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Primary Sources Access – Foundation (Plan E): The Harper's Bazaar Archive

Description

The Harper’s Bazaar Archive includes the complete runs of the US and UK editions of Harper’s Bazaar, from 1867 to the present (US edition) and 1929-2015 (UK edition), fully indexed and searchable. This full color collection of approximately 500,000 pages provides a powerful lens into American, British, and international fashion, society, and popular culture from the mid-19th century forward, facilitating academic research in wide-ranging fields such as women’s studies, fashion, marketing, advertising, material culture, design, and more. It chronicles of some of the most influential work from world-renowned designers, models, photographers, stylists, and illustrators of the period.

Front page featuring Jill Biden
Front page featuring Jennifer Lopez
Front page featuring Farrah Fawcett
Front page with headline
Front cover with illustration of a white woman's face, 1940
Front cover with illustration of a woman, 1904