Henry Buhl Library: Primary Sources -- World War II: Journalism, War Correspondents &amp; Press Coverage

Journalism, War Correspondents & Press Coverage

Reporting World War II
Call Number: PN 4867 .R47 1995 pt. 1-2
Reprints original newspaper and magazine reports, radio transcripts, and war time books from the major journalists of the day; [part one: American journalism 1938-1944; part two: American journalism 1944-1945].
The Best from Yank, the Army Weekly
Call Number: Oversz D 811 .Y3 1945
Includes a collection of the best news articles, photos, cartoons, fiction and poetry published in the Yank. [1 vol., 1945]
Yank, the Army Weekly
Call Number: Oversz D 731 .Y3 1967 v.1-4
This publication includes news, photos, cartoons, fiction & poetry, and more published from June 17, 1942 – December 28, 1945 in Yank, the Army Weekly.

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters during World War II
Includes samples of work from the "eight who came to the front" -- Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, Clare Booth Luce, Janet Flanner, Esther Bubley, Dorothea Lange, and May Craig. (from the Library of Congress)
Universal Newsreels
"In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. ... These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting" (from Internet Archive).

The New York Times (1851-current) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Coverage dates: 1851-2007
Coverage dates: 1851-current
GALE Primary Sources (Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of The Sunday Times (London, UK : 1822-2006), and The Times (London, UK : 1785-2014), and a collection of 19th-century U.S. newspapers
Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing to over 500 magazines from 1890 to 1982 to support cultural and historical studies.

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Coverage: 1890-Present via JSTOR (2008 - Present is available via Sage)
Atlantic (sometimes called Atlantic Monthly)
Coverage: 1857 - Present Full-text beginning in 1993 (earlier years available on microfilm).
Christian Century
Coverage: 1917 - present
Congressional Digest
Coverage: 1921 - present
Current History
Coverage: 1914-2004 (print holdings)
Fortune
Coverage: 1930 - 1986 (print); 1992 - present (online)
Harper's
Access the Harper's Archive, 1850 - present. Full text availability.
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Harper’s is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S., beginning in June 1850 when it was launched as Harper's New Monthly Magazine
The Nation
Users can search and access the complete backfile of The Nation, "an unabashedly left-wing publication." Coverage: 1865 -- Present (1 month embargo)
The New Republic
The New Republic has been used as a liberal to moderate companion to the National Review in the past, though its stance has shifted since its early publication and is now considered to be "solidly middle-of-the-road." Coverage: 1914 -- Present.
Newsweek
Coverage 1975 - 2013.
Saturday Review of Literature (later refered to as Saturday Review)
Coverage: 1924 - 1951 (print holdings)
Time
Coverage: 1923 - Present.
US News and World Report
Coverage: 1990 - present.
Vital Speeches of the Day
Coverage: 1934 - Present.