Recent Acquisitions in the Newspaper Department

newspaper stacks AAS has the greatest collection of early American newspapers. While the collection is extensive, there remains room for growth. AAS actively seeks the newspapers the collection lacks.

Below are links to lists of the titles recently processed and added to the newspaper collection. All of the newspapers listed here are available for use although they might not yet appear in the online catalog. Please contact the newspaper department for further information.

Orientation Film (12:25)

This short video features Vincent Golden, AAS Curator of Newspapers and Periodicals, who describes the history and characteristics of antebellum American newspapers. Filmed in the newspapers workroom at the Society, the video features examples of various newspapers and illustrated magazines from the Society's collection.

Additional Information

Inventories for Uncatalogued Collections and Directories

Facts and Figures About the Newspaper Collection

Famous Newspapers Often Reprinted

Recent Acquisitions in the Newspaper Department

List of newspapers microfilmed by the U.S. Newspaper Project

N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual. 1869-1919 (online at the Library of Congress at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/ news/news_research_tools/ ayersdirectory.html)

Stanford University's Data Visualization plots over 140,000 newspapers published over three centuries in the United States.

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