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