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The New York Times (1851-2020) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Supported by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center. Coverage: 1851 - 2020

Civil War Era¸ Reconstruction I (1857-1871) Full text and images of Harper's Weekly¸ Civil War Era. User may have to click on "I Accept" on Web Access Agreement.
Coverage: Full Text; 1857 - 1871

APS ONLINE 1740-1900 spans over 1,500 titles and 7 million pages of content beginning with the first magazines published in America. Coverage: 1740 - 1943

This collection of African-american Newspapers contains information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s¸ and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day¸ including the Mexican War¸ Presidential and congressional addresses¸ Congressional abstracts¸ business and commodity markets¸ the humanities¸ world travel and religion. Coverage: 1827 - 1876

Provides digital access to a highly comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1691 and 1912.