This site provides access to Harper's Weekly, the illustrated 19th century "Journal of Civilization," for a 56-year period: 1857-1912. Provides a searchable index to the content of Harper's weekly, beginning with 1857 issues, intended to provide scholarly access to historians of the 19th century. Provides access to the illustrations, cartoons, news, literature, editorials, and advertisements via controlled thesauri, as well as full-text search capability, and scanned images of each issue. In addition, issues can be browsed and the site contains finding aids. The index will be updated periodically to reflect new information.