LibGuides: COMM 832: Methods in Communication History: Newspapers

Historic Newspapers available at the WSU Libraries

This is just a selection. For a full listing of available newspapers, please see the Newspapers Guide.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Digital facsimile images of full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. Each issue is captured cover-to-cover with access to every article, advertisement and illustration. Alternate title: Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
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Chicago Defender (1910-1975) This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers-Black Newspapers offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights, and explore everyday life as written in the Chicago Defender. Coverage 1910- 1975. Terms of Use
New York Times (1851-3 years ago) with Index (1851-1993) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the New York Times online for the years 1851-three years ago. This database offers full-page-images and article images. Digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files.
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ProQuest Civil War Era 1840-1865 This link opens in a new window
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Digital archive of pamphlets and historical newspapers from the Civil War era. Includes: Boston Herald(1846-1865), Charleston Mercury (1840-1865), Columbus Gazette (1856-1865), Daily Dispatch (1852-1865), Daily Ohio State Journal (1840-1853), Weekly Ohio State Journal (1840-1841) Daily Picayune (1840-1865), Louisville Daily Journal (1840-1865), Memphis Daily Appeal (1847-1865), Morning Herald (1840-1840), New York Herald (1840-1865), Pamphlets on the Civil War (1961-1865) and Slavery & Anti-Slavery Pamphlets from the libraries of Salmon P. Chase & John P. Hale. Terms of Use
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Access to New York Times (2008- 3 months ago) and The Wall Street Journal (2008-3 months ago), historic American newspapers from ProQuest: Civil War Era, the Michigan Chronicle, the Christian Science Monitor, New York Tribune/ Herald Tribune,, Pittsburg Post-Gazette, historic British newspapers The Guardian and the Observer, and historic Black newspapers Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News. Terms of Use
Times (London) This link opens in a new window
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First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive has over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
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