Archives Direct is a multiple collection suite of collections sourced from The National Archives, UK – the UK government’s official archive. All Archives Direct collections are also available for individual purchase. The Archives Direct Suite includes: Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1980; Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 ; Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969 ; Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 ; Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 ; Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980 ; Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 ; Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981 ; The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 ; Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963 ; Women in The National Archives, Kew For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/archives-direct/ The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection. Customers who do not purchase the entire suite should activate only those individual collections to which they do subscribe.

China, America and the Pacific provides primary source materials for the study of the history of North American trade and cultural exchange with China in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as, coverage of China’s economic dealings with the whole of East Asia and the Pacific. Sourced from American and Canadian libraries including the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, this resource complements China: Trade, Politics and Culture. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/china-america-and-the-pac… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

This collection offers access to rare pamphlets from the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia at Cornell University Library. The material spans three centuries (c1750-1929). For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/china-culture-and-s… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

China: The Wason Pamphlet Collection, makes available for the first time extremely rare pamphlets from the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia, at Cornell University Library. The collection spans three centuries (c1750-1929), and serves as a source for research on China. This resource complements the "China: Trade, Politics and Culture" and "China, America and the Pacific" collections. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/china-culture-and-society/ The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

This collection offers material covering Chinese history during two centuries of monumental social and political upheaval in China. It includes maps, colour paintings, photographs and drawings depicting people, places, customs and events; papers of key individuals involved in the Chinese Maritime Customs service; records of major diplomatic missions to China; papers of missionaries active in all regions of the country; the Chinese Recorder, 1867-1941; and files from the National Archives at Kew relating to the thawing of relations with China in the 1970s. The original sources are housed at the School of Oriental and African Studies, the British Library, London, and other libraries. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/china-trade-politic… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Church Missionary Society Periodicals encompasses publications from the CMS, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the periodicals include news, journals and reports. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/church-missionary-society… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Colonial America consists of the original correspondence between the Board of Trade and Secretaries of State and the English, later British, colonies in North America and the Caribbean. The content includes letters, charters and commissions, instructions to officials, military documents (including war diaries), newspapers, printed pamphlets, public notices, and maps, which shed light on all aspects of life in colonial America – political, economic, military, cultural and social from the CO 5 class at The National Archives, UK.. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/colonial-america/ The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Confidential Print: Africa, from the Archives Direct suite, spans the era of the modern European colonisation of Africa and the era of withdrawal that followed the Second World War between 1820 and 1970. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/confidential-print-… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Confidential Print: Latin America, from the Archives Direct suite, covers the whole of South and Central America, plus the non-British islands of the Caribbean, from just after the final Spanish withdrawal from mainland America in the 1820s to the height of the Cold War in the 1960s. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/confidential-print-… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969, from the Archives Direct suite, covers important events such as the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the nineteenth century, the Middle East Conference of 1921, the Mandates for Palestine and Mesopotamia and the Suez Crisis in 1956, to the partition of Palestine, post-Suez Western foreign policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/confidential-print-… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Confidential Print: North America, from the Archives Direct suite, covers a vast array of subjects on Canada, The Caribbean, The U.S.A, and South America from 1820s to the 1960s: from trade, economy and agriculture to history, politics, and health. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/Collections/Confidential-Print-N-America.aspx The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Defining Gender, 1450-1910 offers access to original material related to the study of history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. It includes essays by leading scholars; collections of documents from over 15 libraries; ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, poetry, receipt books and conduct and advice literature. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/defining-gender/ The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Eighteenth Century Drama features the John Larpent Collection from the Huntington Library – an archive of over 2,500 plays submitted for licence in England between 1737 and 1824. Other documents include playbills, theatre records and correspondence. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/eighteenth-century-drama/ The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Adam Matthew's Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1835 offers several collections of rare Eighteenth Century Journals printed between c1685 and 1835, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Eighteenth Century Journals I contains material from the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/eighteenth-century-…

Adam Matthew's Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1835 offers several collections of rare Eighteenth Century Journals printed between c1685 and 1835, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Eighteenth Century Journals II contains material from The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/eighteenth-century-…

Adam Matthew's Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1835 offers several collections of rare Eighteenth Century Journals printed between c1685 and 1835, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Material in Eighteenth Century Journals III is drawn from two sources: the British Newspaper Library at Colindale, London and Cambridge University Library. This section focuses on journals published outside of London and includes Canadian, Caribbean and Indian journals along with a large number of Irish journals and British provincial publications. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/eighteenth-century-…

Adam Matthew's Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1835 offers several collections of rare Eighteenth Century Journals printed between c1685 and 1835, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Material in Eighteenth Century Journals IV is sourced primarily from Chetham’s Library in Manchester and offers collection of rare magazines and newspapers, literary periodicals and political journals supplemented by a selection of periodicals, many European, from the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/eighteenth-century-…

Adam Matthew's Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1835 offers several collections of rare Eighteenth Century Journals printed between c1685 and 1835, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Eighteenth Century Journals V offers the full run of The Lady’s Magazine, 1770-1832 and other relevant titles that are social, cultural and literary in scope from Cambridge University Library and Liverpool John Moores University Library. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/eighteenth-century-… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Description: Adam Matthew's Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals c1685-1835 offers several collections of rare Eighteenth Century Journals printed between c1685 and 1835, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life. Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the French and American revolutions; reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe; political debates; and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Eighteenth Century Journals I contains material from the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford; Eighteenth Century Journals II contains material from The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/eighteenth-century-… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only DFG subscribers activate this collection.

Empire Online explores British colonial history, politics, culture and society across five centuries and charts the story of the rise and fall of empires. Suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers, it offers acess to primary sources including exploration journals and logs, letter books and correspondence, periodicals, official government papers, and more. The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/empire-online/

Empire Online explores British colonial history, politics, culture and society across five centuries and charts the story of the rise and fall of empires. Suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers, it offers acess to primary sources including exploration journals and logs, letter books and correspondence, periodicals, official government papers, and more. The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/empire-online/ The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only DFG subscribers activate this collection.

Everyday Life and Women in America Online, c.1820-1900 is a dynamic resource providing primary source material in areas such as American home life, the history of women, and the history of childhood. Source libraries include the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University Libraries and the New York Public Library For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/everyday-life-and-women-i… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

The First World War: Personal Experiences is a collection of primary source documents drawn from archives across the globe. The documents are varied in scope and offer a perspective on the lives and experiences of men and women during the First World War. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/the-first-world-war-perso… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

The First World War: Propaganda and Recruitment provides insight into propaganda and recruitment throughout the Great War. The varied range of material in this resource, from aerial leaflets and atrocity propaganda to international posters, postcards, cartoons and political pamphlets, showcases the methods exploited in wartime propaganda and their paths of dissemination. Themes of recruitment, training and morale are also examined. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/the-first-world-war-propa… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

The First World War: Visual Perspectives and Narratives features a range of visual and documentary resources from the holdings of Imperial War Museums. The resource offers international perspectives on the conflict, the Home Front, the role of women during the war, and other topics. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/the-first-world-war-visua… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.