The American Periodical Series
- Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm CAM35APS - Series 1: 18th Century,
The American Periodical Series: 18th Century.
33 Reels. - Call Number: Microfilm CAM35APS2
- Series 2: 1800-1850,
The American Periodical Series: 1800-1850.
1966 Reels. - Call Number: Microfilm CAM35APS3
- SERIES 3: 1850-1900,
The American Periodical Series: 1850-1900, Civil War
and Reconstruction.
771 Reels.
Automated Access: All titles have separate entries in the online catalog.
- REF AUTO PN4887.I57 1993
- ITM Index to Microforms. [computer file:] Index to American Periodicals of the 1700's and 1800's is an ongoing CDROM index which will ultimately index the entire APS. The March 1993 disc provides indexing to American periodicals of the 1700's and American periodicals of 1800-1825, but no indexing has yet been provided on disc for periodicals of 1826-1850 or 1851-1900. The CDROM is searchable by title and subject key word.
Description
Series 1: 18th Century. This series includes all issues of American periodicals (91 titles) which could be located for the years 1741-1800. The titles are arranged in rough alphabetical order on the microfilm. Access to the individual titles is through the indexes.
Series 2: 1800-1850. This series includes approximately 900 titles published in America between 1800 and 1850. The subjects include literature, the arts, slavery, agriculture, science, technology, and medicine, as well as ethnic juvenile publications.
Series 3: 1850-1900. This series includes approximately 120 selected American periodicals dealing with literature, the arts, and the sciences.
For 1800-1850 and 1850-1900 most titles have been filmed in a continuous run, but some may share a reel with other titles.
The online catalog provides the call numbers and reel numbers for the microfilm. The reel numbers may not be sequential for titles with long runs. Information on the boxes of microfilm varies within each series. All the boxes are marked with the call numbers and reel numbers. Many boxes also indicate the title, volume and year of the journals on the reel. The year of the microfilming (APS 2, year 15) and an identification number (APS 771, which is of no use for retrieval purposes) are also occasionally included. The title and volume/year are often on the box rather than on the label.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
- REF PN4877.H6
- Hoornstra, Jean and Trudy Heath, eds. American
Periodicals 1741-1900: An Index to the Microfilm Collections:
American Periodicals 18th Century, American Periodicals
1800-1850, Civil War and Reconstruction provides access to material in
the American Periodical Series by title, LC subject headings
assigned to each title, editor and reel number. It includes annotations
which describe the scope of each periodical as well as locations of
source libraries from which microfilm copies were obtained.
- REF PN4877.I53 1986
- Index to American Periodicals of the 1700's; keyed
to University Microfilms APS I provides subject access to
Series 1, American Periodical Series: 18th Century.
This index has been replaced by the CD ROM.
- REF PN4877.I534 1989 FOLIO
- Index to American Periodicals of the 1800's; Keyed to University Microfilms APS II provides subject access to Series 2, American Periodicals Series: 19th Century. The subject indexes give the APS number, volume number, and page number for each article. A Reel Guide at the front of the index gives the APS number, the name of the periodical, and which reel it is on. This index has been replaced by the CDROM listed above.
