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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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| A | ||
| Advertising | ||
| Printers' Ink |
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1963-1967 |
| Aeronautics | ||
| Aviation Week |
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1951-1958 |
| Flying |
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1956-1977 |
| African Americans | ||
| The African |
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1937-1948 |
| The Colored American Magazine |
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1900-1909 |
| The Crisis |
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1910-1983 1984-1996 |
| Ebony |
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1945-1969 1969-2003 |
| The Freedman |
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1864-1869 |
| The Freedmen's Advocate |
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1864-1865 |
| The Freedmen's Journal |
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1865-1866 |
| Freedomways |
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1961-1976 |
| Negro Digest |
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1942-1969 |
| The Negro Farmer and Messenger |
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1914-1918 |
| New South |
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1946-1973 1966-1973 |
| Opportunity |
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1923-1949 |
| The Voice of the Negro: Illustrated Monthly |
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1904-1907 |
| American History | ||
| American Heritage |
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1949-1956 1951-2002 |
| Confederate Veteran |
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1883-1932 |
| The Magazine of American History |
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1877-1893 |
| National Historical Magazine |
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1941-1946 |
| U.S. News & World Report |
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1949-2003 |
| American Literature | ||
| The American Spectator |
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1932-1937 |
| Bruno's Weekly |
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1915-1916 |
| Caravel |
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1934-1936 |
| Chelsea |
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1958-1974 1975-2002 |
| Diogenes |
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1940 |
| The Exile |
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1927-1928 |
| The Glebe |
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1913-1914 |
| The Land We Love |
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1866-1869 |
| The Laughing Horse |
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1922-1939 |
| The Little Review |
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1914-1926 |
| The Magazine |
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1933-1935 |
| Secession |
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1922-1924 |
| The Seven Arts |
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1910-1919 |
| American Periodicals | ||
| American Opinion |
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1958-1985 |
| The Dial |
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1880-1929 |
| Harper's Magazine |
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1913-1939 1939-1976 |
| Harper's Monthly Magazine |
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1900-1913 |
| Harper's New Monthly Magazine |
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1850-1900 |
| McBride's Magazine |
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1868-1916 |
| Modern Man |
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1956-1976 |
| The New American Mercury |
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1949-1951 |
| The New Yorker |
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1940-1952 1952-current |
| Scribners Monthly |
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1870-1881 |
| The Southern and Western Literary Messenger |
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1844-1846 |
| Southern Literary Messenger |
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1834-1864 |
| Anthropology | ||
| Man |
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1901-1994 |
| Antiques | ||
| Antiques |
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1962-1971 |
| Architecture | ||
| American Home |
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1960-1977 |
| Architectural Forum |
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1958-1974 |
| Architectural Record |
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1956-1981 |
| Better Homes and Gardens |
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1952-1998 |
| House Beautiful |
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1961-1976 |
| Progressive Architecture |
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1956-1983 |
| Art | ||
| 291 |
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1910-1919 |
| American Artist |
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1937-1972 1973-2002 |
| Art Digest |
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1926-1943 1938/39-1955 |
| Art in America |
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1913-1919; 1939-1957 1959-2002 |
| Art in America and Elsewhere |
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1921-1939 |
| Art International |
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1957-1972 1970-1984 |
| The Art Quarterly |
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1938-1974 |
| Artforum |
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1962-1967 1967-1982 |
| ARTnews |
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1928-1954
1953-1996; |
| Arts |
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1955/56-1961 |
| Arts Digest |
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1954-1955 |
| Arts in Society |
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1958-1976 |
| Avant Garde |
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1968-1971 |
| Black Mountain Review |
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1954-1957 |
| Broom |
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1921-1924 |
| The Burlington Magazine |
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1961-2003 |
| Craft Horizons |
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1942-1970 1963-1979 |
| The Crayon |
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1855-1861 |
| Encounter |
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1963-1990 |
| Horizon |
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1958-1989 |
| London Bulletin |
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1938-1940 |
| The New Path |
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1863-1865 |
| Playboy |
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1955-2000 |
| Soil: A Magazine of Art |
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1910-1919 |
| Astronomy | ||
| Sky and Telescope |
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1941-1956 1947/48-2004 |
| B[ back to top ] | ||
| Beauty, personal | ||
| Mademoiselle |
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1962-2001 |
| Seventeen |
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1968-1997 |
| Birds | ||
| Atlantic Naturalist |
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1955-1971 |
| Audubon Magazine |
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1941-1950 1950-1961 |
| Bird-Lore |
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1899-1940 |
| The Chat |
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1937-2002 |
| The Condor |
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1915-1927
1899-1918; |
| Books Reviews | ||
| Booklist |
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1969/70 1970/71-current |
| British Periodicals | ||
| Britain |
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1942-1945 |
| The Imperial Magazine |
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1819-1834 |
| The London Magazine, and Monthly Chronologer |
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1736-1738 |
| The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer |
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1732-1780; 1784-1785 |
| The Mirror Monthly Magazine |
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1822-1849 |
| Punch |
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1951-1978 |
| Business | ||
| Best's Review |
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1957-1965 1965-1968 |
| Business Management |
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1964/65-1971 |
| Business Week |
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1929-1948; 1988-current 1999-current |
| Changing Times |
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1957-1991 |
| Debow's Review |
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1846-1880 |
| Dun's Review |
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1950-1953 |
| The Economist |
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1955-1964 1965-2002 |
| Forbes |
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1958-1959 1959-current |
| Fortune |
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1930-1939 1939-current |
| The Rotarian |
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1919-2003 |
| C [ back to top ] | ||
| Children's Literature | ||
| Horn Book |
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1924-1959 1960-2003 |
| St. Nicholas |
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1873-1943 (v8, 13, 14) |
| Creative Writing | ||
| The Writer |
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1941-1954 1955-2003 |
| Culture | ||
| Life |
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1936-1972 |
| Look |
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1953-1963 1964-1971 |
| Current Events | ||
| Fact |
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1964-1967 |
| Time |
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1935-1950 1951-2003 |
| U.S. News & World Report |
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1949-2003 |
| D [ back to top ] | ||
| Decorative Arts | ||
| Craft Horizons |
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1942-1970 1963-1979 |
| Dress Making | ||
| McCall's |
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1894-1971 1971-2001 |
| Vogue |
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1892-1963 1964-2002 |
| E [ back to top ] | ||
| Education | ||
| Arts and Activities |
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1959-1967 1968-2002 |
| The Freedman |
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1864-1869 |
| The Freedmen's Advocate |
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1864-1865 |
| The Freedmen's Journal |
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1865-1866 |
| The Nation's Schools |
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1928-1952 1952-1974 |
| Electronics | ||
| Electronics World |
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1959-1971 |
| Hi Fi Review (Hifi/Stereo Review) |
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1958; 1962-1968 |
| Popular Electronics |
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1962-1971 1966 |
| F [ back to top ] | ||
| Fashion | ||
| Mademoiselle |
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1962-2001 |
| Seventeen |
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1968-1997 |
| Vogue |
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1892-1963 1964-2002 |
| G [ back to top ] | ||
| Gardening | ||
| Better Homes and Gardens |
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1952-1998 |
| Horticulture |
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1961-1979 |
| Geography | ||
| Focus |
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1950-1974 1974-2002 |
| National Geographic |
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1959-2002 |
| The National Geographic Magazine |
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1888-1912 1913-1959 |
| H [ back to top ] | ||
| Health | ||
| Today's Health |
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1951-1976 |
| History, Modern | ||
| Maclean's |
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1969-2003 |
| Newsweek |
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1933-2002 |
| U.S. News & World Report |
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1949-2003 |
| Home Economics | ||
| Good Housekeeping |
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1960-2002 |
| McCall's |
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1894-1971 1971-2001 |
| J [ back to top ] | ||
| Jewish Studies | ||
| Commentary |
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1945-1952 1952-2002 |
| L [ back to top ] | ||
| Library Science | ||
| Library Journal |
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1957-1974 |
| Literature | ||
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All's well |
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1920-1935 |
| The American Mercury |
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1924-1951 |
| The American Spectator |
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1932-1937 |
| Avant Garde |
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1968-1971 |
| Broom |
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1921-1924 |
| Bruno Chap Books |
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1915-1916 |
| Bruno's Weekly |
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1915-1916 |
| Caravel |
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1934-1936 |
| Chelsea |
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1958-1974 1975-2002 |
| The Critic |
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1881-1885 |
| Diogenes |
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1940 |
| Earth |
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1930-1932 |
| Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly |
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1857 |
| Encounter |
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1963-1990 |
| Every Saturday |
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1866-1874 |
| The Exile |
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1927-1928 |
| The Glebe |
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1913-1914 |
| The Land We Love |
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1866-1869 |
| The Laughing Horse |
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1922-1939 |
| Littell's Living Age |
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1884-1941 |
| The Little Review |
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1914-1926 |
| Modern Review |
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1922-1924 |
| The North American Review |
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1815-1974 1974-2000 |
| Pagany |
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1930-1933 |
| Putnam's Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of Literature, Art and Life |
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1906-1910 |
| Putnam's Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests |
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1868-1870 |
| Saturday Review of Literature |
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1924-1950 1951 |
| The Saturnian |
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1920-1929 |
| Secession |
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1922-1924 |
| The Seven Arts |
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1910-1919 |
| Tambour |
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1930-1940 |
| This Quarter |
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1925-1931 |
| Little Magazines | ||
| 291 |
|
1910-1919 |
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All's well |
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1920-1935 |
| The American Spectator |
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1932-1937 |
| Artists' and Writers' Chap Book |
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1933-1935 |
| Blast |
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1914-1915; 1933 |
| Blue Review |
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1913 |
| Blues |
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1929-1930 |
| Broom |
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1921-1924 |
| Bruno Chap Books |
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1915-1916 |
| Bruno's Weekly |
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1915-1916 |
| Caravel |
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1934-1936 |
| Chelsea |
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1958-1974 1975-2002 |
| Diogenes |
|
1940 |
| Earth |
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1930-1932 |
| The Exile |
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1927-1928 |
| Front |
|
1930 |
| The Glebe |
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1913-1914 |
| The Greenwich Villager |
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1933-1934 |
| The Laughing Horse |
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1922-1939 |
| London Bulletin |
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1938-1940 |
| Modern Review |
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1922-1924 |
| The Phoenix |
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1914-1916 |
| Retort: An Anarchist Review |
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1942-1951 |
| The Saturnian |
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1920-1929 |
| Secession |
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1922-1924 |
| The Seven Arts |
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1910-1919 |
| Soil: A Magazine of Art |
|
1910-1919 |
| Tambour |
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1930-1940 |
| The Transatlantic Review |
|
1920-1929 |
| M [ back to top ] | ||
| Music | ||
| Blues |
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1929-1930 |
| High Fidelity |
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1965-1989 |
| The Hymn |
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1949/50-1997 |
| The Musical Quarterly |
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1915-1954 1953-2000 |
| Rolling Stone |
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1967-2004 |
| N [ back to top ] | ||
| Nature | ||
| The Living Wilderness |
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1954-1982 |
| Natural History |
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1917-1943 1942-2002 |
| Nature Magazine |
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1935, 1973 |
| Wildlife in North Carolina |
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1951-2002 |
| O [ back to top ] | ||
| Outdoor Sports | ||
| Field and Stream |
|
1898-1961 1961-1984 |
| Outdoor Life |
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1966-1996 |
| Yachting |
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1965-2002 |
| P [ back to top ] | ||
| Parent and Child | ||
| National Congress of Mothers Magazine |
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1906-1909 |
| National Parent-Teacher |
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1937-1960 1961 |
| The National Parent-Teacher Magazine |
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1934-1937 |
| Parents' Magazine & Better Family Living |
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1968-1973 |
| Performing Arts | ||
| Dance Magazine |
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1957-2004 |
| Show: The Magazine of the Arts |
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1961-1965 |
| Theatre Arts Monthly |
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1937-1939 |
| Photography | ||
| Modern Photography |
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1960-1980 |
| Photography |
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1954 |
| Popular Photography |
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1955-2002 |
| Political Science | ||
| Center Magazine |
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1967-1987 |
| The New Republic |
|
1914-1965 1966-2002 |
| Popular Works | ||
| Coronet |
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1948-1961 |
| The Ladies' Home Journal |
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1889-1959 1960-2002 |
| Reader's Digest |
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1934-2002 |
| Psychology | ||
| Psychology Today |
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1967-2001 1967-2000 |
| Publishing | ||
| Atlas: Magazine of the World Press |
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1961-1972 |
| Publishers' Weekly |
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1965-current |
| R [ back to top ] | ||
| Regional | ||
| Arizona Highways |
|
1950-1992 |
| Sunset |
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1965-1974 |
| Religion | ||
| America |
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1952-1956 1956-2002 |
| Catholic World |
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1889/90-1957 1957/58-1971 |
| Commonweal |
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1924-1956/57 1956/57-2002 |
| The Christian Century |
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1902-1962 1963-2002 |
| The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion |
|
1840-1844 |
| The Ecumenical Review |
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1959-1979 |
| Missionary Review of the World |
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1909-1939 |
| Russian Studies | ||
| Soviet Life |
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1966-1991 |
| S [ back to top ] | ||
| Science | ||
| Appleton's Popular Science Monthly |
|
1895-1900 |
| Popular Science |
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1872-1948 1949-2002 |
| Science Digest |
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1937-1956 1956-1986 |
| Science News |
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1966-2002 |
| Scientific American |
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1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| Science Fiction | ||
| Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction |
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1961-1965 |
| Astounding Science Fiction |
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1946-1959 |
| Social Conditions | ||
| The Arena |
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1889/90-1909 |
| Common Ground |
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1942-1948 |
| Courier |
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1948-1958 |
| Dissent |
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1954-1975 1976-2002 |
| The Humanist |
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1941-1976 1966; 1977-2002 |
| Marriage and Family Living |
|
1939-1963 |
| The Prison World |
|
1940-1954 |
| The Survey |
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1949-1952 |
| Socialism | ||
| Dissent |
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1954-1975 1976-2002 |
| Front |
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1930 |
| Partisan Review |
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1934-1975 1976-2002 |
| Partisan Review [John Reed Club] |
|
1934-1941 |
| Partisan Review & Anvil |
|
1934-1941 |
| Societies | ||
| The Chautauqua |
|
1880-1914 |
| Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine |
|
1946-1999; 2001 |
| Missionary Review of the World |
|
1909-1939 |
| Sports | ||
| Sports Illustrated |
|
1954-2001 1957-current |
| T [ back to top ] | ||
| Technology | ||
| Boston Mechanic, and Journal of the Useful Arts and Sciences |
|
1835-1836 |
| Popular Mechanics |
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1923-1950 1950-2002 |
| Scientific American |
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1887-1951
1846-1847; |
| The Young Mechanic | 1937-1939 | |
| Travel | ||
| Arizona Highways |
|
1950-1992 |
| Holiday |
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1946-1949 1950-1976 |
| Travel |
|
1962-1978 |
| U [ back to top ] | ||
| United States Politics and Government | ||
| The Atlantic |
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1933-1971 |
| The Atlantic Monthly |
|
1857-1931 1932 |
| The Contemporary Review |
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1953-1976 1977-2003 |
| I.F. Stone's Weekly |
|
1953-1971 |
| The Nation |
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1865-1960 1960-2002 |
| National Civic Review |
|
1955-1961 1962-2001 |
| The United States News |
|
1946-1948 |
| U.S. News & World Report |
|
1949-2003 |
| Urban Planning | ||
| American City |
|
1964-1975 |
| W [ back to top ] | ||
| Wildlife Conservation | ||
| North Carolina Wildlife Conservation |
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1937-1945 |
| Wildlife Management in North Carolina |
|
1937-1941 |
| Women | ||
| The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions |
|
1866-1910 |
| The Forerunner |
|
1909-1916 |
| Godey's Lady's Book |
|
1850 |
| Life and Labor |
|
1911-1921 |
| Women's Periodicals | ||
| Ladies' Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper |
|
1883-1889 |
| Redbook: The Magazine for Young Adults |
|
1969-2004 |
| World Politics | ||
| The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |
|
1881-1930 |
| The Egoist |
|
1914-1919 |
| Forum |
|
1886-1930 |
| Forum and Century |
|
1930-1940 |
| The Reporter |
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1949-1955 |
| Retort: An Anarchist Review |
|
1942-1951 |
| The Westminster Review |
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1891-1914 |
| The World's Work |
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1900-1932 |
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