LibGuides: FYSM 258: Cinephilia and Philosophy (Younger): Primary Sources

Newspapers & Magazines

New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Archive of the New York Times from 1851-2019. Contains New York Times Index.
ProQuest Black Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Collection of Historic Black newspapers including Atlanta Daily World, Baltimore Afro-American, Chicago Defender, Cleveland Call and Post, Los Angeles Sentinel, Louisville Defender, Michigan Chronicle, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier. Covers from 1893-2010 time period, but individual newspaper coverage dates vary.
Life Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Cover-to-cover archive beginning with the first issue in 1936.

All Newspaper Databases
There are lots, from multiple time periods and parts of the world.

Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. A multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.

The Watkinson
The Watkinson Library serves as a public research library, the rare book and special collections of the Trinity College Library, and the repository of the Trinity College archives.

Project Gutenberg This link opens in a new window
Contains the full text of over 70,000 free e-books. Focus is on older works in which United States copyright protection has expired.

Internet Archive
In addition to archiving websites, the Internet Archive also boasts a huge collection of freely accessible texts, images, audio files, and films. The "Feature Films" collection is particularly fantastic if you're looking for old movies that are out of copyright.