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This digital edition provides online access to a landmark fourteen-volume print series of the papers of African-American leader, educator, and author Booker T. Washington. Originally published between 1972 and 1989 by the University of Illinois Press, the letterpress edition includes speeches, correspondence, major autobiographical writing, and cumulative index. While the 14-volume work upon which the digital edition is based does not comprise the entire collection of Booker T. Washington’s work and personal papers, this online archive collects the complete contents of the print edition.

Cold War Eastern Europe provides access to thousands of files from the political departments of the U.K. Foreign Office responsible for dealing with and reporting on the Soviet Union and the socialist states of Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Sourced entirely from The National Archives, U.K., the files provide a uniquely comprehensive, English-language history of post-Stalinist Eastern Europe. With coverage of every country in Eastern Europe, the resource enables comparative study of trends across the region, or in-depth analysis of individual countries.

This collection of Foreign Office Files provides a comprehensive history of key events across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos during a period of political upheaval, civil unrest and escalating conflict. Published in two sections, Conflict in Indochina explores the rising tension across Indochina after 1959:
Crisis and Upheaval, 1959-1964

National Journal provides access congressional and political news, policy analysis, and ready-to use visual insights. Access includes:

• National Journal Daily: Published each day that Congress is in session, NJ Daily is your source for everything happening on the Hill, including committees, hearings, markups, legislative insider analysis, and profiles of key staff.


• Almanac of American Politics & Vignette: Bios, staff directories, and insights for all members of Congress, federal agencies, and governors that can be easily pulled into educational briefings, advocacy prep packets, and more.


• GR Support: Consisting of multiple time-saving tools, includes access to Race Tracker (data on elections, campaigns, and candidates), Hotline (twice daily newsletter reporting on the latest federal and state campaign and election information), Daybook (a calendar of important events happening on and off Capitol Hill) and more.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia (ORE) project is one of the most ambitious reference projects that Oxford University Press has embarked upon. OREs are highly discoverable, peer-reviewed, online encyclopedias with essays planned, written, and reviewed by the world’s leading scholars and scientists, providing hundreds of in-depth articles on core topics in all of the major disciplines. Every month, new topics are added and current essays are updated, ensuring that users have the most up-to-date content at their fingertips. The ORE project combines the ease of access and speed of digital publishing with the standards of academic publishing. OREs:

• Synthesize primary research in high-level interpretive overview articles;
• Provide anchoring information to be used at the start of a research project;
• Are developed collaboratively with the global community of experts in a discipline;
• Are written and vetted by scholars for scholars and students;
• Direct users to other relevant, trusted content.

Working with international communities of scholars across all fields of study, Oxford has developed new comprehensive collections of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics. While most content is restricted to subscribers, full-text articles of pre-subscription and preview OREs are freely available, as are the summaries in restricted subscriber content.

ReRight is a public charitable trust that aims to redefine women's lived experiences. ReRight Foundation’s campaign, ‘Papaya Parade,’ aims to unpack abortion stigma through art and storytelling. They have collaborated with a young artists’ collective, Artists Anonymous. This campaign highlights abortion experiences of Indian women from diverse backgrounds. Every year, 15.6 million women undergo abortions in India. Using storytelling and visual art to highlight anonymous personal stories of abortion, Papaya Parade is the unveiling of the stories behind this data.

Comprised of over 50,000 textiles spanning 70 countries and two centuries, the Andrea Aranow Textile Design Collection was assembled by renowned fashion designer and textile scholar Andrea Aranow. For more than twenty years, the Design Collection served as a vital source of inspiration for fashion and interior designers globally.

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