UIUC Library now has access to several new historical databases including the Historical Washington Post, British Newspapers from 1600-1900, and back issues of the Economist magazine.
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Category: New Resources
Introducing the Digital Daily Illini
On April 17, we officially launched the Digital Daily Illini (1916-1936). View photos from our event.
New Latin American Newspaper Database
Announcing Latin American Newsstand, a database featuring recent content from 41 newspaper titles covering Central and South America and beyond.
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Olin Digital Film Archive Launched
HPNL announces the Chuck Olin Digital Film Archive. The archive includes streaming video interviews featuring first-hand accounts from soldiers of the Jewish Brigade.
Mass Observation Online
Mass Observation Online provides integrated access to approx. 115,000 digital images of material from the Mass Observation Project, an extensive social survey conducted in Britain during 1937 to early 1950s. More info (no longer available)
Introducing the Digital Urbana Daily Courier 1916-1925
The History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library is pleased to announce the launching of the digitized version of the Urbana Daily Courier for the years 1916-1925. This project was funded by a grant from the Illinois State Library under the Library Services and Technology Act, with additional support from the Clifford Family Endowment. Click image at right to open a printable pdf.
Perhaps more than any other original source document, historic newspapers provide a window onto our past. No other primary source conveys as readily and vividly the sensibility of an era and the feel of a place. Published from 1897 through March 1979 under a succession of titles, the Urbana Daily Courier provides rich documentation of the development of commerce and industry, the course of local and regional politics, and the history of cultural and social life in our community, as well as the local experience of global events.
The decade from 1916 to 1925 spans a number of pivotal events in world history as well as key developments in local and regional history. At the international level, these years saw the entry of the U.S. into World War I, the Russian Revolutions of 1917, and the flu pandemic. Nationally this decade encompasses the Scopes trial, the East St. Louis riots of 1917, the founding of the Ku Klux Klan, prohibition, the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting female suffrage, and the postwar recovery and rapid rise of science, technology and industry.
The digital Courier offers extensive documentation of the impact of these events on the lives of ordinary residents of East Central Illinois. Through this project, this rich primary source material is freely available to anyone, anywhere with access to the internet. The issues are presented as cover-to-cover digital facsimiles, completely browsable and keyword searchable, with full downloading and e-mailing functionality.
Thanks to the Urbana Free Library and the Champaign County Historical Archives, we launched the digital Courier on Saturday, July 28 2007 with a public presentation at the Auditorium of the Urbana Free Library from 10 a.m. to noon. We demonstrated use of the database, discussed our ongoing work and future digitization plans, and shared information about other historic newspaper digitization projects. Attending the event were many former Courier employees (pictured on left), who enjoyed sharing stories about their experiences working at the Courier.
Access the Digital Urbana Daily Courier | View the Presentation Slides [Slides No Longer Available]
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
MEMSO provides a large and growing resource of essential medieval and early modern sources relating to British and Irish history on-line.
More info about MEMSO.
New Subscription: 19th Century U.S. Newspapers
19th Century U.S. Newspapers, a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database, provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages of primary source newspaper content from the 19th century.
More info about 19th Century U.S. Newspapers.
Historical Los Angeles Times Now Available!
Digital images of the Los Angeles Times (1881-1985) are now available to UIUC affiliates via ProQuest’s Historical Newspapers. Browse by issue or search across the full-text in this rich resouce.
New Resource: Access World News
Access World News is a comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers providing coverage of domestic and international news sources of recent years. Browse or search over 100 newspaper titles from Illinois or search across nearly 2000 titles spanning the globe.