LibGuides: Tufts in American History: Primary Sources

Tufts University Student Newspapers

Located on Level G in Tisch Library, Tufts Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) houses both physical and online materials related to the history of Tufts. Below you will find information about Tufts' student newspapers through the years, but be sure to search the DCA to discover much more!

The Tuftonian
Covers the years 1864-1965. Call number: LD5398 .T78. Located in Tisch Bound Periodicals and Archives. Absorbed and continued as Tufts Weekly.
Tufts Weekly
The Tufts Weekly was the student newspaper from 1895 through 1968. It was replaced by the Observer in 1969. Call numbers: LH1.T8 W44 v.6 (1900) - v.74 (1968) Tisch Oversize Periodical, MICRO R315 v.21 (1917) - v.68 (1963) and Archives v.1 (Jan. 01, 1895) - v.74 (Jan. 01, 1968)
Tufts Observer
Covers the years 1969 to the present. Before 2005 available in DCA not online. Call Number: UP055
Tufts Daily Online
Covers the years 1980 to the present. Digitized versions of this newspaper are usually about a year behind.

Tufts Digital Library

Search the Tufts Digital Library to discover more about the history of Tufts University since its founding.

Tufts Digital Library
The Tufts Digital Library is a place to explore and discover Tufts' research, teaching, and unique collections online. Available collections include faculty and student scholarship, archival, manuscript, and photograph collections, oral histories, student and university publications, and more.

More Newspapers & Magazines

Boston Globe Historical Newspapers
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

America's Historical Newspapers
Selection of U.S. newspapers from 1690-1922
Harper's Magazine
Search the archives of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the present.
The Nation. July 1865- .
The Nation Digital Archive provides full access to the complete backfile of the oldest continuously published weekly journal in America; it includes every article, editorial, poem, puzzle, and review since publication began on July 6th, 1865.

New York Times Historical Newspapers
This database offers full-page images and article images from the New York Times dating back to 1851 (called New York daily times, 1851-1857). Digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files. It provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Time
Articles from Time are available online from 1923 to the present. Prior to 1923, they can be found as follows: Microform & Print: 1923-1933 Tisch Microform MICRO R19; 1934 to present Tisch Bound Periodicals AP 2 .T37 (Microforms on Level 2; Bound Periodicals on Level G)
The Economist: Historical Archive 1843-2013
Search the Economist as far back in history as you like.
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the origins of photography to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google

Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
For over 100 years, library users have relied on Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature as the ultimate index of subjects in the popular press, such as magazines written at the time, including Time and Newsweek.
Readers' Guide Full Text Mega
Readers' Guide Full Text is a database containing comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the full text of selected periodicals.

Women' Studies Resources

Gerritsen Collection
Books and periodicals on women's history and feminism
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Begun in the late 19th century, the Gerritsen Collection represents books and periodicals tracing the development of feminist consciousness through 4 centuries and 15 languages. The Collection is one of the most important single sources in the study of women's history.

Gender Watch
This is a database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Primary sources in the study of women's social movements from colonial times to the present. This database contains books, pamphlets and proceedings from national conventions on women's rights, abolition, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Ad*Access
From Duke University. Many ads directed at women.
Vogue Archive. 1892 to the present
The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition), from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names.

Vietnam War

Virtual Vietnam Archive
Texas Tech University’s Vietnam Center and Archive is the largest online source for information on the Vietnam War. The archive was formed by Vietnam veterans in 1989 with a mission to “collect and preserve the documentary record of the Vietnam War.”
The Rutgers Oral History Archives
Calling itself the “#15 oral history site in the world,” this site is contributed to by Rutgers graduates who served in Vietnam. All four branches of the military are presented, and interviews may be downloaded in HTML or PDF format.
Vietnam War Ephemera Collection
Part of the University of Washington Libraries’ digital collections, this site collects leaflets and newspapers that were distributed on campus by the Students for a Democratic Society in the 1960s and 1970s. Users may search through a large collection of scanned documents related to the antiwar movement, as well as other hot social issues of the time.

Historic U.S. Government Publications

The resources on this page include both online publications and indexes for discovering more publications.

U.S. Documents Masterfile
An electronic guide to federal, state, local and international public documents, spanning over 200 years of publication, in a single searchable database. Contains two types of records, full bibliographic records and brief records comprised of index terms or pointers to public documents cumulations or catalogs.

US Congressional Serial Set 1817-1994
Digitized reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and executive branch/agency publications.

Congressional Publications
Provides users with access to a comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information. Includes full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, public laws and other research materials. The database is an effective source for general research in many academic disciplines, in addition to research related to specific legislative proposals and laws. Researchers can access information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, and financial data.

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
A digital library of pre-18th to 20th century documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government, with annotations, indexes, and links to supporting materials.