History - American Military History

American newspapers from 1690 to 1876. Search by presidential era or periods in American history.

Full text of the newspaper from 1851-2017.

Searchable content of American historic newspapers from 1777-1963, as well as U.S. Newspaper Directory for finding information about American newspapers published between 1690-current.

Full text coverage of the newspaper from 1785-1985.

Online access to the entire run of the ILN. Each page has been digitally reproduced in full color. Articles and captions are full-text searchable. Dates of coverage: 1842-2003.

Letters of correspondence received by and sent to the War Department. Attachments include vouchers, financial statements, speeches to Indians, proceedings of conferences with Indians in Washington, licenses of traders, passports for travel in Indian country.

American Indians and the American West (1809-1971)

Collections focusing on the interaction between American Indians and the U.S. government in the 19th and 20th Centuries, such as the Indian Removal, Indian Wars, material from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and records from the Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes. Source types include digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries and more.