History Library Guide

Accessible Archives is a historical newspaper and primary source database with strengths in early U.S. History and the history of slavery and abolition. Tulane has access to: African American Newspapers parts I-XII, Charleston South Carolina Gazette, Pennsylvania Gazette, The Liberator Folio I – VII, Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, and the Virginia Gazette, as well as Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, Twelve Years a Slave, and more.

Contains text-searchable digitizations of U.S. newspapers published between 1690 and 1980, including titles from all 50 present states. Tulane has access to the following collections and series: African American Newspapers; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection; Hispanic American Newspapers; Series 1: From Colonies to Nation; Series 2: The New Republic; Series 3: From Farm to City; Series 4: The Rise of Industry; Series 5: An Emerging World Power; Series 6: Compromise and Disunion; Series 7: Reform and Retrenchment; Series 8: A Nation in Transition; Series 19: Southern Newspapers, the Politics of Race in the South.

Includes the earliest editions of the Daily Picayune (later Times-Picayune) from 1840 to 1865 and many other important American newspapers and pamhlets from the antebellum and Civil War period.

Provides extensive coverage of many of the most influential ethnic groups in U.S. history. Currently available titles highlight Irish & Jewish immigrant newspapers. This collection will expand as new titles are digitized, and will eventually include over 130 newspapers in 10 languages from 25 states. Full list of titles currently available and forthcoming.

Access full text articles in New York Amsterdam News 1922-1993, Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002, Atlanta Daily World 1931-2003, Los Angeles Sentinel 1946-2005, Baltimore Afro-American 1893-1988, Norfolk Journal and Guide 1921-2003, Philadelphia Tribune 1912-2001, Cleveland Call and Post 1934-1991. Individual titles may also be searched separately.

Portal page to access: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857 - 1922); The American Israelite‎ (1854 - 2000); The Atlanta Constitution (1868 - 1945); Atlanta Daily World‎ (1931 - 2003); The Baltimore Afro-American‎ (1893 - 1988); The Boston Globe‎ (1872 - 1986); Chicago Defender‎ (1909 - 1975); Chicago Tribune‎ (1849 - 1994); The Christian Science Monitor‎ (1908 - 2004); Cleveland Call & Post‎ (1934 – 1991); Detroit Free Press‎ (1831 - 1922); The Guardian & The Observer‎ (1791 – 2003); The Irish Times & The Weekly Irish Times‎ (1859 - 2016); The Jewish Advocate‎ (1905 - 1990); The Jewish Exponent‎ (1887 - 1990); Los Angeles Sentinel‎ (1934 - 2005); Los Angeles Times‎ (1881 - 1994); New York Amsterdam News‎ (1922 - 1993); The New York Times‎ (1851 - 2014); New York Tribune‎ (1841 - 1922); Norfolk Journal & Guide‎ (1916 - 2003); Philadelphia Tribune‎ (1912 - 2001); Pittsburgh Courier‎ (1911 - 2002); The Scotsman‎ (1817 - 1950); The Times of India‎ (1838 - 2008); The Wall Street Journal‎ (1889 - 2000) and The Washington Post‎ (1877 - 2001).

Illustrated Civil War includes 23 pro-union titles, 11 pro-confederate titles, 15 campaign newspapers, and 600 letters and diaries, complete with illustrations, cartoons, and searchable text. Among the 19th-century newspapers and magazines included are Douglass' Monthly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Harper's Weekly, Atlantic Monthly, and Vanity Fair.

Access full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue in 1851. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue from 1851-2017.

Access 500+ U.S. newspapers published between 1800 and 1900, many published in what were, at the time, territories. Covers a broad spectrum with a comprehensive geographical and chronological range.

Access full text and full image of articles from The Picayune, the Daily Picayune, and the Times-Picayune (New Orleans) from 1837 through 2017.

The East View Global Press Archive® (GPA), in collaboration with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), is working to creating one of the most comprehensive collections of digital news sources from around the world. Currently, this expanding collection contains the following subsections/archives: East African Newspapers; El Caribe Digital Archive; El Mundo Digital Archive; Imperial Russian Newspapers; Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers; Izvestiia Digital ArchiveIzvestiia Digital Archive; Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers; Literaturnaia Gazeta Digital Archive; Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers; Post-Perestroika Newspapers; Pravda Digital Archive; South Asian Newspapers; and Southeast Asian Newspapers collections.

Provides access to more than 40 fully searchable African newspapers published between 1800 and 1922. Coverage focuses on East and Southern Africa, and English-speaking West Africa. Key titles with descriptions.

The aim of the site is to provide open access to images of the major titles of the early Hebrew press (19th and early 20th century). Access provided by The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project. Site is in Hebrew.

A large digital collection of Spanish newspapers from the National Library of Spain. Site is in Spanish.

A fully searchable collection of historical newspapers from around Latin America. a subset of World Newspaper Archive (Newsbank) which also contains the America's Historical Newspapers and African Newspapers collections.

Sourced from the extensive holdings of the British Library, British Library Newspapers delivers a wide range of local and regional voices to reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This collection illuminates diverse and distinct regional attitudes, cultures, and vernaculars, providing an alternative viewpoint to the London-centric national press. Tulane subscribes to Parts I & II only, which span 1800-1900.

The official newspaper of the People’s Liberation Army, the military of the People’s Republic of China from Jan. 1956 -2012.

Russian language.
Full text of the Russian newspaper Pravda from 1912-2009. 2010-2012 are available at http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/publication/4160

Newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.

Complete digital edition of The Times (London) retrieves full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire paper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching

Historic Australian newspapers from 1803 to 1954 digitized by the National Library of Australia.