Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives

This is a list of free and pay wall blocked digital online newspaper archives. Most were scanned from microfilm and stored in gif or similar format until converted to text with optical character recognition (OCR). The OCR in most cases is used to create the index of searchable text, but some newspapers don't allow access to the OCR-converted text until it has been proof-read. Older newspapers are still in image format, and newer newspaper are available as full text that can be cut and pasted. Most text is in ASCII, some are using Unicode for diacritical marks not available in ASCII. Google now indexes many newspaper archives.

Australia

• Historic Australian Newspapers Beta 1803 - 1954 (Free)

Austria

• Austrian Newspapers Online
• Arbeiter-Zeitung 1945 - 1989 (Free)

Canada

Ontario

• Paper Of Record (formerly found at: www.paperofrecord.com) A free archive of historic newspapers from around the world with a focus on Canada. Acquired by Google News in Dec. 2008. As of March 2009 none of the files available from its database have been made available to users by Google News. (Google News forum discussion viewable here)

Newfoundland and Labrador

• The Twillingate Sun and Northern Weekly Advertiser (1884-1908). in image Free
• The Daily News St John's (January 3, 1955-December 31, 1963). in image Free

Caribbean

• Caribbean Newspaper Digitization Project A free archive of historic and current newspapers from the Caribbean (coverage from various titles from various countries, 1900-present). Free

Estonia

• Digiteeritud eesti ajalehed

Faroe Islands

• The VESTNORD project (1892-2001)

Finland

• Helsinki University Library - Digital Collections (1771-1890)
• Helsingin Sanomat International Edition (2004- ) English and Finnish. (free)

France

• Le Figaro (1826-1942), on Gallica
• Le Figaro, supplément littéraire du dimanche (1876-1929), on Gallica
• La Croix (1880-1944), on Gallica
• L'Humanité (1904-1944), on Gallica
• La Presse (1836-1884), on Gallica
• Le journal des débats et des décrets (1800-1805), on Gallica

Germany

• Nearly complete list of projects and digital collections
• Exilpresse digital. Deutsche Exilzeitschriften 1933-1945
• Pressemappe 20. Jahrhundert

Hong Kong

• Apple Daily
• Cyber
• Hong Kong Commercial Daily
• Ming Pao Daily News
• Oriental Daily News
• Sing Pao Daily News
• Sing Tao
• South China Morning Post [In English]
• The Standard [In English]
• The Sun
• Ta Kung Pao
• Wen Wei Po

Iceland

• The VESTNORD project (1696-2002)
• [1] (Morgunblaðið 1986 - present)
• [2] (Morgunblaðið 1913 - 2004)

India

• Eastern Panorama (2009)
• Eastern Panorama (2008)
• The Hindu (2000- )
• The Indian Express (1997- )
• The Telegraph (1999- )
• The Times of India (2000- )
• Sandesh (2005- )
• [3]

Ireland

• Irish Newspaper Archives - Includes Full archives of Irish Independent (1905-Current), Freemans Journal (1763-Current), The Nation (1842-1897) and many more full archives of great national, regional and out-of-date newspapers from Ireland and Irish America (pay)
• Irish Times (1859-) (Pay)

Latvia

• Periodicals.lv at the National Library of Latvia, collection of national periodicals (1895-1957) (Free)

Mexico

• The VIVIRAQUI local newspaper archive project (Since 2004)

New Zealand

• Papers Past at the National Library of New Zealand: one tenth of the 1 million pages dated 1839 to 1932 has been OCR processed so far. (Free)

Norway

• Nasjonalbiblioteket - Digitale aviser

Turkey

• Today's Zaman an online English Daily in Turkey

United Kingdom

• Financial Times (Free)
• British Library Online Newspaper Archive: discontinued project with partial runs of four newspapers (Free)
• Lancashire Evening Post: Lancashire Evening Post (1990-2009) online archive. (Free)
• British Library Newspapers: OCR searchable newspapers kept by the British Library. Comprises the 19th Century British Library Newspapers and the Burney collections. Only accessible remotely via licensed institutions (universities, libraries, national licence agencies)
• Collect Britain: discontinued project: only The Penny Illustrated (Free)
• Gazettes Online (Free)
• Guardian (1821-) and Observer (1791-) (Pay)
• Daily Mirror (1903-); Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star (all 2000-), Daily Star on Sunday (2002-) (Pay)
• Internet Library of Early Journals (Free)
• Nineteenth Century Serials Edition discontinued 2005-07 project using six 19th century British publications (Free)
• The Times Digital Archive (TTDA) (For clients of subscribing libraries or national licence agencies: Free) (Via The Times: Pay)
• The Scotsman Digital Archive (Pay/Free with Athens account)
• Transcripts of over 860 rare Georgian and early Victorian Regional Newspapers 1750's - 1870's (almost all not included in any collection above) (Free)
• http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ Searchable index to the British Library 19th Century Digitalisation project - mostly free to search pay to view (Pay), free access to Penny Illustrated Paper and The Graphic (Free).
• Welsh Newspapers and Magazines - National Library of Wales - Free, searchable access to up to 300 titles of pre-1900, up to 2 million pages, of newspapers and magazines relating to Wales and the Welsh. This project will be undertaken during 2009-2012.

United States

Arkansas

• Arkansas Democrat Gazette; Little Rock, Arkansas; (1984-present) Pay

California

• Los Angeles Times (1881-1984) in image and (1985- ) in text Pay
• San Francisco Chronicle (1995-) Free
• California Digital Newspaper Collection (1849-1911) Free
  • Alta California
  • San Francisco Daily Call
  • Amador Ledger
  • Imperial Valley Press
  • Los Angeles Herald

Colorado

• Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection (1859 - 1923) Free

Connecticut

• Hartford Courant; Hartford, Connecticut; (1764-1949) in image and (1992- ) in text Pay

District of Columbia

• Washington Post; Washington, D.C.; (1877-1989) in image (1990- ) in text Pay Google News Archive

Florida

• Florida Digital Newspaper Library; Florida, full text and images of over 380 current and historical newspapers from Florida, Free
• Northwest Florida Daily News; Fort Walton Beach, Florida; Feb. 7, 1946 - present in microfilm 2007 - present online
• Pensacola News Journal; Pensacola, Florida; 1930s - 1999 in microfilm 1999 - present electronic database Pay

Georgia

• Atlanta Constitution; Atlanta, Georgia; (1868-1929) in image and (1985- ) in text Pay

Hawaii

• Historical Hawaiian Language Newspapers; (19th-early 20th centuries) in images Free
• Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Honolulu, Hawaii; (1996- ) in text Free

Illinois

• Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Illinois; (1849-1984) in images and (1985- ) in text Pay
• Chicago Sun-Times; Chicago, Illinois; (1986- ) in text Pay
• Chicago Defender; Chicago, Illinois; (1921-1975) Pay
• Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) (1916-1936) Free
  • Daily Illini; Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (1916-1945)
  • Urbana Courier; Urbana, Illinois (1903-1935)
  • Express; Tallula, Illinois (1895-1896; scattered issues)
• Quincy, Illinois; Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive (1835 to 1891) Free
  • Quincy Daily Herald, 1853-1890
  • Quincy Daily Whig, 1835-1891
  • Illinois Bounty Land Register, 1835-1836

Indiana

• Tribune-Star; Terre Haute, Indiana; Terre Haute news and obituaries archives (1992-present) Free

Kentucky

• Kentuckiana Digital Library all newspapers in image Free Adair County News (Columbia, Ky. 558 issues), Bluegrass Blade (Lexington, Ky. 424 issues), Bourbon News (Paris, Ky. 1,086 issues), Breathitt County News (Jackson, Ky. 212 issues), Central Record (Lancaster, Ky. 670 issues), Citizen (Berea, Ky. 573 issues), Clay City Times (Clay City, Ky. 463 issues), Earlington Bee (Earlington, Ky. 801 issues), Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, Ky. 270 issues), Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout (Frankfort, Ky. 26 issues), Hartford Republican (Hartford, Ky. 566 issues), Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky. 585 issues), It (Lawrenceburg, Ky. 6 issues), Liberty (LaCenter, Ky. 1 issue), Mountain Advocate (Barbourville, Ky. 208 issues), Mount Vernon Signal (Mount Vernon, Ky. 522 issues), Ohio Valley Worker (Louisville, Ky. 1 issue), Owingsville Outlook (Owingsville, Ky. 196 issues), Record (Greenville, Ky. 99 issues), Reporter (Owensboro, Ky. 1 issue), Richmond Climax (Rickmond, Ky. 447 issues), Semi-weekly Interior Journal (Stanford, Ky. 545 issues), Springfield Sun (Springfield, Ky. 303 issues), Vindicator (Owensboro, Ky. 1 issue), Winchester News (Winchester, Ky. 220 issues).

Massachusetts

• Boston Globe (1872-1922) in image and (1979- ) in text Pay
• Barnstaple Patriot (1830-1930) Free
• The Harvard Crimson (1873 - Current) in image Free
• The Daily Source (2005-present) "Free"
• Provincetown Advocate (1918, 1931-1934 and 1936-1967) Free

Michigan

• Detroit Free Press (1975- ) in text Pay

Minnesota

• Winona Newspaper Project, (1855 - 1946) in image Free The Winona Argus, The Winona Daily Republican and The Winona Republican Herald.

Missouri

• Historic Missouri Newspaper Project (various) Free
• Historic Missouri Newspaper Project in text Free

Nevada

• Las Vegas Age (1905-1924; incomplete run) in image Free

New York

• Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York; (1841-1902) in image with no text Free
• New York Times, New York City, New York; (1851-1980) in image and (1980- ) in text Free for 1851-1920 and 1980-present
• Google News Archive for (1980- )
• Historical New York Times project (1860-1866, 1900-1907) Free;
• Old Historical Western New York State newspapers, Fulton New York Post Cards; [4]
• Various Historical Upstate New York papers Free
  • Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post, 1917-1971
  • Akwesasne Indian Time, 1982-2002
  • Canton Commercial Advertiser, 1900-1952
  • Cardinal Points of SUNY Plattsburgh, 1940-2006
  • Chateaugay Journal & Chateaugay Record, 1881-1995
  • Clarkson Integrator, 1920-2007
  • Elizabethtown Post, 1882-1920
  • Essex County Republican, 1844-1973
  • Fort Covington Sun, 1887-1987
  • Fulton Patriot, 1916-1954
  • Gouverneur Tribune-Press & others, 1864-2004
  • Heuvelton Bee, 1912-1923
  • Lake Placid News, 1914-1951
  • Lewis County Democrat, 1867-1906
  • Lowville Journal & Republican, 1860-1940 Expanded coverage
  • Malone Farmer, 1900-1936
  • Malone Franklin Gazette, 1876-1899
  • Massena Observer 1891-1989
  • North Country Catholic, 1946-2006
  • Ogdensburg Advance & Ogdensburg Advance-News, 1861-1962
  • Oswegonian of SUNY Oswego, 1935-2002
  • Plattsburgh Daily Press, 1931-1942
  • (Plattsburgh) Press-Republican, 1942-1992
  • Plattsburgh Republican, 1811-1820
  • Plattsburgh Sentinel, 1866-1931
  • Potsdam Courier-Freeman, 1861-1989
  • Potsdam Herald-Recorder, 1906-1951
  • Potsdam St. Lawrence Herald, 1897-1904
  • St. Regis Falls Adirondack News, 1887-1933
  • Saranac Lake Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 1948-1976
  • Ticonderoga Sentinel, 1874-1950
  • Tupper Lake Free Press and Herald, 1911-2005
  • Watertown Herald, 1886-1918

New Jersey

• The Star-Ledger; Jersey Journal; The Times, Trenton; Gloucester County Times; The Express-Times; Bridgeton News; and Today's Sunbeam are archived jointly at NJ.com where it appears that there is only a two week archive, and older articles are purged from the website.
• Cranbury Press; Cranbury, New Jersey; (1886-1926) in image Free
• Atlantic Journal -- 1860, Hammonton Farmer -- 1863 and 1866, South Jersey Republican -- 1863-1923, Atlantic Democrat and Cape May County Register -- 1864-1865, Atlantic Democrat and Cumberland County Patriot -- 1866, Atlantic Democrat -- 1866, Atlantic Democrat -- 1867-1868, Hammonton Item -- 1872-1877, Mays Landing Record -- 1877-1906, Atlantic County Record -- 1908-1917, South Jersey Star -- 1917-1923 http://www.atlanticlibrary.org/collections/digitized/newspapers/index.asp
• Various Burlington County newspapers 1810 - 1980s http://sql.bcls.lib.nj.us/gen/
• Bordentown area newspapers 1845 - 2002 http://index.burlco.lib.nj.us/BordentownRegister/
• New Jersey Mirror (Burlington, NJ) October 14, 1818 (vol. 1, no. 5) to March 5, 1947 http://index.burlco.lib.nj.us/Mirror/

Oklahoma

• The Daily Oklahoman in images and in text Pay
• The Tulsa World (1989-) Free

Pennsylvania

• The Philadelphia Inquirer (1981- ) Pay [5]
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (1834-1922) Pay [6]
• Philadelphia Daily News (1978- ) Pay [7]
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette (1990- ) Free
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (1990- ) Free
• Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers Free
  • Americian Presbyterian 1857-1864
  • Bellefonte Democratic Watchman, 1855-1871
  • Chambersburg Franklin Repository, 1863-1865
  • Columbia Columbia Spy, 1847-1870
  • Erie Weekly Observer, 1853-1859
  • Erie Observer, 1859-1869
  • Gettysburg Republican Compiler, 1854-1857
  • Gettysburg Compiler, 1857-1868
  • Huntingdon Globe, 1855-1870
  • Lebanon Advertiser
  • Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin 1857-1864
  • Philadelphia Press, 1857-1864
  • Reading Eagle, 1868-1869
  • Waynesboro Village Record, 1862-1874
  • Wellsboro Agitator, 1854-1865
  • Tioga County Agitator, 1865-1871
  • Wellsboro Agitator, 1872-1873
• The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
  • The Jewish Criterion 1895-1962
  • The American Jewish Outlook 1934-1962
  • The Jewish Chronicle 1962-Present

South Carolina

• The New South Newspaper, Port Royal, S.C., (1862 - 1865); Beaufort, S.C., (1865-1867) in image Free

Texas

• Dallas Morning News (1885-1977) in image Pay and (1985- ) in text Pay
• Houston Chronicle (1985-) Free

Utah

• Daily Herald (Utah Valley)
• Utah Digital Newspapers (various) Free

Washington

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1986-1999) Free
• Seattle Times (1990-) Free

National

• USAToday (4/1987-)
• Multiple USA papers 1900-1910 Free from the Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities
• NewsLibrary.com Pay
• NewspaperArchive.com (1788- ) in image Pay
• Wall Street Journal (1889- ) in image Pay
• The Epoch Times Online Print Archive (2000- ) Free
• The Christian Science Monitor (1908-1980) Pay and (1980- ) Pay
• Variety Pay
• SmallTownPapers - current and past editions of 250+ small community papers from the 1800s to current day Pay and some free Note: The search window takes you to the SmallTownPapers Collection on World Vital Records, Inc.

Worldwide

• NewspaperARCHIVE.com (1759- ) 80 Million pages. Mostly U.S. Pay
• Google News Archive A mixture of abstracts and full articles.
• Paper of Record A Pay archive of historic newspapers from around the world with a focus on Canada.
• Newseum - contains front pages of various newspapers

News Magazines

• Time (magazine); (1923- ) in text Free this is a rare all-text archive, needs some OCR correction
• Newsweek; (1990- ) in text Free
• U.S. News & World Report; Free

Comprehensive list

• Library of Congress

Software providers

• NewsBank Media Services
• Olive Software
• Tips Data Sys
• Pressmart Media

See also

• List of online magazine archives
• List of online image archives
• National Digital Newspaper Program
• Wikipedia:Newspapers and magazines request service
• Readex
• NewsBank
• Online Newspaper
• Online magazine

External links

• Readex America's Historical Newspapers
• Google News Archive
• ProQuest
• ICON — Newspaper digitization projects, past, present and prospective
• Quiosc — Press. Newspapers and magazines
• The Front Pages of the Main Newspapers of the World
• Historical Newspapers Online
• Free Online Newspaper Archives
• Read India's Popular Newspaper Online for free
• Bangladeshi Newspaper & Magazine Sites