Historical Newspaper Collection

The Twin Cities Libraries included us in their subscription to the Gale Digital Collections Historical Newspapers collection. These newspapers provide access to previously inaccessible historical content. They may be searched by keyword. The search terms are highlighted and you can retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. It is easy to jump to the article and find your search terms.

• The Times Digital Archive 1785 - 1985 Complete digital edition of The Times (London). The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
• 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.
• 19th Century British Library Newspapers contains full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th century British society.
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers are digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
• The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003 is the fully searchable complete facsimile edition of The Economist, the weekly paper which is essential reading for anyone engaged in politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide.

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Display

The Martin Luther King, Jr display featured the UMC Library's extensive collection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Children's books. Also included are the UMC Library's New Videos (DVD) The Greatest Speeches of All Time collection which include speaches by Martin Luther King, Jr as well as the Librarie's Martin Luther King, Jr videos and Voices of Civil Rights videos.

 

 

Maintained by James Carlson - University of Minnesota, Crookston Library Email: James Carlson Updated February 19, 2008.