Research Guides: History: Primary Sources

Special Collections @ Oxy

Special Collections staff preserves and provides access to thousands of rare books, archival papers and manuscripts, visual media, paintings, prints and artifacts of unique significance in the arts, literature, theatre, book arts, and local, regional and cultural history.

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Historical Newspapers and Government Documents

Accessible Archives: 18th & 19th Century Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search several historic American newspaper and periodical databases, including archives of the Liberator (1831-1865), Godey's Lady's Book (1830-1885), the Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800), and many more.
CDNC California Digital Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new window
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 This link opens in a new window
Issued by the British Foreign and Colonial Offices, this is a fundamental resource for academics, students and researchers studying the modern Middle East. These historical documents inform the volatile situation in the region today.
Access made possible with the generous support of the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Fund.
CRL Center for Research Libraries - Global Resources Network This link opens in a new window
Houses vast collections of specialized archival material for global studies, and provides topic guides for starting research in particular subject areas.
Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender (1910-1975) This link opens in a new window
Includes content from the Chicago Defender between 1910 and 1975.
Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspaper Collection (1832 - 1953) This link opens in a new window
A digitized collection of English-language newspapers from China.
Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2015) This link opens in a new window
Search the full text of the New York Times (1851 - 2015 and growing). View results as page images.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
19th Century U.S. Newspapers provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages of primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window
Search the full text of the Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1995 and growing). View results as page images.
Reader's Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Find citations to articles published between 1890 and 1982 in popular general-interest U.S. periodicals. From EBSCO.

Hathi Trust Digital Library
A digital repository for the nation's great research libraries, HathiTrust brings together the immense digital collections of partner institutions. As of December 2012 well over ten million volumes have been digitized. Books may be searched for words in the text. Public domain books may be viewed and often downloaded in pdf format. Download of in-copyright books is restricted to patrons of the contributing member library.

Los Angeles and California Repositories

Archive-It: Northeast Los Angeles
Find archived websites official government sites, historical societies, neighborhood councils, individual blogs, and other community sites of Northeast LA.
Associated Historical Societies of Los Angeles County
Boyle Heights Historical Society
Center for the Study of Los Angeles - LMU
City Archives & Records Center
Harvard Open Collections - Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
Immigration and Ethnic History Society - Resources
L.A. as Subject Member Directory
Search for hundreds of Los Angeles area archives, libraries, and collections organized by topic.
Los Angeles City Historical Society - Resources
NELA Newspapers Online
Find historic Northeast LA newspapers online in the California Digital Newspaper Collection.
Oral History Project - UCLA

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