Ever since it was launched in 1986, The Independent has enjoyed a reputation for quality and innovation, something Andreas Whittam-Smith and his two co-founders, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds, made as a guiding principle when they conceived the idea of a new, upmarket British newspaper.
"The formal beginning of Anglo-Ottoman relations dates from the correspondence between Elizabeth I and Murad III in 1579 which led in May 1580…"
"Under the title “Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century,” the archive includes the contents of the British Library’s Private Case, plus…"
"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…"
"Most of the government archives offices were united into one Public Record Office in 1838, not to be joined by the State Paper Office itself until 1852. However…"
"In the popular imagination—and in most textbooks and classrooms, too—slavery remains a set of static images, distant and strange…Memorable though they are…"
"In nineteenth-century journalism there was a fine line between fact and fiction. Although the ability to supply up-to-date and serious news was central to…"
Explore our collection of contextual essays on historical figures using various archives from Gale Primary Sources product.
"It all began with a man with a grudge. Colonel Arthur Burroughes Sleigh was a Canadian-born army officer and writer who for reasons lost to the mists of time…"
As we recognize National Native American Heritage Month, it’s important to the highlight resources focused on Native voices, histories, and heritages. Click to learn more.
"The sixteenth century was an unusual chapter in the long history of England’s complex relations with France. At the beginning of the century…"
"America is experiencing a religious revival and a huge growth in the exploration and practice of alternative religions. The American Religions Collection…"
"The story of slavery does not begin with European ships arriving on the African coast. Slavery was already prefigured by the history of social stratification…"
"Ever since 4 May 1896, the Daily Mail has been praised and plagiarised, copied and cursed. It has been ceremoniously incinerated and ceremonially honoured…"