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 "Palmer Raids" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
bomb, coal, Goldman, May Day, Palmer, raids, Red.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
For best search results, combine keywords with related phrases within a specified date range (e.g., to find specific articles on the May Day Scare, search the keyword Palmer in combination with the phrase May Day within the date range from April 15, 1920 to May 15, 1920.)

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Plot Traced to Philadelphia"
The Evening World (New York, N.Y.), June 3, 1919, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"U.S. to Push Coal Suit, Palmer says to Labor Leaders"
Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), November 7, 1919, Night Extra Financial, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Palmer Declares Alien "Red" are to be Deported"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), November 8, 1919, Last Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Reds in U.S. Plotted Revolution"
The Evening World (New York, NY), November 8, 1919, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Emma Goldman and Berkman are Ordered Banished"
The Evening World (New York, NY), December 8, 1919, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"Two Notorious Anarchists in Band Deported"
The Evening Herald (Klamath Falls, OR), December 22, 1919, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"3,000 Arrested in Nation-Wide round-up of 'Reds'"
New York Tribune (New York, NY), January 3, 1920, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Sweeping Drive is Made Against Radicals in U.S."
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), January 3, 1920, Last Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Rifles and Bombs for Revolution Seized in Raids"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 3, 1920, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"May Day Death Plot is Uncovered"
The Morning Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, OK), April 30, 1920, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 8.
"No May Day Outbreaks in U.S."
New York Tribune (New York, NY), May 2, 1920, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Palmer Tactics Menace U.S., Senate Told"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 25, 1921, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 8.
"Palmer Gets a Call Down by Able Lawyers"
The Labor Journal (Everett, WA), February 4, 1921, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.

Palmer Raids: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America