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HarpWeek
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Full-text digital database of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by date or literary genre; the full text is searchable by keywords.
All Branch LibrariesSchomburg Center for Research in Black CultureStephen A. Schwarzman BuildingThe New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsThomas Yoseloff Business CenterStavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
History, New York City History, United States History, Image Collections, Magazines, Journals and Serials, Historical Newspapers, Area and Cultural Studies
<p>Harper's Weekly, the general interest periodical published from 1857-1912, is a primary source for learning about nineteenth-century events, people, and culture. The HarpWeek Database consists of the pages of Harper's Weekly, scanned as images, together with a series of interactive indexes. It contains many images by Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast, and Mathew Brady. Literature in the database is searchable by title, author and literary genre. In addition, over 30,000 advertisements, categorized by topic and advertiser, are included. Harper's Weekly provides detailed information and insights on major and minor political, military, and social issues and events prior to and during the Civil War as well as The Reconstruction and Gilded Age. HarpWeek database contains the following segments:</p>
<p>1857 - 1865: The Civil War Era</p>
<p>1866 - 1871: Reconstruction I</p>
<p>1872 - 1877: Reconstruction II</p>
<p>1878 - 1883: Gilded Age I</p>
<p>1884 - 1889: Gilded Age II</p>
<p>1890 - 1895: Gilded Age III</p>
<p>1896 - 1901: Gilded Age IV</p>
<p>1902 - 1907: Gilded Age V</p>
<p>1908 - 1912: Gilded Age VI</p>
<p>Users may search Harper's Weekly in the following ways:</p>
<p>Full Article Text - Standard Search</p>
<p>Full Article Text - Proximity Search</p>
<p>Harper's Weekly Indexes</p>
<p>Literary Synopses</p>
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