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Best website for newpapers, research, etc...
What are the best websites for doing research in regards to late 19th century and early 20th century newspapers? I am mostly looking for New York newspapers, but would also like access to as many other local newspapers where Major League baseball was played - National Association, American Association, American League, National League, etc., which are generally the larger cities of the time.
I do not mind paying for a subscription if it makes sense. Thanks in advance, Kevin |
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Hi Kevin:
I use both newspapers.com and newspaperarchive.com, they both have strengths and weaknesses. I think they're both, like, ten bucks a month. There's also ancestry.com, which often has newspaper articles digitized that you can hunt through. A lot of smaller, older towns have historical societies that have researchers that can help you; they have access to libraries that sometimes have tons of newspapers on microfiche that they can dig into if you give them enough time. -Al |
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I use newspaperarchives.com, it's $29.95/month for unlimited article downloads. It's a useful resource but is limited to smaller publications; no NY Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Texas is a virtual black hole unless you're looking for info on West Texas.
Augmented with The Library of Congress Newspaper Archives, and SmallTownPapers.com and you've got a decent cross-section of publications. As mentioned before local historical societies are always an excellent resource... Last edited by pariah1107; 09-15-2015 at 09:54 AM. |
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I believe harpweek.com sells the complete digitalized Harper's Weekly
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I have been using la84.org to research an obscure Indiana minor league season. To my surprise, there are many articles I have found here. Under Periodicals, then Magazines, there is a checkbox for Sporting Life (1885-1917). All scans I have seen are very readable, unlike some websites. The scans are PDF's, so you could save them for reference later on.
They also have Baseball Magazine (1908-1920) you could search, I have not searched this section as these were published after my research time frame. Best of all it's free. Hope this helps, James Last edited by ChiSoxFan; 09-15-2015 at 11:24 AM. |
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Search engines
www.genealogybank.com is very useful. I can also get Proquest online thru a local library database. It has the Times, but also some other cities like Baltimore, Louisville, and Cincy that come in handy in the 1800's.
I find New York World and Brooklyn Daily Eagle to have the best coverage in the 1880's and 90's. Sporting Life is full of news, but beware it has a slant and is not always accurate. If you join SABR you get "free" access to Sporting News and Sporting Life. |
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Thanks for all of the responses. I will definitely check out these links.
I am a member of SABR, so I do utilize their resources. |
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Chicago Tribune archive search. Just type in a date and a keyword, i.e. October 9th, 1908 Cubs.
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/results/ |
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Just curious if anyone would know a good resource to find a digital copy of the front page of the Boston Globe from September 29, 1960.
I signed up for newspapers.com, but unfortunately they do not cover this time period for the Boston Globe. Any help would be most appreciated - thanks! Scott |
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