixture of materials, including periodicals, campaign propaganda, government records, oral histories, and various ephemera, which allow researchers to explore unorthodox social and political movements in new and innovative ways and to understand what impact they have had on today’s society.
Political Extremism and Radicalism, Part 2: Far-Right in America
Focusing specifically on far-right America with coverage concentrating more closely on white supremacist and nationalist groups in the U.S. These groups include The John Birch Society, Ku Kux Klan, National White People’s Party (aka American Nazi Party) and the Citizens’ Council. Political Extremism & Radicalism in the Twentieth Century, Part 2: Far-Right Groups in America covers several topics which would fall under the broader theme of right-wing America including nationalism, racism, anti-Semitism, far-right Christian identity, homophobia, political misinformation and conspiracy theories. This archive will be valuable to modern and contemporary history, politics, government studies, sociology, gender studies, African-American studies and religious studies departments.
The Independent, 1986-2016
Major British daily national newspaper, known for its liberal stance on a number of political and societal issues. Some conservative columnists are included, as well as visually rich graphics. Great coverage of environmental issues, terrorism, the Middle East and contemporary social issues.
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2014
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context. Read by both world leaders and the general public, The Times has offered readers in-depth, award-winning, objective coverage of world events since its creation in 1785 and is the oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication.
Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2016
Described by the New Yorker as "the newspaper that rules Britain," the Daily Mail has been at the heart of British journalism since 1896, regularly changing the course of government policy and setting the national debate. Its website is among the most visited news sites in the world. The Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004 includes more than one hundred years of this major UK national newspaper, viewable in full digital facsimile form, with copious advertisements, news stories, and images that capture twentieth-century culture and society.
The Economist, 1842-2015
Research global political and economic news and analysis with the source used by top leaders and thinkers.
Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016
This historical archive is a comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased research tool for those studying economic and business history and current affairs of the last 120 years.
Mirror Historical Archive, 1903-2000
Founded in 1903, the Mirror plays a pivotal role in the history of journalism. Peaking in 1967, with a daily circulation of 5.25 million, the newspaper has had a history full of highs and lows. Today, it is the only mainstream left-wing tabloid remaining in the UK. Gale's Mirror Historical Archive, 1903-2000 features more than 800,000 pages of brand-new, full text searchable, scans of the complete run of the Mirror from 1903-2000, including the Sunday Mirro
Nineteenth Century US Newspapers
Offers both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers, includes major newspapers as well as African American, Native American, women’s rights groups, the Confederacy and other select groups – as well as urban and rural papers.
International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887-2013
Explore diverse coverage from this international newspaper, including its runs as The New York Herald and the New York Herald Tribune.
U.S. Declassified Documents Online
Access government documents covering major policy issues from before World War II into the twenty-first century.
Declassified Documents Online: Twentieth-Century British Intelligence
Explore UK government documents from the Security Services and related intelligence files.
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive
Search the complete digital edition (over 260,000 full color pages) of the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.
The Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2006
Discover thoughtful analysis and commentary on news and society since 1822.