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Historical Newspapers

This collection of historical newspapers provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Includes:

  • Asheville Citizen-Times (1873 - 2009)
  • The Atlanta Constitution‎ (1868 - 1984)
  • Atlanta Daily World (1931 - 2003)
  • Baltimore Afro-American (1893 - 1988)
  • The Baltimore Sun (1837 - 1993)
  • Chicago Defender (1909 -1975)
  • Chicago Tribune‎ (1849 - 1994)
  • The Christian Science Monitor (1908 - 2006)
  • Detroit Free Press (1831 - 1999)
  • The Guardian and The Observer (1791 - 2003)
  • Los Angeles Times‎ (1881 - 1994)
  • Michigan Chronicle (1934-2010)
  • New York Amsterdam News (1922 - 1993)
  • The New York Times‎ (1851 - 2011)
  • Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916 - 2003)
  • Philadelphia Inquirer (1860 - 2001)
  • Pittsburgh Courier (1911 - 2002)
  • San Francisco Chronicle (1865 - 1922)
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874 - 2003)
  • Toronto Star (1894 - 2016)
  • The Wall Street Journal‎ (1889 - 2000)
  • The Washington Post‎ (1877 - 2001)

 

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