1691-1912; the AAAS Historical Periodicals Collection is divided into five series, by time period and by subject matter.
Series 1 covers 1691 to 1820.
Series 2 covers 1821 to 1837.
Series 3 covers 1838 to 1852.
Series 4 covers 1853 to 1865.
Series 5 covers 1866 to 1912.
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The AAAS Historical Periodicals Collection is divided into five series, by time period and by subject matter.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series1, 1684-1820. Representing over two centuries of print culture from early colonial imports to titles published on American soil during the Revolution and early republic, Series 1 is first of the five series. The subject matter covered in Series 1 is broad in scope and covers all aspects of American society during this time period.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2. The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection Series 2-presents over 1000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837. The subject matter covered in Series 2 represents the Jacksonian Democracy era in history and is broad in scope and includes agriculture, entertainment, history, literary criticism, and politics.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 3. The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection Series 3-presents over 1,800 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, womens fashion, family life, and religion.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 4. The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection Series 4-presents over 1,100 titles dating from 1853 through 1865. While the Civil War is a focal point of the collection, we also find a diverse record of the continuance of daily life for many Americans both leading up to and during the war. News from the battlefront can be found, in addition to the usual breadth of subject matter found in previous collections that include science, literature, medicine, agriculture, womens fashion, family life, and religion.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5. The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection Series 5-presents over 2,500 titles dating from 1866 through 1912. The themes-presented in Series 5 reflect a nation that persevered through a most difficult set of circumstances: a bloody civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives; the incorporation of the recently-freed African Americans into American life; a population that rapidly expanded into the Western territories. Broad subject areas covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, womens fashion, family life, and religion.