"The American Radicalism Collection (ARC) at Michigan State University (MSU) Special Collections holds an impressive variety of sources on groups considered…"
"On first opening volumes of the early seventeenth-century State Papers Foreign, readers are dazzled by the collection's contents and its comprehensiveness…"
"James Bennett, and his son, Gordon Bennett […] were remarkable in their early understanding of the possibilities of electronic communication for creating news…"
"Over the last 120 years the Financial Times has reported numerous scandals and debacles that have engulfed City firms and individuals…"
Explore our collection of contextual essays on historical figures using various archives from Gale Primary Sources product.
An essay covering the Daily Mail during the conflict with Germany, and its combination of patriotic superiority and Christian faith in the valour of its people.
"The social hygiene movement (see also sex hygiene) originated in the early 1900s, bringing together different groups that were concerned with…"
"Irish loyalty to the Stuarts first manifested itself in the immediate aftermath of James VI and I's succession to the English throne and Irish crown in 1603…"
"State Papers Foreign offer much for an understanding of the development of the German states in this period. The key German states for scrutiny were…"
"Digitised newspapers have become vital tools for historians. The availability of searchable online journalism, stretching back centuries…"
"Why did the Paris Herald […] come into being where and when it did? James Gordon Bennett Jr. had taken over his father’s New York Herald in the late 1860s…"
"From the outset of the war Punch defined itself as a source of patriotic entertainment. During the conflict Punch drew on its archives to publish…"
"America is experiencing a religious revival and a huge growth in the exploration and practice of alternative religions. The American Religions Collection…"
"As an editor, Bruce Richmond was apolitical and broadly tended towards whatever line was followed by his close friend the editor of The Times, Geoffrey Dawson…"
We commission essays from leading scholars to detaail the history of our archives and popular research themes, available as free downloadable PDFs.