Library Research Guides: News: Historical News

Foreign Newspapers

Guardian and the Observer (UK), 1791-2003 This link opens in a new window
Digitized full-text of the British newspaper The Guardian (1821–2003) and its sister paper, The Observer (1791–2003).
Times Digital Archive, 1765-2010 This link opens in a new window
Times of London, 1785-2006
TLS Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) is a weekly literary review published in London, containing literature, criticism, and reviews. TLS Historical Archive contains every page of every issue of the Times Literary Supplement published from 1902 to 5 years ago.

Sunday Times of London (1822-2006)
Tremendous addition to the weekday paper with in-depth news and analysis
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19th Century British Newspapers
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17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
Early English media, including papers from the colonies.
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African Newspapers, 1800-1922 This link opens in a new window
More than 40 fully searchable English- and foreign-language African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press Collection
20 significant newspapers, 1850s-1970s, many in Spanish, published in the US and Mexico - from the University of Arizona Libraries
Caribbean Newspaper Digital Library
Digitized newspapers, gazettes, and other research materials from the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean in Spanish, English, French, Dutch, and Portuguese, 1884-2016.
Financial Times (1888-2009)
The world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. An essential tool for anyone studying public affairs, and economic & financial history of the last 120 years.
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The Economist (1843-2010)
Highly regarded, comprehensive appraisal of global news every week. Excellent source of economic and political analysis.
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The Irish Times, 1859-2012
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Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search for historical articles in a variety of major American and British newspapers. Comprised of the following titles, which can also be searched individually: Boston Globe, 1872-1989; Chicago Defender, 1909-1975; Chicago Tribune, 1849-1997; Guardian and the Observer (UK), 1791-2003; Los Angeles Times, 1881-1996; New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1993; New York Times, 1851-2016; and Washington Post, 1877-2003
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text of more than 1,000 historical U.S. newspapers. The core of this database is Early American Newspapers, 1690-1922, searchable along with African American Newspapers, 1827-1998, and Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971.
Boston Globe, 1872-1989 This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text replica of this newspaper, including graphics and ads.
New York Times, 1851-2020 This link opens in a new window
1851-2007; more recent coverage in LexisNexis Academic News

Chicago Tribune, 1849-1997 This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text replica of the newspaper, including graphics and ads.
Los Angeles Times, 1881-1996 This link opens in a new window
The West Coast's major newspaper. The full-text replica from 1881 to 1996 includes graphics and ads.
Nation Archive This link opens in a new window
News weekly, 1865-present
Washington Post, 1877-2003 This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text replica of the newspaper from 1877 to 2003, including graphics and ads.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers
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Newspaper Archive
Contains the Boston Post (1831-1922) and Boston Globe (1872-1922). Courtesy of the Boston Public Library using a BPL eCard - get an eCard

EUscreen
European television archive
AP News Archive
1.7 million video & movie news stories dating back to 1895.
AAPB: American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Archive of the most significant public television & radio programs of the past 60 years.
World Newsreels online, 1929-1966
Includes Universal Newsreels, Universal Studios, Les Actualites Francaises, Nippon News and The March of Time. Produced from 1929 through the early post-war period.
British Pathé Newsreels 1896-1970
85,000 videos from old British newsreels. Covers news, entertainment, world events.
Universal Newsreels 1929-1967 - Internet Archive
British Movietone Newsreel Archive
The Listener
BBC radio & TV program transcripts, 1929-1991.
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Vanderbilt Television News Archive
C-SPAN Video Library
Almost everything ever aired on C-SPAN, updated on a daily basis. Create & share custom video clips.

AFRO Archives
search the The Afro-American, the National Afro-American Ledger, the Baltimore Afro-American, and the Washington Afro-American, covering 1902-2003 in total.

Chicago Defender, 1909-1975 This link opens in a new window
Searchable full-text replica of one of America's leading African-American newspapers, from 1909 to 1975.
New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1993 This link opens in a new window
Full-text replica of this major African-American newspaper, from 1922 to 1993.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
content still being added (a work in progress)
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
newsletters, bulletins & journals, especially good for the 1960s-1970s.

Ethnic American Newspapers 1799-1971
130+ newspapers published by members of many of the most influential American ethnic groups in 25 U.S. states (content still being added)
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press Collection
20 significant newspapers, 1850s-1970s, many in Spanish, published in the US and Mexico - University of Arizona Libraries
Black Quotidian: Everyday Life in African-American Newspapers

Independent Voices
Alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

U.S. Historical Newspapers Online
Exhaustive list compiled by Nick Okrent at U Penn Libraries.
Newspaper digitization projects worldwide (ICON)
listed by nation or U.S. state, including free and subscription services (marked with "$")
Wikipedia list of free & fee-based newspaper archives
by country and US state
Google News Archive
List of digitized historical newspapers available on the web (mostly US and Canada)
Chronicling America
select historic American newspapers 1880-1922 - & find information about American newspapers 1690-present