LibGuides: Primary Sources: Popular Culture & Society

UK Popular Culture & Society

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920 Archival material covering crime and popular culture in the long 19th century. Drawing on global sources, the collection includes trial transcripts, police and forensic documents, photographs, true crime literature and detective novels, and newspaper accounts.
Eighteenth Century Drama An archive of almost every play submitted for licence between 1737 and 1824, and hundreds of documents, including playbills, theatre records and correspondence that provide social context.
John Johnson Collection Collection of ephemera, including posters, broadsides, prints and advertising material from 18th, 19th and early 20th century Britain.
London Stage: 1660-1800 The London Stage is a key reference work documenting theatrical performances in eighteenth-century London. This information has been compiled from the playbills, newspapers and theatrical diaries of the period.

British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture - Nineteenth Century Collections Online 19th Century arts ephemera including playbills, scripts and music scores providing details of the cultural history of Britain during this period.
Children’s Literature and Childhood - Nineteenth Century Collections Online Contains material covering the experience of childhood in the long C19, including books and periodicals for children, primers and other educational material, pamphlets produced by child welfare groups, documents and photos related to children and crime, newspapers produced by youths, and more. Content is sourced from the University of Florida's Baldwin Library Collection of Historical Children's Literature, the National Archives (UK), and the British Library, among others.
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920 Archival material covering crime and popular culture in the long 19th century. Drawing on global sources, the collection includes trial transcripts, police and forensic documents, photographs, true crime literature and detective novels, and newspaper accounts.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Archive of US and UK trade magazines from 1880-2015, covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles.
Gender: Identity and Social Change Primary sources from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.documenting women's lived experiences of suffrage, gender roles, the feminist movement, the mens movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics. Date coverage is from the 19th century to early 21st century.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive Archive of the Illustrated London News, a weekly newspaper published in London (UK) and the world's first fully illustrated newspaper. It presented a vivid picture of British and world events, including news of war, disaster, ceremonies, the arts, and science. Digitised article and full page scans, and OCR text. Date coverage: 1842-2003
John Johnson Collection Collection of ephemera, including posters, broadsides, prints and advertising material from 18th, 19th and early 20th century Britain.
Nineteenth Century Stage Discover the shifting and expanding theatre world of the nineteenth century. Featuring material such as prompt books, programmes, company records, photographs and playbills, scrapbooks, illustrations and more from archival collections in the UK, USA and Australia. 
Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain Primary source collection that focuses on the poorest communities in Victorian Britain. Content includes government policy, social reform movements and the philanthropic efforts of charitable institutions and spans the introduction of the New Poor Law in 1834 and the abolition of the workhouse system in 1930s.
Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992 Digital archive of Punch, the satirical weekly magazine published from 1841–1992.
Social History Archive Largest single online collection of mainly British & Irish historical primary source material although some U.S and European records are included. Includes birth, marriage and death records, local, regional, and national UK newspapers, electoral records and census returns, army and war records, crime reports and migration records.(Content, when fully migrated, will be the same as content in Find My Past)
Victorian Popular Culture Primary source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 Provides an index to the authorship of articles in 45 Victorian periodicals, and a bibliography of articles written by each contributor, and using each pseudonym. Citations of evidence are provided to support attributions of authorship, along with brief biographical and vocational details. Poetry is not indexed, but links to full text in other databases are provided where available.
Women's Magazine Archive Archive of leading women’s interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century to 2005. Mainly US titles, but now expanded to include major UK titles as well. Subject coverage includes gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture. Collections I, II and III available.
World's Fairs Explore the phenomenon of world's fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world and twenty-first century expos. Through official records, monographs, publicity, artwork and artifacts.

1980s Culture and Society Contains a wide variety of material from the US, UK, Australia and Canada. Includes newspapers and zines from grassroots organisations and under-represented groups, newsletters, films, photographs as well as some government papers. The resource aims to show the key social, cultural, and political concerns of the decade.
BBC handbooks, annual reports and accounts, 1927-2002 This collection contains handbooks, annual reports and accounts published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 1927 and 2002. In addition, the collection includes a review of each year’s public service broadcasting, with detailed schedules, audience research, performance and objective tables, commentaries, and editorials. Together, these documents provide students and scholars with a unique opportunity to examine the social and cultural forces that shaped Britain in the 20th century.
BBC Listener Research Department reports 1937-1950 This collection contains Audience Research Reports compiled by the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) Listener Research Department (LRD) between 1937 and 1950. The reports analyse wireless listening habits on both a national and regional level, representing the BBC’s earliest foray into market research. Of particular interest are the reports covering the LRD’s wartime audience research. These demonstrate how the BBC became an invaluable source of information and point of influence for the government. This collection therefore provides a unique insight into the cultural preferences of the British public during the mid-20th century.
BFI Player On demand service streaming acclaimed, landmark and archive films from across Britain and the world. The collection focuses on British and European independent films, as well as international releases. First time users need to sign up to access all subscription content for free. Returning users need to sign-in. See More.
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British Cartoon Archive A national collection of socio-political cartoons from British newspapers and magazines, plus comic strips, newspaper cuttings, books and magazines, from 1904 onwards.
British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Contains 6000+ films from the Topical Film Company from the BFI and Imperial War Museum collections. Covers key events from the period as well as everyday topics such as sport and fashion. The collection is browseable by theme or series; films are also indexed by subject, place, people, issue number and cameramen.
British Pathe Archive of vintage film footage covering 20th century UK domestic and worldwide themes, events and news. Date coverage: 1897-1970
British Political Opinion Polls and Social Surveys (1960-1988) This collection offers the complete text of the polls and surveys, along with the statistical results from the Tom Harrisson Mass-Observation experiment, Britain's war-time Home Intelligence Report, MORI (Market and Opinion Research International), NOP (National Opinion Polls Market Research); HARRIS (The Harris Research Centre), MARPLAN and GALLUP. 
Children’s Magazine Archive, 1866-2020 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.
Communism and Popular Culture in the 20th Century Contains Ivor Montagu's (1904-1984) personal, political, and professional papers. Montagu is best known for his work as a filmmaker, scriptwriter, and producer. He was also a trained naturalist, the founder of the International Table Tennis Federation, president of the Southampton F.C. Supporters’ Club, and an active member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920 Archival material covering crime and popular culture in the long 19th century. Drawing on global sources, the collection includes trial transcripts, police and forensic documents, photographs, true crime literature and detective novels, and newspaper accounts.
Education Magazine Archive, 1910-2015 This collection provides primary sources which trace the evolution of educational policy, practice, and theory.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Archive of US and UK trade magazines from 1880-2015, covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles.
Gender: Identity and Social Change Primary sources from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.documenting women's lived experiences of suffrage, gender roles, the feminist movement, the mens movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics. Date coverage is from the 19th century to early 21st century.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive Archive of the Illustrated London News, a weekly newspaper published in London (UK) and the world's first fully illustrated newspaper. It presented a vivid picture of British and world events, including news of war, disaster, ceremonies, the arts, and science. Digitised article and full page scans, and OCR text. Date coverage: 1842-2003
Interwar Culture Interwar Culture showcases popular and lesser-known periodicals published during the interwar period (1919-1940) in Britain, the US, France and Australia. Articles cover culture, entertainment, fashion, home and family life, world current affairs, class, social and welfare issues.
John Johnson Collection Collection of ephemera, including posters, broadsides, prints and advertising material from 18th, 19th and early 20th century Britain.
Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991 Archive of the weekly periodical published by the BBC for radio listeners and later, TV viewers. Includes transcripts and commentary of broadcasts as well as articles and interviews.
Mass Observation Online (1937-1967) The papers of Mass Observation, a pioneering social research organisation. Provides insights into the cultural and social history of Britain from 1937 to 1967.
Mass Observation Project: 1981-2009 Documenting the social history of Britain by recruiting volunteers to write about their lives and opinions. This collection consists of the directives (questionnaires) sent out by Mass Observation in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and the thousands of responses to them from the hundreds of Mass Observers. An important source of qualitative social data in the UK.
The Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and Identity 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.
Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938–1957 Complete archive of the popular UK magazine Picture Post. It provides a visual snap-shot of British life from 1930 to the end of the 1950s, and covers major social and political issues of the time through the use of photojournalism. Digitised article and page scans, and OCR text. Date coverage: 1930-1957
Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 Popular Culture explores the dynamic period of social, political and cultural change between 1950 and 1975. The resource offers thousands of images of manuscript and rare printed material as well as photographs, ephemera and memorabilia.
Power to the People: Counterculture, Social Movements, and the Alternative Press Covering C19-C21, this collection covers mainly the US and UK, but also includes coverage of global events. It contains alternative press publications representing anti-establishment and countercultural ideas and movements through art, satire, humour, and alternative lifestyles. Publications include Bizarre, Viz and Fortean Times as well as pamphlet and poster collections.
Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992 Digital archive of Punch, the satirical weekly magazine published from 1841–1992.
Rock's Back Pages 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.
Social History Archive Largest single online collection of mainly British & Irish historical primary source material although some U.S and European records are included. Includes birth, marriage and death records, local, regional, and national UK newspapers, electoral records and census returns, army and war records, crime reports and migration records.(Content, when fully migrated, will be the same as content in Find My Past)
Underground and Independent Comics: Volumes I, II and III The first database containing both scholarly and primary-source materials focused on adult comic books and graphic novels. Discover the works of artists both celebrated and overlooked, alongside interviews, criticism, and journal articles. Time coverage: 20th century onwards.
Women's Magazine Archive Archive of leading women’s interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century to 2005. Mainly US titles, but now expanded to include major UK titles as well. Subject coverage includes gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture. Collections I, II and III available.
World's Fairs Explore the phenomenon of world's fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world and twenty-first century expos. Through official records, monographs, publicity, artwork and artifacts.
Youth and Popular Culture Magazine Archive This archive includes 10 periodicals covering a variety of dates from 1940 - 2016, highlighting topics and trends of youth culture. The longest runs of content are from Teen magazine (US) and 19 magazine (UK), though other titles are included from both the UK and US.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Archive of US and UK trade magazines from 1880-2015, covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles.
Gender: Identity and Social Change Primary sources from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.documenting women's lived experiences of suffrage, gender roles, the feminist movement, the mens movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics. Date coverage is from the 19th century to early 21st century.
Power to the People: Counterculture, Social Movements, and the Alternative Press Covering C19-C21, this collection covers mainly the US and UK, but also includes coverage of global events. It contains alternative press publications representing anti-establishment and countercultural ideas and movements through art, satire, humour, and alternative lifestyles. Publications include Bizarre, Viz and Fortean Times as well as pamphlet and poster collections.
Social History Archive Largest single online collection of mainly British & Irish historical primary source material although some U.S and European records are included. Includes birth, marriage and death records, local, regional, and national UK newspapers, electoral records and census returns, army and war records, crime reports and migration records.(Content, when fully migrated, will be the same as content in Find My Past)
Women's Magazine Archive Archive of leading women’s interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century to 2005. Mainly US titles, but now expanded to include major UK titles as well. Subject coverage includes gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture. Collections I, II and III available.
World's Fairs Explore the phenomenon of world's fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world and twenty-first century expos. Through official records, monographs, publicity, artwork and artifacts.
Youth and Popular Culture Magazine Archive This archive includes 10 periodicals covering a variety of dates from 1940 - 2016, highlighting topics and trends of youth culture. The longest runs of content are from Teen magazine (US) and 19 magazine (UK), though other titles are included from both the UK and US.

USA Popular Culture & Society

American Periodicals This database contains periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920 Archival material covering crime and popular culture in the long 19th century. Drawing on global sources, the collection includes trial transcripts, police and forensic documents, photographs, true crime literature and detective novels, and newspaper accounts.
David Bailie Warden Papers (1778 -1845) This collection of letters and manuscripts focus on David Bailie Warden's interest in politics, literature, medicine, chemistry, natural science, and education, often with leaders in these fields. 
Transatlantic Civil Society in Periodicals, 1768-1925 Contains a series of American journals, magazines, and trade papers published in the United Kingdom and continental Europe from 1768 to 1925. Subject matter covered includes art, literature, trade and commerce, leisure, tourism, émigré society gossip, politics, and white supremacy.

American Consumer Culture This multi-title platform provides cross-searchable access to hundreds of thousands of pages of essential American history across the 19th and 20th centuries.
American Periodicals This database contains periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.
Children’s Literature and Childhood - Nineteenth Century Collections Online Contains material covering the experience of childhood in the long C19, including books and periodicals for children, primers and other educational material, pamphlets produced by child welfare groups, documents and photos related to children and crime, newspapers produced by youths, and more. Content is sourced from the University of Florida's Baldwin Library Collection of Historical Children's Literature, the National Archives (UK), and the British Library, among others.
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920 Archival material covering crime and popular culture in the long 19th century. Drawing on global sources, the collection includes trial transcripts, police and forensic documents, photographs, true crime literature and detective novels, and newspaper accounts.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Archive of US and UK trade magazines from 1880-2015, covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles.
Nineteenth Century Stage Discover the shifting and expanding theatre world of the nineteenth century. Featuring material such as prompt books, programmes, company records, photographs and playbills, scrapbooks, illustrations and more from archival collections in the UK, USA and Australia. 
Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900 This collection showcases the development of 'popular' medicine in America during the 19th century, through an extensive range of material that was aimed at the general public rather than medical professionals. It includes printed sources, including rare books, pamphlets, trade cards, and ephemera.
Temperance and Prohibition Movement, 1830-1933 Contains the records and publications of the principal organisations which sought to reduce and eliminate the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Includes records of the Anti-Saloon League of America and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Papers of key leaders of the movement are included as well as journals and other publications. This collection contains almost all known records of the major national temperance organisations.
Thomas A. Edison Papers Covering 1850-1919, this collection includes Edison's laboratory notebooks, diaries, business records, correspondence, and related materials. Also includes a collection of motion picture catalogues published between 1894-1908, advertising films, equipment, related posters, slides, lectures, and phonographs.
Transatlantic Civil Society in Periodicals, 1768-1925 Contains a series of American journals, magazines, and trade papers published in the United Kingdom and continental Europe from 1768 to 1925. Subject matter covered includes art, literature, trade and commerce, leisure, tourism, émigré society gossip, politics, and white supremacy.
Victorian Popular Culture Primary source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930.
Vogue Archive Archive of the magazine American Vogue. Includes all editions from 1892 to the present. The collection provides an insight into US fashion, culture and society.
Walter Chauncey Camp Papers, 1866-1925 Walter Chauncey Camp (1859-1925) was known as "The Father of American Football". Collection includes extensive correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings from local press and subscription clipping services across the country, plus photographs, and family papers.
Women's Magazine Archive Archive of leading women’s interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century to 2005. Mainly US titles, but now expanded to include major UK titles as well. Subject coverage includes gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture. Collections I, II and III available.
World's Fairs Explore the phenomenon of world's fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world and twenty-first century expos. Through official records, monographs, publicity, artwork and artifacts.

1980s Culture and Society Contains a wide variety of material from the US, UK, Australia and Canada. Includes newspapers and zines from grassroots organisations and under-represented groups, newsletters, films, photographs as well as some government papers. The resource aims to show the key social, cultural, and political concerns of the decade.
American Consumer Culture This multi-title platform provides cross-searchable access to hundreds of thousands of pages of essential American history across the 19th and 20th centuries.
American Periodicals This database contains periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.
American Women's Club Magazine, 1925–1936 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
Archives of the Work Projects Administration and Predecessors (1933-1943): Final State Reports: Federal Music, Art, Theatre and Writers Projects, and Museum Extension Project The Final State Reports were produced by the State Administration to record the achievements of the specific state projects under the New Deal (1933-1943). This collection focuses on the arts, creative and socially oriented programs.  
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (1920-1953): a selection of materials from the Pierre S. du Pont Papers, Longwood Manuscripts This collection includes correspondence, minutes, financial reports, membership lists, records of lobbying activities, and publications and press releases issued by the Association against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) (papers from the personal files of Pierre S. du Pont, his brother Irénée, and John Raskob) and the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR) (papers from the files of Alice Belin du Pont). 
Broadcasting America Contains the papers of David Sarnoff, President of the Radio Corporation of America, as well as other allied industry papers. Coverage is mainly 1920s-1970s, with some extra content covering pre-1920s broadcasting developments, and the final years of RCA before its sale in 1986.
Changing Men Collection Vertical Files
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920 Archival material covering crime and popular culture in the long 19th century. Drawing on global sources, the collection includes trial transcripts, police and forensic documents, photographs, true crime literature and detective novels, and newspaper accounts.
D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation The Birth of a Nation (1915) in its first exhibited form at Clune's Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. The collection does not provide the film in its totality, but provides a shot-by-shot analysis, with annotations, that establishes as accurate an appreciation as possible of the film in its earliest exhibited state.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Archive of US and UK trade magazines from 1880-2015, covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles.
FBI File: Hollywood and J. Edgar Hoover: Communists in the Motion Picture Industry Documents relating to the FBI's investigation of the Hollywood film industry for communist infiltration (1925-1961). The files chronicle the working of major film studios such as MGM, Paramount, RKO and Warner Brothers, and record investigations into various guilds, unions and individuals such as Charlie Chaplin and Frank Sinatra.
FBI File: Hollywood and J. Edgar Hoover: Investigations of Actors and Directors Documents relating to the FBI's investigation into the Communist activities of various motion picture personalities, including actors, directors, producers, and writers. The file, spanning the years 1922-1961, contains surveillance and informer reports, FBI 'reviews' of mainstream films that were believed to contain Communist propaganda, correspondence, news clippings and transcripts.
Hollywood, Censorship, and the Motion Picture Production Code, 1927-1968 The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code Administration Files collection documents forty years of self-regulation and censorship in the motion picture industry.
Interwar Culture Interwar Culture showcases popular and lesser-known periodicals published during the interwar period (1919-1940) in Britain, the US, France and Australia. Articles cover culture, entertainment, fashion, home and family life, world current affairs, class, social and welfare issues.
J. Walter Thompson Advertising America An archive of the the history, operation, policies and accomplishments of one of the world's largest and oldest advertising firms. Covering the late nineteenth century up until the late 1990s with the bulk representing the post-1945 world.
Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 Popular Culture explores the dynamic period of social, political and cultural change between 1950 and 1975. The resource offers thousands of images of manuscript and rare printed material as well as photographs, ephemera and memorabilia.
Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900 This collection showcases the development of 'popular' medicine in America during the 19th century, through an extensive range of material that was aimed at the general public rather than medical professionals. It includes printed sources, including rare books, pamphlets, trade cards, and ephemera.
Robert Winslow Gordon and American Folk Music Covers 1909-1932, but primarily 1922-32, giving access to Gordon's manuscripts, including correspondence and collections of folk songs.
Temperance and Prohibition Movement, 1830-1933 Contains the records and publications of the principal organisations which sought to reduce and eliminate the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Includes records of the Anti-Saloon League of America and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Papers of key leaders of the movement are included as well as journals and other publications. This collection contains almost all known records of the major national temperance organisations.
Thomas A. Edison Papers Covering 1850-1919, this collection includes Edison's laboratory notebooks, diaries, business records, correspondence, and related materials. Also includes a collection of motion picture catalogues published between 1894-1908, advertising films, equipment, related posters, slides, lectures, and phonographs.
Through the Camera Lens: The Moving Picture World and the Silent Cinema Era, 1907-1927 The archive of the Moving Picture World magazine - the industry standard trade publication during the silent cinema era in the U.S.. The magazine reviewed current releases and published news, features, and interviews relating to all aspects of the industry.
Transatlantic Civil Society in Periodicals, 1768-1925 Contains a series of American journals, magazines, and trade papers published in the United Kingdom and continental Europe from 1768 to 1925. Subject matter covered includes art, literature, trade and commerce, leisure, tourism, émigré society gossip, politics, and white supremacy.
Underground and Independent Comics: Volumes I, II and III The first database containing both scholarly and primary-source materials focused on adult comic books and graphic novels. Discover the works of artists both celebrated and overlooked, alongside interviews, criticism, and journal articles. Time coverage: 20th century onwards.
Vogue Archive Archive of the magazine American Vogue. Includes all editions from 1892 to the present. The collection provides an insight into US fashion, culture and society.
Women's Magazine Archive Archive of leading women’s interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century to 2005. Mainly US titles, but now expanded to include major UK titles as well. Subject coverage includes gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture. Collections I, II and III available.
World's Fairs Explore the phenomenon of world's fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world and twenty-first century expos. Through official records, monographs, publicity, artwork and artifacts.
Youth and Popular Culture Magazine Archive This archive includes 10 periodicals covering a variety of dates from 1940 - 2016, highlighting topics and trends of youth culture. The longest runs of content are from Teen magazine (US) and 19 magazine (UK), though other titles are included from both the UK and US.
Rock's Back Pages 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.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Archive of US and UK trade magazines from 1880-2015, covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles.
Underground and Independent Comics: Volumes I, II and III The first database containing both scholarly and primary-source materials focused on adult comic books and graphic novels. Discover the works of artists both celebrated and overlooked, alongside interviews, criticism, and journal articles. Time coverage: 20th century onwards.
Women's Magazine Archive Archive of leading women’s interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century to 2005. Mainly US titles, but now expanded to include major UK titles as well. Subject coverage includes gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture. Collections I, II and III available.
World's Fairs Explore the phenomenon of world's fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world and twenty-first century expos. Through official records, monographs, publicity, artwork and artifacts.
Youth and Popular Culture Magazine Archive This archive includes 10 periodicals covering a variety of dates from 1940 - 2016, highlighting topics and trends of youth culture. The longest runs of content are from Teen magazine (US) and 19 magazine (UK), though other titles are included from both the UK and US.