About Historical Newspapers
| Boston University subscribes to a few individual newspaper titles that have searchable archives (listed as 'single title subscriptions'), below. These titles are, for the most part, image-based - that is, you can see the original full page of the newspaper and see text in context, along with any accompanying photos. When a photo is missing, it is because the photographer has not given the publisher permission to reproduce the photo in digital format. We also have a number of newspaper titles in microfilm, and the photos are not redacted in that format. For microfilm holdings, see "Major Newspapers on MIcrofilm". |
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Newspaper Databases
Single title subscriptions:
- Boston Globe 1980+ This link opens in a new window Date coverage: 1980 - present. Searchable, current article text from the Boston Globe (no images, illustrations or charts included). For earlier editions use Boston Globe (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
- Boston Globe (1872-1988) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Date coverage: 1872 - 1988. Full-page images and article images (PDF) with searchable full text from the newspaper The Boston Globe and its title variants. NOTE: For 1988+ use
- Boston Herald Historical and Current This link opens in a new window Explore Boston history through local news, events and people with Boston Herald Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Boston Herald Historical, 1848-1992, supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowment Fund.
- Chicago Defender (1910-1975) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Date coverage: 1910-1975. Full-page images and article images (PDF) with searchable full text from the African American newspaper Chicago Defender under all its title variants.
- Chicago Tribune (1849-1996) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Date coverage: 1849-1996. Full-page and article images (PDF) with searchable full text from the Chicago Tribune and all its title variants. NOTE: For 1997+ use Nexis Uni.
- Harper’s Weekly 1857-1912 Harper's Weekly was the most widely read journal in the United States throughout the period of the Civil War, featuring serialized fiction of Dickens, Thackeray and others, as well as political cartoons of Thomas Nast,
- Los Angeles Times (1881- 1995) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Date coverage: 1881 - 1995). Full-page images and article images (PDF) with searchable full text from the Los Angeles Times under all its title variants. NOTE: For 1996+ use Nexis Uni.
- New York Times (1851- 2016) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Date coverage: 1851-2016. Full-page images and article images (PDF) with searchable full text of the New York Times back issues. Additions each year keep it within 3 years of the current year. NOTE: For 2016+ use Nexis Uni.
- Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 (London) This link opens in a new windowDate coverage: 1785 - 1985. An online archive of every headline, article, editorial, announcement, image and advertisement published in The Times (London) to 1985. Full page images and article images (PDF) with searchable full text. NOTE: For 1985+ use Nexis Uni.
- Washington Post (1877- 2002) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Date coverage: 1877-2002. Full-page images and article images (PDF) with searchable full text from the Washington Post under all its title variants. NOTE: For 2003+ use Nexis Uni.
Databases (multiple titles):
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers 1789-1963
Full-page images from the Library of Congress. Digital full text available from 1789-1924 for selected newspapers (coverage varies by title).
Full-page images from the Library of Congress. Digital full text available from 1789-1924 for selected newspapers (coverage varies by title).- ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window Full-page images with searchable full text from the following newspapers: Boston Globe; New York Times; Washington Post; Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Defender. See listing for each individual newspaper for date coverage and to search that publication separately.
- America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window Fully searchable digital images of newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia.
***** NOTE: BU has only Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690 -1876. The Boston Public Library has all 3 series (1690 - 1922) for on-site use.only. - 17th-18th century Burney Collection Newspapers This link opens in a new window The largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. Date coverage: 1604-1804.
- American Jewish Newspapers This link opens in a new window American Jewish Newspapers provides scanned, searchable articles from four 19th and 20th century newspapers: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922); The Jewish Advocate (1905-1990); The American Israelite (1854-2000); and Jewish Exponent (1887-1990). Rights for use by Boston University community supported by the Ted Kyrios Memorial Book Fund.
- Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window Eyewitness accounts of historical events, ads and genealogical records published in popular 19th century newspapers including African-American publications.
- African Newspapers from the World Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new window This full-text, searchable collection of 19th and early 20th century African newspapers includes titles from the following countries: Angola, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Date coverage: 1831 to 1923.
- African American newspapers (Accessible Archives) 1827-1902 Titles in the Collection: The Christian Recorder; The Colored American/Weekly Advocate; Frederick Douglass’ Paper Freedom’s Journal; The National Era; The North Star; Provincial Freeman.
- American Periodicals This link opens in a new windowNot newspapers, but historically significant periodicals that were the news magazines of the time; periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines.
- American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals This link opens in a new windowDigitized images of American magazines published between 1684 and 1912. Covers history of slavery, literature, women's and religious issues, politics, culture, the arts and foreign language journals published in the U.S. Rights for use by Boston University community supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by ethnic, minority and native presses in the U.S. Includes both historic publications, starting in 1959, as well as current ones.
- Google News Archives Image-based; random newspapers digitized by Google. (Google stopped digitizing newspapers in 2011.)
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni is a source for newspapers and magazines, trade journals, wire services and transcripts, as well as legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790, and information on U.S. and international companies and executives.
- Access World News This link opens in a new window Find full-text current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more. Includes local news, editorials, announcements and other sections from more than 10,000 sources.
- Factiva This link opens in a new window Provides worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data. Date coverage varies by publication.
Finding Newspapers by Title
- Try searching BU Libraries Search by newspaper name; in addition to individual subscriptions, some newspapers that are part of larger collections are listed there.
Unfortunately, searching by keyword will not locate most newspaper articles.
- WorldCat Discovery will help you identify regional newspaper collections by newspaper title, which may be available (usually as microfilm reels) through Interlibrary loan.
Microfilm? What's that?
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About the Boston Herald Morgue
The Pickering Educational Resources Library maintains a collection of newspaper clippings, which up until 1972 belonged to the Boston Herald. The clippings are from a variety of Boston newspapers, dating from the late 1800s to the early 1980s. The clippings are filed by subject and name. The files containing clippings on other subjects are stored in file cabinets and boxes in the Peter Fuller building on Commonwealth Avenue. This collection is available for use by the general public and by the Boston University community. To gain access to the part of the collection that is stored in Fuller, please contact the Pickering Library @ (617) 353-3734 or visit the library for assistance. The education librarian, Dan Benedetti, can also be contacted directly to answer questions or to schedule more in-depth research consultations.
