Browse over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared.
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Series 1 & 2 cover 1827-1998 and includes papers from more than 35 states. Nearly 360 newspapers are featured, chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. Covers life in the Antebellum South, the Jim Crow Era, the Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights movement, and more.
An online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of the Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage, with every page of every issue from 1785 to 2013.
Otterbein has some databases that are almost all primary documents.
AAS Historical Periodicals include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals not available from any other source and provide rich content detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century. These specialized collections cover advertising, health, women's issues, science, the history of slavery, industry and professions, religious issues, culture and the arts, and more.
Includes the following databases that can be searched individually:
Agriculture Focus
Agricultural Periodicals from the Northeastern US, 1789-1879
Agricultural Periodicals from the Southern, Midwestern, and Western US, 1800-1878
Commercial Periodicals from the Southern US, 1811-1877
Applied Science & Technology Focus
Alternative Medicine and Health Periodicals, 1810-1877
American Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry Periodicals, 1786-1877
Scientific Periodicals, 1771-1901
Art Focus
American Literary Periodicals, 1782-1834
American Literary Periodicals, 1835-1858
American Literary Periodicals, 1859-1891
Cultural Periodicals from the Southern US, 1797-1877
Drama, Humor, and Fine Arts Periodicals, 1764-1877
Fireside Companions and Family Literature Periodicals, 1805-1877
Literary Periodicals of New England, 1789-1878
Story Papers, Dimes and Dollar Periodicals, 1828-1877
Business Focus
Advertising Periodicals, 1815-1888
Business and General Education Periodicals, 1800-1885
Business, Industrial and Professional Periodicals, 1774-1858
Business, Industrial and Professional Periodicals, 1859-1870
Business, Industrial and Professional Periodicals, 1871-1901
Education Focus
Business and General Education Periodicals, 1800-1885
College and Student Periodicals, 1806-1877
Popular Educational Periodicals, 1758-1889
History Focus
American Civil War Periodicals, 1855-1868
American Political and Social Movements Periodicals, 1815-1884
American Political Periodicals, 1715-1891
Canadian Periodicals, 1790-1877
Current Events and History Periodicals, 1691-1912
Foreign Language Periodicals in America, 1684-1904
Hobbies, Socialization, and Sport Periodicals, 1775-1889
Masons, Odd-Fellows and Other Societal Periodicals, 1794-1877
Military and Law Enforcement Periodicals, 1691-1877
Periodicals from Around the World, 1691-1880
Periodicals of the American West, 1779-1881
Periodicals of the British Empire and Its Colonies, 1702-1879
Slavery and Abolition, 1789-1887
Music Focus
Musical Periodicals, 1781-1879
Religion Focus
Alternative Faith and Philosophy Periodicals, 1789-1878
Baptists, Quakers, and Independent Church Periodicals, 1797-1881
Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Episcopal Periodicals, 1797-1904
Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed Church Periodicals, 1803-1902
Emerging American Religions, 1821-1895
General Interest Christian Periodicals, 1743-1889
Missionary and Charity Periodicals, 1793-1902
Religious Periodicals for Women, Children, and Families, 1804-1878
Religious Periodicals from the Southern US, 1801-1904
Sunday School Periodicals, 1818-1885
Temperance Periodicals in America, 1826-1877
Theology and Biblical Studies Periodicals, 1760-1877
Women's Studies Focus
Women’s Periodicals of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, 1733-1844
Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1845-1865
Women’s Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1866-1891
A few sites are of great benefit when researching newspapers.
There are other free sites scattered throughout the web. Some are regional, some just a single paper. Remember - Evaluate each site. The following offer a collection of links to various historic newspapers:
Both The Ohio State University & the Ohio Historical Center are very close to campus and have many additional resources. Also, don't forget that local public libraries will also have special collections. For example, for temperance information, the Westerville Public Library has a trove of information.