18th and 19th Century Periodicals in Nimitz Library

Primary Sources:
18TH & 19TH CENTURY PERIODICALS IN NIMITZ LIBRARY OR AVAILABLE ONLINE

NOTE: The following is a partial list of 18th and 19th century history titles available in Nimitz Library. Check the Library Catalog or ask a librarian for assistance in locating other titles.

Both Poole’s Index back to 1802 and 19^th Century Readers’ Guide are in print on Reference Table 2. Using these indexes will help you identify specific articles in these journals. Readers' Guide Retrospective is an index going back to 1890 for identifying magazine articles, but it is not completely full-text. JSTOR is a full-text interdisciplinary electronic database of scholarly journals, some going back to the 19th century.


NAME	DATES IN NIMITZ LIBRARY	FORMAT/ LOCATION	ELECTRONIC ACCESS	COMMENTS
American Historical Review	1895-present	Bound and Web	1895 to present	In JSTOR
American Missionary		Web	1878-1901
American Philosophical Society Proceedings	1838-present	Bound
American Philosophical Society Transactions	1789-1853	Special Coll.
American Whig Review		Web	1845-1852
Analetic Magazine	1812-1820	Special Coll.
Appleton’s Journal	1871-1875	Bound and Web	1869-1881	In Poole’s Index
Army and Navy Chronicle	1835-1844	Special Coll.
Army and Navy Journal	1863-1950	Microfilm and Special Coll.
Army and Navy Magazine	1880-1888	Special Coll.
Army and Navy Register (title varies)	1879-1964	Bound and Microfilm
Asiatic Society of Japan Transactions	1872-1940	Microfilm
Atlantic Monthly	1857-present	Bound, Microfilm, Web	1857-1901	In Poole’s Index and others
Bay State Monthly		Web	1884-1886
Blackwood’s Magazine	1817-1980	Bound	1843-1863	In Poole’s Index
Broad Arrow (including Naval & Military Gazette)	1872-1917	Special Coll.
Catholic World	1866-1971	Microfilm and Web	1865-1901	In Poole’s Index
Century Magazine	1881-1930	Bound and Web	1881-1899	In Poole’s Index
Chautauquan	1880-1914	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
China Review	1872-1901	Microfiche
Chinese Recorder	1897-1941	Microfilm		Index in Microform Room
Christian Herald and Seamans Magazine	1816-1824	Microfilm
Contemporary Review	1871-1983	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Continental Monthly		Web	1862-1864
Cosmopolitan	1886-1925	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
Critic	1828-1829; 1881-1906	Bound and Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
Critical Review	1756-1762	Special Coll.
De Bows Review	1850-1880	Microfilm and Web	1846-1869 and 1952 index	In Poole’s Index
Dial	1880-1929	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Douglass Monthly	1859-1863	Bound
Eclectic Magazine	1856-1875	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal	1819-1864	Bound and Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
Edinburgh Review	1802-1929	Bound and Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
English Illustrated Magazine	1883-1901	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Every Saturday	1871-1874	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Fortnightly Review	1871-1954	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Forum	1886-1909; 1926-1940	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Franklin Institute Journal	1826-present	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Fraser’s Magazine	1872-1882	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Galaxy	1866-1877	Microfilm, Bound, Web	1866-1878	In Poole’s Index
Garden and Forest		Web	1888-1897
Gentleman’s Magazine	1731-1866	Bound	1731-1750	In Poole’s Index
Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine	1854-1882; 1892-1898	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
Graphic	1869-1932	Bound
Harper’s Magazine (Harper’s Monthly and Harper's New Monthly Magazine)	1850-present	Bound and Web	1850-1899	In Poole’s Index
Harper’s Weekly	1857-1916	Microfilm		In 19^th Century Readers’ Guide
Historical Magazine	1857-1875	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Illustrated American	1890-1897	Bound
Illustrated London News	1856-2003	Bound
Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine	1884-1890	Bound
Independent (NY)	1892-1928	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
International Monthly Magazine		Web	1850-1852
Journal of Hellenic Studies	1880-present (incomplete)	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Journal of the United States Artillery	1892-1918	Bound
Knickerbocker Magazine	1833-1865	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
Ladies Repository		Web	1841-1876
Liberator	1831-1865	Microfilm
Life (NY)	1883-1931	Bound
Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine	1868-1900	Microfilm and Bound		In Poole’s Index
Literary Digest	1890-1938	Microfilm and Bound
Living Age	1844-1941	Bound and Web	1844-1900	In Poole’s Index
London & Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine	1832-present	Bound
Macmillan’s Magazine	1871-1907	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Magazine of American History	1887-1893	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Manufacturer and Builder		Web	1869-1894
McClure’s Magazine	1894-1914	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Merchants Magazine and Commercial Review	1839-1860	Special Coll.
Military Service Institution of the United States Journal	1879-1911 (incomplete)	Special Coll.		In Poole’s Index
Monthly Anthology and Boston Review	1803-1811	Special Coll.
Munsey’s Magazine	1891-1929	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
Nation	1865-present	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
National Geographic Magazine	1888-present	Bound		In Poole’s Index
National Magazine (formerly Bostonian)	1894-1933	Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
Nautical Gazette	1871-1953	Bound
Naval and Military Gazette	1872-1886 (incomplete)	Special Coll.
Naval Chronicle	1799-1818	Bound and Special Coll.
Naval Magazine	1836-1837	Special Coll.		In Poole’s Index
Navy and Army Illustrated	1895-1903	Special Coll.
New England Historical and Genealogical Record	1874-1879	Bound		In Poole’s Index
New England Magazine (Boston)		Web	1831-1835, 1886-1900
New Englander		Web	1843-1892
New Outlook	1870-1935	Microfilm
Niles Register	1811-1849	Microfiche and Special Coll.		In Poole’s Index
Nineteenth Century	1877-1950	Bound		In Poole’s Index
North American Review	1815-present	Bound and Web	1815-1900	In Poole’s Index
North British Review	1851-1870	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Notes and Queries	1849-present	Microfilm and Bound	1849-1869
Old Guard		Web	1863-1867
Overland Monthly	1868-1935	Microfilm, Bound, Web	1868-1900	In Poole’s Index
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography	1877-1906; 1967-1982	Microfilm and Bound		In Poole’s Index
Pennsylvanian	1846-1853	Microfilm
Penny Magazine	1832-1840	Special Coll.		In Poole’s Index
Philosophical Magazine	1798-1832	Bound
Princeton Review	1878-1884	Microfilm and Web	1830-1882	In Poole’s Index
Punch	1861-1938 (incomplete)	Bound
Punchinello		Web	1870
Putnam's Monthly		Web	1853-1870
Quarterly Review	1809-1967	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Review of Reviews	1890-1937	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Transactions	1786-1860	Bound
Royal Military Chronicle	1810-1816	Special Coll.
Royal United Service Institution Journal (title varies)	1857-present	Bound
Sailor’s Magazine	1828-1892	Special Coll.
Saturday Review	1871-1917	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Scientific American		Web	1846-1869
Scribner’s Magazine	1887-1939	Bound and Web	1887-1896	In Poole’s Index
Scribner’s Monthly	1870-1881	Bound and Web	1870-1881	In Poole’s Index
Sewanee Review	1892-present	Microfilm and Bound		In Poole’s Index
Southern Historical Society Papers	1876-1959	Bound		In Poole’s Index
Southern Literary Messenger	1834-1864	Microfilm and Web	1834-1864 plus 1936 Contributor Index	In Poole’s Index
Southern Quarterly Review		Web	1842-1857
Spectator	1871-present	Bound and Microfilm		In Poole’s Index
United Service	1879-1905 (incomplete)	Bound		In Poole’s Index
United Service Gazette	1881-1896 (incomplete)	Bound
United Service Magazine	1829-1920	Bound		In Poole’s Index
United States Magazine and Democratic Review (United States Democratic Review)	1837-1851	Special Coll. and Web	1837-1859
United States Naval Institute Proceedings	1874-present	Bound and Microfilm		Has its own index
United States Service Magazine	1864-1866	Special Coll.		In Poole’s Index
Vanity Fair		Web	1860-1862
Virginia Historical Register	1848-1853	Bound
Westminster Review	1866-1913	Bound		In Poole’s Index
William and Mary Quarterly (title varies)	1892-present	Bound and Web	1892 to present	In JSTOR
Woolwich England Royal Artillery Institution Minutes	1858-1902 (incomplete)	Bound

Periodical Collection

The American Periodical Series is a collection of early periodicals on microfilm. Individual magazine titles are listed in the Library Catalog. Use the catalog record or the printed index guide to note the reel number of your title. The 18^th century part of this collection is 33 reels and is filed in the cabinets under American Periodical Series.

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