An Introduction to Armenian Periodicals of the Eastern Mediterranean: A Bibliographic Study

The periodical press of the Armenian communities of the Eastern Mediterranean represents an archive of social, literary, political, and economic expressions of these historical Armenian communities. Despite their large numbers, they remain relatively unknown in North America. This article fills in this gap by addressing what these periodicals were and how the fate of the majority of them was tied to the histories of the communities in which they arose, functioned, and ceased to exist over the 19th and 20th centuries. More importantly, the author provides a cohesive picture about possible access to the digital surrogates of these periodicals.