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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection Some full text available
Comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
Harry H. Laughlin Papers - Manuscript Collection L1
This is the Finding Aid to the collection which contains Harry H. Laughlin's professional files from the Eugenics Record Office, 1910-1939.
Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) Some full text available
Full-text of the British newspapers, The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) from ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
New York Times Article Archives 1851-the present. Some full text available
Indexes over 15 million articles published in the New York Times from September 1851 to the present.  Searching is free, however, you must either use the citation information to locate the articles on microfilm in Truman's library collection or purchase the full-text through the web site.

Users can search for  articles by keyword or phrase, author, headline, date, or date range.  Searches may be limited to articles only or broadened to include advertisements and other listings. 
Times (London) Digital Archive 1785-2008
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for the 19th – 20th Century history detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785.

*Note: full text of articles from current issues of The Times are avaialbe in Newspaper Source.

Web Sites

Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement

From the Dolan DNA Learning Center - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Contains several virtual exhibitions as well as the searchable database comprised of 2500 images.
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