History of Education in San Antonio

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The Portal is a gateway to digitized Texas history materials from repositories across the state. It is a great source for local newspapers that may not be available in other databases. However, it also includes books, photographs, and archival materials that may be useful.

Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text articles from more than 250 newspapers, magazines, and journals published in the United States by the ethnic, minority, and native press. Includes full-text articles from the noted San Antonio bilingual newspaper, La Prensa de San Antonio. The database is searchable both in English and Spanish; esta base de datos ofrece un interfase en inglés o en español.
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search the full-text/full-image of seven major U.S. and two major British newspapers: New York Times (1851-2018), Washington Post (1877-2005), Wall Street Journal (1889-2010), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2008), Los Angeles Times (1881-1997), Chicago Tribune (1849-1998), Austin American Statesman (1871-1980), the Guardian (1821-2003) and the Observer (1791-2003). Coverage begins with the first issue of each title.

Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers - Gale
Provides full-text access to nearly 500 newspapers published between 1800 and 1899 from urban to rural regions, large cities to small towns across the U.S.
Index to San Antonio Register [electronic resource] : 1931-
Indexes all available issues of this locally focused, black-oriented weekly newspaper from May 29, 1931 through 1959. The general subject in the index is "Education," but also search under "Schools," "Teachers," "Colleges and Universities," or the names of specific high schools, e.g. "Phyllis Wheatley High School." Full text of the newspaper in microfilm is available in the UTSA John Peace Library.