Newspaper Archives, Indexes & Morgues
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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:
1. 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guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States & Canada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
2. Newspaper Indexes : a location and subject guide for researchers
/ by Anita Cheek Milner. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, c1977. CALL NUMBER:
Z6951.M635
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General lists |
Full
Text? |
| |
ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers |
Yes |
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National, State & Local Newspaper Archives (Xooxle) |
Yes |
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PreWar Japanese American Newspapers |
Yes |
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| Map/Timeline of the following table (Under construction) |
| State |
City |
Newspaper Archive |
Dates |
Full
Text? |
| AZ |
Tucson |
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press |
|
Yes |
| CA |
|
California Digital Newspaper Collection |
|
Yes |
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Los Angeles |
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press |
|
Yes |
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San Francisco |
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press |
|
Yes |
| DC |
|
Washington Afro American |
|
Yes |
| |
|
Rambler,
Washington Star |
1912-1928. Includes transcribed text. |
Yes |
| FL |
Jacksonville |
Florida
Times Union Index |
1986-1997 |
No |
| GA |
|
Digital Library of Georgia. Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| |
New Echota |
Cherokee Phoenix |
1828-1833. |
Yes |
| HI |
|
Hawaii Newspaper Index |
1989- |
No |
| |
|
Index to the Honolulu Advertiser & Star Bulletin |
1929-1969 |
No |
| |
|
Honolulu Star Advertiser |
Mar 18, 1996-Jun 6, 2010 |
Yes |
| IA |
Des Moines |
Des Moines Register Index |
9/1965-6/1976 |
No |
| IL |
Chicago |
Chicago Tribune |
1870s-1980s. Scattered sample pages only. |
Yes |
| KY |
|
Kentucky Digital Library |
|
Yes |
| MA |
|
Massachusetts
Newspapers |
|
|
| |
Concord |
Newspapers Up to the Civil War |
1816-1862 |
Yes |
| |
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 |
|
Maryland Online Historical Newspapers Summary |
|
Yes |
| |
Baltimore |
Afro American |
|
Yes |
| |
Annapolis |
The Crutch |
1864-5/1865 |
Yes |
| |
Annapolis |
Maryland
Gazette (scroll down) |
12/1728-7/1729, 1745-1839 |
Yes |
| MI |
|
Digital Michigan Newspaper Portal |
|
Yes |
| |
|
Michigan Online Historical Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| |
Detroit |
Detroit News Index Cards |
|
No |
| MN |
|
Minnesota newspapers |
|
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 |
|
North Carolina Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| NJ |
|
South Jersey (Atlantic County) |
1860-1923 (approx.) |
Yes |
| |
Middlebush |
Franklin Township newspapers |
1948-1978 (approx.) Available only at the Franklin Township Library, NJ. |
No |
| |
Red Bank |
Red Bank Register |
1878-1991 |
Yes |
| NY |
|
New York State Historic Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| |
|
Hudson River Valley Historical Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| |
|
Old Fulton Newspaper Collection |
Search
Browse |
Yes |
| |
Brooklyn |
Brooklyn
Daily Eagle |
1841-1955 |
Yes |
| |
Long Island |
Suffolk Historic Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| |
New York |
New York Journal and Related Titles |
1896-1899 |
Yes |
| |
New York |
New
York Times |
$. Pre-1923 and post-1980 articles free. |
Yes |
| OH |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Herald |
|
No |
| |
Cleveland |
Cleveland Press |
|
No |
| |
Cleveland |
Plain Dealer |
|
No |
| OK |
|
Gateway to Oklahoma History |
|
Yes |
| OR |
|
Historic Oregon Newspapers. University of Oregon |
|
Yes |
| |
|
Oregon Index |
1974-2004. |
No |
| |
Hillsboro |
The Rural Tribune |
|
Yes |
| |
Portland |
Oregonian |
1852-1987 |
No |
| |
Eugene |
Register
Guard |
1963- |
No |
| PA |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia
Press |
1898-1912 |
No |
| |
Franklin |
Valley
of the Shadow |
1859-1870. Selected articles. Transcribed text. |
Yes |
| TN |
|
Tennessee
Newspaper Obituary Indexes in Public Libraries |
A list. |
No |
| TX |
|
The Portal to Texas History |
|
Yes |
| |
El Paso |
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press |
|
Yes |
| 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 |
1933-1935. Selected articles. Transcribed text. |
Yes |
| |
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. Includes original image. |
Yes |
| |
Fairfax |
Fairfax
News-Herndon Observer |
1925-1943 |
No |
| |
Fairfax? |
Local
News |
1861-1862 |
No |
| |
Washington, DC |
Rambler,
Washington Star |
1912-1928. Includes transcribed text. |
Yes |
| |
Petersburg |
Petersburg
Public Library Newspaper Index |
1797-1877 |
No |
| |
Reston |
Reston
Times |
1965-1991 & 2000 |
No |
| |
Richmond |
Richmond
News Leader |
1940's-1985 |
No |
| |
Richmond |
Richmond
Planet |
1890-1934. Selected articles. Transcribed text. |
Yes |
| |
Richmond |
Richmond
Daily Dispatch |
1860-1865 |
Yes |
| |
Richmond |
Richmond
Times Dispatch |
1940's-1985 |
No |
| |
Staunton |
Valley
of the shadow |
1857-1870. Selected articles. Transcribed text. |
Yes |
| |
Williamsburg |
Virginia
Gazette |
1736-1780 |
Yes |
| VT |
Burlington |
Burlington
Free Press |
1984-May 2009 |
No |
| |
Rutland |
Rutland
Herald |
1984-April 2009 |
No |
| WA |
|
Washington Historic Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| WI |
|
Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel |
1910- |
Yes |
| WY |
|
Wyoming Newspapers |
|
Yes |
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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)
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| State |
City |
Newspaper Archive |
Dates |
| CA |
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino County Sun donated its paper archives to San Bernardino County Historical Archives and Cal State San Bernardino's John M. Pfau Library, 909-890-1713. |
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| |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Examiner (1888-1956) paper archive is
at the Bancroft Library,
Berkeley, California. |
|
| DC |
Washington |
Washington Afro-American. The paper archive is located at the Afro-American headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. |
|
| |
Washington |
Washington Star photo archive is in the Martin
Luther King Library's Star
Collection (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. |
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| |
Cambridge |
Cambridge Public Library has a collection of Boston Herald Photographs, 1924-1997. |
|
| MD |
Baltimore |
Afro-American. The paper archive 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 |
New York Herald Tribune morgue is at the Briscoe Center for American History, University of
Texas at Austin. |
1925-1966 |
| |
New York |
New York Journal American The photographic morgue is held by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The Center also holds a nearly complete set of microfilm for the paper. The clippings morgue is held across campus at the Briscoe Center for American History. |
1900-1966 |
| |
New York |
New York Times morgue is at the Briscoe Center for American History, University of
Texas at Austin. |
1910-1989 |
| OH |
Cleveland |
The Cleveland Press Collection (morgue) is at Cleveland State University. |
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| |
Dayton |
The Dayton Daily News (morgue) is at Wright State University. |
|
| PA |
Philadelphia |
Daily News clipping files are at the Urban
Archives, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA. |
1958-1962 |
| |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia Bulletin index is at the Urban
Archives, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA. |
1908-1975 |
| |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia Bulletin clipping files are at the Urban
Archives, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA. |
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 |
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