Searchable scans of local and regional newspapers from the United States.
Fondren has access to the following collections:
- Early American Newspapers Series 1-8, 1690-1922
- Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980
- African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
- Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876
Text and images of newspapers published in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Caribbean.
Created in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society—one of the world's largest and most important newspaper repositories—this collection provides students and scholars with easy access to more than 150 years of Caribbean and Atlantic history, culture and daily life.
Featuring publications from 22 islands, Caribbean Newspapers provides complete facsimiles of every available issue, including eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other news items. Most of these newspapers were published in the English language, but a number of Spanish-, French-, and Danish-language titles are also provided.
Countries represented include Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Bartholomew, St. Christopher, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, and the Virgin Islands. Also found within this resource are newspapers from Bermuda, an island not technically part of the Caribbean, but situated on shipping routes between Europe and this region and integrally related to its history.
Text and images from newspapers published in the late 17th-early 20th centuries in the United States.
Fondren Library provides access to the following series:
- Series 1: From Colonies to Nation
- Series 2: The New Republic
- Series 3: From Farm to City
- Series 4: The Rise of Industry
- Series 5: An Emerging World Power
- Series 6: Compromise and Disunion
- Series 7: Reform and Retrenchment
- Series 8: A Nation in Transition.
Provides online access to over one hundred significant Spanish newspapers, ranging from the 17th to mid-20th century. A project of the National Library of Spain.
RetroNews provides access to the National Library of France's press archives from 1631 to 1950 with 15 million digitized articles. NOTE: You must create an account to get full access.