The Rafu Shimpo (羅府新報, L.A. Japanese Daily News) is the longest-running Japanese American newspaper in the United States. The paper began in 1903 supporting the small but growing Japanese community in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, California....
"The Rafu Shimpo (羅府新報, L.A. Japanese Daily News) is the longest-running Japanese American newspaper in the United States. The paper began in 1903 supporting the small but growing Japanese community in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, California....The Rafu Shimpo Digital Archive contains all obtainable issues of The Rafu Shimpo from 1914 on and includes an institutional subscription to rafu.com for full access to current issues."
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue, 1849-2011.
With the exception of publishing one religious article each day, The Christian Science Monitor provides secular, balanced coverage of international news and events, as a public service. For more than 100 years, its staff writers and correspondents around the world have reported on wars, scientific discoveries, human rights abuses, political campaigns, the arts, the environment, and people trying to make a positive difference.
The digitized pages of this historic newspaper (1841–2009) provide researchers from a range of studies, including history, political science, economics and genealogy, with reports on world affairs, national events and a record of regional topics related to agriculture, manufacturing, government and people from the dynamic viewpoint of a quintessential western boomtown.
Scholars of labor relations, union history, and the automotive industry will find the Free Press a resource for insight on the birth of the Motor City, development of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and auto manufacturing. Art and architecture.
The race riots of 1943 and 1967. The Detroit Tigers. Stevie Wonder and The Supremes. In addition to these defining characteristics of Detroit, the Free Press also provides the scoop on national and international events from a regional perspective, as well as detailed coverage of daily life in the community
The Indianapolis Star is the largest paper in Indiana. It has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize three times — once for meritorious public service and twice for investigative reporting.
For researchers seeking an authoritative regional perspective on national and international events, as well as local perspectives on community news, the digitized pages of this newspaper (1830–2000) are a valuable resource in a variety of fields, including history, political science, African-American studies, genealogy and more
Early issues of the Star Tribune also document the rise of Minneapolis as a business hub, with coverage of growth in flour and graining-milling industries, culminating in the foundation of General Mills, Pillsbury and the Washburn-Crosby Company. Other regional topics that reflect national and internationals trends of the times include news about gangsters and bootleggers during Prohibition, as well as civil rights activities in response to anti-Semitism, backlash against the first major party Black candidate for the city’s mayor, and the establishment of the American Indian Movement for the advancement of Native Americans.
Beyond major events covering nearly two centuries, including the state’s pivotal role in the American Civil War, and other national and international news, the digitized pages of The Nashville Tennessean (1812–2002) provide unique historical insight into the regional issues and concerns, such as local government, industrialization, prohibition, and racial struggles.
Founded by Joseph Pulitzer as his first newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch provides valuable coverage of regional events such as the 1904 World's Fair and the completion of the Gateway Arch, as well as a uniquely Midwestern perspective of local, national, and international news.
Full text of the Wall Street Journal beginning with the first issue in 1889 and continuing through 1992. Articles can be searched by keyword and issues can be browsed by date. Includes advertisements and full market information, including stock and bond prices, trading volume and index changes.