Search sources from the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library dating from the 1500s through the 1990s. Materials range from maps to manuscripts to newspapers and cover all of North America.
History (Primary Resources)
This resource includes over 6,000 scans of materials from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library related to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
This collection includes scanned images of either complete or substantial portions of 25 newspapers published at Japanese Internment Camps. Most of the titles are in English, however there are articles in Japanese and some written in both languages.
Kansas City’s Black newspaper, The Kansas City Call documents the lives of African Americans in aspects related to civil rights, urban development, sports, and many others. The searchable advertisements also provide insight into black business in the city.
Coverage for the years 1975-2008 currently available. Full access from 1919-2010 coming in Spring 2024.
Access the entire historical backfile of the Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri's largest paper. Content is updated as soon as the vendor receives the paper, so the most recent volume is constantly changing but is very current.
Created to celebrate Kansas' Sesquicentennial, this database contains digitized and fully searchable primary sources, including personal narratives, memoirs, political speeches, sermons, and more from the Sabin Americana Collection and other Gale sources.
The archives of 26 leading LGBT magazines dating back to the 1950s. Included are the entire backfile of The Advocate and the UK’s Gay News and Gay Times.
Provides cover-to-cover access to Liberty Magazine, an illustrated weekly magazine covering middle America from 1924 to 1950. Includes illustrations, fiction, nonfiction articles, and advertisements that captured middle America’s attitudes, lifestyles, interests, values, and fads.
Access to articles and images from one of the most influential popular magazines of all time.
This collection brings its users to the teeming streets of 19th century London through posters, penny fiction, chapbooks, maps, cartoons, song sheets, and more. Of interest to scholars and students of social history, popular culture, language and literature, and urban development.