Research Guides: HIS 471: America's First Ladies: Newspapers and Magazines

Historical Newspaper Collections

California Digital Newspaper Collection
Contains digitized editions of several dozen regional California newspapers, dating back to the 1850's.
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
A collection of local and regional Illinois newspapers dating to the 1840's.
Kentucky Digital Library- Newspapers
A collection of several regional/local Kentucky newspapers with coverage dating back to the 1850's.
Library of Congress: Chronicling America- Historical American Newspapers
A searchable list of digitized historic newspapers from across the United States. This collection includes publications dating back to the 1780's.
NYS Historic Newspapers
A collection of New York regional newspapers. You can browse by county or by title, with content dating to the mid 1800's.
State Historical Society of Missouri- Newspapers
A collection of indexes and digitized copies of prominent Missouri newspapers dating to the 1850's.
Maryland Gazette, 1728-1839
Digitized collection of content from December 1728 through January 1839 (several gaps in coverage).

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (U.S. Titles)
Full-text access to:
-The Boston Globe, 1872-1991
-The Chicago Tribune, 1849-1998
-Los Angeles Times, 1881-1999
-The New York Times, 1851-2019
-The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1860-2001
-The Philadelphia Tribune, 1912-2001
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1786-2003
-The Wall Street Journal, 1889-2011
-The Washington Post, 1877-2007
Accessible Archives
American newspapers, books, and other resources from the 19th and 20th centuries, including content for the Civil War, anti-slavery movements, African-American history, First World War, and women's suffrage.