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 "Esperanto" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
artificial language, Dr. Ludwig L. Zamenhof, Esperantist, Esperanto, Green Star, international auxiliary language, International Esperanto Congress, Samenhof, Volapuk.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
Many articles compare Esperanto to Volapuk or Pasilingua—slightly earlier attempts at a universal language.
In contrast, Ido emerged in 1907 as a revision of Esperanto.
Researchers should be careful to distinguish these languages from Esperanto.
Many early articles spell Zamenhof as Samenhof.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Vermischtes aus der alten Welt (Mixed Translation from the Old World)"
Der Deutsche Correspondent (Baltimore, MD), September 14, 1887, Page 1, Image 1, col. 8.
"New Universal Language Here"
The Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), August 13, 1905, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Esperanto is Recognized"
Tensas Gazette (St. Joseph, LA), August 21, 1908, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Surprising Activity of Esperantists in America"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), October 6, 1907, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"Teaching Esperanto to the Blind in Washington"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), November 29, 1908, Image 49, col. 1.
"Esperanto Will Not Do"
Daily Arizona Silver Belt (Globe, AZ), December 20, 1908, Page 9, Image 9, col. 7.
"San Franciscans Prove Esperanto Perfect"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), March 20, 1910, Page 5, Image 5, col. 1.
"Esperanto Has Rival in Idoists' Language"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), August 14, 1910, Page 3, Image 3, col. 1.
"They Gab in Esperanto: World Language"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), August 16, 1910, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Brotherhood of Language a Factor in Preventing War, Esperantists Say"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 14, 1915, Home Edition, Page 10, Image 10, col. 3.
"A World Tongue in Esperanto"
Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), April 20, 1918, Postscript, Page 12, Image 12, col. 5.
"Esperanto Favored as International Tongue"
The Evening Missourian (Columbia, MO), August 14, 1920, Evening, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1.

Esperanto: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America