Provides access to pages from several historic American newspapers from 1880-1910 as well as information on American newspapers published between 1690 and the present day.
Published for members of the armed forces, this collection includes copies of The Stars and Stripes from 1918-1919 that document events from World War I.
A new printing process created in the early 1900s, rotogravure printing produced richly detailed, high quality illustrations and allowed newspapers to create new pictorial sections. This collection includes an illustrated history of World War I selected from newspaper rotogravure sections that graphically documents the people, places, and events important to the war.
This webcast focuses on the role of early American newspapers in distributing the text of the Declaration of Independence and in leading the charge for independence.
Watch a webcast featuring Julie Goldsmith, Manager of the Chicago Tribune Historical Collection at Michigan State University, where she discusses how the Chicago Tribune newspaper developed mass production techniques to help bring color and art to their newspaper.