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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Also, see the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, a searchable index to newspapers published in the United States since 1690, which helps researchers identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
Overcoming poverty, Joseph Pulitzer single handedly transforms the newspaper industry and becomes one of the wealthiest men in America. But controversy and conflict follow him to his deathbed--including everything from press wars to accusations of libel from President Roosevelt. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| 1883-1895 | Pulitzer takes over a subpar New York World and transforms it into a premier newspaper. |
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| 1908-1910 | Roosevelt accuses Pulitzer of reporting supposedly false information on Panama Canal corruption. |
| 1910 | The Supreme Court quashes Roosevelt’s libel accusations. |
| October 29, 1911 | Pulitzer dies at the age of 64 and donates a huge sum of money to the Columbia journalism program. |
