Historical Newspapers

• America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 [Digital Archive]
  
• More than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states
  

• Historical Digital Collegian (1887-1987) [Digital Archive]
  
• Behrend Beacon (1948-1989) [Digital Archive]
  
• Hazleton Collegian (1937-1994) [Digital Archive]
  

• New York Times Historical (available from 1851) [Digital Archive]
  
• Most recent four years not available
• Printing from NYTimes Historical
  

• Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers [Digital Archive]
  

• U.S. Newspapers (19th Century) (Gale)
  

• British Library Collection (19th Century)
  

• British Newspapers (1600-1900)
  

• Burney Collection (17th - 18th Century)
  

• The Times of London (1785-1985) [Digital Archive]
  
• Palmer's Index, Times of London (1790-1905) 

• Accessible Archives
  
• Contains three Civil War newspapers (Charleston Mercury, New York Herald, and the Richmond Enquirer)
  
• They are not in the database: America's Historical Newspapers

• The Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers, 1690-1783 [CD-ROM]
  
• Contains references to music, lyrics, dance and theater found in American newspapers from 1690 to the end of the Revolutionary War (1783)
  
• Full text transcriptions, a general index, an index of first lines of poems and songs, 37 images of unique woodcuts, and an issue-by-issue bibliography of the 162 titles covered
  

The periodical press can also be an important source for historical news

• American Periodicals Series (1740-1900) [Digital Archive] 
• Over 1,100 periodicals

• British Periodicals [Digital Archive]
  

• The Economist Historical Archive
• The Economist Historical Archive (1843-2003) (CAT record)
  

• Periodicals Archive Online (1770-1995)

• Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865
  
• Approximately 14,000 letters, speeches, editorials, articles, sermons, essays and other documents written by antislavery movement activists
• For more information, consult Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865 : A Guide to the Microfilm Edition
  

• Black Literature, 1827-1940
  
• Contains fiction, poetry, book reviews, and literary notices
  
• Originally published in 900 Black periodicals and newspapers
  

• Early English Newspapers
  
• 17th and 18th century English newspapers makes available scarce and deteriorating texts that provide researchers insight into events that might be glossed over in a history book. [Gale Homepage]
  
• For more information consult Early English Newspapers: Bibliography and Guide to the Microfilm Collection
  

• The Hampton University Peabody Newspaper Clipping File 1873-1940
  
• 789 microfiche of newspaper clippings concerning Afro-American history, politics, education, and culture, 1873-1940
  
• For more information consult the index listed on the CAT record
  

• The Harbottle Dorr Collection of Annotated Massachusetts newspapers, 1765-1776
  
• 12 year archive from pre-Revolutionary Boston
  
• 3,280 pages of annotated newspapers, plus the appended documents and Dorr's own indexes to the four volumes he compiled." [UMI Research Collections - Massachusetts Historical Society Collections] 
• For more information, consult the Index to Harbottle Dorr Collection of Annotated Massachusetts Newspapers (1765-1776)

• Herstory
  
• Collection of women's newspapers, journals and other publications from the 1950s to the 1970s, assembled by the Women's History Research Center
• For more information, consult Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Herstory

• Newsbank Urban Affairs Library
• Microfiche copies of newspaper articles from 150 U.S. newspapers on these topics
  
• Use the related Index to locate specific articles
• Business and economic development (1975-1980)
• Consumer affairs (1975-1980)
• Education (1970-1980)
• Employment (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Environment (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Government (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Health (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Housing and urban renewal (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Law and order (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Minority economic development (1970-1972)
• Political development (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Race relations (1970-1972)
• Social relations (1975-1980)
• Transportation (1970-1972, 1975-1980)
• Urban News File (1973-1974, 1975[incomplete])
• Welfare and poverty (1970-1972, 1975-1980)

• The Right Wing Collection of the University of Iowa Libraries, 1918-1977
  
• Serials and ephemera covering the period 1918-1977 from right-wing collections at several universities [Library of Congress]
• The Right Wing Collection of the University of Iowa Libraries, 1918-1977: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection
  

• Selection of Titles from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  
• Full-text of African-American newspapers, periodicals, and books that would be otherwise very difficult to obtain in their original editions
  
• One of the most significant primary resources for the serious study of African-American history in all of its aspects, with source materials on slavery, slave trade, race, abolitionism, social life, customs, and literature 
• For more information, consult the indexes:
• Selection of Titles from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Index to the Schomburg Clipping File
  

• South Carolina Newspapers, 1732-1782
  
• South Carolina newspapers held by the Charleston Library Society
• For more information, consult the index listed in the CAT record

• The Tuskegee Institute news clippings file [microform] 
• Guide to the microfilm edition of the Tuskegee Institute news clippings file

• Underground Newspaper Collection
  
• Includes more than 435 diverse titles, many from the alternative press movement of the 1960s
  
• Consult the guide to see which issues are on microfilm, Underground Newspaper Collection (microform) (index)

• The Underground & Alternative Press in Britain (1974-1975)
  
• Contains alternative and underground newspapers
• For more information, consult index listed in the CAT record

• Voices from Wartime France, 1939 -1945:
  
• Clandestine Resistance and Vichy Newspapers from the British Library at Colindale, London
• Offers the complete French holdings of the British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale, London
• For more information, consult Primary Source Media
  

Newspapers As Historical Sources: Reference Sources

• Ayer Directory of Publications (1880-1982)
  
• Published annually
• A listing of newspapers and periodicals
• Subject listings, such as culinary and housekeeping, fashion, matrimonial, millinery, woman's handiwork, and women's clubs (these categories became increasingly detailed over time)
• In 1987, it was continued by Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
• The Library of Congress offers volumes online: Rowell's & Ayer's American Newspaper Directory
  

• The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 (20 volumes)
  
• Directory to the largest single body of historical documents arising out of nineteenth century England at the height of the British Empire. [North Waterloo Academic Press homepage]
  

• The Waterloo Directory of Irish Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 (one volume)
  
• Alphabetical listing and description of publications in Ireland in all fields, including the arts, sciences, professions, trades, labour, agriculture, industry, entertainment, sport, church and home [North Waterloo Academic Press]
  

• The Waterloo Directory of Scottish Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900 (two volumes)
• Alphabetical listing and description of newspaper and periodical publications in Scotland in all fields, including the arts, sciences, professions, trades, labour, agriculture, industry, entertainment, sport, church, children, women and finance [North Waterloo Academic Press]
  

• The Waterloo Directory of Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 (one volume)
  

• Willing's Press Guide (1974-1987)
  
• A concise and comprehensive index to the press of the United Kingdom

• American Antiquarian Society Newspapers

• Ayer Directory of Publications (1880-1982) (Library of Congress)

• The British Library Newspapers
• Integrated Catalogue: Newspapers

• Mapping Asia Newspapers
• Newspaper holdings information in United Kingdom Libraries
• Searchable by title, city, county and language
• Does not include newspapers published in Europe or America
  

• Center for Research Libraries Newspaper Collection 
  

• ICON : International Coalition on Newspapers
• Contains over 25,000 records pertaining to global newspapers and holding libraries

• The Library of Congress Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
  • Search the Directory for libraries that own holdings of specific historical newspapers
• Newspaper Archives/Indexes/Morgues

• Wisconsin Historical Society Newspapers and Periodicals

• Newspapers on Microfilm
• Guide to Microforms in Print
• Newspapers in Microform (1948-1983)
• Serials in Microform Catalog