Research sources and tips for the hometown history assignment in Mariette Landry's FWS classes.
Searching Newspapers
Newspapers newspapers often publish stories about historic people, places, and events. Use the databases in the Historic Newspapers box to search papers dating as far back as colonial times.
Combined searching of the historical New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Constitution, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, NY Amsterdam News, and Chicago Defender.
