List of newspaper archives


Archives of newspapers are held in many libraries, either in the original format, on microfilm or other physical formats. Digital archives of newspapers, some searchable via the internet, also now exist. Archives listed here specialise in or have notable collections of newspapers.

List of archives

ArchiveOrganisationGeographic scopeTemporal scopeFormatNotes
Archivo General de la Nación de República DominicanaAgency of the Government of the Dominican RepublicDominican Republic? to present?Part of Ministry of Culture (Dominican Republic) until 2008.
BAnQ numériqueBibliothèque et Archives nationales du QuébecQuebec?Online
British Newspaper ArchiveA collaboration between the British Library and BrightsolidUnited Kingdom and Ireland17th century onwardsPhysical and online
California Digital Newspaper CollectionCenter for Bibliographical Studies and Research at the University of California RiversideCalifornia1840s onwardsOnline
Chronicling AmericaA partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.United States and territories1690–1963OnlinePart of the National Digital Newspaper Program
DelpherRoyal Library of the NetherlandsNetherlands1618–2005Online
e-newspaperarchives.chSwiss National LibrarySwitzerland1692–presentOnline
GenealogyBankNewsBankUnited States1690–presentOnline
Google News ArchiveGoogleWorldwide?OnlinePurchased PaperofRecord.com in 2006
Illinois Newspaper ProjectUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignIllinois1840s onwardsMicrofilm and digital
Historic Oregon NewspapersUniversity of Oregon LibrariesOregon1846 onwardsOnline
Irish Newspaper ArchivesIrish Newspaper ArchivesIreland1738 onwardsOnline
Korean Newspaper ArchiveNational Library of KoreaKorea1883–1960sPhysical and online
National Digital Newspaper ProgramPartnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of CongressUnited States1836–1922OnlineCompanion to the United States Newspaper Program
NewspaperArchiveHeritage Microfilm, Inc.Worldwide 18th century onwardsOnline, microfilmClaims to be the world's largest archive of newspapers
NewspaperSGNational Library Board and Singapore Press HoldingsSingapore19th century onwardsOnline
Newspapers.comAncestry.comWorldwide 1607 onwardsOnline
PaperofRecord.comCold North Wind, Inc.Worldwide 18th century onwardsOnlineSold to Google in 2006
Papers PastNational Library of New ZealandNew Zealand?Online
RetroNewsBibliothèque nationale de FranceFrance1631–1951Online
ScriptoriumCantonal and University Library of LausanneSwitzerland ?Online
TroveNational Library of AustraliaAustralia1803–1957 OnlineDigital copies of the National Library of Australia's microfilm archives
United States Newspaper ProgramPartnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of CongressUnited States and territories? to presentMicrofilm