HarpWeek
Full-text digital database of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by date or literary genre; the full text is searchable by keywords. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
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Subjects:
History;
New York City History;
United States History;
Image Collections;
Magazines, Journals and Serials;
Historical Newspapers;
Area and Cultural Studies
Notes:
Harper's Weekly, the general interest periodical published from 1857-1912, is a primary source for learning about nineteenth-century events, people, and culture. The HarpWeek Database consists of the pages of Harper's Weekly, scanned as images, together with a series of interactive indexes. It contains many images by Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast, and Mathew Brady. Literature in the database is searchable by title, author and literary genre. In addition, over 30,000 advertisements, categorized by topic and advertiser, are included. Harper's Weekly provides detailed information and insights on major and minor political, military, and social issues and events prior to and during the Civil War as well as The Reconstruction and Gilded Age. HarpWeek database contains the following segments:
1857 - 1865: The Civil War Era
1866 - 1871: Reconstruction I
1872 - 1877: Reconstruction II
1878 - 1883: Gilded Age I
1884 - 1889: Gilded Age II
1890 - 1895: Gilded Age III
1896 - 1901: Gilded Age IV
1902 - 1907: Gilded Age V
1908 - 1912: Gilded Age VI
Users may search Harper's Weekly in the following ways:
Full Article Text - Standard Search
Full Article Text - Proximity Search
Harper's Weekly Indexes
Literary Synopses
Dates of Coverage:
1857-1912
Update Frequency:
N/A
Print Equivalent:
For the print equivalent of this title, see Harper's weekly; a journal of civilization (New York).
Provider:
HarpWeek
Format:
Web
Language:
English
Output type:
Print, Download