Related Resources

This section provides pointers to collections and resources that have related or similar content to the illustrated English language periodicals.

Sources

Collections that have content related to English language illustrated periodicals are listed below.

Prints & Photographs Reading Room

Cabinet of American Illustration (summary & search)
More than four thousand original drawings by American book, magazine, and newspaper illustrators, made primarily between 1880 and 1910. A research guide on the Cabinet of American Illustration provides further detail.
Cartoon Drawings (summary & search)
More than 9,000 original drawings for editorial cartoons, caricatures, and comic strips primarily from 1880 to 1980. A research guide on cartoons & caricatures provides more detail.
Swann Collection of Caricature & Cartoon (summary & search)
More than 2,000 drawings, prints, and paintings --most of the images are cartoons, comic strips, and periodical illustrations drawn by American artists between 1890 and 1970. A research guide on cartoons & caricatures provides more detail.
Documentary Drawings (summary & search)
More than 3,000 drawings made between 1750 and 1970, often for purposes of publication. Includes eye-witness sketches made during the U.S. Civil War that were published in illustrated periodicals.
Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection illustration groups (search result)
Groups of images (LOTs) from the collection that includes prints from illustrated periodicals, used primarily for exhibition loan and reproduction requests.
Graphics File LOTs (search result)
These groups of images, organized by subject matter, sometimes include images taken from or reproduced from illustrated periodicals, as well as from other sources such as the Popular Graphic Arts collection.

Newspaper & Current Periodicals Reading Room

Home to many published newspapers that contain illustrations, primarily served on microfilm. Particularly valuable for locating pictorial content are:

Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1777-1963
Newspaper Navigator
Search 1.56 million historic newspaper photos.
Newspapers, Periodicals, and Comic Book Collections - research guides

Rare Book & Special Collections Reading Room

Includes many early American imprints that feature illustrations, as well as printed ephemera. See, for example, Selected Special Collections.

Main Reading Room and Microform and Electronic Resources Center

Microform Reader Services
Many illustrated newspapers are available in black-and-white microfilm.
Main Reading Room
Original issues of some illustrated magazines are available from the Library's general collections through the this reading room.

Many public institutions hold issues of illustrated magazines and newspapers. The listing below suggests institutions with major holdings relating to the history and production of illustration.

Delaware Museum of Art External
Collections relating to author/illustrator Howard Pyle and his students.
Society of Illustrators External

These resources may assist in researching and exploring the history and context of illustrated periodicals and the images they published. The titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog.