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ARCHLGY 134: Museum Cultures: Material Representation in the Past and Present (ARCHLGY 234, ARTHIST 284B): Historical newspaper sources

This guide supports the course work for the Archaeology 134/234 museum cultures material representation in the past and present class.

Africa South of the Sahara: News Sources

Historical Newspapers

The Stanford Libraries have access to a wide range of historical newspaper sources, both through commercial vendors and non-profit projects. 

In addition to the following list of sources, please read the Historical Newspapers blog post by Ben Stone, Curator of U.S. and British History, for his review of selected U.S. and U.K. historical newspaper databases.  There are more links to historical newspapers in the International News section. 

Proquest Historical Newspapers

Proquest Historical Newspapers are listed by titles and small group collections in Searchworks
Individual titles include:  

Atlanta Constitution‎  (1868 - 2001)

Atlanta Daily World‎  (1931 - 2003)

Baltimore Afro-American‎  (1893 - 1988)

Boston Globe‎  (1960 - 1988)

Chicago Defender‎  (1909 - 1975)

Chicago Tribune‎  (1849 - 2011)

Christian Science Monitor‎  (1908 - 2006)

Cleveland Call and Post‎  (1934 - 1991)

‎Guardian and The Observer‎  (1791 - 2003)

Los Angeles Sentinel‎  (1934 - 2005)

Los Angeles Times‎  (1881 - 2011)

New York Amsterdam News‎  (1922 - 1993)

New York Times‎  (1851 - 2016)

New York Tribune / Herald Tribune‎  (1841 - 1962)    

Norfolk Journal and Guide‎  (1916 - 2003)

Philadelphia Tribune‎  (1912 - 2001)    

Pittsburgh Courier‎  (1911 - 2002)    

San Francisco Chronicle‎  (1865 - 1922)    

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-1922)‎  (1874 - 1922)    

Wall Street Journal‎  (1889 - 2002)

Washington Post‎  (1877 - 2003)   

Collections include:

The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger‎ (1857 - 1922)

The American Israelite‎  (1854 - 2000)

The Jewish Advocate‎  (1905 - 1990)  

The Jewish Exponent‎  (1887 - 1990)

Chinese Newspapers Collection‎  (1832 - 1953)

Communist Historical Newspaper Collection‎  (1919 - 2013)

The Korea Times‎  (1956 - 2016)

South China Morning Post‎  (1903 - 2000)   

The Times of India‎  (1838 - 2010)