History: Asian History

Includes the collections:
Afghanistan and the U.S., 1945-1963: Records of the U.S. State Department Central Classified Files, Afghanistan in 1919: The Third Anglo-Afghan War, India from Crown Rule to Republic, 1945-1949: Records of the U.S. State Department, Evangelism in Japan: Correspondence of the Board of Foreign Missions, 1859-1911, Japan: Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to Political Relations, 1930 - 1949...

Publications from the Church Missionary Society, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters with the peoples of Africa, China, India, Japan, the Middle East and South America.

British government Confidential Print files, issued by the Foreign and Colonial Offices, cover the Middle East From Egypt to Afghanistan, from 1839 - 1969.

FBIS monitored and traslated into English all available media reports from overseas governments and news services for the US government. It provides a wealth of information from all countries outside of the US — from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

British Government's files on the countries of South Asia from shortly before Indian partition and independence up to 1980 (DO 133, DO 134, FO 371 and FCO 37 files from The National Archives, Kew). Also covers neighbouring South East Asian countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Burma.

Fully-searchable English-language newspaper published in Japan since 1897. A pioneer of overseas-focused journalism, it focused on how to report Japanese issues to a non-Japanese audience. Intensive coverage of Japan and East Asia.

Titles include:
South China Morning Post (1903-1996)
Chinese Newspapers Historical Collection (1832- 1953) (24 chinese newspapers, published in English or Chinese / English / Russian.)
The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)
The Times of India (1903-1996)
The Washington Post (1877-1999)

Spanning three centuries (c1750-1929), this resource makes available for the first time extremely rare pamphlets from Cornell University Library's Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia. Search all our Adam Matthew databases
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China from Empire to Republic is a collection of 17 English-language periodicals published in or about China during a period of over 130 years, extending from 1817 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

24 chinese newspapers, published in English or Chinese / English / Russian.

With manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People's Republic, from Macartney’s first Embassy to China in 1793, through to the Nixon/Heath visits to China in 1972-74.

The complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in this period. Includes diplomatic dispatches, letters, newspaper cuttings, political pamphlets, reports of court cases and other materials. Give us your feedback on this resource.

Archives Unbound is an online resource digitises microfilm collections from Primary Source Media, capturing defining moments in history.
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Historical Archives of China, 1368-19955102 archival government documents - Title List