Research Guides: Newspapers: Historical Newspaper Collections

National Historical Newspaper Collections

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1777-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Early American Newspapers, Series I (1690-1876) This link opens in a new window
Historical newspapers from early America.
Los Angeles Times - Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Archival access to the Los Angeles Times from 1881 - current (minus the last 25 years). One more year of content is added annually.
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Covering 1867-2001, this historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
New York Times - Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Archival access to the New York Times from 1851 - current (minus the last 4 years). One more year of content is added annually.
Washington Post - Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Archival access to the Washington Post, 1877 - current (minus the last 17 years). One more year of content is added annually.

JSTOR's Reveal Digital Collections
Open Access primary source collections from under-represented 20th-century voices of dissent, crowdfunded by libraries. Including "American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside," "Independent Voices," and "Student Activism."

Gale NewsVault This link opens in a new window
Cross-search several British historical newspaper collections including The Times Digital Archive, The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers, and British Library Newspapers.
17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers This link opens in a new window
17th and 18th century collection of English news media including newspapers, newsbooks, proclamations, and pamphlets.
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-current (5-year embargo) This link opens in a new window
Published in London, The Times is one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage.
The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
Full text of The Times Literary Supplement (TLS), published in London, from 1902-2014.