Research Guides: LAW 8308: History of Anglo-American Legal Institutions: Historical Newspapers

Historical Newspapers

NOTE: Many newspapers' archives are available for purchase on the newspapers' own websites and in aggregator websites such as newspapers.com and newspaperarchive.com. Note that the SMU Libraries maintains a web page that lists various newspaper archives, including many of those below.

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new window
Complete texts of African American newspapers from the 1800s
American Periodicals Series This link opens in a new window
American serials from 1741-1900

America's Historical Newspapers
Contains thousands of American newspapers from 1690 and all 50 states. Includes many obscure local newspapers, but provides few major national papers

Dallas Morning News Archive (1885-1984) This link opens in a new window
Westlaw's coverage begins in 1984.
Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980) This link opens in a new window
Spanish-language Hispanic American newspapers

Newspapers.com World Collection This link opens in a new window
Newspapers from 1700-2000, includes full-page images

Nichols Newspapers Collection (17th and 18th Century English Newspapers)
Features the newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, and broadsheets that form the Nichols newspaper collection held at the Bodleian library in Oxford, UK. All 296 volumes of bound material, covering the period 1672-1737, are presented in digitized format here. The collection charts the history of the development of the press in England and provides invaluable insight into seventeenth and eighteenth century England.
Southern Methodist University Student Newspapers, 1915 - 2018
Available online through SMU's Central University Libraries digital archives. The Daily Campus's current website includes articles back to at least 2002.

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