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The Thompson Library has access to many different newspapers and collections, ranging from the 1700s to today, and spanning the globe. This page points you to historical news. (Newspapers or articles of current interest can be found on the Current News: Overview page on this guide.)
Content of the Flint Journal, including articles, illustrations, advertisements, and other content. Includes images (1898-1995; 2018 to present), and text (1995 to present).
Includes all articles from all editions of the Detroit Free Press.
Combined access to all articles from all editions of the Detroit Free Press, including:
Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer (1831-1832)
Democratic Free Press (1832-1842, 1842-1848)
Semi Weekly Free Press (1837)
Daily Free Press (1842)
Detroit Daily Free Press (1842, 1851-1858)
Detroit Free Press (1837-1841, 1848-1851, 1858-present*)
Detroit Free Press Blogs (2014)
Content from 2000-2007 and the most recent 3 months is available in text-only format. All other content is available in full image page reproductions that include all illustrations, ads, etc.
*There is a gap of missing content from May 1 to August 20, 1985.
Archive of historical and current issues of the Detroit News, 1873 - present.
Full-text access to the complete backfile of the Detroit News, going back to 1873. Important notes about searching the Detroit News:
Page images are available for the years 1873-1988
When searching for content or topics between or relevant to 1873-1988, do NOT use the drop-down menu options under "Select a Field" in the Advanced Search. No article-level metadata is included for these years (i.e., there are no headlines, bylines, section headings, etc., identified). Use the default search options.
Custom ProQuest cross-search of full-text backfiles of 20 United States and 4 international English-language newspapers. Click "More" for individual titles.
Includes:
Arizona Republican (1890-1922)
Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984)
Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)? *
Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) *
Baltimore Sun (1837-1996)
Chicago Defender (1909-1975) *
Chicago Tribune (1849-2012)
Christian Science Monitor (1908-2008)
Cincinnati Enquirer? (1841-2009)
Cleveland Call and Post? (1934-1991) *
Dayton Daily News? (1898-1922)
Detroit Free Press (1831-1922)?
The Guardian (1821-2003) & The Observer (1791-2003)?
St. Petersburg Times / Tampa Bay Times (1901-2009)
U.S. Midwest Collection (various years of coverage)
Wall Street Journal (1889-2004)?
Washington Post (1877-2005)?
Windsor Star (1893-2010)
All the newspapers can be searched individually or in combinations in this database. They are listed separately in the A-Z list as "Historical Newspapers: Title." Newspapers noted with * are also searchable in the database Black Historical Newspapers.
Provides full text searchable access to historical newspapers published in Africa, East Europe, Latin America, and South Asia.
World Newspaper Archive is a fully-searchable, digital collection of historical newspapers newspapers from around the world. It includes a gradually expanding digitized backfiles of 19th and 20th century newspapers from Africa (1800-1922), East Europe (1835-1922), Latin America and Latin America Series 2 (1805-1922) and South Asia (1864-1922). As the project expands, it will grow to include newspapers from the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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