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African American Newspapers
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Collection of publications offering coverage of African American history, culture and daily life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage from 1827 to 1998.
America's Historical Newspapers
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Dates: 1690-2000
Collection of newspapers from all over the United States.
Providence Journal Archives
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Dates: 1829 – 1980
Chicago Tribune
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Dates 1849-1995
Digitized from print edition.
Los Angeles Times, Historical
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Dates 1881-1996
PDFs of print newspapers.
New York Times, Historical
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Includes all articles published in historical print editions of the New York Times. Coverage from 1851 to 2006.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Digital collection of historical American newspapers from the Library of Congress. Coverage from 1789 to present.
Elephind
Dates: 1803-2016
Search of multiple US and international historical newspaper archives.
Farm, Field and Fireside
Dates: 1841-1950
Historically significant U.S. farm weeklies.
List of Online Newspaper Archives
Dates: c. 1800-present
Wikipedia-based links to free and subscription international and U.S. online newspaper archives
ICON (International Coalition on Newspapers) Newspaper digitization projects
Dates: c. 1780-present
Center for Research Libraries links to free and subscription international and U.S. online newspaper archives.
Making of America Collection
Dates: 1844-1901
Cornell-based collection of 19th century magazines and newspapers.
Research Society for American Periodicals
Dates: c. 1800 - c. 1950
Links to a wide variety of historical periodicals collections.
Stars and Stripes
Dates: 1918-19
The American Soldiers' newspaper of World War I.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
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Database featuring articles from numerous American and Canadian general-interest magazines. Coverage from 1890 to 1982.
West
California Digital Newspaper Collection
Dates: 1846-present
University of California-Riverside freely accessible repository of digitized California newspapers.
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Dates: 1856-2017
Colorado State library collection of digitized newspapers.
Washington State Digital Newspapers
Dates: 1854-2010
Washington State Library collection of digitized newspapers.
Los Angeles Times, Historical
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Dates 1881-1996
PDFs of print newspapers.
Las Vegas Age Digital Collection
Dates: 1905-1924
Special Collections of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District PDFs of print newspaper.
Tundra Times (Alaska)
Dates: 1965-1997
Digitized copies of Fairbanks, AK biweekly newspaper for/by Alaska Natives
Utah Digital Newspapers
Dates: 1850-present
University of Utah library collection of digitized newspapers.
Wyoming Newspaper Project
Dates: 1849-1970
Wyoming State Library collection of digitized newspapers.
New England
Sturgis Library's Digital Newspaper Archive
Dates: 1830-2017
Barnstable County, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, digitized newspapers.
The Liberator
Dates: 1831-1865
Boston based abolitionist paper.
Provincetown Advocate
Dates: 1869-1967
Provincetown, MA digitized newspapers.
Mid-Atlantic
Atlantic County Public Libraries Digital Newspapers (New Jersey)
Dates: 1860-1923
Atlantic County, NJ digitized newspapers.
Brooklyn Newspapers
Dates: 1841-1963
Brooklyn, NY digitized newspapers from the Brooklyn Public Library.
Maryland Early State Records Online. Newspapers
Dates: 1802-1918
Maryland State Archives digitized newspapers.
Friend of Man
Dates: 1836-1842
Central New York State early reform era and abolitionist paper from Cornell University.
New York Times, Historical
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Includes all articles published in historical print editions of the New York Times. Coverage from 1851 to 2006.
Wall Street Journal, Historical
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Dates: 1889-1993
Historical articles from the Wall Street Journal.
New York Historical Newspapers
Dates: c. 1800-present
New York state digitized newspapers from the Northern New York Library Network.
Pennsylvania Historic Newspapers
Dates: 1826-1873
Pennsylvania State Library digitized newspapers.
South
Georgia Historic Newspapers
Dates: 1763-2018
Digital Library of Georgia digitized historical newspapers.
Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers Project
Dates: 1836-1928
Louisiana State University digitized newspapers.
Virginia Gazette
Dates: 1736-1780
Williamsburg, VA newspaper.
Birmingham Newspapers
Dates: 1874-1901
Birmingham, AL digitized newspapers.
Historical Newspapers of South Carolina
Dates: 1815-2006
University of South Carolina library digitized newspapers.
North Carolina Newspapers
Dates: 1752 - c. 1890
Sate Library of North Carolina digitized newspapers.
Georgia Historic Newspapers
Dates: 1763-2017
Digital Library of Georgia digitized newspapers.
Midwest
Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey
Dates: 1855-1938
Selected news articles appearing in the Chicago, IL area foreign language press.
Chicago Defender
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Dates: 1909-1975
Digitized from print edition.
Chicago Tribune
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Dates 1849-1995
Digitized from print edition.
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
Dates: 1831-2011
University of Illinois library digitized newspapers.
Winona Newspaper Database
Dates: 1855-1976
Winona County, MN digitized newspapers from Winona State University.
Missouri Digital Heritage Newspapers
Dates: c. !840 - c. 1980
Digitized newspapers from the Missouri State Library and Missouri State Archives.
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