Library Guides: Primary Sources: United States & Canadian History: Historical News Coverage

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Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Includes: African American Newspapers parts I-XII, Charleston South Carolina Gazette, Pennsylvania Gazette, The Liberator Folio I – VII, Civil War: A Newspaper perspective and the Virginia Gazette.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
A subset of the America's Historical Newspapers Collection from Readex, which includes African American newspapers from around the United States, including the New Orleans Daily Creole, New Orleans Tribune, Weekly Louisianian and the Weekly Pelican.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1980, including titles from all 50 present states and the Hispanic American Newspapers collection.
African American Periodicals 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
Explore African American history, culture and daily life in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Black Abolitionist Papers This link opens in a new window
This collection details the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings of the activists themselves. The approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists show the full range of their activities in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany.
Civil War Era: Newspapers and Pamphlets This link opens in a new window
Includes the earliest editions of the Daily Picayune (later Times-Picayune) from 1840 to 1865 and many other important American newspapers and pamhlets from the antebellum and Civil War period.
Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection (1799 - 1971) This link opens in a new window
Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971.
Historical Black Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Contains: New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), and Los Angeles Sentinel (1946-2005)
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Includes full text access to over 26 U.S., UK, Irish, and Indian English-language newspapers, which may also be searched individually.
Titles include: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857 - 1922); The American Israelite‎ (1854 - 2000); The Atlanta Constitution (1868 - 1945); Atlanta Daily World‎ (1931 - 2003); The Baltimore Afro-American‎ (1893 - 1988); The Boston Globe‎ (1872 - 1986); Chicago Defender‎ (1909 - 1975); Chicago Tribune‎ (1849 - 1994); The Christian Science Monitor‎ (1908 - 2004); Cleveland Call & Post‎ (1934 – 1991); Detroit Free Press‎ (1831 - 1922); The Guardian & The Observer‎ (1791 – 2003); The Irish Times & The Weekly Irish Times‎ (1859 - 2016); The Jewish Advocate‎ (1905 - 1990); The Jewish Exponent‎ (1887 - 1990); Los Angeles Sentinel‎ (1934 - 2005); Los Angeles Times‎ (1881 - 1994); New York Amsterdam News‎ (1922 - 1993); The New York Times‎ (1851 - 2014); New York Tribune‎ (1841 - 1922); Norfolk Journal & Guide‎ (1916 - 2003); Philadelphia Tribune‎ (1912 - 2001); Pittsburgh Courier‎ (1911 - 2002); The Scotsman‎ (1817 - 1950); The Times of India‎ (1838 - 2008); The Wall Street Journal‎ (1889 - 2000) and The Washington Post‎ (1877 - 2001)
Illustrated Civil War: Newspapers and Magazines This link opens in a new window
formerly known as American Civil War: Newspapers and Magazines. Contains newspapers and magazines from the Civil War era.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times This link opens in a new window
Access full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue in 1851. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue from 1851-2017.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Access 500+ U.S. newspapers published between 1800 and 1900, many published in what were, at the time, territories. Covers a broad spectrum with a comprehensive geographical and chronological range.
Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Access back issues of The Times (London) from 1785-1985.
Times-Picayune & Daily Picayune: 1837-2017 (New Orleans, La.) This link opens in a new window
Access full text and full image of articles from the Times-Picayune (New Orleans) from 1837 through 2017.
Wall Street Journal (1889 - 2000) This link opens in a new window
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Digital access to every page from every available issue.

News in Video

WSLS-TV (Roanoke, VA) News Film Collection, 1951 to 1971
Local television news coverage from Roanoke, Virginia. May be of special interest to researchers of civil rights activities of the included time period.