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Explore the dynamic world of nineteenth-century theatre with AM's The Nineteenth Century Stage. Featuring materials from playbills and photographs to prompt books, it reveals advancements in theatre design, celebrity culture, and performance, perfect for studying theatre's intersection with literature, society, and innovation.

In this article originally published in Against the Grain, AM's Laura Blomvall explores the University of Hawaiʻi students’ UK research trip, focusing on Hawaiian history and culture. It highlights how digitised archives support accessibility, inclusive metadata, and decolonisation efforts, fostering rich discussions about collaboration, language, and representation in historical records.

Learn the ways in which digital primary sources are transforming higher education by enhancing academic engagement, maintaining learning continuity, and promoting student success. This article explores the impact of the global pandemic, highlights survey findings on educational challenges, and reveals how universities are integrating digital resources into their teaching frameworks.

AM's Nick Jackson explores how Dr. Matt Graham uses the AM Archives Direct database, Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1994, in undergraduate teaching at the University of Dundee. Through equitable access to primary sources, students engage with historical materials, enhancing critical thinking and analytical skills while fostering an understanding of the complexities of archival research.

AM is pleased to announce Trade in Early Modern London: Livery Company Records 1450–1750, offering unparalleled access to livery company archives. These records illuminate their economic, political, and cultural impact, revealing their pivotal role in governance, trade regulation, patronage, and London’s historical development.

After receiving a ‘highly recommended’ review by CHOICE, Women’s Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968 has also received the prestigious honour of being named an Outstanding Academic Title 2024, underscoring the collection’s scholarly value, accessibility, and overall quality.

AM's Holly Francis discusses the collaborative efforts of AM and the Galt Museum & Archives in supporting cultural heritage preservation through the AM Archival School for Ukraine. This initiative empowers Ukrainian archivists with tools and knowledge to safeguard historical materials, encouraging professional growth and international cooperation amidst the challenges of ongoing conflict.

Module I of American Committee on Africa (ACOA) unveils its pivotal role in African liberation movements, offering invaluable primary source material on ACOA's advocacy and US solidarity with anti-apartheid efforts, from speeches, personal correspondence and audio recordings to records of boycotts and divestment campaigns.

Discover how Towson University's Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) boosted student engagement with AM Quartex, our digital collections platform. Ashley Todd-Diaz, PhD and Felicity Knox discuss how Quartex's advanced DAMS capabilities and user-friendly interface have supercharged access to archives, empowering students to explore, contribute, and share their research.

The Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and Identity, covers the development of the modern Olympic Games from 1896 to 1992, while shining a light on key social and political events throughout the twentieth century.

Mexico in History: Colonialism to Revolution, 1500-1929, offers Spanish-language resources illuminating Mexico's past through rare manuscripts and visuals from The Bancroft Library. The AM Quartex hosted resource provides dual-language metadata and improved search capabilities for enhanced accessibility and research efficiency.

AM has announced a transformative partnership with the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library, significantly enhancing the university’s research infrastructure. The collaboration fosters interdisciplinary research and teaching, and aligns with the university’s academic goals, positioning it as a leader in scholarly excellence.

Drawing from 14 archives across the world, AM's latest publication The Transformation of Shopping: Department Stores, Consumerism and Social Change, 1830-1994 charts the rise of consumer culture and explores topics such as the de-skilling of shop work, unionism, and the impact of the civil rights movement on the retail industry.

Following the 2023 launch of the acclaimed first section of Conflict in Indochina, Foreign Office Files for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1959-1979, Section II: Escalation, Reunification and Withdrawal, 1965-1979, offers further insights into Southeast Asia’s complex history through records sourced from The National Archives, UK.

The University of Liverpool has launched a pioneering digital collections site using AM Quartex. The launch marks a milestone for the university in digitising cultural heritage and boosting global research, and positioning itself as a leader in the UK's academic and library sectors.

Featuring newly released documents from The National Archives, UK, the latest instalment in the AM Archives Direct series, "Apartheid South Africa, module IV: Resistance, Sanctions and Reform, 1981-1988," offers an unparalleled exploration of the UK's interaction with South Africa during a pivotal era in the apartheid regime.

AM's new AV resource, sourced from Nasreen Munni Kabir's private collection, contains unedited interviews with Indian film personalities from the 'Golden Age' of Hindi cinema. With over 70 hours of footage and 130 film posters from the British Film Institute, the interviews offer unique insights into Hindi cinema and its film-making process.

AM is proud to partner with the Galt Museum & Archives on the AM Archival School for Ukraine, a pioneering initiative that seeks to unite Ukrainian archival professionals with international experts to preserve the country's cultural heritage amid ongoing conflict.

Created and launched using the powerful and intuitive AM Quartex platform, Durham County Library’s newly-published collection provides unprecedented digital access to the library’s diverse material.

AM has received the prestigious 'Best Reference' title from Library Journal for its collection, Conflict in Indochina. Judges praised the collection's "unique perspective on the broader impact of the Vietnam War [... allowing] researchers to deepen their knowledge of this tumultuous time in history."

The latest module of the flagship East India Company resource, drawn from the holdings of the British Library, spotlights the role of the influential Board of Commissioners in the administration of the East India Company and its role in India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

AM’s newly-published resource Women’s Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968 brings together diaries and oral histories from regional and national archives across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to enable students and researchers to explore the lives of hundreds of individuals from diverse backgrounds, from abolitionists to suffragists, and royalty to republicans.

From UCLA's Ethnomusicology Archive, Maureen Russell, Archivist, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Supeena Insee Adler explain how a programme of promotion and training on the use of AM’s Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings enhanced both study and teaching of the resource, and covered for the loss of the physical archival experience during the pandemic.

AM's Louise Hemmings explores the unique impact and inherent worth of audio-visual primary sources for higher education teaching and research, and how AM has utilised and facilitated AV content both in our own collections and with our digital collections platform, AM Quartex.

In 2019, the University of Minnesota approached a group of publishers, including award-winning primary sources publisher AM, to support their project helping school students to prepare for National History Day. Dot Kelly, Engagement Manager at AM, explains how the collaborative initiative was developed and has helped expand access to digital primary sources, inspiring school students across Minnesota.

Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights, the newly-published primary source database from AM, invites students and researchers to explore the history of the leading human rights NGO, and how their activities intersected with other key events in the development of the idea of universal human rights.

The Loyola Marymount University (LMU) adopted AM Quartex in 2019. Neel Agrawal, Digital Projects Librarian, William H. Hannon Library, explores how innovative partnerships and collaborations have contributed to the development of the library's digital collections.

AM’s open access project, First Folios Compared, unlocks exciting new research opportunities for scholars, students and Shakespeare enthusiasts. James Gatheral, PhD, explores this resource’s unique features and potential uses, as well as discussing the importance of AM’s archival partnerships in developing the project.

AM is delighted to announce a partnership with the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) to digitise several archival collections, to be featured in the forthcoming collection, Latin American Communities in the United States.

Lindsay Gulliver, Publishing Manager at AM and Erin Pearson-Willbery, Senior Editor at AM discuss the importance of creating accessible, sustainable and inclusive content through digitisation of primary sources, and using exciting new technologies such as Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR).

Sam Ellis, PhD, explores Himalayan Mountain nomenclature, revealing the plurality in names that were, and still are, prevalent amongst local voices when referring to the namesake of the former Surveyor-General, George Everest.

The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Archive, a new digital archival collection, commissioned by The Archbishop Tutu IP Trust and created by AM Quartex, launched on 7 October 2023, on what would have been the Archbishop’s 92nd birthday.

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Déirdre Joyce, Head of Digital Stewardship and the Digital Library, Syracuse University, documents the establishment of the Libraries' Department of Digital Stewardship, and how a new digital library model, which includes AM Quartex at its heart, was developed to provide patrons with improved digital access to the university's special collections.

AM’s latest publication, British Newsreels, 1911-1930, is an exciting new video resource based on over 6,000 early twentieth century Topical Budget newsreels drawn from the British Film Institute and the Imperial War Museums.

AM has announced a new partnership with the digitisation solution provider Microform, which will see the digital collections platform AM Quartex made available as an enhancement to Microform’s digitisation service offering to libraries and archives.

The stories of LGBTQ+ people throughout history are notoriously difficult to uncover. It is, then, to the rare, personal queer archive that we must turn to find insights into lives and complex experiences that may subvert our expectations of straightforward stories. The personal archive of Michael B sheds light on one such story.

Drawn from the vast records of the British Colonial Office held at The National Archives, UK, this unique collection documents the governance of 25 territories in the Caribbean, spotlighting a wide range of themes and narratives.

AM has partnered with Preservica, a global leader in Active Digital Preservation archiving. The collaboration will result in an integration that offers libraries and archives a well-rounded digital ecosystem to protect and publish their digital assets.

Find out more about the newest addition to our Archives Direct portfolio, the first part of Conflict in Indochina: 1959-1964. Through reports, memoranda, photographs, maps, and economic data, researchers and students are afforded a behind-the-scenes look at a time of crisis and upheaval for the region following French decolonisation.

Rice University's archives, special collections and digitised copies of rare books are now easier to discover than ever before, in a new digital repository built using AM Quartex, chosen for its innovative automated transcription capabilities and the ability to translate non-English content.

Explore AM's groundbreaking Open Access archive dedicated to Shakespeare's First Folios. This innovative online platform allows researchers, students, and Shakespeare enthusiasts worldwide to explore and compare copies of the renowned First Folio. The project marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, a seminal collection of William Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623.

AM's new digital resource, allows researchers to delve into the RSC's extensive production history to explore how the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries, and other playwrights have been performed since the late nineteenth century.

The Cape Ann Museum is celebrating 400 years of the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a new digital archive, built using AM Quartex.

AI-powered automated transcription services are being leveraged to broaden access and discovery of the International Mission Board’s manuscript materials and upcoming oral history collections, as well as to create workflow efficiencies and accelerate the publication of new collections.

AM’s latest collection Broadcasting America invites students and researchers to explore the rise of mass media and communications in the twentieth century.

Library Journal has named The Gilded Age and Progressive Era and Mass Observation Project in its annual Best Reference Picks.

Africa and the New Imperialism, 1870-1914 is a ground-breaking collection providing the most extensive resource covering Africa in the age of New Imperialism; a major period of colonial expansion that sent shockwaves that are still felt today. These were 44 years that reshaped the African continent and transformed the modern world.

Scanning historical documents and making them available to scholars in digital format helps to increase their accessibility. AI-driven Handwritten Text Recognition is helping to further overcome key limitations faced by researchers in accessing handwritten letters and  manuscripts.