Historical newspaper content is among researchers’ most sought-after primary source material. With more than 60 premier historical titles, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ is the definitive newspaper digital archive empowering researchers to digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to history.

From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II; to international, local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ reveals the day-to-day news coverage to researchers and historical explorers, providing invaluable insights and information to users from a wide range of subjects.

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Every issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. Researchers can study the progression of issues over time through these historical newspaper pages, including articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, editorial cartoons, and so much more. The ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ archive contains more than 52 million digitized pages.

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Hands-On Research Makes History Incredibly Interesting for Students

Hands-On Research Makes History Incredibly Interesting for Students

Read how Professor Brandy Thomas Wells uses historical newspapers to promote hands-on learning and critical thinking at Oklahoma State University.

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Research is a Multistep Process that Takes Practice

Research is a Multistep Process that Takes Practice

Read how Professor Jill Jensen assigns ProQuest Historical Newspapers to business students at the University of Redlands.

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Plagues, Epidemics, Peculiar Beliefs and Practices through Time, 1500–2020: A Resource Guide

Plagues, Epidemics, Peculiar Beliefs and Practices through Time, 1500–2020: A Resource Guide

Read how primary sources and historical newspapers are key to understanding pandemics, as well as how societies responded to them to keep populations safe.

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century. Titles and collections include:

U.S. Historical Newspapers 

U.S. Collection 

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Collection explores America’s events and stories—past and present—through a collection of over 130 exclusive local newspaper titles across 34 states and growing. Titles span the first historical issue to the most recent, with the ability to experience each issue as it was originally printed, page by page, in crisp detail for an immersive research experience. ​

U.S. State Collections

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. State Collections are individual state collections that contain significant titles from a particular state. Years of coverage are from the first historical issue to the most recent. There are currently 34 U.S. State Collections available for subscription. All the U.S. State Collection newspaper titles are included in the Historical Newspapers: U.S. Collection.

U.S. Historical Standalone Newspapers

Selected U.S. titles are available for subscription or purchase:

Canadian Historical Newspapers

Alberta

  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Calgary Herald—1883-2010
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Edmonton Journal—1903-2010

British Columbia 

  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Province (Vancouver)—1894-2010
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Times-Colonist (Victoria)—1884-2010
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Vancouver Sun—1912-2010

Ontario

  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail—1844-2019*
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Ottawa Citizen—1845-2010
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Toronto Star—1894-2020*
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Windsor Star—1893-2010

Quebec

  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Montreal Gazette— 1785-2010

Saskatchewan

    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Leader-Post (Regina)—1883-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Saskatoon Star Phoenix—1902-2009

    International Historical Newspapers

    Black Historical Newspapers

    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Atlanta Daily World—1931-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Baltimore Afro-American—1893-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender—1910-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Cleveland Call & Post—1934-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Kansas City Call—1919-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Sentinel—1934-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Louisville Defender—1951-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Chronicle—1939-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Amsterdam News—1922-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Norfolk Journal & Guide—1916-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Philadelphia Tribune—1912-2010
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Pittsburgh Courier—1911-2010

    Jewish-American Historical Newspapers

    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger—1857-1922
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The American Israelite—1854-2000
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Jewish Advocate—1905-1990
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Jewish Exponent—1887-1990

    Specialty Historical Newspapers

    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Barron's—1921-2007
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection—1919-2013
    • ProQuest Civil War Era—1840-1865
    • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Leftist Papers—1845- 2015

    * Additional year of content added annually

      Historical Newspaper Titles

      WSJ
      NYT
      Le Monde
      Chicago Tribune
      Los Angeles Times
      Chicago Defender
      The Guardian
      Atlanta Daily World
      Calgary Herald
      Edmonton Journal
      Michigan Chronicle
      Regina Leader Post
      Montreal Gazette
      National Post
      Ottawa Citizen
      Saskatoon Star Phoenix
      The Province
      Vancouver Sun
      Windsor Star
      The Age
      The Boston Globe
      The Globe and Mail
      South China Morning Post
      The Times of India
      Toronto Star

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