Skip Navigation Links  The Library of Congress >> Researchers
Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (Serial and Government Publications Division)
  Home >> Newspaper Archives/Indexes/Morgues

Newspaper Archives/Indexes/Morgues

Jump to: Archive sources on the Web | US newspapers | Morgues (US) | International


Newspaper Archive Sources on the Web:

Top of Page

US Newspaper Archives & Indexes (usually older, local, sometimes very specialized):

These are the ones your local library used to keep in a card catalog, but have since automated. This list also includes projects with searchable, digitized images of the papers. To find indexes as of 1979 and 1977, see:
The Lathrop Report on Newspaper Indexes : an illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States & Canada / compiled and edited by Norman M. Lathrop, Mary Lou Lathrop. 1979-1980 ed. Wooster, Ohio : Norman Lathrop Enterprises, c1979- 1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 30 cm. CALL NUMBER: Z6293.L37 1979
Newspaper Indexes : a location and subject guide for researchers / by Anita Cheek Milner. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, c1977. CALL NUMBER: Z6951.M635
Top of Page
  General lists Full
Text?
  Google News Archive Yes
  ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers Yes
  U.S. News Archives on the Web Yes
 
State City Newspaper Archive Dates Full
Text?
CA   California Digital Newspaper Collection    
  Los Angeles Los Angeles Times (Indexes are at the bottom of the list.) 1881-1889, Letters to Editor only. No
FL Jacksonville Florida Times Union Index 1986-1997 No
GA   Digital Library of Georgia
Newspapers
   
HI   Hawaii Newspaper Index   No
KY   Daily Racing Form    
MA   Massachusetts Newspaper Indexes    
  Edgartown Vineyard Gazette 1850-1863, Marriage Index No
  Edgartown Vineyard Gazette, A-K, L-Z 1884-1939, Marriage & Deaths No
  Edgartown Vineyard Gazette 1850-1875, Deaths No
MD Annapolis The Crutch   Yes
  Annapolis Maryland Gazette   Yes
MO   Missouri newspapers Browse or Search   Yes
MT Bozeman Bozeman Daily Chronicle 1987-2007, Montana articles only No
  Great Falls Great Falls Tribune

1987-2006, Montana articles only

 

No
NC   NC Newspaper Digitization Project   Yes
    NC Newspapers   Yes
NJ   South Jersey (Atlantic County) 1860-1923 (approx.) Yes
  Middlebush Franklin Township newspapers 1948-1978 (approx.) Yes
NY   Northern New York Historical Newspapers   Yes
  Northern NY Old Fulton Newspaper Collection Search
Browse
Yes
  Brooklyn Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1902. Yes
  New York New York Times costs $ Yes
  New York New York Tribune Index from the Library of Congress 1875-1906 No
  New York Freedom's Journal March, 1827-March, 1829 Yes
OH   African-American Experience in Ohio (selected articles) 1850-1920 Yes
  Cleveland Cleveland Press 1976- , Obituaries  
  Cleveland Plain Dealer 1983-6/1999
1976- , Obituaries
 
OK Tahlequah Cherokee Advocate 18'70s  
OR   Finding Articles in Oregon Newspapers. University of Oregon    
    Historic Oregon Newspapers. University of Oregon    
    Oregon Index (newspaper & magazine articles about Oregon) 1985-(2 months ago), Oregon articles only No
    Daily Emarald    
  Portland Oregonian    
  Eugene Register Guard 1963- No
PA Philadelphia Philadelphia Press 1898-1912 No
  Franklin Valley of the Shadow 1859-1870  
TN   Tennessee Newspaper Obituary Indexes    
UT   Utah Digital Newspapers   Yes
VA Alexandria Alexandria Gazette 1785-1788, July 25 1854-Dec 31, 1855, May 3 1860-Jan 20 1865 No
  Arlington Arlington County Record 1932-1933 No
  Charlottesville Charlottesville Reflector (selected articles) 1933-1935 (selected issues)  
  Fairfax Fairfax City Times 1961-1968 No
  Fairfax Fairfax County Independent 1929-1932 No
  Fairfax Fairfax Herald 1886-1973 No
  Fairfax Fairfax News 1872-1875 No
  Fairfax Fairfax News-Herndon Observer 1925-1943 No
  Fairfax? Local News 1861-1862 No
  Fairfax? Rambler, Washington Star 1912-1928 No
  Petersburg Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index 1797-1977 No
  Reston Reston Times 1965-1985 & 2000 No
  Richmond Richmond Planet (selected articles) 1890-1935 (selected issues)  
  Richmond Richmond Daily Dispatch 1860-1865 Yes
  Richmond Richmond Times Dispatch 1940's-1985 No
  Staunton Valley of the shadow (Selected articles) 1857-1870  
  Williamsburg Virginia Gazette 1736-1780  
VT Burlington Burlington Free Press 1984-May 2009  
  Rutland Rutland Herald 1984-April 2009  
WY   Wyoming Newspaper Project    

 

Top of Page

Morgues (US):

See also:

1. Newspaper Libraries in the U.S. and Canada : an SLA Directory / Elizabeth L. Anderson, Editor. New York: Special Libraries Association, c1980. CALL NUMBER: Z675.N4S63 1980

2. Newspaper Photograph Morgues (Prints and Photographs Division)

Top of Page

State City Newspaper Archive Dates
CA San Francisco San Francisco Examiner (1888-1956) paper archive is at the Bancroft Library, Berkeley, California.  
DC Washington Washington Afro-American online archive (morgue). The paper collection is located at the Afro-American headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.  
  Washington Washington Star photo archive is in the Martin Luther King Library's Washigtoniana Section (DC Public Library)  
MA Boston Boston University's Beebe Communications Library houses a collection of newspaper clippings from the late 1800s to the early 1980s, most or all of which once belonged to the Boston Herald's library.  
  Boston Boston Public Library's Print Department owns the Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue.  
MD   Afro-American online archive (morgue). The paper collection is located at the Afro-American headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.  
MI   Article about the Ann Arbor News archive.  
NJ   The Newark Evening News morgue is at the New Jersey Archives.  
NY   New York Newspaper Morgues, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin includes:  
  New York New York Herald Tribune 1925-1966s
  New York New York Journal American The photographic morgue is held by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Information about the files can be found at http://research.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/ The HRC also holds a nearly complete set of microfilm for the paper. The NYJA clippings morgue is held across campus at the Briscoe Center for American History. 1900-1966
  New York New York Times 1910-1989
OH Cleveland The Cleveland Press Collection (morgue) is at Cleveland State University  
  Dayton The Dayton Daily News (morgue) is at Wright State University  
PA   The Urban Archives at Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, has:  
  Philadelphia Daily News clipping files. 1958-1962
  Philadelphia Philadelphia Bulletin index. 1908-1975
  Philadelphia Philadelphia Bulletin clipping files. 1900-Jan, 1982
  Philadelphia Philadelphia Record is at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania photographs ca.1900-1946 clippings 1918-1950
TN Nashville The Nashville Banner morgue (clippings and photos) is at the Nashville Public Library  

Top of Page

 

International Newspaper Archives.

    General lists   Full
Text?
    ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers   Yes
    International News Archives on the Web   Yes
    Digital Library of the Caribbean Includes some extensive runs of Caribbean newspapers.   Yes
       
Country Place Newspaper Archive/Service Approximate Dates Full
Text?
Australia   Australian Newspapers 1803-195... Yes
Austria Vienna Weiner Zeitung 1716-1936 Yes
Belgium   Belgica 1945 Yes
Canada British Columbia British Columbia Historical Newspapers   Yes
Canada Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers Online   Yes
Canada Toronto Star 1945 Yes
Croatia   Croatian historic newspapers   Yes
Finland   Historical Newspaper Library   Yes
France   La presse quotidienne dans Gallica   Yes
GB Glasgow Scotsman 1817-1950  
Ireland   Irish Newspaper Archives   Yes
Ireland Dublin Irish Times 1859- Yes
New Zealand   Paperspast   Yes
Poland   Dziennik Zwiazkow 1908-1917 Yes
Russia   Siberian Newspapers   Yes
Spain   Biblioteca Virtual   Yes
Switzerland   l'Express   Yes
Switzerland   l'Impartial   Yes
Switzerland   Le Temps (Journal de Genève, Gazette de Lausanne, Nouveau Quotidien)   Yes
Top of Page Top of Page
  Home >>Newspaper Indexes/Archives/Morgues
  The Library of Congress >> Researchers
  January 18, 2012
Legal | External Link Disclaimer

Contact Us:  
Ask a Librarian