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Newspaper Archives

New York Times (Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
A full-image archive that includes the entire historical run of The New York Times, since 1851.The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Covers Sept. 18, 1851 to 3 years before the current year
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Cover-to-cover full-text contents for hundreds of 19th century U.S. papers, 1800-1899.
Dates vary for individual newspapers, however the entire database covers 1800-1899
African American Newspapers: 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
Access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience.
Features papers from more than 35 states, including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.
African American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Newspaper coverage of events and issues of the day, as well as biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Digitized versions (usually from microfilm copies) of newspapers from most American states, some with many issues and some with only a few.
Produced by the Library of Congress, covers 1836 - 1922
Early American Newspapers, Series II, 1758-1900 This link opens in a new window
Offers more than 200 significant 18th and 19th-century newspapers, focusing on the period between 1820 and 1860, when the number of American newspapers rose dramatically.
Based primarily on the newspaper collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Series II also includes titles from the holdings of the Library of Congress, the Wisconsin Historical Society and other organizations. Dates of coverage vary by newspaper.
Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
"Historical Newspapers contains four major historical resources:
Palmer's Index to the Times which covers the period from 1790 to 1905 in The Times; The Official Index to the Times which takes the coverage forward from 1906 to 1980; The Historical Index to the New York Times which covers The New York Times from 1851 to September 1922; Palmer's Full Text Online, 1785-1870, providing access to the full articles referenced in Palmer's index to the Times"
Pennsylvania Gazette This link opens in a new window
Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, the Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of the 18th century.
Covers 1728 to 1800.

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