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Popular Periodicals Pre-1970's by Title
Popular periodicals are the magazines you'd find on the rack at the grocery store. Unlike scholarly journals which contain in-depth research into specialized fields of knowledge, the articles in popular periodicals may be as entertaining as they are informative. As primary sources, these publications are especially useful for historical research. Articles, advertisements, illustrations, photographs, design, and language all capture the flavor of a time period.
The publications in this list are available in two formats: microform (microfilm and microfiche) and paper. The physical location of each title will vary throughout the library. For help locating titles, do a Journal Title search in the library's online catalog, or ask for assistance at the Learning Commons Help Desk.
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| Title | Library has... | |
| A | ||
| The African | microform | 1937-1948 |
|
All's well |
microform |
1920-1935 |
| America | microform
paper |
1952-1956
1956-2002 |
| American Artist | microform
paper |
1937-1972
1973-2002 |
| American City | paper | 1964-1975 |
| American Heritage | microform
paper |
1949-1956
1951-2002 |
| American Home | paper | 1960-1977 |
| The American Mercury |
microform |
1924-1951 |
| American Opinion | microform | 1958-1985 |
| The American Spectator | paper | 1932-1937 |
| Americas | microform
paper |
1949-1959
1960-2002 |
| Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction | paper | 1961-1965 |
| Antiques | paper | 1962-1971 |
| Appleton's Popular Science Monthly | microform | 1895-1900 |
| Architectural Forum | paper | 1958-1974 |
| Architectural Record | paper | 1956-1981 |
| The Arena | paper | 1889/90-1909 |
| Arizona Highways | paper | 1950-1992 |
| Art Digest | microform
paper |
1926-1943
1938/39-1955 |
| Art in America | microform
paper |
1913-1919; 1939-1957
1959-2002 |
| Art in America and Elsewhere | microform | 1921-1939 |
| Art International | microform
paper |
1957-1972
1970-1984 |
| The Art Quarterly | microform | 1938-1974 |
| Artforum | microform
paper |
1962-1967
1967-1982 |
| Artists' and Writers' Chap Book | microform | 1933-1935 |
| ARTnews | microform
paper |
1928-1954
1953-1996; |
| Arts | paper | 1955/56-1961 |
| Arts and Activities | microform
paper |
1959-1967
1968-2002 |
| Arts Digest | paper | 1954-1955 |
| Arts in Society | paper | 1958-1976 |
| Astounding Science Fiction | paper | 1946-1959 |
| The Atlantic | paper | 1933-1971 |
| The Atlantic Monthly | microform
paper |
1857-1931
1932 |
| Atlantic Naturalist | paper | 1955-1971 |
| Atlas: Magazine of the World Press | paper | 1961-1972 |
| Audubon Magazine | microform
paper |
1941-1950
1950-1961 |
| Avant Garde | paper | 1968-1971 |
| Aviation Week | paper | 1951-1958 |
| B[ back to top ] | ||
| Best's Review | microform
paper |
1957-1965
1965-1968 |
| Better Homes and Gardens | paper | 1952-1998 |
| Bird-Lore | microform | 1899-1940 |
| Black Mountain Review | paper | 1954-1957 |
| Blast | microform | 1914-1915; 1933 |
| Blue Review | microform | 1913 |
| Blues | microform | 1929-1930 |
| Booklist | microform
paper |
1969/70
1970/71-current |
| The Bookman | microform | 1895-1933 |
| Boston Mechanic, and Journal of the Useful Arts and Sciences | microform | 1835-1836 |
| Britain | paper | 1942-1945 |
| Broom | microform | 1921-1924 |
| Bruno Chap Books | microform | 1915-1916 |
| Bruno's Weekly | microform | 1915-1916 |
| The Burlington Magazine | paper | 1961-2003 |
| Business Management | paper | 1964/65-1971 |
| Business Week | microform
paper |
1929-1948; 1988-current
1999-current |
| C [ back to top ] | ||
| Caravel | microform | 1934-1936 |
| Catholic World | microform
paper |
1889/90-1957
1957/58-1971 |
| Center Magazine | paper | 1967-1987 |
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine | microform | 1881-1930 |
| Changing Times | paper | 1957-1991 |
| The Chat | paper | 1937-2002 |
| The Chautauqua | microform | 1880-1914 |
| Chelsea | microform
paper |
1958-1974
1975-2002 |
| The Christian Century | microform
paper |
1902-1962
1963-2002 |
| The Colored American Magazine | microform | 1900-1909 |
| Commentary | microform
paper |
1945-1952
1952-2002 |
| Common Ground | paper | 1942-1948 |
| Commonweal | microform
paper |
1924-1956/57
1956/57-2002 |
| The Condor | microform
paper |
1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Confederate Veteran | paper | 1883-1932 |
| The Contemporary Review | microform
paper |
1953-1976
1977-2003 |
| Coronet | microform | 1948-1961 |
| Courier | paper | 1948-1958 |
| Craft Horizons | microform
paper |
1942-1970
1963-1979 |
| The Crayon | paper | 1855-1861 |
| The Crisis | microform
paper |
1910-1983
1984-1996 |
| The Critic | microform | 1881-1885 |
| D [ back to top ] | ||
| Dance Magazine | paper | 1957-2004 |
| Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine | paper | 1946-1999; 2001 |
| Debow's Review | microform | 1846-1880 |
| The Dial | microform | 1880-1929 |
| The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion | paper | 1840-1844 |
| Diogenes | microform | 1940 |
| Dissent | microform
paper |
1954-1975
1976-2002 |
| Dun's Review | paper | 1950-1953 |
| E [ back to top ] | ||
| Earth | microform | 1930-1932 |
| Ebony | microform
paper |
1945-1969
1969-2003 |
| The Economist | microform
paper |
1955-1964
1965-2002 |
| The Ecumenical Review | paper | 1959-1979 |
| The Egoist | microform | 1914-1919 |
| Electronics World | paper | 1959-1971 |
| Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly | microform | 1857 |
| Encounter | paper | 1963-1990 |
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions | paper | 1866-1910 |
| Esquire | microform
paper |
1933-1971
1972-1978 |
| Every Saturday | microform | 1866-1874 |
| The Exile | microform | 1927-1928 |
| F [ back to top ] | ||
| Fact | paper | 1964-1967 |
| Field and Stream | microform
paper |
1898-1961
1961-1984 |
| Flying | paper | 1956-1977 |
| Focus | microform
paper |
1950-1974
1974-2002 |
| Forbes | microform
paper |
1958-1959
1959-current |
| The Forerunner | microform | 1909-1916 |
| Fortune | microform
paper |
1930-1939
1939-current |
| Forum | microform | 1886-1930 |
| Forum and Century | microform | 1930-1940 |
| The Freedman | microform | 1864-1869 |
| The Freedmen's Advocate | microform | 1864-1865 |
| The Freedmen's Journal | microform | 1865-1866 |
| Freedomways | microform | 1961-1976 |
| Front | microform | 1930 |
| G [ back to top ] | ||
| Godey's Lady's Book | paper | 1850 |
| Good Housekeeping | paper | 1960-2002 |
| The Glebe | microform | 1913-1914 |
| The Greenwich Villager | microform | 1933-1934 |
| H [ back to top ] | ||
| Harper's Magazine | microform
paper |
1913-1939
1939-1976 |
| Harper's Monthly Magazine | microform | 1900-1913 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine | microform | 1850-1900 |
| Harper's Weekly | microform
paper |
1857-1916
1865 |
| Hi Fi Review (Hifi/Stereo Review) | paper | 1958; 1962-1968 |
| High Fidelity | paper | 1965-1989 |
| Holiday | microform
paper |
1946-1949
1950-1976 |
| Horizon | paper | 1958-1989 |
| Horn Book | microform
paper |
1924-1959
1960-2003 |
| Horticulture | paper | 1961-1979 |
| House Beautiful | paper | 1961-1976 |
| The Humanist | microform
paper |
1941-1976
1966; 1977-2002 |
| The Hymn | paper | 1949/50-1997 |
| I [ back to top ] | ||
| I.F. Stone's Weekly | microform | 1953-1971 |
| The Imperial Magazine | microform | 1819-1834 |
| L [ back to top ] | ||
| The Ladies' Home Journal | microform
paper |
1889-1959
1960-2002 |
| Ladies' Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper | microform | 1883-1889 |
| The Land We Love | microform | 1866-1869 |
| The Laughing Horse | microform | 1922-1939 |
| Library Journal | paper | 1957-1974 |
| Life | paper | 1936-1972 |
| Life and Labor | microform | 1911-1921 |
| Littell's Living Age | microform | 1884-1941 |
| The Little Review | microform | 1914-1926 |
| The Living Wilderness | paper | 1954-1982 |
| London Bulletin | microform | 1938-1940 |
| The London Magazine, and Monthly Chronologer | microform | 1736-1738 |
| The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer | microform | 1732-1780; 1784-1785 |
| Look | microform
paper |
1953-1963
1964-1971 |
| M [ back to top ] | ||
| Maclean's | paper | 1969-2003 |
| Mademoiselle | paper | 1962-2001 |
| The Magazine | microform | 1933-1935 |
| The Magazine of American History | microform | 1877-1893 |
| Man | paper | 1901-1994 |
| Marriage and Family Living | microform | 1939-1963 |
| McBride's Magazine | microform | 1868-1916 |
| McCall's | microform
paper |
1894-1971
1971-2001 |
| The Mirror Monthly Magazine | microform | 1822-1849 |
| Missionary Review of the World | paper | 1909-1939 |
| Modern Man | paper | 1956-1976 |
| Modern Photography | paper | 1960-1980 |
| Modern Review | microform | 1922-1924 |
| Musical America | paper | 1950-1964 |
| The Musical Quarterly | microform
paper |
1915-1954
1953-2000 |
| N [ back to top ] | ||
| The Nation | microform
paper |
1865-1960
1960-2002 |
| National Civic Review | microform
paper |
1955-1961
1962-2001 |
| National Congress of Mothers Magazine | microform | 1906-1909 |
| National Geographic | paper | 1959-2002 |
| The National Geographic Magazine | microform
paper |
1888-1912
1913-1959 |
| National Historical Magazine | paper | 1941-1946 |
| National Parent-Teacher | microform
paper |
1937-1960
1961 |
| The National Parent-Teacher Magazine | paper | 1934-1937 |
| National Review | paper | 1963-2002 |
| The Nation's Schools | microform
paper |
1928-1952
1952-1974 |
| Natural History | microform
paper |
1917-1943
1942-2002 |
| Nature Magazine | paper | 1935, 1973 |
| Negro Digest | microform | 1942-1969 |
| The Negro Farmer and Messenger | microform | 1914-1918 |
| The New American Mercury | microform | 1949-1951 |
| The New Path | microform | 1863-1865 |
| The New Republic | microform
paper |
1914-1965
1966-2002 |
| New South | microform
paper |
1946-1973
1966-1973 |
| The New Yorker | microform
paper |
1940-1952
1952-current |
| Newsweek | microform | 1933-2002 |
| The North American Review | microform
paper |
1815-1974
1974-2000 |
| North Carolina Wildlife Conservation | paper | 1937-1945 |
| O [ back to top ] | ||
| Opportunity | microform | 1923-1949 |
| Outdoor Life | paper | 1966-1996 |
| P [ back to top ] | ||
| Pagany | microform | 1930-1933 |
| Parents' Magazine & Better Family Living | paper | 1968-1973 |
| Partisan Review | microform
paper |
1934-1975
1976-2002 |
| Partisan Review [John Reed Club] | microform | 1934-1941 |
| Partisan Review & Anvil | microform | 1934-1941 |
| The Phoenix | microform | 1914-1916 |
| Photography | paper | 1954 |
| Playboy | paper | 1955-2000 |
| Popular Electronics | microform
paper |
1962-1971
1966 |
| Popular Mechanics | microform
paper |
1923-1950
1950-2002 |
| Popular Photography | paper | 1955-2002 |
| Popular Science | microform
paper |
1872-1948
1949-2002 |
| Printers' Ink | paper | 1963-1967 |
| The Prison World | microform | 1940-1954 |
| Progressive Architecture | paper | 1956-1983 |
| Psychology Today | microform
paper |
1967-2001
1967-2000 |
| Publishers' Weekly | paper | 1965-current |
| Punch | paper | 1951-1978 |
| Putnam's Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of Literature, Art and Life | paper | 1906-1910 |
| Putnam's Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests | microform | 1868-1870 |
| R [ back to top ] | ||
| Reader's Digest | paper | 1934-2002 |
| Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults | paper | 1969-2004 |
| The Reporter | microform | 1949-1955 |
| Retort: An Anarchist Review | microform | 1942-1951 |
| Rolling Stone | microform | 1967-2004 |
| The Rotarian | paper | 1919-2003 |
| S [ back to top ] | ||
| The Saturday Evening Post | microform
paper |
1916-1929
1952-2002 |
| Saturday Review of Literature | microform
paper |
1924-1950
1951 |
| The Saturnian | microform | 1920-1929 |
| Science Digest | microform
paper |
1937-1956
1956-1986 |
| Science News | paper | 1966-2002 |
| Scientific American | microform
paper |
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribner's Magazine | microform | 1887-1939 |
| Scribners Monthly | microform | 1870-1881 |
| Secession | microform | 1922-1924 |
| The Seven Arts | microform | 1910-1919 |
| Seventeen | paper | 1968-1997 |
| Show: The Magazine of the Arts | paper | 1961-1965 |
| Sky and Telescope | microform
paper |
1941-1956
1947/48-2004 |
| Soil: A Magazine of Art | microform | 1910-1919 |
| St. Nicholas | paper | 1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| The Southern and Western Literary Messenger | microform | 1844-1846 |
| Southern Literary Messenger | microform | 1834-1864 |
| Soviet Life | paper | 1966-1991 |
| Sports Illustrated | microform
paper |
1954-2001
1957-current |
| Sunset | paper | 1965-1974 |
| The Survey | paper | 1949-1952 |
| T [ back to top ] | ||
| Tambour | microform | 1930-1940 |
| Theatre Arts Monthly | microform | 1937-1939 |
| This Quarter | microform | 1925-1931 |
| Time | microform
paper |
1935-1950 1951-2003 |
| Today's Health | paper | 1951-1976 |
| The Transatlantic Review | microform | 1920-1929 |
| Travel | paper | 1962-1978 |
| 291 | microform | 1910-1919 |
| U [ back to top ] | ||
| The United States News | microform | 1946-1948 |
| U.S. News & World Report | paper | 1949-2003 |
| V [ back to top ] | ||
| Vogue | microform
paper |
1892-1963
1964-2002 |
| The Voice of the Negro: Illustrated Monthly | microform | 1904-1907 |
| W [ back to top ] | ||
| The Westminster Review | microform | 1891-1914 |
| Wildlife in North Carolina | paper | 1951-2002 |
| Wildlife Management in North Carolina | paper | 1937-1941 |
| The World's Work | microform | 1900-1932 |
| The Writer | microform
paper |
1941-1954
1955-2003 |
| XYZ [ back to top ] | ||
| Yachting | paper | 1965-2002 |
| The Young Mechanic | 1937-1939 | |
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