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Early American Newspapers: By Series An essential record of America across three centuries
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“The Readex digital Early American Newspapers will revolutionize the way American history is taught and studied....The possibilities boggle the mind.” — Edward G. Gray, Professor of History, Florida State University
The single most comprehensive online source of early American newspapers Chronicles the evolution of American history, culture and daily life from 1690 to 1922 An unparalleled record of the people, issues and events that shaped America
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Early American newspapers, often printed by small-town printers, documented the daily life of hundreds of diverse American communities, supported different political parties and recorded both majority and minority views. This growing digital collection of early American newspapers is the most extensive resource of its kind. With thousands of titles from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Early American Newspapers provides an unparalleled record of the topics, people, issues and events that have shaped America for nearly three centuries.
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More In Early American Newspapers, users can limit searches to items that fall into such categories as news and opinion, election returns, letters, poetry, legislative information, prices, advertisements, matrimony notices and death notices. An integrated interface allows researchers to cross search all of these series, as well as easily view, magnify, print and save digital images of articles and pages. Advanced search capabilities allow users to search by date, place of publication or article type; browse individual titles and more. Early American Newspapers, Series 14, 1807-1880, offers digital editions of many of the most More than 90 sources and superior bibliographic control notable 19th-century newspapers from America’s urban centers. It delivers long runs of 48 major Early American Newspapers has been created through partnerships with the American Antiquarian titles published in 34 towns and cities in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Each title has been Society, the Library of Congress, the Wisconsin Historical Society and more than 90 other institutions. selected not only to represent the new forms of journalism that emerged during this pivotal period in Numerous other institutions and historical societies have contributed to the digital collection, including U.S. history, but also to enable longitudinal studies—an increasingly popular methodology for the Boston Athenaeum, the Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut State Library, the Library historical and literary research. Together, their outstanding coverage of daily metropolitan life, Company of Philadelphia, the libraries of universities such as Brown and Harvard and private politics, literature, religion and popular culture in the 19th-century U.S. will enable students and collections. This joint effort has led to the creation of a historical newspaper collection of unparalleled scholars to make fresh discoveries within innumerable topics crucial to American studies. breadth and depth. A distinguished academic advisory board supervises the title selection process, Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information considering the historical significance of each newspaper and the diverse political positions of the period.
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Series 13 represents the largest online collection of 19th-century U.S. newspapers from the American West. It delivers approximately 2,500 titles published in all 24 states west of the Mississippi River, plus a number of titles published east of the Mississippi for valuable political and economic context. Filling a critical gap in the previous series, Series 13: The American West enormously extends the geographical breadth and depth of Early American Newspapers. For the first time ever, students and scholars have online access to thousands of titles offering new opportunities for fresh discoveries on nearly every aspect of American settlement and frontier life. Series 13: The American West features not only many of the earliest and rarest titles published in each Western region—many of which represent the only surviving record of local people, places and events—but also some of the West’s most successful and influential newspapers.
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Political, Business and Religious Newspapers of the 19th Century Series 12 expands significantly on the 11 previous series, dramatically extending the political, geographical and subject-matter breadth and depth of Early American Newspapers. With more than 1,200 titles spanning 49 states and the District of Columbia, it is by far the largest selection of 19th-century U.S. newspapers offered to date. The collection not only presents vital new coverage of local, regional and national history, culture and daily life, but also critical facets of U.S. business, politics and religion. Rich with agricultural, campaign, denominational and mercantile newspapers, Series 12 also offers students and scholars access to hundreds of short-lived newspapers for the first time. Designed to meet multidisciplinary research and teaching needs, Series 12 provides journalistic accounts and commentary rich in topics essential to the humanities and social sciences. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
Newspapers Struggle for Regional Dominance Based on the renowned holdings of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), Series 11 provides online access to more than 130 titles from all 50 present states. Created for students and scholars in diverse academic disciplines, Series 11 offers new coverage of diverse facets of U.S. history, culture and daily life, while significantly extending the political and geographical breadth and depth of the ten previous series. Among the titles in Series 11 are many of the better and more successful newspapers in each American region—publications that survived on their own merits after the first wave of less-popular titles in the region died out. Also included are elusive runs of especially noteworthy newspapers that have only recently become available. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
Founding Newspapers from Every American Region Featuring some of the earliest and rarest newspapers published in every American region, Early American Newspapers, Series 10, provides more than 440 titles from all 50 present states. Included are more than 60 18th-century newspapers providing fresh insight into the Colonial and Revolutionary War eras. Among these are especially early titles from such states as Florida, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio. The earliest 19th-century newspapers in this new collection include more than 160 published before 1825, offering new material on Westward expansion, the Early National era and other major topics, Also here are more than 200 newspapers published between 1825 and 1900, including the first papers published in the newly formed states of Arizona, Montana, Nebraska, and North Dakota. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
Newspapers in the Age of the City Series 9 includes major titles of singular importance, including The Boston Herald, one of America's top three papers in circulation in the 1870s; Bay City Times, which captures dramatic changes in Michigan as the automobile industry created a massive influx of immigrant workers and the American labor movement divided the state; and Marietta Journal, a key newspaper capturing the challenges facing the South at the turn of the century. Also here are the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the newspaper of record for the capital of Virginia; predecessors of the Rockford Register Star, one of the oldest and largest papers in Illinois; predecessors of the San Diego Union-Tribune, this city's longest-running and most important newspaper; and the Tampa Tribune, one of Florida's oldest and most significant publications. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
The Rise of the Metropolitan Daily Series 8 includes new titles of singular importance, including the Baton Rouge Advocate and its predecessors, vital forces in Louisiana's capital city for more than 140 years; Charleston's News and Courier, one of the oldest daily newspapers in the South; prominent predecessors of today's Riverside Press-Enterprise, which chronicle California's explosive growth; and the Winston-Salem Journal, which became North Carolina's first illustrated newspaper. Also here are the Camden Democrat, one of New Jersey's most outspoken papers during this period; Cape Ann Advertiser, from one of New England's oldest ship-building and fishing centers; Washington, D.C.'s Daily Union, an unparalleled example of political influence in the press; and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, the most popular illustrated publication of its era. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
The Rise of the 19th-Century Independent Press
Series 7 delivers more than 170 valuable 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. Series 7 includes many new titles of singular importance, including New Orleans' Picayune, established in 1837 and one of the South’s most prominent newspapers, and The Oregonian, founded in 1850 in Portland and still the state’s largest daily. Also included here are the Courier de la Louisiane, a bilingual Creole title; Frederick Douglass’ Paper, the successor to the influential North Star, the title that marked the beginning of a separate black press; California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, a pioneer of early natural history writing; Charleston Mercury, a strong supporter of slavery; Ohio Monitor, published in Columbus and one of the state's principal 19th-century newspapers; and the popular and entertaining Southern Illustrated News. Series 7 also features substantial new runs of important titles found in earlier series but previously unavailable. These include the National Aegis, a strong supporter of Jeffersonian Republicanism; and New York Evening Post, nationally famous under poet and abolitionist William Cullen Bryant. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
National Debates of the Mid-19th Century
Series 6 provides more than 180 important 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. Series 6 includes many titles of singular importance, including the Detroit Plaindealer, Detroit’s first successful black newspaper; The Colored American, which provided detailed coverage of the Amistad revolt; Argus of Western America, an early Kentucky paper and a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson; and the Arkansas Gazette, one of the first papers west of the Mississippi. Series 6 also features substantial new runs of important titles found in earlier series but previously unavailable. These include the National Intelligencer, the leading newspaper of the capital; Massachusetts Spy, co-founded by Isaiah Thomas, one of the most successful and colorful journalists of the 18th century; Charleston Courier, predecessor to the oldest daily newspaper in the South; and The Enquirer, Richmond’s enormously influential weekly. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Newspapers
Series 5 offers more than 150 significant 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. Many of the titles in Series 5 are of special historical significance, such as the famous anti-slavery newspaper, the North Star. Others include the Steamer Pacific News, a nationally popular publication that covered the Gold Rush; Hokubei Jiji (The North American), the first Japanese-language newspaper in the Pacific Northwest; Territorial Enterprise, one of Nevada's most important early newspapers; and Owyhee Avalanche, the first daily in Idaho. In addition to titles that highlight important themes and eras in American history, Series 5 features regional weeklies and big-city dailies, including the Texas Gazette, Boston Journal, New York Tribune, Daily Alaska Dispatch, St. Louis Republic, Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Milwaukee Sentinel and many others. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
Popular Press Coverage of the Nation's Economic Boom
Series 4 delivers more than 150 valuable 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. Many of the titles are of special historical significance, including The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison’s powerful anti-slavery newspaper. Others include the Springfield Republican, known for its high literary quality, and the Indianapolis Sentinel, which covers the dramatic changes that took place in the Midwest after the Civil War. In addition to titles that highlight important themes and eras in American history, Series 4 features regional weeklies and big-city dailies, including the New York Herald, Maryland Gazette, Boston Evening Transcript, Charleston Courier, Albuquerque Journal, Salt Lake Telegram, Philadelphia North American and many others. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
Mid- to Late-19th Century Newspapers
Series 3 provides more than 120 important 19th- and 20th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. The titles focus on the period between 1861 and 1900. Like Series 2, Series 3 provides in-depth coverage of the mid-19th century and the Civil War, but Series 3 also focuses on Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era and beyond. Between 1861 and 1900, the number and size of newspapers continued to grow rapidly, as the adoption of the telegraph and the prevalence of the Associated Press contributed to a second transformation of the newspaper industry in the 19th century. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
Early to Mid-19th Century Newspapers
Series 2 offers more than 290 significant 18th- and 19th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. Series 2 focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860, when the number of American newspapers rose dramatically. In the first half of the 19th century, the number of American newspapers increased from less than 200 to more than 3,000. During this time period, westward expansion and the penny press helped create thousands of local newspapers, and daily editions replaced many weeklies. In addition, the format of newspapers was transformed by an increasing emphasis on society, industry, scientific advances, investigative journalism and stories of human interest. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
An Essential Record of 18th- and Early 19th-Century America
Providing unprecedented access to the nation’s early periods, Series 1 enables researchers to explore essential newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia. Series 1 offers 340,000 fully searchable issues from over 730 historical American titles. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham’s “History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820” and other authoritative bibliographies. The core of the Readex digital collection consists of American Antiquarian Society (AAS) founder Isaiah Thomas’ own collection of colonial and early national period newspapers and is supplemented by issues added by Thomas’ successors at the AAS. Download Flyer (PDF) | Title List | Notable Titles | Request More Information
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