Newspaper Databases | U.S. Newspapers | International Newspapers | Newspaper Indexes
This page provides a selection of historical newspaper resources. At the top of the page, is a list that links to newspapers and databases that are available online through Ellis Library subscriptions. In addition, the tables below provide links to resources that are freely available to the general public.
Newspaper |
Date |
Notes |
| California | ||
1880-1890 |
San Francisco newspaper. |
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1900-1910 |
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| Colorado | ||
1859-1923 |
Over 100 newspapers online. Browse by issue or search all titles |
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| Florida | ||
1900-1910 |
The DeSoto County News (Arcadia), The Florida Agriculturalist (DeLand), Gainesville Daily Sun (Gainesville), The New Enterprise (Madison), The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola), The Punta Gorda Herald (Punta Gorda). |
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| Georgia | ||
1828-1833 |
The first American Indian newspaper. |
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1876 |
African American newspaper based in Savannah. |
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1878-1887 |
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| Hawaii | ||
1834-1948 |
Over 40 Hawaiian and English language newspapers. Partial runs. |
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1861-1927 |
16 Hawaiian language newspapers online. Partial runs. |
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| Illinois | ||
1914-1930 |
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| Kentucky | ||
1886-1910 |
Adair County News, Bluegrass Blade, Bourbon News, Central Record |
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| Maryland | ||
1902-1978 |
Free registration required. Partial run. |
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1856-1857 |
Cambridge newspaper. Free registration required. |
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1830-1903 |
Free registration required. Partial run. |
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1937-1947 |
Free registration required. |
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| Massachusetts | ||
1873- |
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| Minnesota | ||
1855, 1857, 1860-1946 |
Winona Argus, Winona Daily Republican, and Winona Republican-Herald |
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| Missouri | ||
1836-1987 |
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1966-1985 |
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1886-2003 |
Free registration required. |
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| New Hampshire | ||
1895-1897 |
North Conway newspaper. Free registration required. |
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| New Jersey | ||
1860-1923 |
Non-searchable PDF files. Browsable by date. |
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| New York | ||
1841-1902 |
Extensive national and international coverage. |
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1838-1840 |
New York City newspaper. Free registration required. |
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1843 |
New York City newspaper. Free registration required. |
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1827-1829 |
America's first African American newspaper. Based in New York City. |
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1900-1910 |
New York City newspaper. |
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1851-2003 |
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1811-2004 |
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1839-1892 |
The Corrector, The Long Islander, The Long Island Traveler, The Port Jefferson Echo, and The South Side Signal. |
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1841-1842 |
Rochester newspaper. Free registration required. |
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| Ohio | ||
1859-67 |
Cincinnati newspaper. Free registration required. |
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| Pennsylvania | ||
1843-1851 |
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1887-1976 |
Penn State's student newspaper |
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1830-1950 |
Lancaster County newspapers: The Lancaster Examiner & Herald, The Columbia Spy, The Intelligencer Journal, The New Holland Clarion, and The Lancaster Farmer |
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1859-1867 |
Republican Newspaper. Excerpts. |
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1889-1931 |
Free registration required. |
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1847-1874 |
Newspapers of Bellefonte, Chambersburg, Columbia, Erie, Gettysburg, Huntingdon, Philadelphia, Reading, Waynesboro and Wellsboro. |
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1790-1870 |
Various newspapers from Pennsylvania counties. Not all titles cover the entire date period. |
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| Tennessee | ||
1893 |
Free registration required |
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| Utah | ||
1900-1910 |
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1850-1969 |
Over 40 newspapers including the Deseret News. |
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| Virginia | ||
1859-1870 |
Democratic newspaper in Augusta County. Excerpts. |
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1947 |
Free registration required. |
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1860-1865 |
Widely read newspaper in Richmond during the Civil War. |
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1900-1910 |
Whig newspaper in Augusta County. Excerpts. |
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1857-1870 |
Whig newspaper in Augusta County. Excerpts. |
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1865-1870 |
Augusta County newspaper. Excerpts. |
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1736-1780 |
Williamsburg, VA. newspaper. |
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| Washington D.C. | ||
1900-1910 |
The Colored American, The Evening Times, The Hatchet, The National Forum, The Suburban Citizen, The Sunday Globe, Sunday Morning Globe, Sunday Washington Globe, The Washington Bee, The Washington Herald, Washington Sentinel, Washington Times, Washington Weekly Post, The Weekly News (Anacostia). |
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1847-1860 |
African American newspaper. |
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1888-1929 |
Popular national newspaper among the deaf population, published by the New Jersey school for the Deaf. |
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1918-1919 |
Paper published by the U.S. Army for its forces stationed in France. |
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| Washington State | ||
1852-1886 |
Newspapers from Seattle, Olympia, Spokane, and Walla Walla. Requires DjVu plug in. |
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| Wisconsin | ||
1860-1940 |
Over 16,000 articles about biographical and local subjects excerpted from many newspapers. |
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| Australia | ||
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| 1840-1845 | Includes periodicals from Australia, as well as London-published periodicals of relevance to Australia. | |
| 1840-1902 | Free registration required. | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| Austria | ||
| 19th and 20th centuries | Over 60 historical newspapers of Austria, digitized by the Austrian National Library. | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| Canada | ||
| 1885-2001 | Enormous collection, but not searchable across issues or titles. | |
| 1939-1945 | Collection of article clippings about WWII published in Canadian newspapers. | |
| 1844-2002 | "Canada's National Newspaper." | |
| 1752-2001 | Large collection of over 100 major and local Canadian newspapers. Free registration required. | |
| 1810-2007 | This collection contains a variety of newspapers from Ontario, Canada. The collection includes Provincial Freeman, an African-American paper published in Chatham, Canada West (now Ontario) | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| New Zealand | ||
| 19th century | 41 newspapers and periodicals from 19th century New Zealand. | |
| 1842-1932 | A collection of Māori and English language historic newspapers published primarily for a Māori audience between 1842 and 1932. | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| United Kingdom | ||
| 1800-1900 | A searchable database of newspapers from throughout the United Kingdom. | |
| 1861-1865 | ||
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| 1868-1929 | ||
| 1852-1984 | ||
| 1860-1940 | ||
| 1885-1977 | ||
| 1764-1984 | ||
| 1817-1950 | ||
| 1894-2004 | ||
| 1877-1986 |