Historical documents including correspondence, intelligence reports, agents’ diaries, minutes, maps and newspaper excerpts offering insights into the impact of Great Power politics on the region, as well as the region’s peoples, cultures and societies.
Covering the history of Caribbean territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1870, this resource includes administrative documentation, trade and shipping records, minutes of council meetings, and details of plantation life, colonial settlement, imperial rivalries, and the growing concern of absentee landlords.
Personal collections, business records and rich visual content offering perspectives on America’s transformative age of industrialization, expanding wealth, inequality and social change.
The HistoryMakers is a growing collection of over 3,000 interviews of African American first person video oral history. By recording the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans, The HistoryMakers seeks to preserve and elevate the cultural equity of the African American community.