PACFTB Literary and Cultural Heritage Maps Research
This guide is for historians, students, community members, and others who are authoring biographies and feature articles for the Pennsylvania Center for the Book's Literary and Cultural Maps of Pennsylvania project. It includes recommended databases, fact
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. Provides access to recent issues of the Allentown Morning Call, Bucks County Courier Times, Chester County Press, Delaware County Daily Times, Doylestown Intelligencer, Easton Express-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pike County Courier, Susquehanna County Independent, the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, and various other Eastern Pennsylvania newspapers.
The electronic editions of record for major national newspapers, local, regional, and U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues.
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. Provides access to historical issues of the Chester Times, Doylestown Intelligencer, Reading Eagle, and various other Eastern Pennsylvania newspapers.
NewspaperARCHIVE is a database of newspaper page images from Pennsylvania. Searches are automatically limited to the content Penn State has access to. NewspaperARCHIVE is particularly good for accessing historical newspapers from smaller and medium-sized cities and towns across the Commonwealth (e.g., Altoona, Dubois, Gettysburg). The text is fully searchable, but there are gaps in coverage for many titles.
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. A Philadelphia newspaper accessible from 1860 to 2001.
A complete digital archive of one of the longest surviving daily newspapers in the United States. Includes all news stories, editorials, advertisements, illustrations and other content. The Inquirer is known for its coverage of the American Civil War; its published works by literary figures such as Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe; and its reporting of breaking news in the city, country, and around the world. The Philadelphia Inquirer offers a regional perspective on historical events as they unfolded.
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. A Philadelphia newspaper focusing on the African American community, accessing from 1912 to 2001.
The oldest continuously published black newspaper, is dedicated to the needs and concerns of the fourth largest black community in the U.S. During the 1930s the paper supported the growth of the United Way, rallied against the riots in Chester, PA, and continuously fought against segregation.
Searches more than 5,000 archival collections from over 200 regional institutions. A helpful gateway for finding primary sources in the Philadelphia area.
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. Provides access to recet issues of the Carlisle Sentinel, Centre Daily Times, Harrisburg Patriot News, Somerset Daily American, and various other Central Pennsylvania newspapers.
The electronic editions of record for major national newspapers, local, regional, and U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues.
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. Provides access to historical issues of the Altoona Mirror, Bedford Gazette, Clearfield Progress, DuBois Courier, several Gettysburg papers, Harrisburg Telegraph, several papers from Huntingdon, Indiana, Somerset and Wellsboro, Lebanon Daily News, Lock Haven Express, and various other Central Pennsylvania newspapers.
NewspaperARCHIVE is a database of newspaper page images from Pennsylvania. Searches are automatically limited to the content Penn State has access to. NewspaperARCHIVE is particularly good for accessing historical newspapers from smaller and medium-sized cities and towns across the Commonwealth (e.g., Altoona, Dubois, Gettysburg). The text is fully searchable, but there are gaps in coverage for many titles.
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. Provides access to recent issues of the Beaver County Times, Butler Eagle, Connellsville Daily Courier, Erie Times-News, Kittanning Leader Times, New Castle News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Uniontown Herald Standard, Washington Observer-Reporter,
The electronic editions of record for major national newspapers, local, regional, and U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues.
Available at Penn State and some other Pennsylvania libraries. Provides access to historical issues of the Kittanning Leader, New Castle News, Oil City Derrick, several Pittsburgh and Warren papers, and various other Western Pennsylvania newspapers.
NewspaperARCHIVE is a database of newspaper page images from Pennsylvania. Searches are automatically limited to the content Penn State has access to. NewspaperARCHIVE is particularly good for accessing historical newspapers from smaller and medium-sized cities and towns across the Commonwealth (e.g., Altoona, Dubois, Gettysburg). The text is fully searchable, but there are gaps in coverage for many titles.
A digital archive of primary and secondary sources about the greater Pittsburgh region, including publications, maps, images, audio-visual materials, and more.
Hundreds of thousands of photographs, books, pamphlets, maps, archival collections, and other resources documenting Western Pennsylvania. Includes the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives, documenting Jewish communities in the region.
Focuses on architecture, historic preservation, urban planning, engineering and technological development, interior design, and landscape design in the Pittsburgh region.