Research Guides: How to Find Newspapers: Historical Newspapers

Tips for Finding Historical News Sources

The newspapers we carry vary in date range. Look at the descriptions of the resources below to determine if they match the dates you are interested in.

Some of our older newspapers are available on microfilm. To see more on how to locate and use microfilm see Using Microfilm.

U.S. newspapers: 18th-20th century, multi-title collections

Accessible Archives
Search Nineteenth Century newspapers across the following collections:
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century, The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, The Liberator, and Godey's Lady's Book.
America's Historical Newspapers
Database of newspapers including African American Newspapers (1827-1998), Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876), Early American Newspapers (1690-1922), Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980).

Part of the Archive of Americana.
Associated Press Collections Online (Gale)
Collections of the Associated Press Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archive including wire copy, correspondence, memos, internal publications, and more.
Historical Newspapers

Includes full-text coverage of US newspapers listed below, with the earliest starting in the late 19th century and many continuing through the 20th century.

Davidson has purchased perpetual access to:
The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945)
Atlanta Daily World (1931-2010)
The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)
Chicago Defender (1909-2010)
Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832 - 1953)
Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991)
Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
The New York Times with Index (1851-2020)
Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2010)
Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)
Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
The Wall Street Journal (1889-2013)
The Washington Post (1877-2008)
Gale NewsVault
(c. 1700-2007) Includes: 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers, 19th Century British Library Newspapers, Financial Times, Illustrated London News Archive, Sunday Times Digital Archive, and Times Digital Archive.

Includes the following collections:
17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers,
17th and 18th Century Nichols Newspapers Collection,
19th Century British Library Newspapers,
19th Century U.S. Newspapers,
Daily Mail,
Financial Times,
Illustrated London News, Sunday Times, and Times.
Also includes archives of the following periodicals:
19th Century U.K. Periodicals, The Economist, Liberty Magazine, Listener, and Times Literary Supplement.