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
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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.
- 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.
- Illinois Digital Newspaper CollectionsThis collection contains 45 newspaper titles, 90,104 issues comprising 1,116,753 pages and 6,648,636 articles. The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections (IDNC) is a project of the Library at the University of Illinois.
- Brooklyn Daily EagleThe Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841 to 1955 but the digitized material covers from October 26, 1841 to December 31, 1902. Extensive national and international coverage. At one point the country's most widely read afternoon daily.
- Suffolk Historic NewspapersHistoric newspapers from the eastern three-quarters of Long Island, New York. Includes The Corrector (Sag Harbor, 1822-1911), The Long Islander (Huntington, 1839-1974), The Patchogue Advance (1926-1961), and eight others.
- 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).
- Georgia Historic NewspapersA project of the Digital Library of Georgia to digitize historical newspapers from around the state.
- Milledgeville Historic Newspapers ArchiveMilledgeville, was the antebellum capital of Georgia from 1804 until the late 1860s. Titles include: Federal Union, 1830-1872; Future Citizen, 1914-1916; Georgia Argus, 1810-1815; Georgia Journal, 1809-1845; Milledgeville Intelligencer, 1808; Milledgeville News, 1909-1922; Reflector, 1817-1819; Southern Recorder, 1820-1872; Southron, 1828; Standard of Union, 1836-1841; Union Recorder, 1872-1920.
- The New South Newspaper (1862-1866)Civil War era paper documenting the South Carolina low country, based first in Port Royal and later in Beaufort.
- Georgetown County Historical Newspapers CollectionGeorgetown County Historical Newspapers Collection consists of newspapers dating from the early 1800s to 1899 from the Georgetown American, The Georgetown Enquirer, the Georgetown Times, The Georgetown Semi-Weekly Times, the Georgetown Union, The Pee Dee Times, the South Carolinan, True Republican, The Times and Comet, The Winyah Intelligencer and the Winyah Observer.
- Kentucky Digital LibraryHistoric newspapers from all over Kentucky. Includes Daily Louisville Democrat, Weekly Kentucky Tribune, Louisville Daily Courier, National Union, Daily Commonwealth, and more.
- 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.
- Richmond Daily DispatchPublished 1860-1865. Considered non-partisan, this was the most widely read newspaper in Richmond during the Civil War.
- Civil War WashingtonNewspapers published by D.C. hospitals during the Civil War. Currently includes issues of the Armory Square Hospital Gazette, the Cripple, and the Soldiers' Journal.
- State Historical Society of Missouri Digital CollectionThe State Historical Society of Missouri Digital Collection provides online access to journals, photographs, and newspapers related to the Civil War.
- Harper's Weekly - The Civil WarThe archive of this popular weekly newspaper highlights only the Civil War years. The site is searchable and is arranged chronologically with thumb-nails of the front pages. All pages from the 1861–1865 Civil War period have been scanned including the engravings and illustrations. From the Lee Foundation.