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Primary Sources:
HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
Newspaper and periodical articles from the time period of an event are often considered primary sources because they were written close to the actual event. Nimitz Library has many early periodicals and newspapers, some online and some on microfilm.
Online Newspaper Collections
Individual 18th and 19th Century Newspapers Online or on Microfilm
| NAME |
DATES IN NIMITZ LIBRARY |
FORMAT/LOCATION |
COMMENTS |
| Boston Evening Post |
1735-1775 |
Microfilm |
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Boston Gazette |
1719-1798 |
Microfilm |
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Boston Post-Boy |
1735-1775 |
Microfilm |
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| Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
1841-1902 |
Online |
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Charleston Mercury |
Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865 |
Online |
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Daily Southern Guardian |
1858-1870 |
Microfilm |
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Evening Capital (Annapolis); now called The Capital |
1884-present |
Microfilm; Online since 1942 and some earlier years, including 1887 |
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Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper/Weekly |
1855-1892 |
Online or 1861-1886 (incomplete) in Special Coll. |
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Kennesaw Gazette (GA) |
1886-1890 |
Microfilm |
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Lancaster Ledger (SC) |
1852-1866 |
Microfilm |
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Maryland Gazette |
1728-1839 |
Online and Microfilm from 1728-1729 and 1745-1839 |
Index for 1727-1761 in REF F184.G75 |
Mountaineer (Greenville, SC) |
1829-1904 |
Microfilm |
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National Intelligencer |
1800-1869 |
Microfilm |
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New York Gazette |
1759-1783 |
Microfilm |
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New York Herald |
Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865 |
Online |
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New York Journal |
1766-1776 |
Microfilm |
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New York Mercury |
1752-1768 |
Microfilm |
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New York Times |
1851-present |
Online and Microfilm |
Index is in Microform Room |
New York Weekly |
1733-1751 |
Microfilm |
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Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser |
1767-1774 |
Microfilm |
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Pennsylvania Gazette |
1728-1815 |
Microfilm |
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Pennsylvania Journal |
1742-1793 |
Microfilm |
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Pennsylvanian |
1846-1853 |
Microfilm |
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Richmond Enquirer |
Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865 |
Online |
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Times (London) |
1785-present |
Online 1785-1985 via Times Digital Archive and since 1985 via Lexis/Nexis |
Index is in Microform Room |
Virginia Gazette |
1736-1780 |
Online and Microfilm |
Index is in Microform Room |
Washington Post |
1877-present |
Microfilm; online since 1977 via Lexis/Nexis |
Index from 1972-1997 is in Microform Room |
Colonial American Newspaper Collection on Microfilm
There is a microfilm newspaper collection called Birth of America: The Year in Review, 1763-1783. This is a chronological guide and index to the colonial press and contains 2 newspapers per colony. The printed index guide and the 16 reels of microfilm are under call number E187.B5
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Last updated: 8 February 2012
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