America's Historical Newspapers features full text cover-to-cover reproductions of historic newspapers published in 50 states and the District of Columbia. The coverage provides insight into the early years of the United States: the daily life of hundreds of diverse American communities; the later westward expansion and the rise of the penny press with its increasing emphasis on society, industry, and scientific advances; the Civil War era, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Progressive era, and beyond. Please note that the full text may not be available for all issues of a particular newspaper (the database continues to grow).
Collections include:
- African American Newspapers
- African American Newspapers, Series 2
- American Civil War Newspapers, 1840-1877
- Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876
- Early American Newspapers, Series 1: From Colonies to Nation
- Early American Newspapers, Series 2: The New Republic
- Early American Newspapers, Series 3: From Farm to City
- Early American Newspapers, Series 4: The Rise of Industry
- Early American Newspapers, Series 5: An Emerging World Power
- Early American Newspapers, Series 6: Compromise and Disunion
- Early American Newspapers, Series 7: Reform and Retrenchment
- Early American Newspapers, Series 8: A Nation in Transition
- Early American Newspapers, Series 9: Protest and Prosperity
- Early American Newspapers, Series 10: Regional Pioneers
- Early American Newspapers, Series 11: From Agrarian Republic to World Power
- Early American Newspapers, Series 12: The Specialized Press
- Early American Newspapers, Series 13: The American West
- Early American Newspapers, Series 14: The Expansion of Urban America
- Early American Newspapers, Series 15: Immigrant Communities
- Early American Newspapers, Series 16: Industry and the Environment
- Early American Newspapers, Series 17: American Heartland
- Early American Newspapers, Series 18: Racial Awakening in the Northeast
- Early American Newspapers, Series 19: Southern Newspapers, the Politics of Race in the South.
- Early American Newspapers, Series 20: America's Industrial Centers and the Politics of Race, Gender, and Immigration
- Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980