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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:
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guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States & Canada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
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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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 |
Los Angeles |
Los
Angeles Times (Indexes are at the bottom of the list.) |
1881-1889, Letters to Editor only. |
No |
| FL |
Jacksonville |
Jacksonville
Times Union |
1986-1997 |
No |
| MA |
|
Massachusetts
Newspaper Indexes |
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|
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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 |
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Edgartown |
Vineyard
Gazette |
1850-1875, Deaths |
No |
| MO |
|
(Missouri) Active
Paper Reader |
|
Yes |
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Columbia
Missourian |
1929, 1966-1985 |
Yes |
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Palladium |
April, 1907 |
Yes |
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Missouri
Republican |
July, 1865 |
Yes |
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St. Louis |
St.
Louis Christian Advocate |
1857-1879 |
Yes |
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St. Louis |
St.
Louis Globe Democrat |
1875 |
Yes |
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Daily
Evening Herald |
June-November, 1835 |
Yes |
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Far
West |
August-October, 1836 |
Yes |
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Liberty
Weekly Tribune |
December, 1846-May, 1883 |
Yes |
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Liberty
Banner |
March 1844 |
Yes |
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Independent |
December, 1894-May, 1905 |
Yes |
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Hannibal
Courier |
October, 1935; August, 1988 |
Yes |
| MT |
Bozeman |
Bozeman
Daily Chronicle |
1987- , Montana articles only |
No |
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Great Falls |
Great
Falls Tribune |
1987- , Montana articles only |
No |
| NJ |
|
South Jersey (Atlantic County) |
1860-1923 |
Yes |
| NY |
|
Northern New York Historical Newspapers |
1842-2004. |
Yes |
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Brooklyn |
Brooklyn
Daily Eagle |
1841-1902. |
Yes |
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New York |
New
York Times |
1851-1922 and 1987-present, no charge. There are charges for some material between 1923-1986. |
Yes |
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New York |
New
York Tribune Index from the Library of Congress |
1875-1884, 1895 |
No |
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New York |
Freedoms
Journal |
March1827-March1829 |
Yes |
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Oneida |
Indian Country Today (scroll down) |
1996- |
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| OH |
|
African-American
Experience in Ohio (selected articles) |
1843-1923 |
Yes |
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Cleveland |
Cleveland Press |
1976- , Obituaries |
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Cleveland |
Plain Dealer |
1983-6/1999
1976- , Obituaries |
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| OK |
Tahlequah |
Cherokee
Advocate |
18'70s |
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| OR |
|
Oregon Indexes. University of Oregon |
|
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|
Oregon Index (newspaper & magazine
articles about Oregon) |
1985-(2 months ago), Oregon articles only |
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 |
1859-1870 |
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| SD |
|
South Dakota Newspaper
Indexes |
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| TN |
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Tennessee
Newspaper Obituary Indexes |
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| 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 (selected articles) |
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 |
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Fairfax |
Fairfax
Herald |
1886-1973 |
No |
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Fairfax |
Fairfax
News |
1872-1875 |
No |
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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 |
No |
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Petersburg |
Petersburg
Public Library Newspaper Index |
1797-1977 |
No |
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Reston |
Reston
Times |
1965-72, 1975-77, 1981-82, 1985 & 2000 |
No |
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Richmond |
Richmond
Enquirer |
1804-1860, Marriages |
No |
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Richmond |
Richmond
News Leader |
1940's-1985 |
|
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Richmond |
Richmond
Planet (selected articles) |
1890-1935 (selected issues) |
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Richmond |
Richmond
Daily Dispatch |
1860-1865 |
Yes |
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Richmond |
Richmond
Times Dispatch |
1940's-1985 |
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Richmond |
Richmond Visitor |
1809-1810, Marriages |
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Staunton |
Valley
of the shadow (Selected articles) |
1857-1870 |
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Williamsburg |
Virginia
Gazette |
1736-1780 |
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| VT |
Burlington |
Burlington
Free Press |
1984- |
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Rutland |
Rutland
Herald |
1984- |
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See also:
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
List of American Newspaper
Potograph Morgues
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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 paper archive (morgue) is at Bowie
State, Bowie, Maryland. |
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Washington |
Washington Star paper archive (morgue) is in the Martin
Luther King Library's Washigtoniana
Section (DC Public Library) |
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| IL |
Chicago |
We hope that the paper archives of the Chicago Tribune are still at Cantigny,
Wheaton, Ill., the estate of Robert R. McCormick, now a museum. |
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| NJ |
|
The Newark Evening News morgue is at the New
Jersey Archives. |
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| NY |
|
New
York Newspaper Morgues, Center for American History, University of
Texas at Austin includes: |
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New York |
New York Herald Tribune |
1925-1966s |
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New York |
New York Journal American |
1900-1966 |
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New York |
New York Times |
1910-1989 |
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New York |
New York Times Article about its morgues |
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| OH |
Cleveland |
The Cleveland Press Collection
(morgue) is at Cleveland State University |
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| PA |
|
The Urban
Archives at Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, has: |
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Philadelphia |
Daily News clipping files. |
1958-1962 |
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Philadelphia |
Philadelphia Bulletin index. |
1908-1975 |
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Philadelphia |
Philadelphia Bulletin clipping files. |
1900-Jan, 1982 |
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Philadelphia |
Philadelphia Record is at
the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania |
photographs ca.1900-1946 clippings 1918-1950 |
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