Research and Course Guides: English: Historical periodicals

Historical periodicals

Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
accounts of American historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, advertisements, and genealogical records
Early American Newspapers Series 1: From colonies to nation (1690-1876) This link opens in a new window
published in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society
Early American Newspapers: Series 2, 1758-1900: The New Republic: Early-to-Mid 19th Century This link opens in a new window
More than 290 historical American newspapers from every region of the country

American Indian Newspapers
U.S. and Canada, 1828-2016

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
searchable images from 500 newspaper titles of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. from the 19th century
New York Times, Historical This link opens in a new window
full-text articles; 1851-2005
Washington Post, Historical This link opens in a new window
full-text articles; 1877-1992
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
This collection includes newspaper content for selected states from 1777 to 1963 with additional content added on a regular basis.
Wall Street Journal, Historical This link opens in a new window
full-text articles; 1889-1991

Historical News Articles (CU Libraries)
All historical (and current) news sources to which the CU Libraries have access

African American Newspapers - The 19th Century - Part 1 (part of Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new window
full text of Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827- Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era, Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848
African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2 (1827-1998) This link opens in a new window
more than 350 U.S. newspapers from 35+ states, including rare 19th-century titles published for or by African Americans; see all titles

Chronicling America - African American newspapers
African American newspapers within the Library of Congress collection Chronicling America: Historical Newspapers

Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) This link opens in a new window
Chicago Defender (1909-1975) This link opens in a new window
Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003) This link opens in a new window
Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001) This link opens in a new window
Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991) This link opens in a new window
Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005) This link opens in a new window

Historical News Articles (CU Libraries)
All historical (and current) news sources to which the CU Libraries have access

British Periodicals Collection I & II This link opens in a new window
hundreds of searchable full-text periodicals from 1681-1939
Caribbean Newspapers 1718-1876 This link opens in a new window
more than 140 newspaper titles from 22 islands
British Library Newspapers, Parts 1-5 This link opens in a new window
2 million newspaper pages from national and regional newspapers in Great Britain; 1746-1950
The Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
This includes the complete text of The Times of London from 1785-2019.
World Newspaper Archive - African Newspapers This link opens in a new window
diverse titles from Africa, 1800-1925
World Newspaper Archive - Latin American Newspapers Series 1-2 1805-1922 This link opens in a new window
diverse titles from Latin America and the Caribbean
Illustrated London News, 1842-2003 This link opens in a new window
world's first pictorial weekly newspaper; launched the world's first color supplement in 1855
World Newspaper Archive - South Asian Newspapers 1864-1922 This link opens in a new window

Historical News Articles (CU Libraries)
All historical (and current) news sources to which the CU Libraries have access

Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
accounts of American historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, advertisements, articles, and genealogical records
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collections This link opens in a new window
the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912
American Periodicals Series Online This link opens in a new window
digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
accounts of American historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, advertisements, and genealogical records
British Periodicals Collection I & II This link opens in a new window
hundreds of full-text periodicals from 1681-1939
19th Century Masterfile This link opens in a new window
index to American and English periodical articles; 1786-1922
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals Digital Archive, Part 2 This link opens in a new window
This is a digital collection of British magazines published in the 19th century.
Punch Historical Archive/1841-1992 This link opens in a new window
digital archive of the magazine, 1841-1992
HarpWeek This link opens in a new window
browse or search for keywords or phrases in scanned pages of Harper's Weekly 1857-1912
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new window
colonial and modern statutes, state and federal cases, Congressional debates, and law review articles related to slavery
Liberty Magazine, 1924-50 Digital Archive (Gale) This link opens in a new window
U.S. weekly that "charted the moods, attitudes, lifestyles, fads, and fortunes of middle America"
Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991 This link opens in a new window
Magazine that reproduced BBC programs; also previewed literary and musical shows and reviewed new books
HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
millions of digitized publications from around the world, mainly from library, Google, and Internet Archive initiatives. To log in: click on the yellow LOG IN box on the right, select Clemson University from the drop-down menu, then Continue, and log in to the network