19th Century Newspapers
Newspaper Databases
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- 19th Century Masterfile
Series III. Newspaper Indexes includes the New York Times Index (1863-1905), the New York Daily Tribune Index (1875-1906), Palmer's Index to the Times (London) (1880-1890), and the Index to the Oregon Spectator (1846-1854). A detailed description is available.
- 19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Searchable digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
- 19th Century British Newspapers
An extensive collection of full-text searchable, digitized newspapers from the British Library focusing on the 19th Century. Includes both national and local newspapers, covering over one million pages.
- America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922
Allows users to search more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. Created by Readex through partnerships with the American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress, Wisconsin Historical Society and others. Online version of the microfilm set Early American Newspapers, Series 1-3.
- Austrian Newspapers Online: Historische österreichische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften Online
Digital images of newspapers from the Habsburg Monarchy and Austria provided by the Austrian National Library. Currently includes selected titles for 1780-81; 1808-1938; and 1985.
- Compact Memory
Digitized page images of German-language Jewish newspaper and journals from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Searchable by publication, author, title, subject, and date.
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- Historical Newspapers
Palmer's Full Text Online 1785-1870 is available now with coverage for the period 1800 (January 9) - 1870. Also provides Indexes (citations only) of The Times (London) 1790-1905 (Palmer's) and 1906-1980 (Official Index); when complete will provide full-text for 1785-1870. When complete will index The New York Times from 1851-1922. A work in progress; see the detailed description for additional information.
- Hyde Park Herald Archive
Hyde Park's weekly community newspaper. The archive is currently in development, but most issues are available from 1882-present.
- Chicago Foreign Press Survey
The Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey was published in 1942 by the Chicago Public Library Omnibus Project of the Work Projects Administration of Illinois. Its purpose was to translate into English and classify selected news articles appearing in the Chicago area foreign language press from 1861 to 1938. Tips for searching.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Complete, searchable full text coverage (including ads) for several major United States newspapers. Tip: Can be searched individually, or you can select specific titles. Go to "Select Multiple Databases" and then select the titles you would like to search together.
- Newspaper Digitization Projects
An extensive guide to full-text newspapers from around the world, compiled by the International Coalition on Newspapers. Please Note: Many of the sources listed as subscription services ($) may be available from the University of Chicago Library. Ask a Librarian for more information.
- Times Digital Archive, The Times (London)
Digital edition includes articles, advertisements, illustrations, and photos for issues published from 1785-1985.
- Yomiuri Shinbun Online
Provides access to this major Japanese newspaper for the period of 1874 to 1945. The database contains full-text Yomiuri articles that can be searched by keyword, date, pagination, and subject/type of article, such as cultural sections, editorials or articles with photographs. Works only within the university IP range. login name: uchicago; password: eachicago. Instructions for Using the Yomiuri Shinbun Online (PDF file).
Newspaper Indexes
A list of newspaper indexes at the U of C Library, organized by country.
Newspapers on CD-ROM
A list of newspaper indexes which are available in CD-ROM format, organized by country. Full-text is available in some sources.
Print and Microfilm Collections
- Library Catalog
The Library has 19th century newspapers in its circulating collection, microform collection, as well as selected titles in the Special Collections Research Center. To limit your search in the Library Catalog, use the Advanced Keyword search option. Selecting a subject search for "newspapers", plus other relevant keywords, may also help focus your search.
- Lens
The Library's new search interface provides facets which can focus your search, such as "time period" and "genre", which can help you focus your search to 19th century publications.
- Microfilm Newspaper Collections
A guide to the major newspaper collections available on microfilm at the Library (not including major newspaper titles). While many of these microfilm collections are now available online, some collections contain titles not found in electronic sources.
Finding 19th Century Newspapers at Other Libraries
Locate newspapers at other libraries around the world. Please note that many print 19th century newspapers are held in special collections departments or archives at libraries and are not available for interlibrary loan services. Newspapers in microfilm may be more readily available via interlibrary loan.
