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Just as an aimless stroll can allow you to find a new perspective on a project, casually browsing Readex digital archives can lead to serendipitous discoveries. What began as an investigation of...

Today Readex distributed this press release: Readex Announces The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922 Thousands of valuable printed works about one of the key topics in U.S. history, all digitized...

Today Readex distributed this press release: Readex to Launch The American Civil War Collection, 1860-1922 More than 13,000 printed works about the nation’s deadliest conflict, all digitized in full...

In 2003, Readex began a special partnership with Dartmouth College Library. Readex wished to scan a number of specific maps and color illustrations for our definitive digital edition of the 14,000...

In Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963, one undisputed fact occurred: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and his...

In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15, we are presenting this article by Nicolás Kanellos, published previously in The Readex Report: Cultural...

Our guest blogger is Louise Paolacci, Director, Bezi Publishing Services Pty Ltd, Australia This September marks the 30th anniversary of Australia’s momentous victory in the America’s Cup yacht race...

Look for this new Readex advertisement in the fall 2013 issue of Documents to the People, the official publication of the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) of the American Library Association...

To date, more than 1,900 imprints from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s acclaimed Afro-Americana Collection are available in the Readex digital edition. Here are a few titles of special interest...

This year's U.S. Open marked the 100th anniversary of one of golf’s most memorable moments: the incredible performance of a 20-year-old amateur in the same event in 1913. Francis Ouimet’s win—the most...

From its first session, Congress concerned itself with the publication of its own proceedings. By 1815, a definite set of publication types along with a schema for numbering volumes and publications...

At the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Readex vice president Remmel Nunn shared his expertise on “Ethnic Studies in the Digital Age.” Drawing from the Archive of Americana and other resources, he...

The first "drive-in theater" opened on June 6, 1933, just outside of Camden, New Jersey. The news was covered around the country. In their heyday in the 1950s and ‘60s, there were over 4,000 drive-ins...

The latest Hollywood version of The Great Gatsby has sparked book sales of more than a million copies in the first half of 2013 alone. That's more than twice the number typically sold in a full year...

Before Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel appeared in book form in March 1852, it was published as a serial in The National Era, an abolitionist newspaper printed weekly in the nation’s...

On May 8, 1945, the United States and Europe celebrated VE day, or Victory in Europe day. The war in Europe had lasted for six years, claiming the lives of over sixty million people. After Adolf...

By Bruce D. Roberts, creator of Edsel Promo Time Automotive sales tracker R. L. Polk & Co. recently announced that the Ford Focus was the best-selling passenger car in the world in 2012. Impressive...

In the April 15 issue of Library Journal, Gail Golderman and Bruce Connolly review nine collections of primary-source materials related to the American Civil War. Among these resources is The Civil...

For more than a century historians have regarded The Evening Star as the newspaper of record for the nation’s capital. Published under such titles as Washington Star-News and The Washington Star, this...

This newspaper page from a century ago features a complex layout of amateur and professional sports heroes, established and up-and-coming, two- and four-legged. Found among the 40 photographs are...

One of the pleasures of using America’s Historical Newspapers is the ability to come across remarkable yet little known individuals like Theos Bernard. This Arizona native and Columbia University...

Irving Berlin, the great American songwriter, needs little introduction today, but the great singer Mary Garden is less well known. She was an opera star in the first three decades of the 20th century...

Henry Brown was born into slavery, circa 1815, 45 miles outside of Richmond, Virginia. As a young man, he was taken to work in the Richmond tobacco factory of his owner, William Barret. Well-regarded...

War of the Dictionaries By Barbara Shaffer, unofficial historian of Springfield, Massachusetts The Georgian brick building of the Merriam-Webster company on Federal Street in Springfield...