African American and African Diasporic Studies: Historical Newspapers and Periodicals

"Provides online access to 280 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection, which includes papers from more than 35 states, features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles. Newly digitized, these newspapers published by or for African Americans can now be browsed and searched as never before."

"American Periodicals Series Online™ (APS Online) includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century...Many of the publications reflect on the growing debate over slavery, including the serialization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era that preceded the novel."

Can be used to access the Chicago Defender (1910-1975) and the Daily Defender (1956-1975).

Titles include The Oklahoma Guide, The Black Dispatch, Oklahoma Safeguard, Langston City Herald,The People’s Elevator, Tulsa Star, and The Muskogee Citmeter, and others.

This guide provides an general overview of historical newspapers available to the OSU community.

"Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts."