Africa and the New Imperialism documents the period of rapid colonial expansion by European powers across the African continent during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

From the accounts of missionaries and European explorers navigating the interior of the continent in the early nineteenth century; to the rise in European desire for increased power, empire and wealth culminating in the Berlin Conference 1885-1886; to the subsequent power struggles, negotiations and conflicts that raged across the continent at the turn of the twentieth century, the documents within Africa and the New Imperialism charts Africa’s encounters with European imperialist regimes and their impact on the lives of peoples across the continent. – Publisher

The military interactions with Native Americans were recorded scrupulously, as were the administrative functions carried out by the military acting as a quasi-governing body. One such function was receiving and advancing, or not, the many memorials and petitions made by Native Americans. These primary source documents provide the perspectives of military officers reporting from the field and recording the military’s excursions in the west, battles with Native Americans and attempts to avoid them, and much more.

This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of Asian American history and daily life – as well as the ways popular culture has portrayed and perceived people of Asian descent. The content in this database is sourced from more than 18,962 American and global news sources. Content cover from the early 18th century to the early 21st century – from the Manila galleon trade with Spanish Mexico to the modern era. - Publisher

Series 1: 1704-1941 | Series 2: 1942-2017 | Series 3: 2018-today

LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Culture safeguards community histories and personal narratives by giving them a permanent home. It indexes the full text of openly available and underground content from sources around the world, giving easy access to previously hidden material. The project creates copies (permissioned) to preserve items for future generations. With enhanced metadata, the materials are searchable in ways never before possible. A new archive includes 200,000 pages from key advocacy organizations, including many that have become inactive or no longer exist. – Publisher