Guides: Newspaper Guide: Historical

News Archives - U.S. Newspapers

America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 This link opens in a new window
America’s Historical Newspapers includes thousands of titles from all 50 states chronicling the evolution of American culture and society through eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries, and much more. The core of America’s Historical Newspapers is Early American Newspapers, 1690-1922
Accessible Archives (all collections) This link opens in a new window
All collections of the Accessible Archives (via History Commons). Check advanced search to search within: African American Newspapers, National Anti-Slavery Standard, Pennsylvania Newspaper/Gazette, The Woman's Tribune
American Periodicals Series Online - 1740-1940 This link opens in a new window
APS collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741, when Andrew Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine were launched, and 1940. Derives from the American Periodicals Series microform collection and features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years. Includes publications such as Vanity Fair, Life, and Ladies Home Journal.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Harper's Weekly 1857-1912 This link opens in a new window
Full content images of Harper's Weekly from 1857 - 1912. Browse by date or search using the index or within full-text. See printing instructions before proceeding.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (all) This link opens in a new window
Search the digital full-text editions of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Daily World, Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Pittsburgh Courier, The Times of India, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
Newspapers.com - World Collection This link opens in a new window
Extensive database that provides online access to historical newspapers from nearly 60 locations in the U.S. and worldwide. 1690 to current.
Readex AllSearch This link opens in a new window
Search across all of our available Readex collections, including "Black Life in America", "Native American Tribal Histories", "Hispanic Life in America" and more.

American prison newspapers, 1800-Present
On JSTOR: American Prison Newspapers will bring together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions. Development of the collection began in July 2020 and will continue through 2021, with new content added regularly.
Middlebury Campus ("The Campus")
The student newspaper of Middlebury College. New issues weekly during academic year. The library has paper issues, older copies are in Special Collections. Digital versions can be viewed: Middleburycampus.com (2001- present), and Internet Archive “Middlebury College Newspapers & Magazines (1905-1980) -- follow these instructions: a) Enter your keywords in the “Search this collection” box, b) Check the ”text contents” box for a full-text search.

News Archives - International Newspapers

Times of London Digital Archive, 1785 - six years ago This link opens in a new window
Access the digital archives of The Times of London from 1785 onwards (most recent 6 years not included). Search by keyword, by words in text, or browse by date and retrieve the full text as it appeared in the paper. Search with other collections and British newspapers via Gale Artemis.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003) This link opens in a new window
A fully digitized run (1842-2003) of the world’s most iconic illustrated newspaper. Includes over 260,000 pages in full color. Browse print issues from 1855 through 1858 in Special Collections. Searchable with The Times, 19th Century British Library Newspapers, & Economist via Gale News Vault.
19th Century British Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-text of 48 national and regional newspapers from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Searchable with The Times, Illustrated London News, & Economist
World Newspaper Archive - Latin America This link opens in a new window
Formerly: Latin American Newspapers 1805-1922. Full-text page images from Newsbank/Readex. Searchable collection of historical Latin American newspapers. More than 35 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Venezuela. Languages include Spanish, Portuguese, and English.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes English and English-Chinese full-text newspapers.
Japan Times Archives This link opens in a new window
Searchable archive of Japan Times (English-language newspaper published in Japan) from 1897 through 1996. Includes: Japan Times (1897-1940), Japan Advertiser (1905-1940), Japan Times and Advertiser (1940-1942), Nippon Times (1943-1956), and Japan Times (1956-1996)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Times of India This link opens in a new window
Search and view digital full-text images of the newspaper. Includes Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1839-1859); Bombay Times and Standard (1860-1861); Times of India (1861-2008+). Also searchable with other ProQuest Newspapers.