Historical Newspapers
- New York Times Historical (1851-4 years ago) This link opens in a new windowThis historical database of the New York Times provides the full image of articles published in the NYT from its first issue in 1851. It is searchable by keyword, author, article title, and first paragraph. It includes illustrations and advertisements. Proquest
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
Access to 500 newspaper titles from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects. Gale
- Chronicling AmericaChronicling America is a collection of over 600 newspapers from 30 states published between 1690-present, and it continues to grow. Backed by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, these newspapers are all freely available. Although each state on the previous page indicates if Chronicling America includes newspapers from it, this site also allows you to search all Chronicling America newspapers simultaneously.
- Portal to Texas History Newspaper CollectionLarge collection of Texas historical newspapers. Includes Breckenridge American, The Bastrop Advertiser, The Optimist, El Paso Morning Times, and about fifty more titles. Languages include English, Spanish, German, Swedish, and Chinese. Use the panel on the left to limit your search by title, county, language, or collection. Date ranges vary among titles.
- North Carolina NewspapersCollection of over 50 North Carolina newspapers. Includes the Fayetteville Observer (1851-1865), North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, 1852-1862), and Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, 1841-1849).
- Freedom's JournalAll 103 issues available as full-text PDFs. The first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States, Freedom's Journal provided international, national, and regional information on current events and contained editorials declaiming slavery, lynching, and other injustices.
- State Library of Pennsylvania Historic Newspapers CollectionScattered runs of multiple newspapers. Collection of mainly small town newspapers in Pennsylvania covers 1826-1929.
- Pennsylvania Civil War Era Newspaper CollectionPennsylvania Civil War Era Newspaper Collection contain all the words, photographs, and advertisements from selected newspapers published during the pivotal years before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War. Coverage from 1847 to 1874.
- Kansas Memory Historical Newspaper Clippings CollectionOver 380 clippings from Kansas newspapers from 1841- 1987.
- Frederick Douglass' PaperAbolitionist paper published in Rochester, earlier called The North Star. This is a page of links to transcribed articles. Not searchable.
- The LiberatorAbolitionist newspaper published in Boston, edited by William Lloyd Garrison. Selected articles, searchable.
- Friend of ManFriend of Man, published from 1836-1842, is a newspapers that documented early anti-slavery and other reform movements. The complete set of Friend of Man is available from Cornell University.