Provides access to approximately 1.8 million pages (over 28 million articles) of primary source newspapers published in the 19th century, which include newspapers from cities and rural areas throughout the United States.
Provides digital access to 50 thematic series of American magazines and journals published between 1684 and 1912 and collected by the American Antiquarian Society. These periodicals document the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Search primary source content from American history and culture such as African American Newspapers, Godey's Lady Book, and the Pennsylvania Gazette.
From the FBI Library, this collection contains documents regarding the Justice Department and its Federal Bureau of Investigation's widespread investigation into people and groups thought to be politically suspect.
1909-2010. A leading Black newspaper published in Chicago.
Search across all of SLU's subscribed ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Kansas City Call, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, St. Louis American, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Provides access to millions of primary source, full-text/full-image documents on the most widely studied topics in 19th and 20th-century American history.
1785-1985. Search the first 200 years of The Times (London) and display and print page images of individual articles or an entire page.
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