Collection contains video interviews with people who experienced China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. Project also includes interviews with young Chinese people born after the Cultural Revolution, who discuss how they learned of this historical incident and are ongoing. Each interview lasts approximately 10 minutes.
Full-text image database providing online access to pre-World War II issues of four major government publications: Administrative Report, Hong Kong Sessional Papers, Hong Kong Hansard and Hong Kong Government Gazette.
Collection of newspapers that provides perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics from the collapse of the Qing Dynasty to the birth of the People’s Republic.
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), informally known as the Tokyo War Crimes after World War II, includes trial documents, images, and videos.
JACAR is an online database for releasing Asian historical records, that are historical documents of Japan concerning to the modern Japanese relations with other countries, particularly those in Asia that are shared by National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the National Institute for Defense Studies of the Ministry of Defense of Japan.
The Japanese Censorship Collection contains 1,327 marked-up copies of censored monographs and galley proofs for approximately 1,100 titles, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s. Almost all materials were censored or banned from publication and distribution because due to being a "threat to social and political stability."
National Archives of Japan - maps, cultural documents, constitution, and much more. Can translate the webpage into English, but the original documents are likely to be in Japanese.
Collection comprising nearly 2,400 photographs that document everything from basic training, shipping out to Korea, serving in Korea, Korean people and culture, and scenic Korea too.
Materials are dated as early as 1948—the year the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was established—and to the present. The North Korean serials cover various topics and offer insights into multiple facets of the country, including economics, law, politics, military affairs, society, history, agriculture, and education. Most, if not all, is written in Korean.
Digitized collections includes documents, images, oral histories, and more. Many things appear to be in English and readily available, some things require government request, just be prepared for obstacles even though you may not run into any.
Contains digital facsimiles of books and manuscripts, as well as multimedia materials and searchable indexes of additional Southeast Asian resources. Not all things will be available in English.
Documenting the social, cultural, religious, political, and economic life of members of the Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese diaspora. Not all things are available digitally.
The Southeast Asian Digital Archive seeks to collect, preserve, and share historical materials related to Southeast Asians in the Greater Lowell area, with particular focus on refugee resettlement and community building from the 1970s to the present.
Covers several countries from the region (including Myanmar [formerly Burma], Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) and featuring multiple languages (Dutch, English, French, Javanese, Spanish, and Vietnamese). Collection has coverage and perspectives on major regional and global events of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Digital archive of two Second World War civilian internment camps established by the Japanese at Singapore. Includes things like official camp records, diaries, correspondence, and more; 1952-1967.
Research repository that aims at collecting, cataloging and preserving rare material (books, pamphlets, newspapers and other items) of historical significance in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and more.
Provides an entry into the history of disease and its prevention in 19th and 20th-century British India, including veterinary medicine and animal husbandry. Not all has been digitized.
Focus on resources that showcase the voices of LGBTQAI+ people and women — as revealed in expressions such as oral narratives, writings, performance, and the arts — provides insight into the struggles and resilience of the marginalized.
