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THR 362 / HUM 321 / AMS 331: Excavate/Illuminate: Creating Theater From the Raw Material of History: Home

Historical Newspaper Databases

America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains TULSA WORLD

Instructions:
Click on Browse Publications
Enter Tulsa in the box
Click on Tulsa World
Use calendar to select date
NewspaperARCHIVE.com This link opens in a new window
Contains TULSA STAR (ends January 1921)

Instructions:
Click on Publications
Click on map of Oklahoma
Scroll down to Tulsa Star
Browse by date
Newspapers.com World Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains TULSA TRIBUNE and a single issue of OKLAHOMA SUN (8/3/21)

Instructions:
Click on Find by location
Choose Oklahoma --> Tulsa --> Tulsa Tribune --> Date
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains CHICAGO DEFENDER / NEW YORK TIMES / WASHINGTON POST

Instructions:
Click on Publications
Enter name of newspaper “In title”; click Search
Click on newspaper title
Choose an issue to view --> input dates --> View Issue
Search within this issue for Tulsa

Additional Resources

Photographs of the Tulsa Race Massacre
from Tulsa City-County Library
Tulsa Race Riot: A Report by the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
includes photographs, timelines, and maps

African American Historical Serials Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes newspapers, magazines, reports, and annuals from various African-American organizations including churches and educational and service institutions. 1816-1922
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
Online collection of academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other diverse periodicals.
FIMo Fire Insurance Maps Online This link opens in a new window
Instructions:
Choose Search Method-->Place Name Search
Choose Oklahoma-->Tulsa
Choose Insurance Maps of Tulsa, Oklahoma 1915, or Insurance Maps of Tulsa, Oklahoma Volume Two 1923

Librarian for History and African American Studies

Steven Knowlton

Contact:

A-17-H-2 Firestone Library
609-258-0496
steven.knowlton@princeton.edu
Make an Appointment

http://scholar.princeton.edu/steven.a.knowlton/

Subjects: African American Studies, History