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President Harry Truman holding up a newspaper
 

Magazines & Newspapers

Selected online resources

American Periodicals Series Online (1740-1900)
Early American Newspapers (1690-1876)
HarpWeek (1857-1912)
Historical Newspapers (Proquest)
Periodicals Archive Online (1770-1995)
19th Century Masterfile (1802 - 1906)
Newspapers on the Web
Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)

For print & microfilm search

Next Generation Melvyl

KEYWORD SEARCH EXAMPLES:

Yuba City newspapers | current events periodicals > then >
Choose UC Berkeley Libraries from the drop down menu on the results page


ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES:

chican* | agricultur* worker* > then >
Choose UC Berkeley Libraries from the drop down menu on the results page & Click on Format: Journal/Magazine/Newspaper


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Memoirs, Letters, Interviews, Diaries, Speeches

Selected online resources

American Memory: Historical Collections, National Digital Library
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (1861-1865)
Calisphere
History and Politics Out Loud
History Channel Speech Archives
In the First Person
North American Woman's Letters & Diaries (Colonial times- 1950)
Online Archive of California
Vincent Voice Library
Working Women, 1879-1930
  

For print & microfilm search

Next Generation Melvyl

KEYWORD SEARCH EXAMPLES:

California immigrants interviews | Martin Luther King speeches | Thomas Mooney correspondence | Pioneer diaries > then >
Choose UC Berkeley Libraries from the drop down menu on the results page


ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES:

Black Panther* | United Farm Worker* > then >
Choose UC Berkeley Libraries from the drop down menu on the results page & Click on Format: Archival Materials

 

Rev. Martin Luther King giving a speech

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Selected online resources

African American Song
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

American Museum of Photography
AP Multimedia Archive
Google Image Search
NYPL Digital Gallery

American Memory Motion Pictures Collections (Library of Congress)
Calisphere
Internet Moving Images Archive
Library of American Broadcasting
Newsfilm Library
Vanderbuilt Television Index

For print & media search

Next Generation Melvyl

KEYWORD SEARCH EXAMPLES:

sexuality motion pictures | Bobby Seale recordings > then >
Choose UC Berkeley Libraries from the drop down menu on the results page


ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES:

Black Panther* | United Farm Worker* > then >
Choose UC Berkeley Libraries from the drop down menu on the results page & Click on Format: Archival Materials

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Primary Source Materials: Moving Images and Sound Recordings

 

     

 

More Tips

 

For more information on identifying & locating primary resources, consult Finding Historical Primary Sources or Ask A Librarian

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