Popular Culture


An archival research resource of English language trade magazines for studying the history of the film, television, radio, music, and theatre, with coverage from 1880 to 2015. Among the magazines included are Billboard, The Stage, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Hot Wire, and Vibe.

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.

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.

Documents the music, pastimes, public figures, and technology that played a role in defining different eras of the last century.  

Includes printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera, and video clips. Covers music, TV, movies, fashion, youth culture, student protests, civil rights movement, and women's liberation.

Provides indexing to the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the important events of the 20th century.  Coverage includes 1890-1982.

Access the entire run of one of the most important magazines to cover music and popular culture. The archive provides issue browsing and keyword searching of all text including articles, photo captions, and advertisements.