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Primary sources in American Studies for W and M students and Faculty

19th Century U.S. Newspapers Cover-to-cover digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers.

 

African American Poetry 1760-1900 2,500 poems written by African-Americans Based on William French's bibliography, Afro-American Poetry and Drama 1760-1975.

 

African American Song Late 19th-Late 20th c. Features tracks of great historical recordings including jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime and folk.

 

American Broadsides and Ephemera Fully searchable facsimile images of approximately 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. Includes clipper ship sailing cards, early trade cards, bill heads, theater and music programs, stock certificates, menus and invitations documenting civic, political and private celebrations.

 

American Periodical Series Digitized images of over 1,100 American magazines and journals originating between 1740-1900.

 

American Poetry Over 40,350 poems by 209 poets.

 

America's Historical Newspapers Over 1,000 newspapers published between 1690-1922.

 

Early American Imprints Series I Evans 1639-1800 Books, pamphlets, broadsides, and other imprints from 17th and 18th century America.

 

Early American Imprints Series II American books, pamphlets, broadsides, and other imprints from 1801-1819.

 

HarpWeek Harper's Weekly 1857-1912 including all text, cartoons, editorials and ads.

 

Los Angeles Times 1881-1986 searchable page images.

 

New York Times 1851-2005 Searchable page-image articles.

 

Washington Post 1887-1991 Fully searchable articles and pages.

 

 

 
 
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