HarpWeek: Explore History

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• Learn more about advertising, American history, campaigns, immigration, political cartoons, politics, and turn of the century.

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This site provides indexed digital versions of the content of Harper’s Weekly magazine from 1857 to 1912, including literature, cartoons and illustrations, and advertising. A purchased site license is required for access the full content of the site. However, the following resources are available free of charge in the form of mini-websites.

• The 13th Amendment site. “The End of Slavery: The Creation of the Thirteenth Amendment”
• The 14th Amendment site. Concerning the fate of former Confederates and the newly freed slaves in the restored Union
• The 15th Amendment site. Voting was still limited at the federal level and in all but five states to white men
• Russian American Relations site. Showcases Russian-American relations over the 43-year period from 1863 through 1905
• Presidential Elections site. Looks at how the seven presidential elections of 1860-1884 were depicted in the political cartoons and prints
• Political Prints and Cartoons, 1766 - 1876
• The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
• The Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877
• Thomas Nast Cartoons and Literature
• Thomas Nast Cartoons and Shakespeare
• The World of Thomas Nast
• A Sampler of Civil War Literature
• Business Machines: 1857 - 1912
• The Tobacco Controversy. History of tobacco controversy and criticism as shown in the editorials, articles, news briefs, cartoons, illustrations, poetry, and advertisements of Harper’s Weekly
• The American West
• Black America: 1857 - 1874
• Immigrant and Ethnic America.
• 19th Century Advertising History