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Popular Periodicals Pre-1970's
Popular Periodicals: by Title by Decade by Subject
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 Reference Desk.
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Decade/Title |
Format/Date |
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| 1700's | ||
| The London Magazine, and Monthly Chronologer |
 |
1736-1738 |
| The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer |
|
1732-1780; 1784-1785 |
| 1810's | ||
| The Imperial Magazine |
|
1819-1834 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| 1820's | ||
| The Imperial Magazine |
|
1819-1834 |
| The Mirror Monthly Magazine |
|
1822-1849 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| 1830's [ back to top ] | ||
| Boston Mechanic, and Journal of the Useful Arts and Sciences |
|
1835-1836 |
| The Imperial Magazine |
|
1819-1834 |
| The Mirror Monthly Magazine |
|
1822-1849 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Southern Literary Messenger |
|
1834-1864 |
| 1840's [ back to top ] | ||
| Debow's Review |
|
1846-1880 |
| The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion |
 |
1840-1844 |
| The Mirror Monthly Magazine |
|
1822-1849 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| The Southern and Western Literary Messenger |
|
1844-1846 |
| Southern Literary Messenger |
|
1834-1864 |
| 1850's [ back to top ] | ||
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| The Crayon |
|
1855-1861 |
| Debow's Review |
|
1846-1880 |
| Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly |
|
1857 |
| Godey's Lady's Book |
|
1850 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine |
|
1850-1900 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Southern Literary Messenger |
|
1834-1864 |
| 1860's [ back to top ] | ||
| The Crayon |
|
1855-1861 |
| Debow's Review |
|
1846-1880 |
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions |
|
1866-1910 |
| Every Saturday |
|
1866-1874 |
| The Freedman |
|
1864-1869 |
| The Freedmen's Advocate |
|
1864-1865 |
| The Freedmen's Journal |
|
1865-1866 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine |
|
1850-1900 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The Land We Love |
|
1866-1869 |
| McBride's Magazine |
|
1868-1916 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| The New Path |
|
1863-1865 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Putnam's Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests |
|
1868-1870 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Southern Literary Messenger |
|
1834-1864 |
| 1870's [ back to top ] | ||
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions |
|
1866-1910 |
| Every Saturday |
|
1866-1874 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine |
|
1850-1900 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The Magazine of American History |
|
1877-1893 |
| McBride's Magazine |
|
1868-1916 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Popular Science |
|
1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| Putnam's Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of Literature, Art and Life |
|
1906-1910 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribners Monthly |
|
1870-1881 |
| St. Nicholas |
|
1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| 1880's [ back to top ] | ||
| The Arena |
|
1889/90-1909 |
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| Catholic World |
|
1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |
|
1881-1930 |
| The Chautauqua |
|
1880-1914 |
| Confederate Veteran |
|
1883-1932 |
| The Critic |
|
1881-1885 |
| Debow's Review |
|
1846-1880 |
| The Dial |
|
1880-1929 |
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions |
|
1866-1910 |
| Forum |
|
1886-1930 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine |
|
1850-1900 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The Ladies' Home Journal |
|
1889-1959 1960-2002 |
| Ladies' Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper |
|
1883-1889 |
| Littell's Living Age |
|
1884-1941 |
| The Magazine of American History |
|
1877-1893 |
| McBride's Magazine |
|
1868-1916 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| National Congress of Mothers Magazine |
|
1906-1909 |
| The National Geographic Magazine |
|
1888-1912 1913-1959 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Popular Science |
|
1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribner's Magazine |
|
1887-1939 |
| Scribners Monthly |
|
1870-1881 |
| St. Nicholas |
|
1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| 1890's [ back to top ] | ||
| Appleton's Popular Science Monthly |
|
1895-1900 |
| The Arena |
|
1889/90-1909 |
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| Bird-Lore |
|
1899-1940 |
| The Bookman |
|
1895-1933 |
| Catholic World |
|
1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |
|
1881-1930 |
| The Chautauqua |
|
1880-1914 |
| The Colored American Magazine |
|
1900-1909 |
| The Condor |
|
1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Confederate Veteran |
|
1883-1932 |
| The Dial |
|
1880-1929 |
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions |
|
1866-1910 |
| Field and Stream |
|
1898-1961 1961-1984 |
| Forum |
|
1886-1930 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine |
|
1850-1900 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The Ladies' Home Journal |
|
1889-1959 1960-2002 |
| Ladies' Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper |
|
1883-1889 |
| Littell's Living Age |
|
1884-1941 |
| The Magazine of American History |
|
1877-1893 |
| McBride's Magazine |
|
1868-1916 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| The National Geographic Magazine |
|
1888-1912 1913-1959 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Popular Science |
|
1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribner's Magazine |
|
1887-1939 |
| St. Nicholas |
|
1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| Vogue |
|
1892-1963 1964-2002 |
| The Westminster Review |
|
1891-1914 |
| 1900's [ back to top ] | ||
| Appleton's Popular Science Monthly |
|
1895-1900 |
| The Arena |
|
1889/90-1909 |
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| Bird-Lore |
|
1899-1940 |
| The Bookman |
|
1895-1933 |
| Catholic World |
|
1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |
|
1881-1930 |
| The Chautauqua |
|
1880-1914 |
| The Christian Century |
|
1902-1962 1963-2002 |
| The Condor |
|
1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Confederate Veteran |
|
1883-1932 |
| The Dial |
|
1880-1929 |
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions |
|
1866-1910 |
| Field and Stream |
|
1898-1961 1961-1984 |
| The Forerunner |
|
1909-1916 |
| Forum |
|
1886-1930 |
| Harper's Monthly Magazine |
|
1900-1913 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine |
|
1850-1900 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The Ladies' Home Journal |
|
1889-1959 1960-2002 |
| Littell's Living Age |
|
1884-1941 |
| The Magazine of American History |
|
1877-1893 |
| Man |
|
1901-1994 |
| McBride's Magazine |
|
1868-1916 |
| McCall's |
|
1894-1971 1971-2001 |
| Missionary Review of the World |
|
1909-1939 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| The National Geographic Magazine |
|
1888-1912 1913-1959 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Popular Science |
|
1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| Putnam's Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of Literature, Art and Life |
|
1906-1910 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribner's Magazine |
|
1887-1939 |
| St. Nicholas |
|
1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| Vogue |
|
1892-1963 1964-2002 |
| The Voice of the Negro: Illustrated Monthly |
|
1904-1907 |
| The Westminster Review |
|
1891-1914 |
| The World's Work |
|
1900-1932 |
| 1910's [ back to top ] | ||
| 291 |
|
1910-1919 |
| Art in America |
|
1913-1919; 1939-1957 1959-2002 |
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| Bird-Lore |
|
1899-1940 |
| Blast |
|
1914-1915; 1933 |
| Blue Review |
|
1913 |
| The Bookman |
|
1895-1933 |
| Bruno Chap Books |
|
1915-1916 |
| Bruno's Weekly |
|
1915-1916 |
| Catholic World |
|
1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |
|
1881-1930 |
| The Chautauqua |
|
1880-1914 |
| The Christian Century |
|
1902-1962 1963-2002 |
| The Condor |
|
1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Confederate Veteran |
|
1883-1932 |
| The Crisis |
|
1910-1983 1984-1996 |
| The Dial |
|
1880-1929 |
| The Egoist |
|
1914-1919 |
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions |
|
1866-1910 |
| Field and Stream |
|
1898-1961 1961-1984 |
| The Forerunner |
|
1909-1916 |
| Forum |
|
1886-1930 |
| The Glebe |
|
1913-1914 |
| Harper's Magazine |
|
1913-1939 1939-1976 |
| Harper's Monthly Magazine |
|
1900-1913 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The Ladies' Home Journal |
|
1889-1959 1960-2002 |
| Life and Labor |
|
1911-1921 |
| Littell's Living Age |
|
1884-1941 |
| The Little Review |
|
1914-1926 |
| Man |
|
1901-1994 |
| McBride's Magazine |
|
1868-1916 |
| McCall's |
|
1894-1971 1971-2001 |
| The Musical Quarterly |
|
1915-1954 1953-2000 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| The National Geographic Magazine |
|
1888-1912 1913-1959 |
| Natural History |
|
1917-1943 1942-2002 |
| The Negro Farmer and Messenger |
|
1914-1918 |
| The New Republic |
|
1914-1965 1966-2002 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| The Phoenix |
|
1914-1916 |
| Popular Science |
|
1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| Putnam's Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of Literature, Art and Life |
|
1906-1910 |
| The Rotarian |
|
1919-2003 |
| The Saturday Evening Post |
|
1916-1929 1952-2002 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribner's Magazine |
|
1887-1939 |
| The Seven Arts |
|
1910-1919 |
| Soil: A Magazine of Art |
|
1910-1919 |
| St. Nicholas |
|
1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| Vogue |
|
1892-1963 1964-2002 |
| The Westminster Review |
|
1891-1914 |
| The World's Work |
|
1900-1932 |
| 1920's [ back to top ] | ||
| The American Mercury |
|
1924-1951 |
| Art Digest |
|
1926-1943 1938/39-1955 |
| Art in America and Elsewhere |
|
1921-1939 |
| ARTnews |
|
1928-1954
1953-1996; |
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| Bird-Lore |
|
1899-1940 |
| Blues |
|
1929-1930 |
| The Bookman |
|
1895-1933 |
| Broom |
|
1921-1924 |
| Business Week |
|
1929-1948; 1988-current 1999-current |
| Catholic World |
|
1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |
|
1881-1930 |
| The Christian Century |
|
1902-1962 1963-2002 |
| Commonweal |
|
1924-1956/57 1956/57-2002 |
| The Condor |
|
1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Confederate Veteran |
|
1883-1932 |
| The Crisis |
|
1910-1983 1984-1996 |
| The Dial |
|
1880-1929 |
| The Exile |
|
1927-1928 |
| Field and Stream |
|
1898-1961 1961-1984 |
| Forum |
|
1886-1930 |
| Harper's Monthly Magazine |
|
1900-1913 |
| Harper's Weekly |
|
1857-1916 1865 |
| The Ladies' Home Journal |
|
1889-1959 1960-2002 |
| The Laughing Horse |
|
1922-1939 |
| Life and Labor |
|
1911-1921 |
| Littell's Living Age |
|
1884-1941 |
| The Little Review |
|
1914-1926 |
| Man |
|
1901-1994 |
| McBride's Magazine |
|
1868-1916 |
| McCall's |
|
1894-1971 1971-2001 |
| Missionary Review of the World |
|
1909-1939 |
| Modern Review |
|
1922-1924 |
| The Musical Quarterly |
|
1915-1954 1953-2000 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| The National Geographic Magazine |
|
1888-1912 1913-1959 |
| The Nation's Schools |
|
1928-1952 1952-1974 |
| Natural History |
|
1917-1943 1942-2002 |
| The New Republic |
|
1914-1965 1966-2002 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Opportunity |
|
1923-1949 |
| Popular Mechanics |
|
1923-1950 1950-2002 |
| Popular Science |
|
1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| The Rotarian |
|
1919-2003 |
| The Saturday Evening Post |
|
1916-1929 1952-2002 |
| Saturday Review of Literature |
|
1924-1950 1951 |
| The Saturnian |
|
1920-1929 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribner's Magazine |
|
1887-1939 |
| Secession |
|
1922-1924 |
| St. Nicholas |
|
1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| The Transatlantic Review |
|
1920-1929 |
| The World's Work |
|
1900-1932 |
| This Quarter |
|
1925-1931 |
| Vogue |
|
1892-1963 1964-2002 |
| 1930's [ back to top ] | ||
| The African |
|
1937-1948 |
|
All's well |
|
1920-1935 |
| American Artist |
|
1937-1972 1973-2002 |
| The American Mercury |
|
1924-1951 |
| The American Spectator |
|
1932-1937 |
| Art in America |
|
1913-1919; 1939-1957 1959-2002 |
| Art in America and Elsewhere |
|
1921-1939 |
| Art Digest |
|
1926-1943 1938/39-1955 |
| The Art Quarterly |
|
1938-1974 |
| Artists' and Writers' Chap Book |
|
1933-1935 |
| ARTnews |
|
1928-1954
1953-1996; |
| Arts Digest |
|
1954-1955 |
| The Atlantic |
|
1933-1971 |
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| Bird-Lore |
|
1899-1940 |
| Blues |
|
1929-1930 |
| The Bookman |
|
1895-1933 |
| Business Week |
|
1929-1948; 1988-current 1999-current |
| Caravel |
|
1934-1936 |
| Catholic World |
|
1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |
|
1881-1930 |
| Commonweal |
|
1924-1956/57 1956/57-2002 |
| The Condor |
|
1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Confederate Veteran |
|
1883-1932 |
| The Crisis |
|
1910-1983 1984-1996 |
| Earth |
|
1930-1932 |
| Esquire |
|
1933-1971 1972-1978 |
| Field and Stream |
|
1898-1961 1961-1984 |
| Fortune |
|
1930-1939 1939-current |
| Forum |
|
1886-1930 |
| Forum and Century |
|
1930-1940 |
| Front |
|
1930 |
| The Greenwich Villager |
|
1933-1934 |
| Harper's Magazine |
|
1913-1939 1939-1976 |
| Horn Book |
|
1924-1959 1960-2003 |
| The Ladies' Home Journal |
|
1889-1959 1960-2002 |
| The Laughing Horse |
|
1922-1939 |
| Life |
|
1936-1972 |
| Littell's Living Age |
|
1884-1941 |
| London Bulletin |
|
1938-1940 |
| The Magazine |
|
1933-1935 |
| Man |
|
1901-1994 |
| Marriage and Family Living |
|
1939-1963 |
| McCall's |
|
1894-1971 1971-2001 |
| Missionary Review of the World |
|
1909-1939 |
| The Musical Quarterly |
|
1915-1954 1953-2000 |
| The Nation |
|
1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| The National Geographic Magazine |
|
1888-1912 1913-1959 |
| National Parent-Teacher |
|
1937-1960 1961 |
| The National Parent-Teacher Magazine |
|
1934-1937 |
| The Nation's Schools |
|
1928-1952 1952-1974 |
| Natural History |
|
1917-1943 1942-2002 |
| The New Republic |
|
1914-1965 1966-2002 |
| The North American Review |
|
1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Nature Magazine |
|
1935, 1973 |
| Newsweek |
|
1933-2002 |
| North Carolina Wildlife Conservation |
|
1937-1945 |
| Opportunity |
|
1923-1949 |
| Pagany |
|
1930-1933 |
| Partisan Review |
|
1934-1975 1976-2002 |
| Partisan Review [John Reed Club] |
|
1934-1941 |
| Partisan Review & Anvil |
|
1934-1941 |
| Popular Mechanics |
|
1923-1950 1950-2002 |
| Popular Science |
|
1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| Reader's Digest |
|
1934-2002 |
| The Rotarian |
|
1919-2003 |
| The Saturday Evening Post |
|
1916-1929 1952-2002 |
| Saturday Review of Literature |
|
1924-1950 1951 |
| Science Digest |
|
1937-1956 1956-1986 |
| Scientific American |
|
1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Scribner's Magazine |
|
1887-1939 |
| St. Nicholas |
|
1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| Tambour |
|
1930-1940 |
| Theatre Arts Monthly |
|
1937-1939 |
| This Quarter |
|
1925-1931 |
| Time |
|
1935-1950 1951-2003 |
| The World's Work |
|
1900-1932 |
| The Young Mechanic | 1937-1939 | |
| Vogue |
|
1892-1963 1964-2002 |
| Wildlife Management in North Carolina |
|
1937-1941 |
| 1940's [ back to top ] | ||
| American Artist |
|
1937-1972 1973-2002 |
| American Heritage |
|
1949-1956 1951-2002 |
| Americas |
|
1949-1959 1960-2002 |
| Art Digest |
|
1926-1943 1938/39-1955 |
| Art in America |
|
1913-1919; 1939-1957 1959-2002 |
| The Art Quarterly |
|
1938-1974 |
| ARTnews |
|
1928-1954
1953-1996; |
| Astounding Science Fiction |
|
1946-1959 |
| Audubon Magazine |
|
1941-1950 1950-1961 |
| Bird-Lore |
|
1899-1940 |
| Britain |
|
1942-1945 |
| Business Week |
|
1929-1948; 1988-current 1999-current |
| Catholic World |
|
1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| The Chat |
|
1937-2002 |
| The Christian Century |
|
1902-1962 1963-2002 |
| Commentary |
|
1945-1952 1952-2002 |
| Common Ground |
|
1942-1948 |
| Commonweal |
|
1924-1956/57 1956/57-2002 |
| The Condor |
|
1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Coronet |
|
1948-1961 |
| Courier |
|
1948-1958 |
| Craft Horizons |
|
1942-1970 1963-1979 |
| The Crisis |
|
1910-1983 1984-1996 |
| Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine |
|
1946-1999; 2001 |
| Diogenes |
|
1940 |
| Ebony |
|
1945-1969 1969-2003 |
| Esquire |
|
1933-1971 1972-1978 |
| Field and Stream |
|
1898-1961 1961-1984 |
| Fortune |
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