Language and Literature - Microforms 

American Periodicals, 18th Century, Micfilm S-12

"American magazine journalism began in 1741 with Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and Andrew Bradford's American Magazine. These and other publications in this first series reflect the political and cultural birth of the U.S. and include the first American short stories published in Massachusetts Magazine (1789-96).

Find examples of essay journalism in the Independent Reflector (1752-53) ...firsthand accounts of the Revolution, as well as descriptions of the latest inventions, in Tom Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine (1775-76), and science in Medical Repository (1797-1800), America's first scientific journal."

See also the digitized version of this collection.

American Periodicals, 1800-1850, Micfilm S-10

"The debate over slavery is reflected in many of the periodicals in this series. For example, the abolitionist The Genius of Universal Emancipation (1821-39), and William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator (1831-65), which became the most celebrated abolitionist periodical; and counterpoint publications such as Southern Quarterly Review (1842-57), which upheld the institution of slavery."

"Hard-to-locate research materials, such as Poe's contributions to Southern Literary Messenger (1831-64) and Hawthorne's New England Magazine (1831-35), are in this collection. ...also includes over 20 women's magazines that flourished during this period such as Godey's Lady's Book (1830-98), as well as children's magazines such as The Youth's Companion (1827-1927) and Merry's Museum (1841-72), which was edited for a time by Louisa May Alcott."

See also the digitized version of this collection.

American Periodicals, 1850-1900, Micfilm S-147

"... includes 118 periodicals from the Civil War and Reconstruction era published during the last half of the 19th century. Early professional journals include Publications of the American Economic Association and Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This series also includes many celebrated titles issued by publishing houses--Scribners, Harper's Bazaar, Lippincott's, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, and Ladies' Home Journal. Students of marketing and advertising will find these popular periodicals useful in exploring the first examples of modern advertising slogans."  See also the digitized version of this collection.

Note: Index, located in Alderman Microforms Guides Area is alphabetical by author, but with useful listings by time period, region, and type of work. Some non-literary titles are included.

See also digitized version of this set.

NOTE: Titles in this collection have individual call numbers. To retrieve a list of all titles held at Alderman, enter early american newspapers in the series box in a VIRGO Advanced Search. Or, search by individual title in VIRGO

Micfilm S-976
IVY ANNEX

All titles are cataloged in VIRGO. Individual VIRGO records provide access to reel numbers through a link to the search screen of the full-text online version.

Includes some 5000 broadsheets and pamphlets in German and Latin printed between 1501 and 1530.

Flugschriften des späteren 16. Jahrhunderts, Microfiche 2443

Flugschriften des späteren 16. Jahrhunderts
Pamphlets in German and Latin that appeared in the German speaking parts of Europe between 1531 and 1600