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"Vast Early America": Newspapers on Microform

A guide to resources on colonial, revolutionary, and early national U.S. history, or what has come to be called "vast early America."

Newspapers on Microfilm and Microfiche

Many newspapers, periodicals, and other historical materials remain accessible only in "microform" -- the generic term for microfilm and other micro-photographic technologies that became popular for preserving historical materials in the middle of the 20th c., and which remain in use today.

At the Yale Library, the following two search engines may prove useful in pointing to less known newspapers that have yet to be digitized: