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guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States & Canada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? |
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Historical Newspapers Online (UPenn) |
Yes |
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ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers |
Yes |
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U.S.
News Archives on the Web |
Yes |
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| State |
City |
Newspaper Archive |
Dates |
Full
Text? |
| CA |
|
California Digital Newspaper Collection |
|
Yes |
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Los Angeles |
Los
Angeles Times (Indexes are at the bottom of the list.) |
1881-1889, Letters to Editor only. |
No |
| FL |
Jacksonville |
Florida
Times Union Index |
1986-1997 |
No |
| GA |
|
Digital Library of Georgia
Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| HI |
|
Hawaii Newspaper Index |
|
Yes |
| IL |
Chicago |
Dziennik Zwiazkow |
1908-1917 |
Yes |
| IN |
|
Greencastle Newspapers |
1830-1979 |
Yes |
| KY |
|
Daily Racing Form |
|
Yes |
| MA |
|
Massachusetts
Newspapers |
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Concord |
Newspapers Up to the Civil War |
1816-1862 |
Yes |
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Edgartown |
Vineyard
Gazette |
1850-1863, Marriage Index |
No |
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Edgartown |
Vineyard
Gazette, A-K,
L-Z |
1884-1939, Marriage & Deaths |
No |
| |
Edgartown |
Vineyard
Gazette |
1850-1875, Deaths |
No |
| MD |
Annapolis |
The Crutch |
1864-1865 |
Yes |
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Annapolis |
Maryland
Gazette |
|
Yes |
| MO |
|
Missouri newspapers Browse or Search |
|
Yes |
| MT |
Bozeman |
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle |
1987-2007, Montana articles only |
No |
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Great Falls |
Great
Falls Tribune |
1987-2006, Montana articles only
|
No |
| NC |
|
NC Newspaper Digitization Project |
|
Yes |
| |
|
NC Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| NJ |
|
South Jersey (Atlantic County) |
1860-1923 (approx.) |
Yes |
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Middlebush |
Franklin Township newspapers |
1948-1978 (approx.) |
Yes |
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Red Bank |
Red Bank Register |
1878-1991 |
Yes |
| NY |
|
Hudson River Valley Historical Newspapers |
|
Yes |
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Northern New York Historical Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| |
|
Old Fulton Newspaper Collection |
Search
Browse |
Yes |
| |
Brooklyn |
Brooklyn
Daily Eagle |
1841-1902. |
Yes |
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Long Island |
Suffolk Historic Newspapers |
|
Yes |
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New York |
New
York Times |
costs $ |
Yes |
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New York |
New
York Tribune Index from the Library of Congress |
1875-1906 |
No |
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New York |
Freedom's
Journal |
March, 1827-March, 1829 |
Yes |
| OH |
|
African-American
Experience in Ohio (selected articles) |
1843-1920 |
Yes |
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Cleveland |
Cleveland Press |
1976- , Obituaries |
No |
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Cleveland |
Plain Dealer |
1983-6/1999
1976- , Obituaries |
No |
| OK |
Tahlequah |
Cherokee
Advocate |
1870's |
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| OR |
|
Finding Articles in Oregon Newspapers. University of Oregon |
|
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Historic Oregon Newspapers. University of Oregon |
|
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| |
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Oregon Index (newspaper & magazine
articles about Oregon) |
1985-2007. Oregon articles only. |
No |
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Portland |
Oregonian |
1852-1987 |
No |
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Eugene |
Register
Guard |
1963- |
No |
| PA |
Philadelphia |
Philadelphia
Press |
1898-1912 |
No |
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Franklin |
Valley
of the Shadow (Selected articles) |
1859-1870. Transcribed text. |
Yes |
| TN |
|
Tennessee
Newspaper Obituary Indexes in Public Libraries |
A list. |
No |
| UT |
|
Utah
Digital Newspapers |
|
Yes |
| VA |
Alexandria |
Alexandria
Gazette |
1785-1788, July 25 1854-Dec 31, 1855, May 3 1860-Jan 20 1865 |
No |
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Arlington |
Arlington
County Record |
1932-1933 |
No |
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Charlottesville |
Charlottesville
Reflector |
1933-1935 Selected issues. |
|
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Fairfax |
Fairfax
City Times |
1961-1968 |
No |
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Fairfax |
Fairfax
County Independent |
1929-1932 |
No |
| |
Fairfax |
Fairfax
Herald |
1886-1973 |
No |
| |
Fairfax |
Fairfax
News |
1872-1875. Includes original image. |
Yes |
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Fairfax |
Fairfax
News-Herndon Observer |
1925-1943 |
No |
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Fairfax? |
Local
News |
1861-1862 |
No |
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Fairfax? |
Rambler,
Washington Star |
1912-1928. Includes transcribed text. |
Yes |
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Petersburg |
Petersburg
Public Library Newspaper Index |
1797-1877 |
No |
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Reston |
Reston
Times |
1965-1986 & 2000 |
No |
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Richmond |
Richmond
News Leader |
1940's-1985 |
No |
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Richmond |
Richmond
Planet (selected articles) |
1890-1934. Selected issues. |
|
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Richmond |
Richmond
Daily Dispatch |
1860-1865 |
Yes |
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Richmond |
Richmond
Times Dispatch |
1940's-1985 |
No |
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Staunton |
Valley
of the shadow (Selected articles) |
1857-1870. Transcribed text. |
Yes |
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Williamsburg |
Virginia
Gazette |
1736-1780 |
Yes |
| VT |
Burlington |
Burlington
Free Press |
1984-May 2009 |
No |
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Rutland |
Rutland
Herald |
1984-April 2009 |
No |
| WY |
|
Wyoming Newspaper Project |
|
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 Francisco |
San Francisco Examiner (1888-1956) paper archive is
at the Bancroft Library,
Berkeley, California. |
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| DC |
Washington |
Washington Afro-American online archive (morgue). The paper collection is located at the Afro-American headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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Washington |
Washington Star photo archive is in the Martin
Luther King Library's Washigtoniana
Section (DC Public Library) |
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| 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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Boston |
Boston Public Library's Print Department owns the Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue. |
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| MD |
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Afro-American online archive (morgue). The paper collection is located at the Afro-American headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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| MI |
|
Article about the Ann Arbor News archive. |
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| NJ |
|
The Newark Evening News morgue is at the New
Jersey Archives. |
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| NY |
New York |
New York Herald Tribune morgue is at the Briscoe Center for American History, University of
Texas at Austin. |
1925-1966 |
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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 |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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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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