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Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room
Digital Collections
There are ongoing efforts to digitize and provide free online access to Library of Congress collections.
In addition to these freely available online digital collections, the Library of Congress provides on-site access to a wide range of subscription databases. A list of Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room favorites is available through the E-Resources Catalog.
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Chronicling America
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 The Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers collection provides access to select digitized newspaper pages produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress. As part of the program, cultural heritage institutions apply for and receive awards to select and digitize newspaper pages representing…
Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942-1946
Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at assembly centers and relocation centers around the country during World War II, these newspapers provide a unique look into the daily lives of the people who were held in these camps. They include articles written in English and Japanese, typed, handwritten and drawn. They advertise community events, provide logistical information about the camps and relocation, report on news…
The Journalist (New York), 1884 to 1906
Charles Alfred Byrne and Leander Richardson co-founded the Journalist on March 22, 1884 in New York City as a weekly trade journal for the newspaper publishing industry, the first trade publication for the industry in the United States. They included articles on a broad range of topics related to the publishing industry: profiles of writers, editors, and publishers; editorials on the practice of journalism;…
New York Journal and Related Titles, 1896-1899
The New York Journal Collection consists of The Journal (1896-01-01 to 1896-07-18) and subsequent titles, New York Journal (1896-07-16 to 1897-04-01) and New York Journal and Advertiser (1897-04-02 to 1899-12-31) . In 1895, William Randolph Hearst purchased the paper to compete with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World. The New York Journal is an example of "Yellow Journalism," where the newspapers competed for readers through…
Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
This online collection includes the complete seventy-one-week run of The Stars and Stripes World War I edition. The Stars and Stripes was published in France by the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) of the United States Army from February 8, 1918, to June 13, 1919.
