Research Guides: Southern Memory: Lynching in Alabama: Primary Sources: Social History

Newspapers

Newspapers.com – World Collection This link opens in a new window
Newspapers.com Library Edition offers full page newspaper images with searchable full-text of newspapers. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to both full runs and portions of runs of newspapers.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
This database offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century (The New York Times, The Atlanta Constitution, The Wall Street Journal, etc.)

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
A range of newspapers published in late 1800s and early 1900s.

African American Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new window
This collection includes the full text of historically significant African American newspapers, published in 36 states.
On Campus Login Required.
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new window
Major African American newspapers from the 19th century

Historical African American Newspapers Available Online
A guide to African American Newspapers online. Guide provided by the Marist University Libraries.

Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Black Studies Center supports research, teaching, and learning in Black Studies and other disciplines that benefit from a more detailed coverage of the black experience such as history, literature, political science, sociology, philosophy, and religion.
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to periodicals by and about African Americans. Representing 26 states, the publications offer a range of material, including academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations’ bulletins, annual reports and other genres.
On-Campus Login Required.
African American Historical Serials Collection This link opens in a new window
Reports, annuals, magazines, and newspapers from African-American churches and social service agencies. Includes materials from the African Methodist Zion Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as many Baptist churches, seminaries, hospitals, charities, orphanages, schools, and advocacy groups.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Primary source material from 18th and 19th Century periodicals - includes African American newspapers and more.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
19th century papers in various geographic areas.

WorldCat FirstSearch This link opens in a new window
Worldcat is great for finding books and other sources. Included in that are newspapers that we may not own or have digitized. You can search for a specific title and then request it on microfilm through interlibrary loan.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog This link opens in a new window
The Center for Research Libraries is a vast collection of sources. Included are books, government documents, dissertations & theses, and a large amount of newspapers. Like Worldcat, you can access CRL materials through interlibrary loan.

Alabama Department of Archives & History
Search their digital collections here Click "Search our Collections" and then "Newspapers on Microfilm" to find local newspapers by county. You could then access these through interlibrary loan.
Interlibrary Loan
Use Interlibrary loan to request any books, journal articles, theses/dissertations, newspapers, or other sources that the university libraries don't have. With print books and some other sources you may have to wait 1-2 weeks for them to be delivered, but electronic copies of things like scholarly journal articles can be accessed in a matter of days!

American Memory This link opens in a new window
Gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
This is a freely accessible site. Contents may change without warning.
Documenting the American South This link opens in a new window
A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.
This is a freely accessible site. Contents may change without warning.

You can find many small digital collections/archives with a Google search.

For example, this search: lynching "oral history" would find some collections.

Documenting the American South This link opens in a new window
A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.
This is a freely accessible site. Contents may change without warning.

Oral Histories of the American South
A part of the "Documenting the American South" collection that focuses solely on oral histories.
Southern Oral History Program
more than 5,000 interviews with people from all walks of life—from mill workers to civil rights leaders to future presidents of the United States.

HistoryMakers Digital Archive, The This link opens in a new window
Primary source resources through video content, fully searchable transcripts, and oral histories from individuals whose life stories bring African American history to life.