Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Communism" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Socialism, Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto, Friedrich Engels, Fourier, Robert Owen
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1845 and 1920.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Robert Owen the Philanthropist"
Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN), April 17, 1845, Image 2, col. 2-3.
"The State of France"
Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier, VT), June 1, 1848, Image 1, col. 2-4.
"The New Socialist - The International Movement"
The Leavenworth Weekly Times (Leavenworth, KS), October 13, 1870, Image 3, col. 3-4.
"The Socialists' Picnic"
The Cincinnati Daily Star (Cincinnati, OH), June 17, 1878, Third Edition, Image 1, col. 4.
"Socialism in Practice"
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, TX), October 8, 1886, Page 3, Image 3, col. 2-4.
"Communism in History"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), January 23, 1890, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2-3.
"The Money Problem"
The Watchman and the Southron (Sumter, SC), August 23, 1893, Image 4, col. 1-3.
"The Socialists Are For Peace"
Montana News (Lewistown, MT), April 27, 1904, Image 1, col. 5-6.
"Pacifists in Rebellion! Oust Kerensky"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), November 8, 1917, Image 1, col. 4-8.
"Laying the Black Bogie of Bolshevism in America"
New York Tribune (New York, NY), December 1, 1918, Image 25, col. 1-7.
"Industrial Communism - The I.W.W."
The Butte Daily Bulletin (Butte, MT), June 2, 1919, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1-3.
"The Left Wing Bolts, Splitting the Socialist Party"
New York Tribune (New York, NY), June 29, 1919, Page 7, Image 57, col. 1-8.
"To 'Conquer and Destroy State,' U.S. Communists Call for Labor Revolt"
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer (Bemidji, MN), February 11, 1920, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"War on Ignorance!"
The Toiler (Cleveland, OH), February 27, 1920, Image 4, col. 6.

Communism: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America