Research Guides: News Sources: Historical U.S. Digital Newspapers

National

Access World News: The United States This link opens in a new window
Dates: 1690-present Access to newspapers printed in the U.S.
African American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
Dates: 1690-2000
Collection of newspapers from all over the United States.
Chicago Tribune This link opens in a new window
Dates 1849-1995
Digitized from print edition.
Los Angeles Times, Historical This link opens in a new window
Dates 1881-1996
PDFs of print newspapers.
New York Times, Historical This link opens in a new window
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.
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 This link opens in a new window
Database featuring articles from numerous American and Canadian general-interest magazines. Coverage from 1890 to 1982.

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 This link opens in a new window
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.

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.

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 This link opens in a new window
Includes all articles published in historical print editions of the New York Times. Coverage from 1851 to 2006.
Wall Street Journal, Historical This link opens in a new window
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.

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.

Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey
Dates: 1855-1938
Selected news articles appearing in the Chicago, IL area foreign language press.

Chicago Defender This link opens in a new window
Dates: 1909-1975
Digitized from print edition.
Chicago Tribune This link opens in a new window
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.