Research and Course Guides: Historic Preservation: Newspapers

Digital Newspaper Collections

African American Newspapers - The 19th Century - Part 1 (part of Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827-Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era, Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
View newspaper pages from all states, 1777-1963! Library of Congress holdings.

Civil War: a newspaper perspective This link opens in a new window
Full text of articles taken from issues of The New York herald, The Charleston mercury and the Richmond enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.
US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
1980s-present, major U.S. cities.
19th Century Masterfile This link opens in a new window
Index to American and English periodical articles, 1786-1922
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-text searchable, facsimile-image database provides access to 500 newspaper titles (nearly 1.8 million pages) from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S