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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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Subject

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A
Advertising
Printers' Ink 1963-1967
Aeronautics
Aviation Week 1951-1958
Flying 1956-1977
African Americans
The African 1937-1948
The Colored American Magazine 1900-1909
The Crisis

1910-1983

1984-1996

Ebony

1945-1969

1969-2003

The Freedman 1864-1869
The Freedmen's Advocate 1864-1865
The Freedmen's Journal 1865-1866
Freedomways 1961-1976
Negro Digest 1942-1969
The Negro Farmer and Messenger 1914-1918
New South

1946-1973

1966-1973

Opportunity 1923-1949
The Voice of the Negro: Illustrated Monthly 1904-1907
American History
American Heritage

1949-1956

1951-2002

Confederate Veteran 1883-1932
The Magazine of American History 1877-1893
National Historical Magazine 1941-1946
U.S. News & World Report 1949-2003
American Literature
The American Spectator 1932-1937
Bruno's Weekly 1915-1916
Caravel 1934-1936
Chelsea

1958-1974

1975-2002

Diogenes 1940
The Exile 1927-1928
The Glebe 1913-1914
The Land We Love 1866-1869
The Laughing Horse 1922-1939
The Little Review 1914-1926
The Magazine 1933-1935
Secession 1922-1924
The Seven Arts 1910-1919
American Periodicals
American Opinion 1958-1985
The Dial 1880-1929
Harper's Magazine

1913-1939

1939-1976

Harper's Monthly Magazine 1900-1913
Harper's New Monthly Magazine 1850-1900
McBride's Magazine 1868-1916
Modern Man 1956-1976
The New American Mercury 1949-1951
The New Yorker

1940-1952

1952-current

Scribners Monthly 1870-1881
The Southern and Western Literary Messenger 1844-1846
Southern Literary Messenger 1834-1864
Anthropology
Man 1901-1994
Antiques
Antiques 1962-1971
Architecture
American Home 1960-1977
Architectural Forum 1958-1974
Architectural Record 1956-1981
Better Homes and Gardens 1952-1998
House Beautiful 1961-1976
Progressive Architecture 1956-1983
Art
291 1910-1919
American Artist

1937-1972

1973-2002

Art Digest

1926-1943

1938/39-1955

Art in America

1913-1919; 1939-1957

1959-2002

Art in America and Elsewhere 1921-1939
Art International

1957-1972

1970-1984

The Art Quarterly 1938-1974
Artforum

1962-1967

1967-1982

ARTnews

1928-1954

1953-1996;
1998-2002

Arts 1955/56-1961
Arts Digest 1954-1955
Arts in Society 1958-1976
Avant Garde 1968-1971
Black Mountain Review 1954-1957
Broom 1921-1924
The Burlington Magazine 1961-2003
Craft Horizons

1942-1970

1963-1979

The Crayon 1855-1861
Encounter 1963-1990
Horizon 1958-1989
London Bulletin 1938-1940
The New Path 1863-1865
Playboy 1955-2000
Soil: A Magazine of Art 1910-1919
Astronomy
Sky and Telescope

1941-1956

1947/48-2004

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Beauty, personal
Mademoiselle 1962-2001
Seventeen 1968-1997
Birds
Atlantic Naturalist 1955-1971
Audubon Magazine

1941-1950

1950-1961

Bird-Lore 1899-1940
The Chat 1937-2002
The Condor

1915-1927

1899-1918;
1927-2003

Books Reviews
Booklist

1969/70

1970/71-current

British Periodicals
Britain 1942-1945
The Imperial Magazine 1819-1834
The London Magazine, and Monthly Chronologer 1736-1738
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer 1732-1780;
1784-1785
The Mirror Monthly Magazine 1822-1849
Punch 1951-1978
Business
Best's Review

1957-1965

1965-1968

Business Management 1964/65-1971
Business Week

1929-1948; 1988-current

1999-current

Changing Times 1957-1991
Debow's Review 1846-1880
Dun's Review 1950-1953
The Economist

1955-1964

1965-2002

Forbes

1958-1959

1959-current

Fortune

1930-1939

1939-current

The Rotarian 1919-2003
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Children's Literature
Horn Book

1924-1959

1960-2003

St. Nicholas 1873-1943
(v8, 13, 14)
Creative Writing
The Writer

1941-1954

1955-2003

Culture
Life 1936-1972
Look

1953-1963

1964-1971

Current Events
Fact 1964-1967
Time

1935-1950

1951-2003

U.S. News & World Report 1949-2003
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Decorative Arts
Craft Horizons

1942-1970

1963-1979

Dress Making
McCall's

1894-1971

1971-2001

Vogue

1892-1963

1964-2002

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Education
Arts and Activities

1959-1967

1968-2002

The Freedman 1864-1869
The Freedmen's Advocate 1864-1865
The Freedmen's Journal 1865-1866
The Nation's Schools

1928-1952

1952-1974

Electronics
Electronics World 1959-1971
Hi Fi Review (Hifi/Stereo Review) 1958; 1962-1968
Popular Electronics

1962-1971

1966

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Fashion
Mademoiselle 1962-2001
Seventeen 1968-1997
Vogue

1892-1963

1964-2002

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Gardening
Better Homes and Gardens 1952-1998
Horticulture 1961-1979
Geography
Focus

1950-1974

1974-2002

National Geographic 1959-2002
The National Geographic Magazine

1888-1912

1913-1959

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Health
Today's Health 1951-1976
History, Modern
Maclean's 1969-2003
Newsweek 1933-2002
U.S. News & World Report 1949-2003
Home Economics
Good Housekeeping 1960-2002
McCall's

1894-1971

1971-2001

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Jewish Studies
Commentary

1945-1952

1952-2002

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Library Science
Library Journal 1957-1974
Literature

All's well

1920-1935
The American Mercury

1924-1951
The American Spectator 1932-1937
Avant Garde 1968-1971
Broom 1921-1924
Bruno Chap Books 1915-1916
Bruno's Weekly 1915-1916
Caravel 1934-1936
Chelsea

1958-1974

1975-2002

The Critic 1881-1885
Diogenes 1940
Earth 1930-1932
Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly 1857
Encounter 1963-1990
Every Saturday 1866-1874
The Exile 1927-1928
The Glebe 1913-1914
The Land We Love 1866-1869
The Laughing Horse 1922-1939
Littell's Living Age 1884-1941
The Little Review 1914-1926
Modern Review 1922-1924
The North American Review

1815-1974

1974-2000

Pagany 1930-1933
Putnam's Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly of Literature, Art and Life 1906-1910
Putnam's Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests 1868-1870
Saturday Review of Literature

1924-1950

1951

The Saturnian 1920-1929
Secession 1922-1924
The Seven Arts 1910-1919
Tambour 1930-1940
This Quarter 1925-1931
Little Magazines
291 1910-1919

All's well

1920-1935
The American Spectator 1932-1937
Artists' and Writers' Chap Book 1933-1935
Blast 1914-1915; 1933
Blue Review 1913
Blues 1929-1930
Broom 1921-1924
Bruno Chap Books 1915-1916
Bruno's Weekly 1915-1916
Caravel 1934-1936
Chelsea

1958-1974

1975-2002

Diogenes 1940
Earth 1930-1932
The Exile 1927-1928
Front 1930
The Glebe 1913-1914
The Greenwich Villager 1933-1934
The Laughing Horse 1922-1939
London Bulletin 1938-1940
Modern Review 1922-1924
The Phoenix 1914-1916
Retort: An Anarchist Review 1942-1951
The Saturnian 1920-1929
Secession 1922-1924
The Seven Arts 1910-1919
Soil: A Magazine of Art 1910-1919
Tambour 1930-1940
The Transatlantic Review 1920-1929
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Music
Blues 1929-1930
High Fidelity 1965-1989
The Hymn 1949/50-1997
The Musical Quarterly

1915-1954

1953-2000

Rolling Stone 1967-2004
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Nature
The Living Wilderness 1954-1982
Natural History

1917-1943

1942-2002

Nature Magazine 1935, 1973
Wildlife in North Carolina 1951-2002
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Outdoor Sports
Field and Stream

1898-1961

1961-1984

Outdoor Life 1966-1996
Yachting 1965-2002
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Parent and Child
National Congress of Mothers Magazine 1906-1909
National Parent-Teacher

1937-1960

1961

The National Parent-Teacher Magazine 1934-1937
Parents' Magazine & Better Family Living 1968-1973
Performing Arts
Dance Magazine 1957-2004
Show: The Magazine of the Arts 1961-1965
Theatre Arts Monthly 1937-1939
Photography
Modern Photography 1960-1980
Photography 1954
Popular Photography 1955-2002
Political Science
Center Magazine 1967-1987
The New Republic

1914-1965

1966-2002

Popular Works
Coronet 1948-1961
The Ladies' Home Journal

1889-1959

1960-2002

Reader's Digest 1934-2002
Psychology
Psychology Today

1967-2001

1967-2000

Publishing
Atlas: Magazine of the World Press 1961-1972
Publishers' Weekly 1965-current
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Regional
Arizona Highways 1950-1992
Sunset 1965-1974
Religion
America

1952-1956

1956-2002

Catholic World

1889/90-1957

1957/58-1971

Commonweal

1924-1956/57

1956/57-2002

The Christian Century

1902-1962

1963-2002

The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion 1840-1844
The Ecumenical Review 1959-1979
Missionary Review of the World 1909-1939
Russian Studies
Soviet Life 1966-1991
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Science
Appleton's Popular Science Monthly 1895-1900
Popular Science

1872-1948

1949-2002

Science Digest

1937-1956

1956-1986

Science News 1966-2002
Scientific American

1887-1951

1846-1847;
1950-2002

Science Fiction
Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction 1961-1965
Astounding Science Fiction 1946-1959
Social Conditions
The Arena 1889/90-1909
Common Ground 1942-1948
Courier 1948-1958
Dissent

1954-1975

1976-2002

The Humanist

1941-1976

1966; 1977-2002

Marriage and Family Living 1939-1963
The Prison World 1940-1954
The Survey 1949-1952
Socialism
Dissent

1954-1975

1976-2002

Front 1930
Partisan Review

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

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Technology
Boston Mechanic, and Journal of the Useful Arts and Sciences 1835-1836
Popular Mechanics

1923-1950

1950-2002

Scientific American

1887-1951

1846-1847;
1950-2002

The Young Mechanic 1937-1939
Travel
Arizona Highways 1950-1992
Holiday

1946-1949

1950-1976

Travel 1962-1978
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United States Politics and Government
The Atlantic 1933-1971
The Atlantic Monthly

1857-1931

1932

The Contemporary Review

1953-1976

1977-2003

I.F. Stone's Weekly 1953-1971
The Nation

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
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Wildlife Conservation
North Carolina Wildlife Conservation 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 1949-1955
Retort: An Anarchist Review 1942-1951
The Westminster Review 1891-1914
The World's Work 1900-1932

Last Update: February 11, 2008

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