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This collection was developed with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) as part of an effort to preserve serials related to African American religious life and culture. It documents the history of African American life and religious organizations from materials published between 1829 and 1922. More than 170 unique titles, approximately 60,000 pages of searchable primary source content, and reports and annuals from African American religious organizations and social service agencies and African American periodicals are included.
Also known as Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876. This historical collection contains hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography and in additional subsequent bibliographies.
American Prison Newspapers brings together hundreds of periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.On March 24, 1800, Forlorn Hope became the first newspaper published within a prison by an incarcerated person. In the intervening 200 years, over 450 prison newspapers have been published from U.S. prisons. Some, like the Angolite and the San Quentin News, are still being published today.
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. 1832-1953.
The Imperial Russian Newspapers collection comprises out-of-copyright newspapers spanning the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, up to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. With no less than 500,000 pages, the collection’s core titles are from Moscow and St. Petersburg, complemented by regional newspapers across the vast Russian Empire.
The Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers collection traces the evolution of Mexico during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Comprising over 1,000 titles from Mexico’s pre-independence, independence and revolutionary periods (1807-1929), the newspapers in this collection provide rare documentation of the dramatic events of this era and include coverage of Mexican partisan politics, yellow press, political and social satire, as well as local, regional, national and international news.
Searchable archive of major periodicals devoted to LGBT+ interests, dating from the 1950s through to recent years
Trace the history and evolution of myriad aspects of LGBT history and culture, including legal contexts, health, lifestyle, politics, social attitudes, activism, gay rights, and arts/literature
From the Ottoman Empire to the Arab Spring, the countries of the Middle East and North Africa have witnessed their fair share of history. The Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers collection includes publications from across this dynamic region, providing unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present. Key topics include the decline of colonialism, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Suez Crisis, the Cold War, the rise of the petroleum industry, twentieth-century pan-Arab movements, both World Wars, the establishment of the state of Israel, the Iran-Iraq War, and the recent Arab Spring.
An archival collection comprising the backfiles of 15 major magazines (1918-2015), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy. These titles offer multiple perspectives on the contemporary contexts of the major events, trends, and interests in these fields throughout the twentieth century. The collection will provide valuable primary source content for researchers in fields ranging from history and political science, through to law and economics.
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An archival collection comprising the backfiles of 15 major magazines (1918-2015), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy. These titles offer multiple perspectives on the contemporary contexts of the major events, trends, and interests in these fields throughout the twentieth century. The collection will provide valuable primary source content for researchers in fields ranging from history and political science, through to law and economics.
Titles Provided:
Research Portland history through the Oregonian Collection with coverage from 1861 through current. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical and current full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
The Oregon Index is a selective index to Oregon newspapers, and to Oregon items in selected other publications. The database does not contain full-text information.
Coverage:
Coos Bay World, Jan 1996 - May 1996
Corvallis Gazette Times, 1995 - Nov 15, 1999
Daily Astorian 1998-1990
Eugene Register-Guard, Jan1988 -
Klamath Falls Herald & News, Jan - May 1996
LaGrande Observer, 1995 -
Lake Oswego Review, 1996 -
Portland Oregonian, Jan 1985-Dec 1992
Salem Statesman Journal, Jan 1987 - Sept 2002
Tigard Times, 1996 -
West Linn Tidings, Aug 13, 1998 -
Willamette Week, 1974 -
Wilsonville Spokesman, 1995 - (incomplete coverage)
Search citations to news articles about intellectual freedom issues in Oregon. The database includes 460 plus citations to newspaper articles from 1946 – 2010. Updated regularly.
Searchable full text and full image articles from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper from 1874-2003.
An archival research resource comprising the backfiles of leading women's interest consumer magazines. Issues are scanned in high-resolution color and feature detailed article-level indexing. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005 and these key primary sources permit the examination of the events, trends, and attitudes of this period.
Ethnic NewsWatch: A History ™ (ENW) features the back file of 40 publications from ethnic and minority presses. Check out ENW to hear the voices of the Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, and multi-ethnic communities. Dates of coverage vary by title and span 1959 - 1993.
ICON: Newspaper Digitization Project
Provides a freely accessible database of information for over 25,000 U.S. and international newspapers.
U.S. Historical Newspapers
This guide from Bowling Green State University provides links by state.
Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers, 1789-1963
Search U.S. newspaper pages from 1789-1963 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. View newspapers alphabetically.
Historical Oregon Newspapers Online
This site provides access to early Oregon newspapers. The digital newspaper content has been placed online for free public access and keyword searching. The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP) at the University of Oregon completed the preparation and digitization of the newspapers.
By going to a newspaper's website, check if free online archives are available. For example:
The bibliographic indexes below allow you to identify newspaper articles from specific time periods in papers we own and in papers we do not own. If OSU does not collect a copy of the newspaper you are looking for, and you are an OSU student, faculty, or staff member, you may request a copy of a newspaper article through Inter-Library Loan if a full and accurate citation is provided to the ILL office. Submit an ILL request.
Antislavery Newspapers and Periodicals (E449 .A621)
Volume two provides an annotated index of letters in the Liberator, Anti-Slavery Record, Human Rights, and the Observer, 1835-1865.
The University of Oregon Libraries maintains a large collection of newspapers published in Oregon, the United States, and around the world, both current and historical. For more information about this collection, please refer to the University of Oregon Libraries guide, Finding Newspapers. Access this material by going in person to the University of Oregon's Knight Library or through interlibrary loan with a specific citation.
Eugene Newspaper Index: 1855-1870 (AN .U5 E8)
Library Association of Portland Newspaper Index (AI3 .P78) Indexes issued in 1980 cover state and local news, ca. 1905-1979, from the Oregon Journal, the Oregonian (with selected indexing from the Portland Telegram (1919-1931), and the Portland Reporter (1960-1964), and retrospective indexing to 1851 from miscellaneous sources. Indexes issued in 1985- cover the Oregonian, Oregon Journal, Willamette Week, and Business Journal.
Newspaper Indexes: A Location and Subject Guide for Researchers: (AI3 .M5)
Oregon Newspapers on Microfilm: (Z6952 .O7 O71)
Oregon Spectator (Indexes) 1846-1854 (AI21 .O7)
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (AI3 .R4)
Sometimes refers to NY Times articles.
International:
Der Hoch-Deutsche | AN .U5 H581 | 1739 - 1762 |
Japan (Nippon) Times | AN .J3 J29 | 1943 - 1945 |
Manchester Guardian Weekly | AN .G7 M3 | 1952 - 1996 |
Pravda | AN .R8 P7 | 1961 - 2009 |
American Weekly Mercury | AP2 .A2 A838 | Dec 22, 1719 - May 22, 1746 |
Boston Post Boy | AN .U5 B642 | Nov 12, 1744 - Nov 16, 1775 |
Chicago Defender | AN .U5 C4 | Apr 2, 1921 - 1980 |
Daily Journal of Commerce | HF5001 .D27 | 1953 - Apr 16, 1974 |
Daily Republican | AN .U5 B39 | Jan 2 - Feb 19, 1915 |
Daily Worker | AN .U5 W6 | 1923 - July 14, 1968 |
Daily World | AN .U5 D3 | Jul 1968 - Jun 1974 |
Gales Independent Gazeteer | AN .U5 G3 | Aug 1784 - 1792 |
Hemingford Ledger (Lincoln, NE) | AN .U5 H461 | Oct 7, 1915 - Mar 3, 1938 |
Independent Gazetteer | AN .U5 G3 | Apr 1782 - May 1799 |
Maryland Gazette | AN .U5 M371 | 1745 - 1789 |
National Observer (Wash., D.C.) | AN .U5 N35 | Feb 1962 - Jul 11, 1977 |
Newbern (NC) Gazette | AN .U5 N741 | 1798 - 1804 (scattered issues) |
North Carolina Gazette | AN .U5 N871 | Nov 1751 - Oct 1759 (lacks many issues) Jun 1768 - Nov 1778 (lacks many issues) |
North Carolina Mercury | AN .U5 N741 | 1799 - 1801 (scattered issues) |
Pennsylvania Evening Herald & General Advertiser | AN .U5 P4 | 1785 - Feb 14, 1788 |
Pennsylvania Evening Post | AN .U5 P42 | 1775 - 1779 |
Pennsylvania Ledger or Philadelphia Market Day Advertiser | AN .U5 P44 | 1775 - 1778 |
Pennsylvania Mercury & Philadelphia Price current | AN .U5 P45 | Aug 1784 - Mar 1792 |
Philadelphische Zeitung | AN .U5 P481 | 1755 - 1757 |
Pittsburgh Courier | AN .U5 P5 | 1911 - 1912; 1923 - 1950 |
Triweekly Republican | AN .U5 B38 | 1909 - 1910 |
Vietnam Courier | DS557 .A1 V45 | Jun 10, 1964 - Apr 24, 1972 |
Virginia Gazette | AN .U5 V5 | Sep 10, 1736 - Dec 9, 1780 |
Virginia Journal & Alexandria Advertiser | AN .U5 V52 | Feb 5, 1784 - Nov 24,1795 |
(Woodburn) Opportunity News | HD1527 .O7 O6 | v.1; 1965 - v.4; 1968 |
The Worker | AN .U5 W6 | 1919 -Jul 14, 1968 |
Benton Bulletin | AN.U5 B37 | 1976 - 1998 |
Benton County Courier | AN .U5 B4 | Mar 18, 1915 - May 26, 1924 |
Benton County Herald | AN .U5 B42 | Aug 4, 1932 - May 18, 1978 |
Benton County Republican | AN .U5 B4 | Oct 11, 1906 - Mar. 11, 1915 |
Benton Democrat | AN .U5 B414 | May 4, 1871 - Mar 21, 1874 |
Benton Independent | AN .U5 B45 | Apr 18, 1924 - Mar 24, 1932 |
Corvallis Gazette (weekly) | AN .U5 C6 | Feb 7, 1899 - Jun 25, 1909 |
Corvallis Times | AN .U5 C59 | Aug 2, 1893 - Jun 25, 1909 |
Newport Mercury | AN .U5 N761 | 1758 - 1775 |
Occidental Messenger (Corvallis) | AN .U5 W4 | Sep 26, 1857 - Jun 5, 1858 |
Oregon Free Press | AN .U5 O59 | Apr 8 - Dec 16, 1848 |
Oregon Journal | AN .U5 O6 | Mar 11, 1902 - Sep 4, 1982 |
Oregon Labor Press | HD6500 .O726 | 1940 - 1986 |
Oregon Spectator | F880 .O711 | v.1; 1846 - v.8; 1855 |
Oregon Union | AN .U5 O65 | Jul 1897 - Feb 10, 1899 |
Portland Reporter | AN .U5 P8 | Feb 11, 1960 - Oct 1964 |
Willamette Bridge (Portland) | AN .U5 W48 | Jun 7, 1968 - Jun 24, 1971 |
Willamette Valley Observer | AN .U5 W5 | Jan 1975 - Jul 21, 1982 |
Willamette Week | AN .U5 W52 | 1974 - March 2009 |
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