The Library of Congress has over 20 centers that provide research space and guidance for users to interact with collection items based on subject or format. The Hungarian American collections contain material in varying formats such as books, photographs, manuscripts, audio and video items.

On this page we describe periodicals and newspapers published by Hungarians in the United States and Canada held by the Library of Congress. North American Hungarian diaspora communities are now or have been in the past in frequent contact with each other, so the periodicals often have interesting information about communities in Canada, Hungary, and the U.S. Many periodicals that seem local may also contain news or information about Hungarians from other regions of the country, and about their homeland,

North American Hungarians have published many periodicals and newspapers beginning with the Magyar Száműzöttek Lapja in 1853 in New York (held by the Library of Congress on microfilm). From modest beginnings in the 1850s the Hungarian American press gathered steam at the end of the 19th century when hundreds of thousands of immigrants arrived through New York. As Hungarian immigration to the East Coast and to the Midwest increased due to the demand for industrial workers, these communities also started up their own publications.

Besides newspapers, magazines and newsletters, Hungarian Americans published a range of calendars or almanacs as well. These are typically annuals which have a broad variety of content from newsy items about local communities, often accompanied by photographs, to obituaries, advertisements, advise on life in the U.S., essays, and poetry. These calendars can be an excellent primary source for learning about the activities, interests and the businesses of North American Hungarian communities.

The Library of Congress digitized Amerikai Magyar Hirlap = American Magyar Journal (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942 and made it freely available on Chronicling America.

Many Hungarian American periodicals are freely available online External on hungaricana.hu from the American Hungarian Foundation Collection.

News about Hungarian Americans have also been published in American newspapers meant for the general audience, and in Hungarian Newspapers from Hungary.

Below are lists of selected Hungarian American or Hungarian Canadian periodicals and newspapers in the Library of Congress collections. Titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. If the titles are available digitally, links are provided.

How Do I Find More?

To find additional titles at the Library of Congress, try searching the following subject headings in the online catalog.

• Hungarians United States Newspapers.
• Hungarians United States periodicals.
• Hungarian Americans newspapers.
• Hungarian Americans periodicals.
• Almanacs Hungarian United States.