History 1302 - American History II

Full text of colonial and Civil War-era newspapers, including Frank Leslie's Weekly (illustrated), the Lily, and the Virginia Gazette, as well as 19th century African-American newspapers and county histories.

Read first-hand reports of the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets. Titles include The Christian Recorder, The Colored American/Weekly Advocate, and The North Star. (Accessible Archives Database)

A social liberal British national daily newspaper founded in 1821, known until 1959 as the Manchester Guardian. Its sister newspaper, The Observer, is the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, first published in 1791.

The Irish Times, Ireland's "only independent newspaper" was founded in 1859. Formed as a Protestant nationalist paper it became a unionist paper twenty years later. It is now considered liberal and progressive. The Weekly Irish Times’ coverage includes The Times Pictorial.

Weekly newspaper geared to the African-American community of New York City, New York. It is one of the oldest African-American newspapers in the United States. It has published columns by W. E. B. Du Bois, Roy Wilkins, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and was the first to recognize and publish Malcolm X. Source: Wikipedia

Top American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851, by The New York Times Company.

A social liberal British national daily newspaper founded in 1821, known until 1959 as the Manchester Guardian. Its sister newspaper, The Observer, is the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, first published in 1791.

Founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer, this is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the U.S. The Inquirer first became a major newspaper during the American Civil War when its war coverage was popular on both sides. The paper's circulation dropped after the war, then rose by the end of the 19th century.

African-American newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1907-1966. By the 1930s, the Courier was one of the top black newspapers in the United States. It was acquired in 1965 by John H. Sengstacke, a major black publisher and owner of the Chicago Defender.

This paper began as a four-page weekly called The Pittsburgh Gazette, first published in 1786 by Hugh Henry Brackenridge. This was the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains. Published by Joseph Hall and John Scull, the paper covered the start of the nation and published the newly adopted Constitution of the United States. Source: Wikipedia.

The digital backfile of the Wall Street Journal provides historical coverage of business news and worldwide financial markets. Part of ProQuest Historical Newspapers, this database delivers cover-to-cover full-images in PDF and searchable ASCII text.

The newspaper was founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins (1838–1912) and in 1880 added a Sunday edition, becoming the city's first newspaper to publish seven days a week.