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Western Pennsylvania History is an important regional journal with extensively illustrated articles that cover numerous subjects including history, archaeology, cultural interests, sports, literature, architecture, railroading, folk art, and much more. It is published by the Senator John Heinz History Center, and has been a source of information and scholarship since 1918. The journal was originally published as Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, and in the 1990s as Pittsburgh History.

To search for authors, titles or words in the full text of issues from 1918-2002, Search the Archive.To browse for a specific issue, choose from the ranges to the right:
Volumes 1-10 (1918-1927)
Volumes 11-20 (1928-1937)
Volumes 21-30 (1938-1947)
Volumes 31-40 (1948-1957)
Volumes 41-50 (1958-1967)
Volumes 51-60 (1968-1977)
Volumes 61-70 (1978-1987)
Volumes 71-80 (1988-1997)
Volumes 81-85 (1998-2002)

This electronic edition is available through the collaboration of the publisher and the Office of Digital Scholarly Publishing at Penn State. One back issue will be added to this electronic archive each year.

Issues not yet available electronically can be ordered in paper copy directly from the Heinz History Center. Brief contents for some recent issues are available at http://www.pghhistory.org/Back_Issues.asp.

For more information about the Magazine, go to http://www.pghhistory.org/Heinz_Magazines.asp.

Contact Information:
Heinz History Center:
Alexis Macklin, Director of Library and Archives
Brian Butko, Director of Publications

Penn State University Libraries:
Eric Novotny, Humanities Librarian
Linda Friend, Scholarly Communication Services
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