Newspapers: Historical Newspapers

The largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media from the British Library; more than 1000 pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers from England, Ireland, Scotland and a few from British colonies in the Americas & Asia.

Full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life.

Dates vary, with earliest going back to 1978. Worldwide newspapers, with local news video for the U.S.

English-language papers 1690-1876, 700 papers from cities in 24 states east of the Mississippi. Also includes Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980, and Calif Historical Newspapers, 1752-1922. Coverage of each paper from a few issues to many years.

Currently, this digital archive makes available newspaper issues from 1841-1955. The paper was edited by Walt Whitman from 1846-1848.

150,000 pages of California newspapers spanning 1849-1911. They include the Alta California (1849-1889); the San Francisco Call (1900-1910); the Amador Ledger (1900-1911); the Imperial Valley Press (1901-1911); and the Los Angeles Herald (1905-1907).

Digital archive of 23 California newspapers (10 of them forthcoming), 1850-1900. One newspaper until 1922. Some include brief runs of 1-3 years, others cover much longer spans.

1849-1986. Search and browse full text display images of both articles and complete newspaper pages.

Search and read newspaper pages from several states, including California; search a directory (including library holdings) for U.S. newspapers published from 1690-present.

Full text of major articles gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.

Search or browse 86 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1928. Coverage varies. Newspapers come from 46 cities and 34 counties throughout the state. Works best in Internet Explorer.

Offers searchable access to many historical newspapers from Georgia cities and schools.

Collection of English newspaper reports about crime, sexuality, popular culture, death, advertisements, science, religion, politics, etc.

Collection of historically significant U.S. farm weeklies published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Hawaiian language newspapers published from 1834 to 1948. From the University of Hawaii Library.

Nearly 300 Spanish-language newspapers from 13 states (including California) published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Search, browse and view article and page images.

Documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s.

Provides a list of historical African American Newspapers available online as part of digitization projects at libraries and historical societies as well as digitization projects done by Google. Browse by title, time period, or geographic area.

Includes 10 papers from Europe, North Africa, Palestine/Israel, in English, French and Hebrew; 3 as early as 1860s; 6 through 1930s/40s. Palestine Post, Bulletin de l'Alliance Israelite Universelle, Ha-Levanon, L'Avenir Illustre, Ha-Magid, Paix & Droit, etc.

Offers access to many digitized newspapers from the U.S. and around the world. Note that only newspapers without the dollar icon ($) are freely available.

Online collection of 25 newspapers, published in the Relocation Camps in several U.S. states during World War II, documenting life in the camps.

An assortment of newspapers digitized by the Kentuckiana Digital Library. Coverage in the late 19th to early 20th centuries ranges from a single issue to several years.

Five newspapers from the 19th century: Lancaster Examiner & Herald (1834-1872), Columbia Spy (1830-1889), Intelligencer Journal (1848-1871), New Holland Clarion (1873-1950), Lancaster Farmer (1875-1884).

Searchable collection of historical Latin American newspapers. When finished will include 35 newspapers from the 19th and early 20th century in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. Part of the World Newspaper Archive.

See Times Digital Archive and Palmer's Full Text Online.

1841-1922. Full text and page images of one of the key newspapers in the development of 19th century journalism.

Search or browse 25 titles, dating from 1751-1898.

Indexes the London Times from October 1790 through 1905, with full text coverage of 1800-1870.

Full text of eleven newspapers from around the Commonwealth for the years 1850 to 1870.

Founded in 1912 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Pravda originated as an underground, daily workers’ newspaper, and soon became the main newspaper of the revolutionary wing of the Russian socialist movement. Today, Pravda represents the oppositional stance of the Communist Party in the Russian Federation.

Cover-to-cover article and page images of Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993). Click top "Publications" tab for title list.

Cover to cover article text & page images of Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), New York Times (1851-2005), San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Washington Post (1877-1992), Wall Street Journal (1889-1991). Click top "Publications" tab for title list.

November 1860- March 1865. Search or browse the pages of a daily newspaper from the Confederate Capital.

Digital images from the San Diego newspaper, with scattered holdings covering the years 1895-1916.

Digital images from the San Diego newspaper, with scattered holdings covering the years 1898-1912.

Search and browse full text and display images of articles and complete newspaper page, with coverage from 1865-1922.

Partisan newspaper editorials on the Nebraska bill debates; Dred Scott; John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry; and the attack on Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner by South Carolina representative Preston Brooks.

A weekly newspaper covering current theatrical activities in London, the "provinces," and the U.S. Often includes one lengthy biographical story with related cover illustration.

Searchable full text and page images of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertising and images. Does not include the Sunday Times or supplements.

India's most prominent and widely circulated English-language daily, with continuous coverage from 1831-2001. Fully searchable, with cover-to-cover images of each page.

One search box for all of the major newspapers in England (including The Times, Guardian, Daily Express, Mail, Independent, Observer, Sun, Morning Star, FT etc.) A second search box will search all of those, plus 384 local, city and regional newspapers.

Research guide to newspapers at UCSD Libraries. Includes links to online papers, as well as information about microfilmed titles.

Historical digitized newspapers from Utah, mostly late 1800s to the early 1900s, with more than 130,000 pages of text. Browse or search and view images of articles.

1889-1993. Search and browse full text and display images of articles and complete newspaper pages.

1877-1994. Search and browse full text and display images of articles and complete newspaper.

List of searchable catalogs of US newspapers by state. Use this to locate libraries holding print or microfilmed American newspapers from the past. Microfilming funded by the NEH.