APS collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741, when Andrew Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine were launched, and 1940. Derives from the American Periodicals Series microform collection and features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years. Includes publications such as Vanity Fair, Life, and Ladies Home Journal.
More than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations bulletins, annual reports and other genres.
Popular Magazines on Microfilm
| Title | Microfilm # and coverage |
| Business Week | Film 56, 1929 - July 2008 |
| Christian Century | Film 66 and Bound Periodicals, 1924 - 2007 |
| Commonweal | Film 30, 1924 - 2007 |
| Nation | Film 22, 1865 + |
| National Review | Film 228, 1955 - 2007 |
| New Republic | Film 98, 1914 + |
| Time (student rate for online access) | Film 144, 1923 + |
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