These pages provide links to United States news archives available on the Web.
These pages are maintained by volunteers of the Special Libraries Association News Division.
We are looking for a new volunteer to maintain these pages. If you are interested, please contact Amy DischSend additions or corrections to this page to Amy Disch. If you're suggesting an archive, please include the URL of the newspaper, the URL of the archive, and pricing information.
Last Updated: 10/08/07
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State | City | Paper | Archive Site | Dates | Cost |
Ohio | Akron | Beacon Journal | Archives | 1985- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. |
Cincinnati | Cincinnati Enquirer | Archive | 11/1996- | free. | |
Cincinnati | Cincinnati Post | Search | 3/1997- | free. | |
Cleveland | Cleveland Plain Dealer | Search | 14 days | free. | |
Cleveland | The Cleveland Press | Search | 1878-1982 | free. As of September 2004, a large number of the ceased newspaper's photo collection is online. It is unclear whether the text will be available online. | |
Columbus | Columbus Dispatch | Archive | 1985- | $1.95 per article. | |
Dayton | Dayton Daily News | Online Archives | 1990- | $5.95 for 20 articles or 24 hours. See also fees. | |
Findlay | Courier | Archive | 1996- | free. Includes separate obituary searches through 1998. | |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | Daily Oklahoman | Online Archives | 1901- | $8.95 per day and more options |
Tulsa | Tulsa World | Archive | 1/1989- | $1.95 per article with more options | |
Oregon | Portland | Portland Oregonian | Archive | last 30 days | free; browse by date and section. |
Pennsylvania | Allentown | The Morning Call | Archives | 1984- | $2.00 per article. See also fees. |
Erie | Times-News | Archives | 1996- | $2.95 per article; etc. | |
Philadelphia | Philadelphia Daily News | Philadelphia Online | 1982- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. | |
Philadelphia | Philadelphia Inquirer | Philadelphia Online | 1978- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. | |
Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Search | 1998- | Articles back to 1990 via NewsLibrary for $2.95 per article. | |
Tribune-Review | Search, 1995-2002 archive | 1995- | free. | ||
York | York Daily Record and York Sunday News | Archives | 1/1996- | &1.95 per article with more options | |
Rhode Island | Providence | Providence Journal | Archives | 1983- | $1.50 per article. See also fees. |
South Carolina | Charleston | Post & Courier | Archives | 12/1/1994- | $3.95 per article with additional pricing options |
Columbia | Columbia State-Record | Archives | 1988- | NewsLibrary or $1.95 per article. | |
Myrtle Beach | Sun News | Archives | 1996- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. | |
Tennessee | Chattanooga | Chattanooga Times Free Press | Archive | 4/1998- | $1.95 per article |
Kingsport | Times News | Archives | 1997- | requires registration | |
Knoxville | News-Sentinel | Archives | 1990- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. | |
Memphis | The Commercial Appeal | Archives | 7/1990- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. | |
Nashville | The Tennessean | Archives | last few weeks | Search as well as browsing by date and headline, free. | |
Texas | Abilene | Reporter-News | Archives | 1996- | articles published within the last year and from 1996-2002 are free; $2.95 for each article published from 2003 to the present also browse by date and section between 1999 and 1996 |
Austin | Austin American-Statesman | Archives | 1989- | See fees page. | |
Beaumont | The Beaumont Enterprise | Archives | 2001- | day pass: $4.95 and other options | |
Corpus Christi | Caller Times | Search Engine | 1998- | free | |
Dallas | Dallas Morning News | The Archive since 1985, articles from 1885-1977 | 1885- | $2.95 per article from the 1985- archive with other choices; $9.95 per day or 50 articles from the historical archive with more options | |
Ft. Worth | Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | Archive | 1990- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. | |
Galveston | Galveston County Daily News | Search | 10/1996- | currently unavailable | |
Houston | Houston Chronicle | Archives | 01/01/1985- | Free. Site registration required. |
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San Antonio | San Antonio Express-News | Archives | 1989- | $1.95 per article; $4.95 day pass; $9.95 one week. | |
Wichita Falls | Times Record News | Search | 1996- | free | |
Utah | Provo | Daily Herald | Archives | 1997- | browse by date and headline, search a year at a time; free. |
Salt Lake | Deseret News | Archives | 6/12/2000- | free | |
Salt Lake | The Salt Lake Tribune | Search and archives | 9/1990- | Fourteen days are free, $2.95 per article with more price options available | |
Virginia | Hampton Roads | Daily Press | Archives | 1/1989- | $2.25 per article, $5.95 day pass, etc. |
Norfolk | Virginian Pilot/ Ledger-Star |
News Archives | 1990- | $1 per article. | |
Roanoke | The Roanoke Times | Online Archives | 1990- | NewsLibrary or $1.95 per article. | |
Washington, DC | Washington Post | Archives | 1877- | $2.95 per article or $7.95 for 4, $15.95 for 10, and $25.95 for 25 articles. | |
Washington Times | Archives | 1990- | last 7 days free; $2.95 per article. | ||
Washington | Seattle | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Archives | 1986- | free |
Seattle Times | Search | 2/1996- | free | ||
Spokane | The Spokane Spokesman-Review | NewsLibrary | 7/1994- | NewsLibrary or $2.95 per article. | |
Tacoma | News Tribune | Archives | 1/1993 | last 30 days free; $2.00 per article, $4.95 day pass, etc. | |
West Virginia | Charleston | Gazette | Charleston Newspapers' News Library | 1985- | $2.25 per article with mroe options |
Charleston | Daily Mail | Charleston Newspapers' News Library | 1985- | $2.25 per article with mroe options | Wisconsin | Chippewa Falls | The Chippewa Herald | Archives | 1999- | free | Eau Claire | Leader Telegram | Archives | 1993- | $4.95 per month; subscription required |
LaCrosse | LaCrosse Tribune | Archives | 1999- | free; photo search, various pricing options | |
Madison | Wisconsin State Journal; The Capital Times | Archives | 10/1/2001- | free; photo search, various pricing options | Menomonie | The Dunn County News | Archives | 1999- | free |
Milwaukee | Journal Sentinal | JS Online Archives | 1996- | free |
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Source | Archive Site | Dates | Cost |
24-7 PressRelease.com | Search | varies | free. |
American City Business Journals | Search | 1/1996- | free after registration. |
Associated Press | Archive | varies | 7 days free, older stories require payment |
The Chronicle of Higher Education | Search | 1989- | searching is free, access to most content requires a subscription |
Education Week | Education Week Archives | 1981- | searching requires free registration |
PR Newswire | Search | varies | free. |
Reuters | Archive | 30 days | free. |
Television News Archives from Vanderbilt University | 1968- | free; must register. | |
The Ukrainian Weekly | Weekly Archive | 1996- | free; by date. |
USA Today | Archives Search | 4/1987- | $3.95 per article, etc. |
US Newswire | Search | varies | free. |
Wall Street Journal | Search | 1979- | free for subscribers; others pay $2.95 per article.. |
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Newsbank provides access to their full-text NewsLibrary archive. You can search archives of 65 papers across the country. With an account, you can download full-text versions of over 16 million stories for $2.95 per story. Their FAQ provides more information.
Searching is free, but only subscribers can download the full-text of stories.
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This page was initially compiled by Margot Williams, The Washington Post, with George Washington University Journalism 190 students and Christian Bourge.
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