Tag: rural history

Readex’s American Business: Agricultural Newspapers is a valuable, but in many ways disappointing collection. When complete, it will contain 238 farm newspapers from the 19th and late 18th centuries, the heyday of rural America. About 20% of the projected 238 titles are forthcoming.¹ Over half of the titles currently available are represented by ten or fewer issues;² almost half of the titles currently available are represented by five or fewer issues;³ and 33% of the titles are represented by a single issue.⁴ Only 58 of the newspapers have fifty or more issues. Continue reading “New Agricultural Newspaper Collection” →