Sources · Archives

Archives are where slogans become records.

These repositories preserve primary documents, media, oral histories, institutional records, and movement material that let readers test secondary narratives against evidence.

Labor & social movements

International Institute of Social History

Major international repository for labor, socialist, anarchist, anti-colonial, peace, feminist, and other social-movement collections.

Visit source ↗Palestinian history & culture

Palestinian Museum Digital Archive

Large digital archive of Palestinian photographs, documents, letters, publications, oral history, and audiovisual material.

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Freedom Archives

Audio, video, and print archive documenting progressive, liberation, prison, anti-war, and social-justice movements.

Visit source ↗Ireland / Northern Ireland

CAIN — Conflict Archive on the Internet

Ulster University archive of source material on the Troubles, politics, society, key events, and conflict studies.

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Irish Military Archives

Official repository for Irish Defence Forces, Department of Defence, and Army Pensions Board records.

Visit source ↗Anarchism · labor · civil liberties

Joseph A. Labadie Collection

University of Michigan collection covering anarchism, anti-colonialism, anti-war movements, labor, prisons, civil rights, feminism, LGBTQ movements, and related radical history.

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SNCC Digital Gateway

Collaborative documentary history of SNCC, grassroots organizing, voting rights, Black Power, economic organizing, and movement structure.

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National Security Archive

George Washington University repository of declassified U.S. government documents and research collections.

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Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center

Digitized records and research material on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and its legacy.

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Marxists Internet Archive

Large multilingual library of Marxist and related socialist texts. Useful as a primary-text repository; interpretation should be separated from source preservation.

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