3. Indexes Covering Pre-1900 U.S. Newspapers
Collective Indexes
America’s Historical Newspapers (1690-1922) includes full text of over 1000 newspapers.
Birth of America: the year in review, 1763-1783; a chronological guide and index to the contemporary colonial press.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 3621. 13
Boston. Index of obituaries in Boston newspapers, 1704-1800. 3 v.
LOCATION: Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. F73.25.C6
LOCATION: Widener: RR 683.6.5
Civil War: a newspaper perspective (Accessible Archives) includes full text of over 11,000 articles (including over 700 graphic images), Nov. 1, 1860 - Apr. 30, 1865. Drawn from the New York herald, the Charleston mercury, and the Richmond enquirer. Also on CD-ROM.
LOCATION: Documents (Lamont): CD-ROM Doc E468.C578 1994x
Civil War newspaper maps: a cartobibliography of the Northern daily press.
LOCATION: Map Coll (Pusey): MAP-LC GA405.5.Z99 B67 1993x
Debating the issues in colonial newspapers: primary documents on events of the period.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC E187.C78 2000
Illustrated Civil War newspapers and magazines. Full text. Includes campaign newspapers.
Index of references to American women in colonial newspapers through 1800. Covers only the New Hampshire Gazette, 1756-1770 (v. 1) and 1771-1785 (v. 2).
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC CS61.Z99 E92 x Library has: v. 1-2
19th Century U.S. Newspapers offers full text of about 500 newspapers.
Pennsylvania newspaper record, 1819-1870 (Delaware County)
LOCATION: Widener: CD-ROM RR 32 RBS
- Delaware County American (Media, PA)
- Delaware County Republican (Darby & Chester, PA)
- Upland Union (Chester, PA)
- Delaware County Democrat (Chester, PA)
- Post Boy (Chester, PA)
The performing arts in colonial American newspapers, 1690 -1783, text database and index
LOCATION: Theatre Collection: TS CDRom 9 Library has: CD ROM + User's guide
Petersburg [Virginia] Public Library - Newspaper Index (1797-1877) indexes local news from several Petersburg area newspapers.
Portland, ME. Index to Portland newspapers: 1785-1835
LOCATION: Widener: Harvard Depository
Utah Digital Newspapers (19th–mid20th century).
Indexes of Individual Papers
Atlanta Constitution is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Atlanta Constitution (1868-1939).
Boston Transcript Index to Obituaries 1875-1930. 5 v.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 683.5
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NC 196
Boston Globe is available full text (1872-1925) at the Boston Public Library (ProQuest Historical Newspapers).
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online, 1841-1902
Chicago Tribune is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849-1986).
Cleveland. Annals of Cleveland, 1818-1876; a digest and index of the newspaper record of events and opinions. Indexes and abstracts, sequentially, several Cleveland newspapers. Further information on the Annals of Cleveland.
LOCATION: Widener: US 25831.25.20
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1931, 1933-1338.
LOCATION: Widener: US 25831.25.22
Harvard Crimson Online Archives, 1873- .
LA Times is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881-1986).
Massachusetts. Index to local news in the Hampshire gazette, 1786-1937
LOCATION: Widener: US 13108.2.10 Library has: 3 v. in 2
Massachusetts. Index of obituaries in Massachusetts centinel and Columbian centinel, 1784-1840
LOCATION: Widener: RR 683. 6.10 Library has: 5 v.
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 version. It is also indexed in Nineteenth Century Masterfile
(1863-1905) and Historical Newspapers
Online (1851-1922). Indexing also available in print:
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: 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
Niles' register cumulative index, 1811-1849
LOCATION: Widener: Ask for CD-ROM at Reference Desk
Oregon Spectator is indexed in Nineteenth Century Masterfile (1846-54).
Pennsylvania gazette (Accessible Archives) (1728-1800) includes full text of:
- Universal instructor in all arts and sciences
- Pennsylvania gazette
- Pennsylvania gazette and weekly advertiser
San Francisco Chronicle is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
South Carolina gazette, 1732-1758. The early South Carolina newspapers ESCN database reports: a quick reference guide to local news and advertisements found in the early South Carolina newspapers. Index sections: Individual names, Company names, Shipping and maritime (ship names), Slavery-related (mainly personal names).
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: INDEX Film NB 132
Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780
LOCATION: Widener Newspaper Microfilm Reading Room: Index Film NB 21
Wall Street Journal is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990). Includes illustrations, editorials, and advertising.
Washington Post is available full text via ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (1877-1991). Includes illustrations, editorials, and advertising.
Ethnic Papers
African American history in the press, 1851-1899: from the coming of the Civil War to the rise of Jim Crow as reported and illustrated in selected newspapers of the time. Selected newspaper articles in chronological order from 14 newspapers indexed by keyword, by newspaper, and by illustration subject. These are general, not African-American, newspapers.
LOCATION: Lamont: REF.ROOM E185.2.A25 1996 Library has: 2 v.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC E185.2.A25 1996 Library has: 2 v.
African-American newspapers: the 19th century (Accessible Archives) includes full text of:
- Freedman's journal (NY, NY) , 1827-1830
- Colored American (NY, NY) , 1837-1841
- The north star (Rochester, NY), 1847-1851
- National era (Washington, DC), 1847-1860 [completed through December 1850]
- Frederick Douglass paper (Rochester, NY) 1851-1859 [completed through May 1852]
- Provincial Freeman (Toronto, Canada), 1854-1857 [completed through December 1855]
Antebellum Black newspapers
LOCATION: Afro American Studies: E185.5.J33
LOCATION: Widener: RR 4781. 41.75
- New York Freedom's journal (1827-1829)
- The Rights of all (1829)
- The Weekly advocate (1837)
- The Colored American (1837-1841)
Antislavery newspapers and periodicals. 5 vols. Indexes about 40,000 published letters. Correspondence sections comprised around one fifth of the contents of anti-slavery periodicals. Letters listed in chronological order under each periodical, with brief summaries. Index of correspondents.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC AI3.B55
- Vol. I: 1817-1845
- Philanthropists
- Emancipator
- Genius of Universal Emancipation
- Abolition Intelligencer
- African Observer
- Liberator
- Volume II: 1835-1865
- Liberator
- Anti-Slavery Record
- Human Rights
- Observer
- Volume III: 1836-1854
- Friend of Man
- Pennsylvania Freeman
- Advocate of Freedom
- American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter
- Volume IV: 1840-1860 and Volume V: 1861-1871
- National Anti-Slavery Standard
Blacks in selected newspapers, censuses and other sources: an index to names and subjects, by James de T. Abajian. 3 v. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977. Indexes 19th and early 20th century newspapers, censuses, and city directories. Strongest on, but by no means limited to, the western U.S.
LOCATION: Afro American Studies: E185.96.Z99 A22 1977x Library has: 3 v.
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC E185.96.Z99 A22, x F
Supplement, 2 v. 1985.
LOCATION: Afro American Studies: E185.96.Z99 A22 1985x
LOCATION: Widener: WID-LC E185.96.Z99 A22 x, Suppl. 1 F
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.