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Newspapers - Historical

Library and internet resources for historical newspapers

Historical Newspapers: Library Databases

This page includes links to historical newspaper databases, as well as to primary source databases that include historical newspapers. To the extent possible, individual newspaper titles that are included in primary source databases have been listed under the respective database.

You can also search in historical newspaper web resources and digital collections, or search Google for the kinds of newspapers you need (e.g., historical newspapers Africa, newspapers Civil War).

Historical Newspaper Databases

Newspapers in Accessible Achives

African American Newspapers

African American Newspapers in the South, 1870-1926

America and World War I Parts I-3. American Military Camp Newspapers

Anatomy of Protest in America Series: Newspapers, 1729-1922

The Athens Republique

The Banner-Enterprise

The Bee

The Black Dispatch

The Canadian Observer

The Charleston Mercury

The Christian Recorder

The Civil War Part I. A Newspaper Perspective

Anatomy of Protest in America Series: Newspapers, 1729-1922

The Athens Republique

The Banner-Enterprise

The Bee

The Black Dispatch

The Canadian Observer

The Charleston Mercury

The Christian Recorder

The Civil War Part I. A Newspaper Perspective

The Liberator

The Lily

The Louisianian

The Maryland Gazette

The Muskogee Cimeter

The Nashville Globe

National Anti Slavery Standard

Native Americans in History: Part I: Newspapers, 1728-1922

The Negro Business League Herald

The New Citizen (Votes for Woman)

The New York Herald

News of the Day

The 19th Amendment Victory: A Newspaper History, 1762-1922

The North Star

Old Post Union

The Pennsylvania Gazette

Pennsylvania Newspaper Record

The Pennsylvania Packet

Provincial Freeman

Quarantine and Infectious Disease Control Series: Newspapers, 1736-1922

The Remonstrance

The Republican

The Revolution

Richmond Enquirer

The South Carolina Gazette

The Gazette of the State of South Carolina

The South Carolina Gazette

The Gazette of the State of South Carolina

Vincennes Courant

Vincennes Gazette

Vincennes Weekly Courant and Patriot

Vincennes Weekly Gazette

Weekly Vincennes Gazette

Vincennes Times

The Virginia Gazette

Weekly Advocate

The Western Woman Voter

The Woman's Tribune

Women's Suffrage

Newspapers in AM Explorer

Newspapers in Primary Sources (Proquest)

American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922)

American Israelite

Arizona Republican 1890-2007

Atlanta Constitution

Atlanta Daily World

Austin American Statesman

Baltimore Afro-American

Boston Globe

Calgary Herald

Chicago Defender

Chicago Tribune

Chinese Newspaper Collection

Christian Science Monitor

Cincinnati Enquirer 1841-2009

Civil War Era

Cleveland Call & Post

Communist Newspapers 1917-2013

Dayton Daily News

Detroit Free Press 1831-1999

Edmonton Journal

Globe and Mail

Guardian and Observer

Hartford Courant

Indianapolis Star 1903-2004

Irish Times

Jerusalem Post

Jewish Advocate

Jewish Exponent

Korea Times 1956-2016

Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals

Los Angeles Sentinel

Los Angeles Times

Louisville Courier-Journal (1830-2000)

Michigan Chronicle

Minneapolis Star Tribune 1867-2001

Nashville Tennessean 1812-2002

New York Amsterdam News

New York Tribune 1841-1962

Newsday (Nassau Edition)

Norfolk Journal and Guide

Ottawa Citizen

Philadelphia Inquirer 1860-2001

Philadelphia Tribune

Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1786-2003

Regina Leader-Post

San Francisco Chronicle

Saskatoon Star Phoenix

Scotsman

South China Morning Post Subscription

St. Louis Post Dispatch 1874-2003

St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Times

The Province

Times of India

Toronto Star

Vancouver Sun

Victoria Times-Colonist

Windsor Star