This collection sheds light upon the influential women’s clubs movement throughout the early twentieth century interwar period, as well as upon the wider social, political, and cultural contexts
Explore Britain’s efforts to eliminate Nazism and foster democracy among the German people in the wake of the Second World War through Foreign Office documents.
This collection sheds light on the history of childhood and family life during 20th century, providing alternative perspectives on advertising/marketing, popular culture, education, media, and print culture.
Objective news and analysis that covers the legal and commercial challenges facing the retail industry. The Resource Centre includes up-to date court filings and documentation.
Mexico in History explores the evolution of Mexico from c.1500 to 1929, from Spanish colonisation and the formation of New Spain through the Mexican War of Independence to the Mexican Revolution. The predominantly Spanish-language material is a combination of print, manuscript and photographic collections sourced from The Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley.
Archival materials charting the course and consequences of pandemics over 5 centuries, centred on on four diseases that have left a significant mark upon British history: plague, cholera, smallpox, and influenza. Collection is curated along thematic lines: economics and disease, control measures, international relations, medicine and vaccination, and public responses.
A unique collection of full-text articles and audio interviews from the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day. Content from Rolling Stone, NME, Melody Maker, Kerrang, The Face, Smash Hits and more. Mainly UK and US content.
This collection sheds light on the 20th/21st–century history of a variety of movements and ideologies on the political left, including Marxist, socialist, communist, social democratic, and Fabianist publications.
A collection of documentary record of the origins, expansion and growth of the Olympic Games, and the global history of sport (1890s – 1990s). Sources include correspondence, official reports, newsletters and film footage.
This collections sheds light on the history of trade, trade policies, financial crises, emerging markets and technological innovations that unite the world in an ever-changing system of trade.
This archive focuses on the social and cultural history of department stores during a period in which they were adapting to evolving consumer needs, workers’ rights and societal shifts, with a focus on life on the shop floor. Includes company archives, trade journals, union records, pamphlets, diaries and a wide range of ephemera. Countries covered are the UK, US, Australia, Canada, France and Estonia.