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The African American Historical Serials Collection is an archive of periodicals that document the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. It includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals from African American religious organizations, including churches and social service agencies.
Provides a history of the American people and a testament to the growth of the nation from the colonial period through to the twentieth century. The periodicals focused on American concerns and were predominantly published in the United States or Canada, though some were published overseas by Americans living abroad. The collection offers multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America through the eyes of those who lived it, showing how history affected citizens from all walks of life. The collection includes unusual and short-lived magazines as well as better-known titles with long runs. Early periodicals in the collection focus on colonial life and the growing tensions between colonists and their oversea rulers leading up to the American Revolution. Common themes depicted in antebellum periodicals reveal a rapidly growing young nation where industrialization, western expansion, and regional political differences were a daily reality for many Americans. The Civil War and Reconstruction eras are well represented, documenting the conflict and its aftermath from a variety of perspectives and allowing readers to bear witness to this pivotal period in American history. Early twentieth-century titles document the second Industrial Revolution, immigration, women's rights, and World War I, as well as fashion and music during the Roaring Twenties.
A genealogy research tool providing access to a wide range of resources for genealogical and historical research. Features 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases, including records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists and more.
Ebony Magazine Archive covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes more than 800 issues providing a broad view of African-American culture from its first issue in 1945 through 2014.
This curated collection of videos on AI—what it is and how to use it—offers a structured, engaging way to teach and learn about this evolving technology.
Jet Magazine Archive covers art, news, politics and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes over 3,100 issues providing a broad view of culture, fashion and entertainment from its first issue in 1951 through 2014.
Brings together European historical sources that illuminate the involvement of the continent in the history of the Civil War in America—their internal discussions, their reactions to approaches by Union or Confederate representatives, the challenges and advantages that the American conflict brought to their borders and shores, as well as its impact on their own internal politics and society. Providing a multilayered set of primary sources, the European diplomatic correspondence regarding the American Civil War, including such from Britain, Denmark, and the Netherlands, is complemented by papers of cotton merchants and shipbuilders, papers of Union and Confederate supporters, and letters home from Europeans who enlisted in the War. Alongside these, the archive includes two newspapers published in London during the conflict to garner support for each side: The Index and The London American, which are cross-searchable.