Historical Periodicals, Books, and Other Printed Matter
Electronic and other access to historical magazines, journals, books, and other printed material.
A note about microfilm: some of the materials on this page are on microfilm. Microfilm must be requested via Sooner XPress. Readers are located on the 4th Floor of Bizzell Library, just outside of the Government Documents office.
- America's Historical Imprints (1639-1900; Readex/Newsbank)Books from Early American Imprints, the Evans Series (1639-1800), the Shaw-Shoemaker Series (1801-1819), and full text of broadsides, 1820-1900, (large sheets of paper usually printed on one side), and ephemera, 1760-1900 (things like invitations, lottery announcements, menus, stock certificates, etc.) from American Broadsides and Ephemera.
- American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection (1691-1877; Ebsco)American (and some British) magazines and journals.
- American Periodicals Series OnlineProvides access to over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, journals, and other historically significant periodicals.
- British Library Newspapers (1800-1900)Full text access to approximately 1300 British newspapers.
- British Periodicals (1681-1939; Proquest)British magazines and journals.
- Early English Books Online, 1475-1700Facsimile images of books on all topics printed in the British Isles from the 15th through 18th centuries.
- Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineFull text access to works published in the UK during the 18th century.
- London Low LifeFull-text and color digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to the 18th, 19th and early 20th century London. Of particular interest to theatre historians: tourist guides describing theatres, ticket prices, etc.
Historical Periodicals, cont'd
- 19th Century Theatre Periodicals (British)From the British Library, the Theatre Museum, and the Bodleain Library of Oxford University. Historical newspapers and periodicals publishing news of the theatre. MICROFILM
- American Theatre Periodicals of the 19th and Early 20th CenturiesTheater news from New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and other venues is covered in this collection of periodicals. Some titles focus on a broader scale of performing arts, including vaudeville, magic, opera and folklore. MICROFILM
- 20th Century British Theatre Periodicals (1901-1939)Early 20th century theatre news from British newspapers and magazines. MICROFILM
- Historical Newspapers from ProQuestFull page images of several American and a couple of UK newspapers, going back as far as 1791 (the Observer - UK) and 1857 (the New York Times).