Newspaper Photograph Morgues
The following list cites public institutions with custody of at least one newspaper photograph morgue in the United States and Canada. Researchers should contact directly the institutions listed for current information on policies and procedures, as well as on the photo morgue itself.
For national and international lists of newspapers that maintain their own archives, see “Newspaper Archives/Indexes/Morgues,” http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/oltitles.html.
Canada | California | Colorado | DC | Florida | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Kentucky | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Virginia | Washington
CANADA
LIBRARY ARCHIVES CANADA
The Gazette (Montreal) (1937-1985), http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/c.php?id=161704&l=eng&s=pam ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Toronto Daily Star (1959-1993), http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/c.php?id=161689&l=eng&s=pam ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.lapl.org/catalog/photo_collection_overview.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Hollywood Citizen News (1946-1968)
Los Angeles Herald Examiner (1920s-1989)
OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA
Oakland Tribune (early 1900s to 1990s), http://museumca.org/collection/the-tribune-collection ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
San Diego Union Tribune (1912-1981), https://www.sandiegohistory.org/photocollect/clist1.htm#2 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
via Online Archives of California, http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6r29q3mg/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, San Francisco History Center
San Francisco News-Call Bulletin (1915-1965), http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2r29n63p ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UC BERKELEY, Bancroft Library
San Francisco Examiner (1919-1990s), http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb6t1nb85b ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Newspaper Photograph Archive (ca. 1915-1965), http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf338n99v6/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UCLA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles Times (1918-present),http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7489n8x1 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives (1925-1954),http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9b69q98h ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Examiner (1920-1961) (ca. 20,000 images digitized) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search/controller/collection/examiner-m4405.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
COLORADO
BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY, Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
Town and Country Review (1966-1979) http://nell.boulderlibrary.org/search/c?SEARCH=521&sortdropdown=-&searchscope=8 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DC PUBLIC LIBRARY, Martin Luther King Memorial Library, Washingtoniana Division,
Washington Star (1930-1981), http://www.dclibrary.org/node/2607 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Prints & Photographs Division
New York World-Telegram & Sun (bulk 1920-1967), http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/130_nyw.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Still Picture Research Room
New York Times, Paris Bureau (ca. 1900-ca. 1950), US Information Agency, Record Group 306, http://www.archives.gov/research/guides/still-pictures-guide.html#306
FLORIDA
CLEARWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Clearwater Sun (1960s-1980s)
IDAHO
IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
http://history.idaho.gov/library_collections.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Idaho Newspaper Negative Collection (1950-1975). Includes Idaho Statesman (Boise), Idaho State Journal (Pocatello), and Twin Falls Times-News.
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM
Chicago Daily News (1901-1973) (digitized 1902-1933), http://www.chicagohs.org/research/resources/online-resources/online
INDIANA
INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Indianapolis Recorder (1900-1987), http://indianahistory.org/library/manuscripts/collection_guides/P0303.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
KENTUCKY
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Lexington Herald-Leader (1936-1990), http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=kyead;idno=2004av001 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, Photographic Archives
Herald-Post (1925-1936), http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/heraldpost/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Louisville Defender (1951-1970), http://special.library.louisville.edu/display-collection.asp?ID=298 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY, Kuhn Library
Baltimore Sun (1930s-1980s), http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/baltimoresun.php ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, Special Collections
Baltimore News American (1906-1986), http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/MarylandCollection/NewsAmerican/Index.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
MASSACHUSETTS
AMHERST PUBLIC LIBRARY, Jones Library
Amherst Record, http://www.fivecolleges.edu/h-guide/finajone.html#top ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, Print Department
Boston Herald Traveler (1920-1972), http://www.bpl.org/research/print/index.htm ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
MICHIGAN
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Reuther Library
Detroit News (1900-1980), http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=vmc;page=index ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Newspaper photo interview (transcript), http://www.mnhs.org/exhibits/strangedays/millet.htm ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Minneapolis and St. Paul Newspapers: An Inventory of Newspaper Negatives, http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/sv000039.xml ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Minneapolis Star and Tribune (1936-1987)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (1948-1987)
Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Edina Newspapers: An Inventory of Newspaper Photographs, http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/sv000150.xml ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Minneapolis Times (1905-1987), http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/sv000126.xml
MISSOURI
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, St. Louis Mercantile Library
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (1920s-1980s), http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/special_collections/slma-112-photo.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-St. LOUIS, Western Historical Manuscript Collection...
St. Louis Labor Tribune (1940s-1980s), http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/guides/whm0521.htm
NEBRASKA
DURHAM MUSEUM, Photo Archive
Omaha Sun (1970-1979), http://durhammuseum.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15426coll5
NEW JERSEY
MONMOUTH COUNTY ARCHIVES
Red Bank Register (1970-1987), http://co.monmouth.nj.us/page.aspx?Id=3456 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center
Newark News (1883-1972), http://www.npl.org/pages/collections/njic.html#pix ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
NEW YORK
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1900-1955), http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/brooklyncollection/photo-collections.jsp ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
BUFFALO STATECOLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Butler Library
Courier-Express (1960-1982), http://library.buffalostate.edu/archives/courier.php ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive
Daily Worker, Daily World, and People’s Daily World, (1917-1990s), http://blogs.nyu.edu/library/sp.collections/2010/02/the_daily_worker_and_daily_wor.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
[Closed during processing until Fall 2011]
QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY, Archives
New York Herald Tribune, http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CEL+Divisions&branch_id=CEL&pid=550 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES
Raleigh News & Observer (1938-1999), http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/nontextual.htm ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, Joyner Library
Greenville Daily Reflector (1949-1967), http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/reflector/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CHARLOTTE AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY LIBRARY
Charlotte Observer Negatives (1956-1994), http://www.plcmc.org/Locations/mainCarolinaCollections.asp ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Note: University of North Carolina’s North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives holds most of the Charlotte Observer negatives (1955-1989) by chief photographer Don Sturkey http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/inv/P0070/P0070.html. ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
NORTH DAKOTA
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA, Archives
http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Bismarck Tribune (1950-1970)
Ashley Tribune (1950s-1990s)
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OHIO
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/archives/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Cleveland Press (1920-1982), http://www.clevelandmemory.org/press![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Columbus Citizen Journal and Columbus Citizen (1912-1984), http://www.photohio.org/collections/cj/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Columbus Dispatch (1890-1970), http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/findaid/p245sc.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY
Dayton Daily News (1902-1990)
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/ddn_archive/2011/04/04/ddn-collection-series/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
OREGON
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, http://www.ohs.org/research/library/collections/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Oregon Journal (1920s-1970s)
Oregonian (1930s-1950s)
PENNSYLVANIA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Philadelphia Record (ca. 1920-47, bulk)
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Photographs, http://library.temple.edu/collections/urbana/pcphi01.jsp?bhcp=1 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Negatives, http://library.temple.edu/collections/urbana/phodes.jsp?bhcp=1&bhhash=1#001B ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Daily News (1979-1988)
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (1937-1982)
Philadelphia Inquirer (1937-1997)
YORK COUNTY HERITAGE TRUST, http://www.yorkheritage.org/la_rs.asp ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Gazette & Daily Negative Collection, (ca. 1950-61)
TENNESSEE
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, Special Collections
http://www.memphis.edu/specialcollections/resources.php ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Memphis Commercial Appeal and Press-Scimitar (1930-1984)
TEXAS
DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division http://www.dallaslibrary2.org/texas/photogallery/index.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Dallas Times Herald (-1991)
HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/hmrc/photo.htmll ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Houston Chronicle
Houston Post
Houston Press
INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES
http://www.texancultures.com/visit/library/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
San Antonio Light (1924-1993), http://digital.utsa.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p9020coll2 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
San Antonio Express-News (1974-1993)
TEXAS AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY (TAAP) ARCHIVE,
http://www.docarts.com/archive.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Dallas Post-Tribune photograph collection (1953-1993, bulk 1966-1993)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
Arlington Citizen Journal
Fort Worth Star Telegram (1849-1990, bulk 1920s-1970s), http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utarl/00128/arl-00128.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
Fort Worth News Tribune (1970-1989), http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utarl/00202/arl-00202.html ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
New York Journal-American (1895-1966), http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/books/holdings/nyja/ ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
VICTORIA REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER
Victoria Advocate (1951-1986), http://vrhc.uhv.edu/photographs/karen/home.htm ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
UTAH
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, Merrill-Cazier Library
Herald Journal (1969-1985), http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/Ead/id/511/rec/3 ![External link](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130117204442im_/http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/images/external_links_clip_image001.gif)
VIRGINIA
NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY, Sargeant Memorial Collection
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and Virginian-Pilot (1920s-1950s), http://www.npl.lib.va.us/smrt/dip_website/dip.html
WASHINGTON
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY
Seattle Post Intelligencer
http://www.seattlehistory.org/exhibits_and_collections/collections/photo_collection.php
Document History: List begun in 1994 by Marcy Silver Flynn through phone calls, which resulted in 27 cited repositories. Additions made in 2003 by Jennifer Hain Teper, while at the University of Kentucky, with further information from Katherine Fox at the Center for American History. The Library of Congress resumed updating in 2010, with many new entries contributed by the Society of American Archivists' Visual Materials section members.
Last update: Feb. 2012. |