Full text of more than 1,000 historical U.S. newspapers. Contains Early American Newspapers, 1690-1922, and African American Newspapers, 1827-1998.
Dates: 1690-1998 CE
Full-text historical news articles in major American and British newspapers, including the New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and more.
Dates: 1791-2003 CE
Full text of over 1,000 American magazines and journals from colonial times to the early 20th century, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, and children's and women's magazines.
Dates: 1740-1940 CE
Full-text of 282 Black American newspapers.
Dates: 1827-1998 CE
Full text of more than 170 wide-ranging publications by and about African Americans, including academic journals, magazines, newsletters, reports, and other genres.
Dates: 1825-1997 CE
A progressive, national weekly journal covering U.S. foreign affairs, local and national politics, education, law, literature, and the arts, from 1865 to present.
Dates: 1865 CE-Present
International collection of digitized books, pamphlets, magazines, journals and newspapers from pertaining to social history, women's and gender studies, and women's rights.
Dates: 1543-1988 CE
Primary sources documenting travel to and daily life on the European continent, primarily in the 18th century and early 19th century, as seen and experienced by mostly wealthy British men (and some women) travelers. Documents include letters, diaries, guidebooks, published travelers' accounts, paintings, and maps.
Dates: 1550-1850 CE
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A wide variety of primary sources focused on America's transformative age of industrialization, urbanization, expanding wealth, extreme inequality, and social change, with an emphasis on 1870-1920. Themes include art and literature, charity and philanthropy, protests and strikes, roles of women, and more.
Dates: 1800-1976 CE
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