Philadelphia History: Newspapers

1728-1800 via Accessible Archives.

Online via NewsBank. 1981-present Images, advertisements, and classified ads are not provided
Online through Proquest Historical Newspapers, 1860-2001. Page images, with OCR fulltext.

Online via NewsBank, 1978-present. Searchable fulltext of the Philadelphia Daily News. Images, advertisements, and classified ads are not provided.
Online Through Proquest Historical Newspapers, 1960-2001. Page images with OCR fulltext.

Includes several newspapers not in Early American Newspapers, including:
North American to 1899
Mechanics' Free Press, 1828-1835

Online via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1887-1990
Online via Ethnic Newswatch. 1991-present.
Katz Center Microfilm. 1887-1998.

Online via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1912-2001.
Online via Ethnic Newswatch. 1991-present.
[Van Pelt Library Microforms: News 487], 1912 to present.
[Van Pelt Library Current Periodicals Desk], latest 2 months.

Lippincott Library Microforms: Film cont. 110], Mar. 29, 1982 to Sept. 23, 1984.
[Lippincott Library Microforms: Business Collection], Nov. 19, 1984 to Aug. 18, 1995
[Lippincott Library Current Periodicals], latest 2 years.

Extensive collection of Philadelphia neighborhood newsweeklies or -monthlies. For West Philadelphia, these include: Southwest Chronicle (1929-1934), West Philadelphia Times (1928-1946), Northwest Ledger & Wynnefield News (1927-1932), Upper Darby News (1939-1959), West Philadelphia Chronicle (1934-1936), Lancaster Avenue News (1932-1943), Overbrook Mirror (1940-1942), Overbrook Times (1946-1949), City Line News (1949-1952, 1962-1968), Southwest Philadelphia Globe times (1960-1966, 1979-1982, 1984-1989).

At Temple's Urban Archive.

Folders of clippings and photographs arranged by subject, ca. 1930 to 1947. Housed at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust St. Researchers must describe their topic to a staff member who retrieves the appropriate folders. Check HSP website for hours and admission fees.

19th century African American newspaper. 1861-1902

Along with the Bulletin, this was one of Philadelphia's great papers during the teens and twenties.

Microfilm of about 9,000 handwritten cards which index 18th-century Philadelphia newspapers.

The leading Jewish publication in the United States during this period.

American Presbyterian 1/5/1860 - 12/30/1869*
Daily Evening Bulletin 2/2/1864 - 10/8/1870
Our Daily Fare 6/8 - 21/1864; 9/11/1865
Press 8/1/1857 - 7/30/1864; 2/22/1858-10/14/1865*

1882-1903, some years missing. Philadelphia: Record.

1924-1976. Philadelphia: Evening Bulletin.

1994-1995.

Morgan, George. A supplementary part of The city of firsts: Philadelphia" in The city of firsts, being a complete history of the city of Philadelphia from its founding, in 1682, to the present time. Philadelphia: The Historical Publication Society, 1926. Pages 331-481.

Library has 1963 to the present in print.

Subject index, 1946-1991.