Tag: world history
Primary Sources: Amnesty International Archives, 1961-1991
The Library has recently acquired access to The Amnesty International Archives, which “publishes the records of Amnesty International from the second half of the twentieth century. The material contains minutes, reports, correspondence, first-hand accounts, publicity materials and circulars relating to human rights violations of all kinds in all parts of the world. Amnesty International’s remit of campaigning for an end to human rights abuses means that this archival material inherently relates to the themes of oppression, cruelty and degradation.” (Source)
Some of the collections include documents from outside the organization.
Primary Sources: International Herald Tribune Archive, 1887-2013
The Library now has access to the The International Herald Tribune Historical Archive (1887-2013), which features the complete run of the International Herald Tribune from its origins as the European Edition of The New York Herald and later the European Edition of the New York Herald Tribune. The archive ends with the last issue of the International Herald Tribune before its relaunch as the International New York Times.
Trial: Maps and Travel Literature
Through March 11 the Library has access to the Maps and Travel Literature module of Nineteenth Century Collections Online. You can access it with the proxied link for all NCCO collections and click into the Maps & Travel section or use this link to go directly to the collection.
Primary Sources: Immigration and Migration resources
Border and Migration Studies Online is a collection that explores and provides historical background on more than thirty key worldwide border areas. Featuring at completion 100,000 pages of text, 175 hours of video, and 1,000 images, the collection is organized around fundamental themes associated with border and migration issues, such as border identities, sea migration, maritime borders, etc.
Immigration Records of the INS: 1880-1930 covers the investigations made by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) during the massive immigration wave of 1880-1930. The files cover Asian immigration, especially Japanese and Chinese migration, to California, Hawaii, and other states; Mexican immigration to the U.S. from 1906-1930, and European immigration. There are also extensive files on the INS’s regulation of prostitution and white slavery and on suppression of radical aliens.
Resource: Encyclopedia of Empire (online)
The Library has acquired the online version of the Encyclopedia of Empire, a 2015 publication chiefly edited by John M. MacKenzie of Lancaster University. The work includes in-depth and comparative coverage of empire “in ancient, medieval, and modern periods, including European as well as non-European experiences of empire.”
“Entries in this work are written by a team of international, interdisciplinary scholars from fields including history, geography, literature, architecture, urban planning, gender studies, linguistics, anthropology and more. All the contributions have been peer-reviewed and are written in an accessible style for readers new to the field.”