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Newspapers as Historical Sources. Historians value Provide current information Show how events in the past were reported at the time the events occurred.

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1 Newspapers as Historical Sources

2 Historians value Provide current information Show how events in the past were reported at the time the events occurred Newspapers  Record local historical record  Report on topics that may not be discussed in magazines or journals

3 Using Newspapers Limited to modern history  Most newspapers date only from the 18 th century when literacy rates climbed May be difficult to use  Most are not indexed  Many articles will be short and may not provide in-depth coverage of a topic In the UW Libraries  Most on microfilm

4 Finding Newspaper Articles

5 Major digitized newspapers Chicago Defender 1905-1975 Los Angeles Times, 1881-1985 New York Times, 1851-2003 Times of London, 1728-1985 Wall Street Journal, 1889-1989

6 Microfilm Newspapers Browse – useful if you are focused on an event Use an index if available Follow footnotes used in a secondary source

7 Major microfilmed newspapers Washington Post, 1877 – present San Francisco Chronicle, 1865 – present Seattle Times, 1895 – present Seattle Post Intelligencer, 1888 – present

8 Other newspapers Local papers Ballard News 1931-1963 Olympic Tribune 1918-1962 School papers Daily 1891-1976 Camp papers Manzanar Free Press 1942-1945

9 Finding newspapers in the library To locate a microfilmed newspaper: 1.Use the UW Libraries Catalog 2.Choose the journal subset 3.Do a title search for the title of the newspaper. 4.Use the card index in the Newspaper section


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