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January 24, 2015, was the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death. The soldier, politician and writer lived a long and notable life, which was extensively covered in American newspapers. From...

Reliving a moment in history through the pages of America’s Historical Newspapers takes the event out of its place on the timeline of history and reinserts it into the messy context of its era. The...

Newspaper Archives for Academic Research and Training: A Series of Three Regionally Focused Webinars American newspapers—with their eyewitness reporting, editorials, advertisements, obituaries and...

Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling book and film, The Help, brought to life a familiar caricature of African American women, the American “mammy.” Depicted as good humored, overweight, middle-aged...

August 23, 2012, would have been Gene Kelly’s 100th birthday. While that would be reason enough to browse America's Historical Newspapers for coverage of his life and work, 2012 is also the 60th...

Isadora Duncan was dance-struck as a young child in San Francisco. By the time she was six, she was teaching neighborhood children how to move like ocean waves. The strict rules of ballet and...

May 27, 2012, is the 75th anniversary of the opening celebrations of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. When it opened, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. It spanned the mile-wide...

Lincoln J. Beachey (March 3, 1887 – March 14, 1915) In the early 20th century, aviator Lincoln Beachey and his Curtis biplane amazed and delighted crowds with the “Dip of Death” and his mastery of...

The Morning Oregonian (Aug. 23, 1908) It was 100 years ago this month that Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, reached the South Pole. For the first time, two expeditions were making attempts to...

Artist's sketch of D. B. Cooper (Photo: Seattle FBI) The first aircraft hijackings were political. Leave it to American ingenuity to monetize the action! D.B. Cooper, not his real name, did it in 1971...

Source: American Newspaper Archives / America's Historical Newspapers July of 2011 marks 50 years since the suicide of American author and Nobel Laureate Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway ranged far from...

Source: Morning Oregonian, Feb. 5, 1910 Low-fat? Low-calorie? Low-carb? Headlines seem to grab the public’s interest every day with warnings about what and what not to eat. With food-related health...

A wide selection of diverse titles reveals local, regional and national history Dozens of significant titles from more than 40 states are available individually as a part of America’s Historical...