The Daily Worker, Part V

Last January, we posted original scans of the Daily Worker covering August 1924 through December 1925. Some of these issues turned out excellent. Others were incomplete or distorted due to the limitations of automatic scanning and old, poorly-rendered microfilm. These issues were re-scanned using different software settings and a completely different microfilm source. Some of the new scans are superior to the original batch, and some of the original scans are superior to the new ones. Both sets are now available to the public.

Issues from August through September 1924 are available here.

Issues from October 1924 through January 1925 are available here.

Issues from February through July 1925 are available here.

Issues from July through October 1925 are available here.

Issues from November through December 1925 are available here.

Source: Graphic Microfilm Service Inc. (New York, NY)

Liberator

Carrying on in the tradition of the original Liberator, published by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, this version of the Liberator was issued in the early decades of the twentieth century. It was published as the successor to The Masses, which had been censored by the Justice Department during World War I. It has been called “arguably the greatest radical magazine ever produced in America.” A complete run of the journal between 1918 and 1924 is now available online, with detailed tables of contents and professional quality, high-resolution PDFs.

More information about this important journal and a complete list of issues are available here.

Source: The Riazanov Library Project (San Pablo, CA and Brooklyn, NY)

L’Humanité

Established in 1904, L’Humanité began as a socialist newspaper and later became associated with the French Communist Party. As its peak, the paper had a daily circulation of around half a million readers. Although it has changed ownership several times and faces ongoing challenges to its survival, it continues to be published into the present, under the same name. Gallica, the digital arm of the National Library of France, provides free access to issues spanning 37 years, from 1904 through 1944.

A complete list is available here.

Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)

The Daily Worker, Part IV

Part four of the Daily Worker covers August 1927 through September 1928. Again, the quality of the microfilm is far from perfect. Issues were filmed with uneven lighting and inconsistent mounting. But they are better than nothing. At the very least, they can provide a guide to further research in the original sources.

Issues from August 1927 through January 1928 are available here.

Issues from January 1928 through May 1928 are available here.

Issues from May 1928 through September 1928 are available here.

Source: Graphic Microfilm Service Inc. (New York, NY)

The Daily Worker, Part III

Part three of the Daily Worker covers December 1925 through August 1927. As with the earlier posts in this series, the quality of the microfilm is far from perfect. Many issues were filmed with uneven lighting, which renders some portions unreadable. But they are better than nothing. At the very least, they can provide a guide to further research in the original sources.

Issues from December 1925 through August 1926 are available here.

Issues from September 1926 through January 1927 are available here.

Issues from February 1927 through April 1927 are available here.

Issues from April 1927 through August 1927 are available here.

Source: Graphic Microfilm Service Inc. (New York, NY)