North American & British Magazines & Newspapers 
1800 to the early 1900's

Primary Source & Full-Text Websites

• AMERICAN MEMORY   Library of Congress
• Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935
• Internet Library of Electronic Journals -- Full-text British magazines & journals of the 18th & 19th century. The following titles are currently available and searchable: Annual Register, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Gentleman's Magazine, Notes and Queries, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, and The Builder.
• LSU Electronic Text Archives
• The Making of America (MOA) at the University of Michigan, is a fully searchable digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains journal articles with 19th Century Imprints. Journals include: Appleton's 1869-1881 (2 series), Catholic World 1865-1901, DeBow's 1846-1869 + 1952 index (3 series), Ladies Repository, 1841-1876 (3 series), The Old Guard 1864, Overland Monthly 1868-1900 (2 series), Princeton Review 1831-1882 (3 series), Southern Literary Messenger 1835-1864 + 1936 Contributor index, Southern Quarterly Review 1842-1857 (3 series), Vanity Fair 1860-186
• The Making of America (MOA) at Cornell
• Repositories of Primary Sources 
  A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
• Selected Repositories of Digitized Texts  

• British Humanities Index / Ref. AI3 .B7
• Cumulated Magazine Subject Index (1907 - 1949) Wilson 1E Oversize AI3.C76
• International Index to Periodicals (1906-1965) Wilson 1 East Periodicals AI3.R49
• Library of American Civilization  Wilson 2W  E156.L5 LAC 30978-79
• Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802 - 1906) Reference AI3.P72
• New York Times Index (1851- present)  Help Guide Wilson 2W Microfilm Index AI21.N48
• Reader's Guide Retrospective  (1890-1982)
• Times (London) Index  Help Guide Wilson 2W  Microfilm Index AI21.T464 1796
• Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (1824-1900) Reference  AI3.W4  guide to holdings at WWU

Newspapers at Wilson Library

• Early North American Newspapers Before 1900;  a guide to the WWU Library's Microform holdings
• Newspapers 1900 +: a guide to the WWU Library's Microform holdings
• Requesting newspaper articles not in our collection via ILL

Bibliographies & Overview Materials

The following sources provide an overview of the history, scope, content and influence of magazines and newspapers of the 1800 - 1900's.  Many include extensive bibliographies of historical discussions.  Some are representative examples discussing media coverage of specific social issues.
 
• The Afro-American Periodical Press, 1838-1909  PN4882.5.B8 1981 / Provides content analysis, publication data and a list of library locations of holdings.
• American Indian and Alaska Native Newspapers and Periodicals, 1826-1924 PN4883.L57 1984
• The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century   PN4888.C59.B54 1992 / Tables provide content analysis by general topics; also compares rural and urban content coverage.
• The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History   PN4888.U5.K47 1984
• A History and Bibliography of American Magazines, 1810-1820  Ref. PN4877.E3
• A History of Newspapers in the Pacific Northwest, 1846-1896  PN4895.B7 1957a /Lists titles and provides content analysis and coverage of social issues. 
• Immigrant Labor Press in North America 1840's - 1970's   Ref. PN4884.H64 1987
• The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90   PN4888.I52.C68 1999
• Nineteenth Century Periodical Press in Britain  Ref. PN 5117 M3
• The Press and Abortion, 1838-1988  PN4888.A2.O44 1988
• Victorian Periodicals: A Guide to Research   Ref. PN 5124.P4 v5
• A Voice of Their Own: the Woman Suffrage Press 1840-1910  PN4888.W65.V65 1991
• Women's Periodicals in the United States  Ref. PN4879 W6 1995

• The Gerritsen Collection of Women's History, 1543-1945: A Bibliographic Guide to the Microfilm Collection
  Ref.HQ1121 .G43 1983
   
• Gerritsen Collection of Women's History - Wilson 2 West, Microfilm HQ1236.P383
  Includes titles such as "The Ladies Garment Worker", "The Woman Voter", etc, dating from 1864 to 1930's.
  Shelved as Periodicals on Women & Women's Rights: Series 2.  

• JSTOR  Online
  Full-text online journals from the 1800's to current. Fully searchable.

• Library of American Civilization (LAC) Collection --  Wilson Library Media Collections, E156.L5 LAC.
  This collection contains many 19th century documents covering all areas of social and political culture. It is easily searched in the Library  Catalog  - use the Keyword search by entering the acronym "LAC" and your key terms, for example "LAC and slavery."  

Journals in Wilson Library

This list is not comprehensive to all our magazine holdings from this time period. Most of the journals listed below are indexed in Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906) Reference AI3.P72, and the Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 .  Check the Library Catalog to verify periodical locations.
 

• All the Year Round  1859-1895  Wilson 2W [microfilm] AP4.A4
• American Historical Review   1895-  , E171.A57  online backfile
• American Indian Magazine 1913- 1920 Wilson 2W [microfilm]   E77.A5 
• American Journal of Sociology    1911/12- ,  HM1.A7
• American Monthly Review of Reviews  1897- 1907 Closed Stacks - inquire at Reference desk: SHELVED AS: REVIEW OF REVIEWS
• American Naturalist   1910 -   QH1.A5
• American Quarterly Review [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30257-72 Wilson 2W
• American Whig Review [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30749-52  Wilson 2W
• Andover Review [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30509-27  Wilson 2W
• Appletons' Journal [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30760-68  Wilson 2W
• Arena [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30626-39  Wilson 2W
• Argus  [Micro Opaque (Early American Newspapers, 1704-1820)]  1791-1973 Wilson 2W
• Atlantic Monthly  1857- 1899 Closed Stacks- inquire at Reference desk; 1900-1932 Wilson 1E AP2.A8
• Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine  1817- 1831 Closed Stacks,  1830- 1886  [Microform]  AP4.B6 Wilson 2W
• Boston Quarterly Review [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30528-31  Wilson 2W
• Catholic World [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30411-90
• Century Magazine Scribner's Monthly  1881- 1882  Closed Stacks- - inquire at Reference desk
• Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine 1882- 1913 Closed Stacks- - inquire at Reference desk
• Cornhill Magazine  1860- 1923    Closed Stacks -  inquire at Reference desk
• Craftsman  1901/02- 1916  Closed Stacks -  inquire at Reference desk
• The Crisis  note: Official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People  [microfilm] 1910/11-1968 Wilson 2W;  1968- , E185.5.C92 Wilson 2East
• Critical Review; or, Annals of Literature [microform] PR1.C74 1756- 1817  Wilson 2W
• Dial  [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30234-36   1840-1844 Wilson 2W
• Dial; A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion  1840/41-1843/44; 1906-1929 Closed Stacks -  inquire at Reference
• Douglass' Monthly  note: Editor: Frederick Douglass  [microfiche]  1859- 1863 Wilson 2W
• Edinburgh Review   1803- 1929 Closed Stacks -  inquire at Reference desk
• Freedom's Journal [microform]  1827-1829   E185.5.F74 Wilson 2W
• Harpers (listed below in chronological order of title changes)   AP2.H3
• Harper's New Monthly Magazine  1850-1900 Closed Stacks - - inquire at Reference desk
• Harper's Monthly Magazine   1900- 1913 Closed Stacks -  inquire at Reference desk
• Harper's Magazine    1913-1919 Closed Stacks -  inquire at Reference desk
• Herald of Freedom [Micro-opaque. Worcester, Mass., Readex Microprint. 22 cards in 1 box. (Early American Newspapers, 1704-1820)] 1788- 1791  Wilson 2W
• Home and Foreign Review   1862-1864 AP4.H65  Wilson 2W
• Hibbert Journal "A quarterly review of religion, theology, and philosophy."   1902/03- 1968  BR1.H6 Wilson 1E
• House Beautiful     1907-1933 NA7100.H65 Wilson 5E Oversize
• Industrial Solidarity  General Executive Board of the Industrial Workers of the World [microform]  1921- 1931  HD8055.I4.A37 Wilson 2W
• Knickerbocker; or, New York Monthly Magazine  1839, 1840-1845, 1846, 1849, 1853 Closed Stacks - inquire at Reference
• Literary Digest  [became Time magazine]  1900- 1938   AP2.L66 Wilson 1E
• Literary Magazine [microfilm] 1756-1758  AP3.L6  Wilson 2W
• Littell's Living Age 1844-1896; Living Age   1897- 1941  Closed Stacks -  inquire at Reference desk
• London Magazine; or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer 1732- 1785   [microform]  Wilson 2W  PR76.L66 
• The London Magazine  1820-1824   [microform] Wilson 2W PR76.L66
• McClure's Magazine  1893-1914/15 AP2.M16 Wilson 1E
• The Messenger  Note: Official Publication of: People's Council of America Democracy and Peace  [microfiche]  Wilson 2W 1917-1928
• Nation   1865-1899 Closed Stacks;  1900- AP2.N2 
• National Observer, and British Review of Politics, Economics, Literature, Science, and Art  1890-1897 [microform]  Wilson 2W PR1.S3
• New-England Magazine  1831- 1835 Wilson 1E AP2.N38
• Newsweek 1933-1936 Wilson 2W Microfilm  AP2.N6772 ; print,  1935- Wilson 1 West AP2.N6772
• Nineteenth Century   1877-1900 Closed Stacks- inquire at Reference desk
• Oregon Historical Quarterly  1900 - , F871.O47 
• Outlook  1897- 1928  Wilson 1E AP2.O8 
• Political Science Quarterly  H1.P8 Online backfile: JSTOR coverage: Vols. 1-108, 1886-1993/1994
• Putnam's Monthly [microform Library of American Civilization Collection] E156.L5 LAC 30871-79 Wilson 2W Microfilm
• Review of Reviews 1890-1897 Closed Stacks  -  inquire at Reference desk
• Scribner's Monthly  1870- 1881 (became Century Magazine)  Closed Stacks - inquire at Reference desk
• Time  1923-    Wilson 1 West AP2.T37 
• United States Magazine and Democratic Review [microform Library of American Civilization Collection]
  E156.L5 LAC 30219-33 Wilson 2W Microfilm