Newspaper Research: Historical News Online
Historical News Online
Historical newspapers are being digitized through a number of projects. Some of these are made freely available to the public while many are available only by institutional or individual subscription. The lists below include titles available to the UB community and titles covering Western New York. For current news, see the Current Newspapers Online section of this guide.
At the bottom of this guide are links to broader lists of digital newspapers.
To find historical newspaper titles, see: History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820 and American Newspapers, 1821-1936 or Library of Congress Newspaper Directory (online)
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African-American Newspapers: The 19th CenturyComplete text of seven 19th century African-American newspapers. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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American Periodicals Series (APS) OnlineAmerican Periodical Series 1741-1900. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Chicago Defender (1910-1975)Historical local, regional and national news. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Chronicling America: Historic American NewspapersDigitized images of America's historical newspapers. More InfoFull-TextPUBLIC
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Civil War: A Newspaper PerspectiveContains the full text of major articles. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Ethnic NewsWatchAmerican ethnic press. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Illustrated London News Historical ArchiveThe Illustrated London News Historical Archive (ILN) gives students and researchers full-text access to the entire run of the ILN from its first publication on 14 May 1842 to its last in 2003. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Making of AmericaDigital library of primary sources in American social history. More InfoFull-TextPUBLIC
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2013) with Index (1851-1993)see New York Times (1851-2012) with Index (1851-1993). More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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New York Times (1851-2012) with Index (1851-1993)Historical local, regional, national and international news. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers19th Century U.S. Newspapers provides access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728 - 1800Full-text access to articles from the newspaper known as the "New York Times" of the 18th century". More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Periodicals Archive OnlineArchive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
Other lists of links to historical news:
- International Coalition on Newspapers
Lists digitization projects, internationally and in the US.
- UIUC Guide to Historical Newspapers
University of Illinois guide to historical papers online. Scroll down to see the freely-available titles.
- Online Newspaper Archives
Wikipedia's links to online newspapers, including historical papers.
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Cyndi's List - Newspapers
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NYS Historic Newspapers
Complete, full-text, OCR runs of historic newspapers from every county in NYS.
