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Historical newspapers are being digitized through a number of projects. Some of these are made freely available to the public while many are available only by institutional or individual subscription. The lists below include titles available to the UB community and titles covering Western New York. For current news, see Newspapers Online.

At the bottom of this guide are links to broader lists of digital newspapers.

	Accessible Archives UB has access to a subset of this database (titles are listed separately below). Additional coverage is available through the NYS Library to NYS employees and retirees. More information.
	African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century – Accessible Archives Ultimately this resource will include the complete transcribed text of seven 19th century African-American newspapers.
	America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 Acces is to selected New York newspapers published between 1733 and 1915. Available to NYS employees and retirees. More information
	American Periodical Series (APS) Journals rather than newspapers, published between 1741-1900
	Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1902
	Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This is an on-going project, currently covering select paper 1860-1922.
	Civil War, a Newspaper Perspective – Accessible Archives Major articles from issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between 1860 and 1865.
	Ethnic Newswatch Ethnic, minority and native press, some back to 1960.
	Fulton History Scanned images of central and northern New York newspapers from 1806 to 2007. A bit quirky but the only way to get old Buffalo papers online.
	Google News Archive Google is no longer adding new content to this product. For the time being, it is still searchable using the box at the top of the page. Some links results may require a fee. Use UB Libraries' microfilm when available.
	Harper’s Weekly (via HarpWeek) Not a newspaper, but 19th century America's most influential periodical. Covers 1857-1883.
	MOA Making of America (Cornell) MOA Making of America (U of Michigan) Scanned journals, mostly 1840-1900.
	New York Heritage Digital Collections The collection includes papers from Erie, Chautauqua, Monroe, Ontario counties, many downstate counties and Northern New York Newspapers.
	New York Times New York Times Archive 1851-presen t Articles between 1851-1922 are free. Articles from 1922-mid1980s incur a charge. Pre-1923 and post-1986 articles are free but will count toward a monthly limit imposed by NYT. Tip: Use the Archives Search; if the item you need asks for payment, take the citation to the microfilm in the Multimedia Center in Silverman Library.
	New York Times Historic 1851-2003 From Proquest, this database is available from the New York State Library for NYS employees or retirees, more information.
	Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
	Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800 – Accessible Archives Once called the New York Times of the 18th century.
	Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) 19th and 20th century journals, included here for the news value.
	Western New York Legacy This product is now part ofNew York Heritage Digital Collection.

Other lists of links to historical news:

International Coalition on Newspapers

Lists digitization projects, internationally and in the US.

UIUC Guide to Historical Newspapers

University of Illinois guide to historical papers online. Scroll down to see the freely-available titles.

U Penn Guide to Historical Newspapers

Lists only papers that are freely available.

Online Newspaper Archives

Wikipedia's links to online newspapers, including historical papers.