Research Guides: HIST 491C: The Great Crisis: International Politics, 1919-1941 (Spring 2024): Newspapers & Periodicals

Historic Newspapers

New York Times: Historical Newspapers 1851-2017 This link opens in a new window
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Coverage: 1851-2017.
Times Digital Archive (London Times, 1785-2019) This link opens in a new window
The world's newspaper of record. Includes entire newspaper, all articles, advertisements, and illustrations/photos. Fully searchable. Does NOT include the Sunday Times. Coverage: 1785-2019.
Wall Street Journal: Historical Newspapers 1889-2004 This link opens in a new window
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Coverage: 1889-2002.
Chicago Tribune: Historical Newspapers 1849-1998 This link opens in a new window
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Chicago daily tribune (published 1847-1858; coverage 1849-1858), Chicago press and tribune (1858-1860), Chicago tribune (1860-1872), Chicago daily tribune (1872-1963), Chicago tribune (1963-current file). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format.
Pravda Digital Archive (1912-2009) This link opens in a new window
Newspaper published in Moscow that was the official voice of Soviet communism and the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Fully searchable. In Russian. Coverage: 1912-2009.
Communist Historical Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new window
US Communist Party newspapers covering topics like workers rights, social issues, national and international politics, culture, and Party activity from 1917-2003.
Guardian and The Observer This link opens in a new window
The Guardian and the Observer provide news coverage, first-hand accounts, and public opinion in Great Britain from 1791 to 2003.

Political & Social Periodicals (Magazines)

Economist Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2012.
News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (1918-2015) This link opens in a new window
Backfiles of 15 major magazines covering current events, international relations, and public policy from 1918-2015.
American Periodicals Series Online This link opens in a new window
This database contains periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Popular periodicals from Britain covering social, political, and cultural topics. Coverage runs from 17th to early 20th centuries.
Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences.