2. Indexes Covering Post-1900 U.S. Newspapers
Collective Indexes
America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-1922) offers full text of over a thousand U.S. newspapers.
Editorials on file, 1970- .
LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: Ref PN4778.E3
Names in the news. A subset of NewsBank
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): INDEX Microfiche S 333 (1982-95)
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC CT104.N35x (1982-95)
NewsBank index (1982- ) includes articles from newspapers from about 450 U.S. cities arranged by subject, with index.
LOCATION: Loeb Design: Microfiche (1982-95)
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository AI3.N47x (1982-95)
LOCATION: Documents (Lamont): INDEX Microfiche S 334 (1982-95)
U.S. News Archives on the Web gives dates included and cost (mostly free for searching).
Utah Digital Newspapers, 19th–mid20th century
War in Vietnam: A Multimedia Chronicle. From CBS News and New York Times.
LOCATION: Documents (Lamont): CD-ROM DS558.W37 1995x
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository
Indexes of Individual Papers
Atlanta Constitution is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Atlanta Constitution (1868-1939). A print index is also available:
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 117 (1971-79; 1982- )
Boston Globe is available full text (1872-1925) at the Boston Public Library (ProQuest Historical Newspapers). Offsite access requires a BPL Library card. There is a printed index and a local card file:
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 424 (1983- )
LOCATION: Index at State Library of Massachusetts, 1962-83 [Indexes Mass. people and events]
Boston Herald
LOCATION: Index at State Library of Massachusetts, 1962-83 [Indexes Mass. people and events]
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online, 1841-1902
Chicago Tribune is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849-1986). A print index is also available:
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 125
(1972- )
Christian Science Monitor, 1954- . The Christian Science Monitor website offers selected articles since 1980.
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 38
LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: M-Fiche [Shelved in Microforms Room]. National newspaper index, 1979-June 1988.
Cleveland plain dealer index, 1931-1938
LOCATION: Widener: US 25831.25.22/23
Denver Post Index
LOCATION: Documents (Lamont): Microfiche S 66 (1963-1978)
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 116 (1979- )
Detroit News
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 121 (1976- )
Harvard Crimson Online Archives, 1873- .
Houston Post
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 140 (1976- )
LA Times is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881-1985) and their own webpage (1985- ). The LA Times is available in LexisNexis Academic only as a 6-month rolling backfile. Print and microfiche indexes are also available.
LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: M-Fiche [Shelved in Microforms Room]. Home Edition, 1979-June 1988. National newspaper index
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 127 (1972- )
Massachusetts. Index to local news in the Hampshire gazette, 1786-1937
LOCATION: Widener: US 13108.2.10 Library has: 3 v. in 2
Milwaukee Journal, 1976 (only)
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 132
Minneapolis star and tribune index, 1971-1985
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 118
National observer index, 1969-1977
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 179
New Orleans times-picayune
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 133 (1972- )
New York Times is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2004). Includes illustrations, editorials,
and advertising. If a name or topic cannot be found
by searching the online version, check the
printed or microfiche version:
LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: M-Fiche [Shelved in Microforms Room]. (Late
and National), 1979-June 1988. National newspaper index
LOCATION: Gutman Education: Ref Index AI21.N44 (1913- )
LOCATION: Law School: Mic Ref US 800 N (1913- )
LOCATION: Law School: MIC US 800 N Microfilm (1913- )
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 39 (1851-
)
LOCATION: Widener: RR 683.15 (1851- )
Guide to the incomparable New York times index, by Grant W. Morse.
LOCATION: Law School: Mic Ref US 800 N Shelved with NYT Index.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 683. 15.7
New York tribune (1876-1906) is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Tribune (1841-1922) and is indexed in Nineteenth Century Masterfile. A print version is also available.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 683.10
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 136 (1980- )
San Francisco Chronicle is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922) and the San Francisco Chronicle website (1995- ).
San Francisco Examiner, 1995- .
Texas observer index (Austin), 1954-1981
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 281
USA Today is available full text via Academic Search Premier (2002- ). There is also a printed index.
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 491 (1982- )
Wall Street Journal is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990). Includes illustrations, editorials,
and advertising. Also available fultext via Factiva (1980- ) and ABI Inform (1984- ). Indexes also available in print and microfiche:
LOCATION: Baker Business: Reading Room Current issue and 5 years: Reading
Room (Index Table); Backfile: Reading Room (West Balcony) (1955- )
LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: M-Fiche [Shelved in Microforms Room]. (Eastern
and Western Editions) (1979-June 1988). National newspaper index.
Washington Post is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (1877-1991).
Other Washington Post Indexes
Washington post. Newspaper index, 1971-1981.
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 124Washington post index, 1989- .
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 124.25National newspaper index, 1979-June 1988
LOCATION: Kennedy Sch of Gov: M-Fiche [Shelved in Microforms Room]. (Final Edition).Editorials from the Washington post, 1917-1920, by Ira Elbert Bennett.
LOCATION: Widener: H 823.121
Ethnic Papers
- Collective Indexes
- Indexes of Individual Papers
Collective Indexes
Ethnic NewsWatch (1960- ) offers full-text of 90 newspapers and other periodicals. Includes book/film/television reviews.
Covers:
- African American
- Arab American
- Asian American
- European American
- Hispanic/Latino/Chicano
- Jewish
- Native American
Hampton University Peabody newspaper clipping file, [1873-1940]. More information
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont) | Microfiche W 3167
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont) | INDEX Microfiche W 3167 = Guide
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 offers full-text of Spanish and bi-lingual newspapers.
In Black and white: a guide to magazine articles, newspaper articles, and books concerning more than 15,000 Black individuals and groups. 3d ed. 1980.
LOCATION: Afro American Studies: DuBois Institute E185.96.Z99 S67 1980x Library has: 2 v.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 4781.41.57 Library has: 2 v.
In Black and white. Supplement: a guide to magazine articles, newspaper articles, and books concerning more than 6,700 Black individuals and groups. 1985.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 4781.41.58
Index to Black newspapers / Black newspapers index, 1977- .
LOCATION: Documents (Lamont): INDEX Film 30.5
Kaiser index to Black resources (1948-1986) is a bibliography of about 174,000 articles, reviews, and obituaries from 150 periodicals, including newspapers, on African-American and Caribbean subjects. Arranged by subject. Some illustrations noted.
LOCATION: Afro American Studies: DuBois Institute E185.K25 1992x Library has: v. 1, 3-5
LOCATION: Schlesinger: Ref. 016.973 S369k
LOCATION: Widener: RR 4781.41.67 Library has: 5 v.
Schomburg Center clipping file, 1925-1974 [microform]. More information
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): Microfiche W 3045 Library has: 9686 microfiches.
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): INDEX Microfiche W 3045 = Guide
Schomburg Center clipping file. Part II, 1975-1988 [microform.]
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): Microfiche W 3045.2 Library has: 3861 microfiches
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): INDEX Microfiche W 3045.2= Guide
Southern Educational Reporting Service Facts on Film (1954-73) offers clippings on consequences of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision on segregation in public schools.
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): Film A15
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): INDEX Film A15 (Guide)
Tuskegee Institute news clippings file (1899-1966) contains clippings from over 300 newspapers, including southeastern U.S., African-American, and foreign newspapers and magazines. "Guide to the microfilm edition of the Tuskegee Institute news clippings file", 74 p., at beginning of reel 1, 1981. More information
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): Film A 331 Library has: 252 reels.
LOCATION: Microforms (Lamont): Index Film A 331 (Guide, 1978, 66 pp.)
Indexes of Individual Papers
Atlanta Daily World is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003).
Chicago Defender is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Chicago Defender (1905-75). Also indexed in print:
LOCATION: Schlesinger: Ref. 016.973 S369k (in Kaiser Index, 1948-1986)
LOCATION: Widener: RR 4781.41.67 (in Kaiser Index, 1948-1986)
Los Angeles Sentinel is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005).
New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993).
Pittsburgh Courier is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).