Selected Newspaper Resources
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Andover, NY Historical Newspapers
The Andover, NY Public Library has digitized their local newspapers. The newspapers are listed by decade and cover 1869-1969. The website does not include a list of the digitized newspapers. If the link below doesn't work, go to http://www.andoverfreelibrary.org and click on the link at the top of the page that says Newspaper Archive.
http://www.andoverfreelibrary.org/newspaperarchive.htm
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Brooklyn Public Library has digitized the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from
October 26, 1841 to December 31, 1902.
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Daily Gazette
Current and historical holdings for the Schenectady Daily Gazette. Historical holdings (1920-1997) are from
Google News Archive. There is also an archive from 1997 to the present.
http://www.dailygazette.com
Freedom's Journal
The Wisconsin Historical Society has digitized
Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. The Journal was published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/aanp/freedom/
Goshen Public Library Obituary Index
Indexes the Independent Republican from the 1830's to 1996.
http://evanced.info/goshen/obit/obitview.asp
Guilderland Public Library Historic Newspapers
Contains the full text of the Knowersville Enterprise July 1884-July 1888
and Altamont Enterprise July 1888-December 2008.
http://historicnewspapers.guilpl.org/
This site includes the Kingston Daily Freeman 1895, 1903-1912 , the Newburgh Telegraph 1831-1835, the Rockland County Journal 1850-1879, the Rockland County Messenger 1848, 1851-1855, Rockland County Times, 1902-1904, and Vassar Miscellany Weekly 1916.
http://news.hrvh.org/
New York State Newspapers
This site identifies, describes, preserves, and makes available to researchers the significant newspapers in all communities in New York State since the first publication in 1725. It features information on NYS Newspaper Microfilm at the State Library and around New York State, a research guide, and more.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/
New York State Library Newspaper Holdings
A general overview of the New York State Library newspaper subscriptions is provided here.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/reference/newspprs.htm
New York Times
Type a word in the search box and you will be taken to a screen where you can search for articles back to 1851. Articles between 1923 and 1986 are available for a fee. These articles can be requested on interlibrary loan which is done through your local library.
http://www.nyt.com
Northern New York Historical Newspapers
Northern New York Historical Newspapers provides indexed access to selected historical newspapers from Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties. Newspapers include the Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post (1917-1971), Clarkson Integrator (1920-2007), Essex County Republican (1844-1973), Lake Placid News (1914-2008), Malone Farmer (1900-1936), Plattsburgh Republican (1866-1931), Potsdam Courier-Freeman (1861-1989), Pulaski Democrat (1834-1990), Saranac Lake Adirondack Daily Enterprise (1948-2007), Ticonderoga Sentinel (1874-1950), Tupper Lake Free Press and Herald (1911-2005), The Watertown Herald (1886-1918), and more.
http://news.nnyln.net
Old Fulton NY Postcards
This database includes historical newspapers from Albany, Amsterdam, Auburn, Baldwinsville, Binghamton, Boonville, Carthage, Cato, Catskill, Chatham, Clayton, Cooperstown, Elmira, Fulton, Ithaca, Kingston, Lyons, Moravia, New York City, Ogdensburg, Oswego, Richfield Springs, Rochester, Schenectady, Skaneateles, Sodus, Syracuse, Utica, Warwick, Watertown, and many more.
http://www.fultonhistory.com
Online Newspaper Index
This index shows which historic New York State newspapers are available online and the dates of coverage. A link to the website where the newspaper is located is provided. This list is incomplete, so it is still important to run the search in the original database. For example, the Schenectady Gazette is indexed in Old Fulton NY Postcards, but is not on this list.
http://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/ny
Post Standard Archives
Searchable archive of the Syracuse Post Standard from 1809 to 2010.
http://poststandard.newspaperarchive.com
Putnam Courier
The Mahopac Public Library Digital Archives
Historic Newspaper Collection has many issues of the Putnam Courier between the years 1849 and 1930.
http://www.localarchives.org/mahopac
Rochester Newspaper Index
The Rochester Newspaper Index is a project of the Rochester Public Library. The database consists of references to articles that appeared in the Rochester newspapers during the period 1818-1897. The indexing was done in two time periods: 1818 – 1850 and 1851 – 1897. The newspapers are the Liberal Advocate, Monroe Republican, Rochester Daily Advertiser, Rochester Daily Advertiser and Telegraph, Rochester Daily Democrat, Rochester Daily Sun, Rochester Daily Telegraph, Rochester Daily Union, Rochester Gem and Ladies Amulet, Rochester Observer, Rochester Republican, Rochester Telegraph, Working Man’s Advocate, and the Union and Advertiser.
http://www3.libraryweb.org/lh.aspx?id=963&ekmensel=c57dfa7b_12_38_963_9
Rochester and Western New York Historical Newspapers
This collection consists of newspapers digitized by Rochester Public Library. They include assorted issues from The Airscout's Snapshot; The Anti-Masonic Enquirer; Family Journal and Christian Philanthropist; Frederick Douglass' Paper; The Industrial School Advocate and Soldiers' Aid; Liberal Advocate; The Monroe Democrat; Moore's Rural New Yorker; North Star; Northern Freeman; Penfield Extra; Rights of Man; Rochester Courier; Rochester Daily Advertiser; Rochester Daily Democrat; Rochester Evening Express; Rochester Evening News; Rochester Evening Post; Rochester Herald; Rochester Gazette; Soldier's Aid; The Voice of Truth, and Glad Tidings of the Kingdom at Hand; and The Western New Yorker.
http://www3.libraryweb.org/lh.aspx?id=1360
Suffolk Historic Newspapers
The following Suffolk county newspapers have been digitized: The Corrector 1822-1911 (Sag Harbor), The Long Island Traveler 1872-1898 (Cutchogue, Southold), The Long Islander 1839-1974 (Huntington), The Mid Island Mail 1935-1941 (Medford Station), The Patchogue Advance 1926-1948, The Port Jefferson Echo (1892-1931), Sag Harbor Express 1885-1898 and The South Side Signal 1869-1879 (Babylon).
http://www.live-brary.com/historic-newspapers
North America
Chronicling America: Library of Congress
This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published from 1690 to the present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
The following states are included: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
NewsLibrary- Make Your Own Search
Search for text in articles, headlines, bylines, by U.S. region or Canada.
http://www.newslibrary.com/region_pgs/search_all.htm
World (including U.S.)
IPL Reading Room Newspapers From the Internet Public Library, online newspapers by world region or title. Word searchable.
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
OnlineNewspapers.com
A metasite that indexes online newspapers from around the world. Links are arranged by country or state/province.
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/