1. Cornish Library Resources
2. Class Reserves
3. Web Resources
Before going on Google or Yahoo try some of these sites to help anchor your search. Get ideas for names, places, events to search later on Google.
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Jacob Lawrence - The Migration of the Negro (panel No.1), 1940-41, casein, tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 inches, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. © Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence.
4. Newspapers
5. Journals and Magazines
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Back issues of Life magazine, from 1936 - 1972, are available at Seattle Publice Library and at the University of Washington. |
on microfilm from 1945 to 1957 at Suzzallo Library, Microform and Newspaper Collections.
in print from 1957 to the present at Suzzallo Library, Periodicals.
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Back issues of Ebony are indexed in Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890 - 1982).
Side note: Ebony has been published in Chicago since 1945. Its founder, John H. Johnson (1918-2005), was part of the great migration to the north during the 1930's when his widowed mother moved to Chicago from Arkansas. |
6. Other Libraries
Feel free to talk to a Cornish librarian before visiting other libraries for advice about which library is best for your project.