Research Guides: Historical Newspapers: Welcome

Welcome to the Historical Newspapers Online LibGuide

This research guide:

Gathers historical U.S. newspapers that are available online, including those available through newspaperarchives.com, the Google News Historical Archives, Chronicling America (Library of Congress), and state archives.

Historical newspapers:

are excellent primary sources for research, and
have value to many different disciplines, as a starting point for research or as a supplement to research already underway.

If you have additional questions about using these online resources, please contact a librarian for assistance.

Historical Newspapers for Research - Broad Resources

Chronicling America (National Level)
Chronicling America is a collection of over 600 newspapers from 30 states published between the 1830s and 1922, and it continues to grow rapidly. Backed by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, these newspapers are all freely available. Although each state on the Historical Newspapers by State page indicates if Chronicling America includes newspapers from it, this site also allows you to search all Chronicling America newspapers simultaneously.

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This also includes the Maryville Republican (an African-American newspaper; 1867-1877); the Clarksville Chronicle (Oct. 30, 1857 - Sept. 08, 1865;
Jan. 03, 1868 - Dec. 21, 1872) and the Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (July 06, 1855 - July 06, 1855; Sept. 15, 1865 - July 12, 1867).
Google Newspapers (National Level)
An alphabetical listing of all the newspapers digitized by Google
Newspaper Cat (US and Caribbean)
A searchable database by the University of Florida which contains many newspapers from the United States and Caribbean.

Other Resources of Interest

Civil Rights Mississippi Database
Mississippi was a focal point in the struggle for civil rights in America, and Hattiesburg, home of The University of Southern Mississippi, had the largest and most successful Freedom Summer project in 1964. The civil rights materials collected at the University document a local history with truly national significance.
Historical African American Newspapers Online (Marist College)
This guide 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. The newspapers contained within guide are those that have ceased to operate or are currently running papers with archives available. It does not include papers that are currently running and only offers access to the most recent articles.
Historical New York Times (1851-2009)
Search the complete text of the New York Times (1851-2009) with Index (1851-1993) for PDF images of original articles which include photographs and drawings.
Tennessee State Libraries and Archives (TNSLA)
A curated search through the TNSLA databases to pull up Tennessee Newspapers. This site can also be used for broader newspaper searches within the TNSLA archives.
United States Newspaper Program
The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present. Funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Technical assistance is furnished by the Library of Congress.