University Archives

The Northwestern University Archives, established in 1935, holds material relating to every aspect of Northwestern's history, including non-current official University records, papers of faculty members, and records of student organizations-- as well as publications, photographs, audio-visuals, artifacts, and more. The Archives' holdings are non-circulating, and are open to the public for research and reference.

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Northwestern's student newspaper is now full-text searchable online from 1871-2000!  Link to the database  or connect through NUCat (netid required for access outside the NU Libraries).

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