Periodicals Archives • Century Past

African-American History Articles – Issues of the Early 20th Century

African-Americans, Articles, History, Periodicals / african-american history, african-americans, history, magazines

The African-American history articles on this page were selected from magazines published from 1915 to 1918, using the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, Vol. 4, 1915-18. The articles describe prominent African-American issues in that time frame, when many African-Americans from the rural south were migrating to northern cities, and when the U.S. participated in World […]

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Pioneer Life on the Michigan Frontier in Diaries & Memoirs

Books, Memoirs, Michigan, Periodicals / biography, explorers, First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, pioneers

Pioneer life; life on the frontier in Michigan, in the words of the pioneers themselves. Diaries and memoirs by explorers, missionaries, and settlers, free online. The page links below, for some of our Michigan pages on the History of the Great Lakes States portion of this website, contain links to the free online works listed.

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Magazines for Farmers 1850 – 1900s

Periodicals / 1850s, agriculture, domestic arts, history, Illinois, Indiana, journals, Ohio, Wisconsin

We have links to four magazines or journals for farmers that began to appear in the Great Lakes states about 1850. They offer news, analysis of current events, agricultural science, and advice for men and women living on farms. Several years’ issues are available for each of these titles. Ohio Periodicals page Under “Journals” The

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History Journals & 19th Century Newspapers

Periodicals / archives, Digital Archives, ebooks, history, history journals, library, newspapers

We have a selection of free online history journals, magazines and newspapers from the 1800s and early 1900s from the Great Lakes region and each of it’s five states, at these pages; Great Lakes History Periodicals: Newspapers Illinois History Periodicals Indiana History Periodicals Michigan History Periodicals Ohio History Periodicals Wisconsin History Periodicals We also have

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