The library has long runs of many popular magazines, which we retain for historical research. The list below includes a variety of magazines, including consumer magazines, opinion magazines, and news magazines.

Do you need to identify articles in these magazines? See Indexes to 19th Century Magazines & Journals.

• Making of America
  Contains the full text of journals from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Also includes books.
  Note: There are two sites for the Making of America:
  • University of Michigan site
    Includes Appleton's (1869-1881), The Ladies Repository (1841-1876), The Southern Literary Messenger (1835-1864), and more.
  • Cornell University site
    Includes The Atlantic Monthly (1857-1901), The Century (1881-1899), Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1850-1899), The Living Age (1844-1900), The North American Review (1815-1900), Putnam's Monthly (1853-1870), Scientific American (1846-1869), and more.
• Women's Periodicals: 18th Century to the Great Depression [microfilm]
  This collection contains over 55 titles; please note that each periodical is separately catalogued and separately shelved in the regular alphabetical sequence in the microfilm cabinets.
  Guides:
  • Unit 1 (Economics ; Social & Political Issues)
    Reference R 016.05 W872 v.1
  • Unit 2
    Reference R 016.05 W872 v.2
  • Unit 3 (Fashion ; Literature & the Arts ; Religion)
    Reference R 016.05 W872 v.3

To find the current location of microfilm or microfiche  for one of the magazines listed below, search the Library Catalog.

Unless otherwise indicated, the library has complete runs of the following magazines, and the magazines are English-language.

• Atlantic Monthly and The Atlantic
  Years of publication: 1857 to present
  Place of publication: Boston 
  Format:
  • Paper
    Library has: 1857 to present
    Location: Bound Periodicals
  • Microfilm
    Library has: 1857-1877
• The Christian Century
  Years of publication: 1884 to present
  Place of publication: Chicago
  Format:
  • Paper
    Library has: 1926 to present
    Location: Bound Periodicals
  • Microfilm:
    Library has: 1900-1925
• Godey's Lady's Book
  Years of publication: 1830-1898
  Place of publication: Philadelphia; New York
  Format:
  • Online: Accessible Archives
    Library has: 1830-1898
  • CD-ROM
    Library has: 1830-1854
    Location: Circulation Desk
  • Print
    Library has: July 1865, August 1865, July 1867, June 1869, August 1870
    Location: Permanent Reserve (ask at the Circulation Desk)
• Ladies' Home Journal
  Years of publication: 1883 to present
  Place of publication: Philadelphia
  Format: microfilm
  Library has: 1884-1980 (lacks vol. 24, no. 12)
• The Nation
  Years of publication: 1865 to present
  Place of publication: New York
  Format:
  • Paper
    Library has: 1880 to present
    Location: Bound Periodicals
  • Microfilm
    Library has: 1865-1911
• National Geographic
  Years of publication: 1888 to present
  Place of publication: Washington, DC
  Format: paper
  Location: Bound Periodicals
• Scientific American
  Years of publication: 1845 to present
  Place of publication: New York
  Format:
  • Paper
    Library has:  1867 to present
    Location: Bound Periodicals
  • Microfilm
    Library has: 1859-2007
  • Online
    Library has: 1993 to present
    Includes color pdf versions of articles.