American Literature: Primary Resources - Periodicals

Online Periodicals

The library subscribes to many online periodicals that will be of interest to scholars of American literature. The resources on this page are devoted to older periodicals. For information on current journals, magazines and newspapers, see the English Research Guide.

American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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American magazines of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries,

Making of America (Cornell)
Digitized collection of 19th century American magazine articles & books that covers American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles. Search entire collection or limit to journals only.
Making of America (Michigan)
Digitized collection of 19th century American imprints. Contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles. Search entire collection or limit to journals only.

Online Newspapers

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Full-text of 7 African American newspapers from the 19th century including Freedom's Journal and The National Era.
Chicago Defender
Full-text articles from this important African-American paper, 1910-1975.

Early American Newspapers Series II This link opens in a new window
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Collection of 50+ newspapers dating from 1736-1900 with most covering the period 1820-1860

Los Angeles Times
Full text of paper from 1881 to 1985.
New York Times
Full text of paper from 1851 to 2003.
Pennsylvania Gazette
Full-text of the newspaper from 1728-1800.

Indexes to Periodicals

Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles from humanities and social sciences, 1907-1984.
Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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American magazine articles published between 1890 and 1982.