UVM Libraries Research Guides: American History: Historical Newspapers & Periodicals

Historical Newspapers & Periodicals Online

Accessible Archives (18th-early 20th centuries) This link opens in a new window
Highlights of the collection include access to The Pennsylvania Gazette, Frank Leslie's Weekly, Godey's Ladies' Book, a collection of African-American Newspapers, Civil War materials, and more.
Dates of coverage varies.
America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1999) This link opens in a new window
Full-text collection that includes hundreds of American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922.
Search or browse early American newspapers including titles from all 50 present states.
Boston Globe (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1872-rolling end date) This link opens in a new window
Full-text archive if the paper. Covers the years 1872-1979.
Chicago Tribune (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1849-rolling end date) This link opens in a new window
Digital version of The Chicago tribune.
Dates of coverage: 1849-1989
Christian Science Monitor (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1908-rolling end date) This link opens in a new window
Digital edition on The Christian Science Monitor.
Dates of coverage (1908-1999)
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1881- rolling end date) This link opens in a new window
Full-text archive of the paper. Covers the years 1881-1987.
[Remote access - UVM Only]
New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers, 1851-rolling end date) This link opens in a new window
Full-text of the New York Times since 1851 (excludes the most recent three years). Search or browse full-page images of the paper.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1889-rolling end date) This link opens in a new window
Digitized version of the WSJ. Great for historical research on all aspects of the economy, industry, international news, and more.
Dates of coverage: 1889-1995
Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1877-rolling end date) This link opens in a new window
Digitized version of The Washington Post. Dates of coverage: 1877-1995.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (1789-1963) This link opens in a new window
This open source collection includes digitized local newspapers from all regions of the U.S. and provides a number of ethnic and foreign language titles. Papers are presented as full image PDFs and include news, editorials, advertisements, and more. Dates of publication range from the late 18th century through 1963.
Burlington Free Press Archive (1848-2007) This link opens in a new window
This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the daily edition of the Burlington Free Press published from 1848-2007. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format. For best search results set parameters to look for search terms "in Anywhere."

Historical Newspapers not at UVM

The following tools can help you to identify historical newspapers to borrow through Interlibrary Loan.

Center for Research Libraries Catalog This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to many research sources that are not available elsewhere in the United States. Materials include international newspapers, foreign language books and theses, and extensive primary sources collections. Request non-digital items through Interlibrary Loan.
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
This resource is a searchable database of library collections across the United States, Canada and many other countries. Well over a billion records describe books, multimedia, serials, maps, and other information resources. Materials identified through WorldCat can be ordered through UVM's Interlibrary Loan Service.

Periodicals

UVM has a many historical periodicals available in print, on microfilm, and online. In addition to the online collections below, historical periodicals can be found in CATQuest.

A useful tool for locating specific articles in older US periodicals is:

Readers' Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
This database contains indexing of popular general-interest periodicals in the U.S. (1890-1982).

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American Historical Periodicals
A guide to digitized American historical periodicals from the 18th through the 20th century. Includes access to Harper's, Life, Vogue, and more.

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to a wide array of difficult-to-find American periodicals that were published between 1684 and 1922. The collection offers multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America.
Harper's Weekly (1857-1912) This link opens in a new window
Browse or search this digitized version of one of the most important American periodicals for the 19th and early 20th century. Dates of coverage: 1857 - 1912.

LIFE Magazine
Digital version of all issues of LIFE magazine from 1935-1970. An invaluable resource for studying American culture during this time period.

Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
Full run of Vogue magazine from 1892 to the present. In full color.