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ProQuest Historical Newspapers™— Chicago Tribune

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers™-Chicago Tribune is a unique full-image archive that brings you the full historical run of the Chicago Tribune, one of the nation’s oldest continuously published newspapers. It offers complete coverage from 1849-1985.

As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program, every issue of this title includes the complete paper –cover to cover - with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. And the database just keeps growing, with an additional year of content added annually.

The Historical Chicago Tribune gives researchers quick, accurate Web access to nearly 135 years of a newspaper intimately tied to the development of the historic city of Chicago and the growth of the Midwest and the nation. It includes:

  • Complete coverage from 1849-1985
  • Unprecedented source for tracing the development of Chicago and the Midwest
  • Follow the prohibition debate and the rise of gangsters, such as Al Capone
  • Read about Jane Addams, one of America’s most prominent female social reformers, who developed the Settlement House Movement
  • Track Chicago’s progressive legacy as it promoted social and political reform
  • Display and classified ads
  • Comics and Cartoons
  • Photos, maps, graphics, etc.
  • Editorial and commentary

This database also:

  • Saves vital research time
  • Allows users to conduct long-term thematic research in a single search
  • Serves multiple users, onsite and remote

Subscribers also qualify to purchase a perpetual-access license to the early backfile text and images. Ask for details.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers also offers historical coverage of other leading U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution, Boston Globe, and Hartford Courant.

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