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).
The content in this database has been created through partnerships with the American Antiquarian Society, the Library of Congress, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and more than 90 other institutions.
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