Research Guides: Finding Primary Sources in History: HarpWeek

HarpWeek

Harpweek - The Civil War Era, Reconstruction I, Reconstruction II: 1857-1877
Access to the content and pages of Harper's Weekly. The Civil War Era section covers issues published from 1857-1865; Reconstruction I covers issues published from 1866-1871; Reconstruction II covers issues published from 1872-1877. Indexing that matches 19th century words, phrases and images with today's terminology as well as digital images of every page of the magazine. (Full text)

Use the Full Article Text Search option to search for keywords.
You can sort your search results by Rank (default), Issue Date (earliest date appears first), or Article Title.
You can also limit your search to specific news content (Feature menu) and a specific date or date range.
When the search results appear, select the article you are interested in reading.