Explore five centuries of journeys across the globe, scientific discovery, the expansion of European colonialism, and conflict over territories and trade routes.

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.

Digital access to official British records relating to the decline of the Silk Road, the “Great Game,” and 20th-century Soviet influence.

This collection includes a diverse range of richly illustrated 19th and early 20th century children’s literature, as well as toys, games, pamphlets, sheet music and artworks.

Contains the complete CO 5 series from The National Archives, UK, covering the original correspondence between the British government and the American colonies from 1606 to 1822.

CO Files from The National Archives, UK, providing an enormous range of unique primary sources covering British governance of 25 islands in the Caribbean from 1624–1872. ZSR has access to Module 1: Settlement, Slavery, and Empire, 1624-1832.

Explores everyday lives through family correspondence, rare books, objects, legal, administrative, and church records, wills, inventories, and commonplace books.

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. ZSR has access to the following modules: Module I. A – D. Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947, Module II. G. Factory Records for South Asia and South East Asia, 1595 – 1830, Module III. G. Factory Records for China, Japan and the Middle East, 1596 – 1870, Module IV. E. Correspondence: Early Voyages, Formation and Conflict.

Features thousands of audio field recordings and interviews, educational recordings, footage, notebooks, slides, and correspondence from over 60 fields of study.

Illustrates the deep links between food and identity, politics, power, gender, race, and socio-economic status from 1514–1980.

Official British documents from The National Archives, UK, regarding Japanese history and international relations.

Official records focusing on Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines. ZSR provides access to Section I. Cold War in the Pacific, Trade Relations, and the Post-Independence Period, 1963-1966.

Features complete runs of British Foreign Office files revealing the UK’s interest in the Middle East during the 1970s.

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.

A partnership with dozens of publishers and Tribal Councils to digitise more than 9,000 individual 19th, 20th and 21st century newspaper issues.

Represents the most complete and informative record of the history of modern advertising, drawn from The J Walter Thompson Company Archives.

Explores a unique archive relating to the history of printing, publishing and bookselling dating from 1554 to the 20th century.

An essential resource for the study of late twentieth-century British social history, comprising directives and their responses. ZSR has access to Module I. 1980s and Module II. 1990s.

Covers systematic reform, sanitation improvements, treatment of disease, nursing care, and surgical techniques on international front lines from 1850 to 1949.

Explores the emigration of peoples from Great Britain, mainland Europe and Asia to North America and Australasia during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The John Murray archive, serving as an unparalleled resource for the study of the long nineteenth century and its literary luminaries.

Focuses on life for the poorest communities in Victorian Britain, exploring social reform and philanthropic efforts.

Records of the Race Relations Department (1943–1970) including speeches, reports, surveys and analyses investigating race relations.

Tells the story of war through newspapers and magazines that provided information and entertainment to the forces.

Offers resources for the study of human sexuality and gender identities, from leading sexologists’ papers to LGBTQI+ personal histories.

A collection of films covering war, history, and society through a socialist lens, representing the USSR, China, Britain, and the US.

Offers multiple perspectives on industrialization, expanding wealth, inequality and social change using personal and business records.