As a result of our participation in a collective spend offer through ASERL (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries) with AM (Adam Matthew), we are pleased to share that ZSR now provides perpetual access to all titles published in AM Primary and AM Archives Direct between 2017–2021.

AM is highly regarded for its digitized primary source collections, and these 40+ new collections represent a wide range of subject areas and content types that both expand existing collections and provide brand new avenues for research. All of these collections are available from the ZSR Databases page.

If you have any questions about using these resources for your research and/or teaching, please contact Kathy Shields or your library liaison.

New AM Collections

(*indicates content added to an existing collection):

  • Age of Exploration: Explore five centuries of journeys across the globe, scientific discovery, the expansion of European colonialism, and conflict over territories and trade routes.
  • America in World War Two: Oral Histories and Personal Accounts: Created in partnership with The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, this digital resource shows how World War Two changed American society and the economy, how it impacted individuals and families, and the legacy of the War in human terms.
  • Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan 1834 – 1922: Digital access to official British government records relating to the region, from the decline of the Silk Road, through the diplomatic confrontation between the British and Russian Empires known as the “Great Game”, to the influence of the emergent Soviet Union in the 20th century.
  • Children’s Literature & Culture: Created in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society and the Winterthur Library & Museum, this collection includes a diverse range of 19th and early 20th-century children’s literature, toys, games, pamphlets, sheet music, and artworks.
  • *Colonial America (Modules III-V): The addition of these modules gives us the complete CO 5 series from The National Archives, UK (1606 to 1822), consisting of the original correspondence between the British government and the American colonies.
  • Colonial Caribbean (Module I): This range of unique primary sources from the UK National Archives covers British governance of 25 islands in the Caribbean from 1624–1872.
  • Early Modern England: Society, Culture and Everyday Life, 1500-1700: Everyday lives are explored through a vast range of family correspondence, rare books, objects, legal records, church records, wills, and more from seven major archives.
  • East India Company (Modules I-IV): A vast array of India Office Records from the British Library charting the history of the East India Company and much more between 1599 and 1947.
  • Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings: Produced with the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, this database features thousands of audio field recordings, interviews, footage, notebooks, and ephemera from over 60 fields of study.
  • *First World War (Module IV): The addition of Module IV, which highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians, and governments across the world through personal collections, military files, ephemera, and artwork, completes this collection.
  • Food and Drink in History: Sources from 12 major archives illustrate the deep links between food and identity, politics, power, gender, race, and socio-economic status from 1514–1980.
  • Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1919-1952: Official British documents from The National Archives, UK, covering Japanese imperialism, the War in the Pacific, and the occupation of Japan.
  • *Foreign Office Files For The Middle East, 1971-1981 (Modules II & III): The addition of these two modules completes this collection, which features complete runs of British Foreign Office files and reveals the UK’s widespread interest in the Middle East during the 1970s.
  • Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia, 1963-1980 (Section I): Official British Government records from the UK National Archives with a focus on Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
  • Gender: Identity and Social Change: A multi-archive resource for the study of gender history, women’s suffrage, the feminist movement, the body, education, labour, and politics from the 19th–21st centuries.
  • Indigenous Newspapers in North America: A partnership with dozens of publishers and Tribal Councils to digitize more than 9,000 individual 19th, 20th, and 21st-century newspaper issues.
  • J. Walter Thompson: Advertising America: Drawn from the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives, these records represent a complete and informative record of the history of modern advertising.
  • Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive, London: A unique archive relating to the history of printing, publishing, and bookselling dating from 1554 to the 20th century.
  • Mass Observation Project, 1981-2009 (Module I, 1980s; Module II, 1990s): An essential resource for the study of late 20th-century British social history, comprising directives and responses sent out by the Mass Observation Project.
  • Medical Services and Warfare: This collection covers systematic reform, sanitation, treatment of disease, nursing care, and surgical techniques on international front lines from 1850 to 1949.
  • *Migration to New Worlds (Module II): This module completes this collection, which explores the emigration of peoples from Great Britain, Europe, and Asia to North America and Australasia during the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Nineteenth Century Literary Society: Sourced from the John Murray archive, this is an unparalleled resource for the study of the long 19th century and the literary luminaries who shaped it.
  • Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain: Focuses on life for the poorest communities in Victorian Britain, exploring social reform and the philanthropic efforts of charitable institutions.
  • Race Relations in America: Records of the Race Relations Department (1943–1970) which investigated problem areas in race relations and developed methods for educating communities and preventing conflict.
  • Service Newspapers of World War II: The story of war told through newspapers and magazines that provided information, entertainment, and camaraderie to the forces.
  • Sex & Sexuality: Offers resources for the study of human sexuality, gender identities, and sexual behaviors, ranging from papers of sexologists to LGBTQI+ personal histories.
  • Shakespeare’s Globe Archive: Theatres, Players & Performance: Documents the performance and construction history of the new Globe and Sam Wanamaker Playhouse through prompt books, music, photographs, and architectural plans.
  • Socialism on Film: A collection of films covering war, history, and culture through a socialist lens, representing regions including the USSR, China, Vietnam, Britain, and the US.
  • The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Personal collections and business records offer perspectives on industrialization, expanding wealth, inequality, and social change.
  • Trade Catalogues and the American Home: Explores domestic life, leisure, and material culture of 19th and 20th-century America using trade catalogues and other visual content.