News: Historical

Chronicling America
Wide selection of newspapers from nearly every state, 1789-1963

America's Historical Newspapers
WWU's subscription includes 737 titles, primarily from the eastern states, 1690-1876

Google News Archive
Thousands of newspapers from around the world dating back to the 1700s.

New York Times, 1851-

Washington Post, 1887-

Wall Street Journal, 1889-

Los Angeles Times, 1881

Toronto Globe and Mail, 1844-

London Times, 1788-

Newspapers of Washington Territory
25 titles, 1852-1890

Hundreds of freely accessible digital archives of newspapers from around the world exist. Click here for an extensive list.

See also American Antiquarian Society Periodicals. Though not newspapers, some of these sources contain historical news.

Hundreds of historical newspapers are available on microfilm in Western Libraries. To locate them in the library catalog, enter either a specific title or a subject term / place name along with the term "newspaper." Limiting your results to newspapers in the left-hand column of the search results screen may also be helpful.

Additional historical papers can generally be borrowed on microfilm from other libraries if they are not available at WWU. The U.S. Newspaper Directory, a database of all extant newspapers published in what is now the United States, 1690-present, is the best place to search. View the holdings information in each title record to locate digital, microfilm, or print copies. Also try WorldCat, a catalog of all U.S. library holdings.

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Newspaper Collection
600 linear feet of miscellaneous Northwest newspapers, 1853-1987

Washington Territorial newspapers index
Microfilm index of Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma papers to 1889.