American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection Series 3 This link opens in a new windowThe AAS Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1693 to 1912. It documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. These collections include articles, reviews, maps, portraits, cartoons, musical notations, and more.
Series 3 presents over 1,700 titles dating from 1838 through 1852. The themes presented in Series 3 reveal a rapidly growing young nation, where industrialization, the railroads, regional political differences, and life on the western frontier were daily realities. Subjects covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women’s fashion, family life, and religion.