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ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century. As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ program, every issue of each title includes the complete paper-cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. The full collection of ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ contains nearly 30 million digitized pages.

The ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ program also includes the American Jewish Newspapers collection, Black Newspapers collection, International newspapers, and the Civil War Era.  American Jewish Newspapers enable researchers to investigate Jewish immigration, genealogy, history and so much more. The Black Newspapers collection provides access to nine titles including the Chicago Defender and Baltimore Afro-American. ProQuest Civil War Era is a collection of eight newspapers and pamphlets covering the slavery and anti-slavery movements of the 1840s and 1850s to General Lee's surrender and the end of the American Civil War. All collections are cross-searchable with all of the titles in the ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ program providing a diverse collection of primary resources for researchers.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ provides easy access to the past.  Researchers can search 21 different article types to find exactly what they are looking for, including:

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers features the following titles:

• The Arizona Republican—1890-1922
• Atlanta Constitution—1868-1945
• The Baltimore Sun—1837-1987
• The Boston Globe—1872-1981
• The Chicago Tribune—1849-1989
• The Christian Science Monitor—1908-1999
• Cincinnati Enquirer—1841-1922
• Detroit Free Press—1831-1922
• Hartford Courant—1764-1987
• Indianapolis Star—1903-1922
• Los Angeles Times—1881-1989
• Louisville Courier-Journal—1830-1922
• Nashville Tennessean—1812-1922
• The New York Times (1851-2009) with Index—(1851-1993)
• New York Tribune / Herald Tribune—1841-1962
• Newsday—1940-1984
• San Francisco Chronicle—1865-1922
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch—1874-1922
• Wall Street Journal—1889-1995
• Washington Post—1877-1996

International Newspapers:

• The Globe and Mail—1844-2009 New!
• The Guardian (1821-2003) & The Observer—(1791-2003)
• Irish Times (1859-2011) & Weekly Irish Times—(1876-1958)
• Jerusalem Post—1932-1988
• The Scotsman—1817-1950
• The Times of India—1838-2003
• Toronto Star—1894-2011 Coming Soon!

Black Newspapers:

• Atlanta Daily World—1931-2003
• The Baltimore Afro-American—1893-1988
• Cleveland Call & Post—1934-1991
• Chicago Defender—1910-1975
• Los Angeles Sentinel—1934-2005
• New York Amsterdam News—1922-1993
• The Norfolk Journal & Guide—1921-2003
• The Philadelphia Tribune—1912-2001
• Pittsburgh Courier—1911-2002

American Jewish Newspapers:

• The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger—1857-1922
• The American Israelite—1854-2000
• The Jewish Advocate—1905-1990
• Jewish Exponent—1887-1990

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