Research Subject Guides: THTR 1235 Fashion and Costume Design in Film and Television (Prof. Rosenfeld): Find News and Magazine Articles

Concord Newspapers

Concord, Massachusetts Newspapers
The Concord Free Public Library holds close-to-complete runs of all Concord newspapers from 1816 to the present time. Several newspapers are available digitally.

Historical Newspaper Databases

Boston Globe (1872-present) (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Historical and current access to the Boston Globe, one of two major daily newspapers in Boston. Historic content (1872-1990) includes a PDF view of the newspaper including illustrations, charts, and advertisements. After 1990, only text is available. Link to the most recent issue.
New York Times (1851-2020) with Index (1851-1993) (Proquest)
Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876: From Colonies to Nation (Newsbank)
Early American newspapers, often printed by small-town printers, documented the daily life of hundreds of diverse American communities, supported different political parties and recorded both majority and minority views.Note: Northeastern has Series 1 only.

Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 offers 340,000 fully searchable issues from over 730 American newspapers from from 23 states and the District of Columbia.

Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brighams History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 and other authoritative bibliographies.
Historical Black Newspapers (ProQuest)
A rich collection important to a full understanding of Unites States history. Includes the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1910-1975),Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), and the Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.

Historical Magazines

American Periodicals Series, 1741-1940 (ProQuest)
Digitized images of the pages of 1000 American magazines and journals published between 1741 and 1940. Titles include Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several consumer magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Ladies' Home Journal.

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Godey's Lady's Book
In Philadelphia in 1830, Louis Antoine Godey (1804–1878) commenced the publication of Godey's Lady's Book which he designed specifically to attract the growing audience of American women. The magazine was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of America. In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine containing extensive book reviews and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe and many other celebrated 19th century authors.