Newspapers
African
American Newspapers, 1827-1998
Explore African American history, culture and daily life in the 19th and 20th
centuries.
America's
Historical Newspapers, Series I&II, 1690-1900
Hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography
and in additional subsequent bibliographies. (Available only on computers on
the CWF network; contact Reference Desk, 565-8510, for assistance.)
Bath
Chronicle Georgian Newspaper Project
Search the Georgian Newspaper Project database on many subjects, punishment,
pets and politics, to find out about life in Georgian Bath for the years 1770-1800.
Burney
Collection of 17th and 18th Century Newspapers
The Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) collected 17th and 18th century English
news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were
published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial,
Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe
and India. (Available only on computers on the CWF network; contact Reference
Desk, 565-8510, for assistance).
Chronicling America:
Historic American Newspapers
The Library of Congress offers digital images of 19th-century newspapers. Among
the Virginia papers offered is the Virginia Gazette,1893 -1913.
Eighteenth-Century
Journals, Newspapers and Periodicals, 1699-1812.
British publications from the collections of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research
Center have been digitized and are searchable. Among the topics discussed in
these periodicals are politics, current events, business, theater and literature.
(Available only on computers on the CWF network; contact Reference Desk, 565-8510,
for assistance).
Internet Library
of Early Journals
A digital library of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British journals which
include Annual Register (1758-1778), Gentleman's Magazine (1731-1750), Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society (1757-1777), and The Builder (1843-1842).
The London Gazette
Similar to the U.S. Federal Register the London Gazette began in the 17th century
(November 7, 1665) and remains active today.
Maryland
Gazette, 1728-1839
Images from the newspaper are arranged chronologically. Keyword searching is
not available.
Newspapers
at the Library of Virginia
This list of newspaper resources includes indexes to Virginia marriages and
obituaries, a list of local indexes to city and county newspapers in Virginia,
and a database of newspapers available in Virginia libraries.
19th
Century U.S. Newspapers
Among the many newspapers offered are The Maryland Gazette, 1800-1839;
The Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, 1800-1884; and The
Raleigh (NC) Register (1800-1886).
North
Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project
Newspapers, 1751-1890s, from cities like Edenton (1787-1801), Fayetteville (1789-1795),
Hillsboro (1786), New Bern (1751-1804), Salisbury (1799-1898), and Wilmington
(1765-1816) - a total of 23,483 digital images that are keyword searchable.
Pennsylvania
Gazette, 1728-1800
(Available only on computers on the CWF network; contact Reference Desk, 565-8510,
for assistance).
Richmond Daily Dispatch,
1860-1865
Search or browse this newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy.
South
Carolina Gazette, 1732-1780
(Available only on computers on the CWF network; contact Reference Desk, 565-8510,
for assistance).
Times (London), 1785-1812
from Footnote
(Available only on computers on the CWF network; contact Reference Desk, 565-8510,
for assistance).
Virginia Gazette,
1736-1780
Read by date or search the Virginia Gazette Index by subject and link to the
full-text of the article. Keyword searchable versions of the Virginia Gazette
are available from Accessible
Archives and Newsbank (America's
Historical Newspapers). The image quality, the coverage dates and the printing
capabilities vary.
Virginia
Gazette or the American Advertiser Index, Richmond (PDF)
An index to issues of the Virginia Gazette, December 22, 1781 - December 28,
1782, that are available on microfilm (M1024) at the John D. Rockefeller Library.
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