United States Newspaper Holdings by State Maine to Wyoming (National Institute)

Maine through Wyoming
Maine (1820)


 * Folger Library at University of Maine at Orono has the largest collection of microfilmed newspapers. It has a computer printout of listings with its holding and a typescript entitled Maine Newspapers in the Smaller Maine Public Libraries. Also check local libraries,Maine Historical Society Library, 489 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101, and Maine State Library, 64 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 for indices to various newspaper vital statistics.

Maryland (1788)


 * Maryland State Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401 has many newspapers, guides to and abstracts from them, including Newspapers of Maryland: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Newspapers in the Maryland State Archives. A published Union List of Newspapers in Maryland Libraries was done in 1977. Many newspaper abstracts have been published also. University of Maryland, McKeldin Library, offers ILL.

Massachusetts (1788)


 * The largest collection of microfilm copies for this state can be found at Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116. Also check Massachusetts State Library, 24 Beacon Street, State House Room 341, Boston, MA 02133. Boston Evening Transcript, a genealogical column of queries, answers and notes was published from 1894 to 1941 and indices to it and Hartford Times are available at Boston Public Library.

Michigan (1837)


 * The Library of Michigan — Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 West Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909, has, an extensive collection of microfilmed newspapers that are available for use at the library and ILL. Also check at Bentley Historical Library, 1150 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, and Burton Historical Collection Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202.

Minnesota (1858)


 * Minnesota Historical Society, Historical Building, 345 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906, is the best source for Minnesota newspapers which date from 1849 — ILL.

Mississippi (1817)


 * The Mississippi Newspaper Project has plans to microfilm this state’s newspapers, which are in the process of being catalogued. Contact Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205 and major academic libraries in Mississippi.

Missouri (1821)


 * The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1020 Lowry St., Columbia, MO 65201, has an excellent newspaper collection — ILL. A Catalogue of Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm is available for $10. The Missouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial Building Forest Park, in St. Louis, MO 63112-1099 has obituary clippings dating back more than 100 years—mostly from eastern Missouri newspapers and an almost complete collection of the Missouri Republican, which began in 1808 and the Missouri Gazette, which was published until 1919. Missouri Digital Newspaper Project.

Montana (1889)


 * Montana Historical Society, 225 N. Roberts, Helena, MT 59620 has the largest newspaper collection in the state covering most of the newspapers ever published in the state — ILL. Many papers on microfilm can be found at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59715, and University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.

Nebraska (1867)


 * History Nebraska PO Box 82554, Lincoln, NE 68501, has microfilmed Nebraska newspapers dating from territorial days to the present. Guides are available (about $4) from the society. Contact regarding ILL. Many early Nebraska newspapers have been indexed and the indices will be checked by historical society’s staff. Nebraska Newspapers: Digitizing Nebraska’s History

Nevada (1864)


 * Microfilmed newspapers are available at Nevada State Library, 100 North Steward Street, Carson City, NV 89710, Nevada Historical Society , 1650 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89503, and University of Nevada Reference Library. Also at University of Nevada at Las Vegas and Reno . Also see: The Newspapers of Nevada: A History and Bibliography, 1854-1979, by Richard E. Lingenfelter and Karen Rix Gash (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1984). See also Red Book (pp. 427-428) for list of indices of Nevada newspapers and their locations.

New Hampshire (1788)


 * Check with New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park St., Concord, NH 03301. Post-1900 newspapers, along with some pre-1900 ones, are on microfilm at the New Hampshire State Library 20 Park St., Concord, NH 03301 — ILL.

New Jersey (1787)


 * Large collections of newspapers are at New Jersey State Archives, 225 West State Street, Level 2, Trenton, NJ 08625-0307, and at New Jersey Historical Society, 52 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102. Many New Jersey newspapers have extracts in print and were published in the five volumes of New Jersey Archives, 2nd Series.

New Mexico (1912)


 * Try University of New Mexico, Albuquerque M 87131, and local public libraries. The Albuquerque Public Library has a collection of territorial newspapers.

New York (1788)


 * New York State Library, Humanities/History, Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Street, Albany, NY 12230. The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, NY, NY 10024, has one of the largest collections of 18th-century newspapers in the country. Also local libraries have important collections of newspapers and often have abstracts of marriages and deaths. Northern New York Historical Newspapers.

North Carolina (1789)


 * The most extensive collection of North Carolina newspapers on microfilm is at N.C. State Archives, 109 E. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27699. Available for purchase. Also check with local public libraries and academic libraries, especially University of N.C., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 and William R. Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27701. North Carolina Newspapers Archives.

North Dakota (1889)


 * North Dakota Historical Society, 612 East Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505 has a good collection of newspapers — ILL.

Ohio (1803)


 * Ohio Historical Society, 800 East 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211 and the Western Reserve Historical Society, 10825 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106 has extensive collections. Many local historical societies in Ohio have obituary files. Also check with both historical and genealogical societies in the county of interest.

Oklahoma (1907)


 * Oklahoma State Historical Society Library and Archives Division, 2100 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, and the University of Oklahoma Library, 401 W. Brook Street ,Norman, OK 73019 have pioneer and Indian newspapers; OHS has about 90 percent of all Oklahoma newspapers ever published.

Oregon (1859)


 * Oregon Historical Society, 1200 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, OR 97205 has a microfilmed newspaper collection of papers published in more than 100 Oregon cities from 1846 to 1980 — ILL in Oregon only. Some pre-1880 Oregon newspapers are available at the Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Historic Oregon Newspapers.

Pennsylvania (1787)


 * State Library of Pennsylvania, Keystone Building, 400 North St, Harrisburg, PA 17120, has the state’s largest collection. Contact for information about ILL. Pennsylvania Historic Newspapers.

Rhode Island (1790)


 * Rhode Island Historical Society, 121 Hope St., Providence, RI 02906, is official repository in state for all published newspapers. It has almost every state newspaper known from 1732 to the present, including a nearly complete file of the Providence Gazette (1762-1825). Abstracts of vital records from newspapers can be found in several other repositories and the society has some abstracts and indexes.

South Carolina (1788)


 * South Carolina’s newspapers, dating from 1732, that are on microfilm, are available in public and university libraries throughout the state. Large collections of newspapers are available at South Carolina Historical Society, 100 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401, the South Caroliniana Library, University of S.C., Columbia, SC 29208, and Charleston Library Society, 164 King St., Charleston, SC 29401.

South Dakota (1889)


 * South Dakota Archives, and State Historical Society, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501 have an extensive collection of most of the state’s newspapers — ILL.

Tennessee (1796)


 * Tennessee State Library and Archives403 7th Ave., N., Nashville, TN 37219, has large collection of newspapers and a card index to marriage and death notices published in Nashville newspapers. The Draper Manuscript Collection at Wisconsin State Historical Society, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 includes some early Tennessee newspapers.

Texas (1845) 


 * Texas State Library, P.O. Box 12927,, Austin, TX 78711 has some Texas newspapers are on microfilm and some extracts have been compiled and published.

Utah (1896)


 * Utah State Historical Society, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, has an index of obituaries published in Salt Lake City newspapers from the beginning of their publications. The Deseret News began publishing in 1850. Utah Digital Newspapers.

Vermont (1791)


 * Vermont State Library, Supreme Court Building, 109 State, Montpelier, VT 05609 has an excellent collection, beginning with the first publication in 1781. They are microfilmed — some ILL

Virginia (1788)


 * Virginia State Library, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219 and Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221 have extensive collections of Virginia newspapers, along with many indices. The Virginia State Library has some ILL — inquire for specific newspapers that are available. The Virginia Newspaper Project.

Washington (1889)


 * Washington State Library, P.O. Box 42460, Olympia, WA 98504, has a large collection of newspapers on microfilm and guides to the collection are available from this repository — ILL. Washington History: Historical Newspapers in Washington.

West Virginia (1863)


 * West Virginia Archives and History Library Dept. of Culture and History, Cultural Center, 1900 Kanawha Blvd., East, Charleston, WV 25305, and West Virginia University Library, 1549 University Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506 have microfilmed newspapers, and the Family History Library has more than 1,100 microfilms of West Virginia newspapers including the Wheeling Register dating from 1863 to 1913.

Wisconsin (1847)


 * State Historical Society of Wisconsin 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706-1488 has an outstanding newspaper collection— the second-largest collection of newspapers in the U.S. Many are on microfilm and available through ILL.

Wyoming (1890)


 * Wyoming State Archives, Barrett Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, has the most complete microfilmed collection in the state.

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