ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Collection
Historical Newspapers: U.S. Collection explores America’s events and stories—past and present—through a collection of over 130 exclusive local newspaper titles across 36 states and growing. Titles span the first historical issue to the most recent, with the ability to experience each issue as it was originally printed, page by page, in crisp detail for an immersive research experience.
News happens everywhere. This collection delivers first-hand accounts of news where and when it happened on the ground, with state, local and community news that was not covered in national and international dailies. Additionally, unique local perspectives and interpretations of national and global events provide an alternate lens through which to study key events and social issues of the past and present.
With exclusive rights to in-copyright titles, growing breadth of coverage of 36 states and 130+ titles with coverage from 1785-Present, and an emphasis on complete title runs, no other historical local news resource can serve such varied multidisciplinary use cases.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. State Collections
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. State Collections include thirty-six State Collections, each featuring some of the most important titles covering a specific state in the United States. Access these State Collections, many with titles going back over a hundred years, and users insight into everything from local government decisions to historic moments that may not have been reported anywhere else. Access over 130 image-based newspaper titles browsing each edition as it was printed – including articles, photos, advertisements, obituaries, editorial cartoons and so much more. All the U.S. State Collection newspaper titles are included in the Historical Newspapers: U.S. Collection.
36 State Collections:
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Alabama Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Arizona Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: California Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Colorado Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Delaware Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Florida Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Georgia Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Hawaii Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Indiana Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Iowa Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Kentucky Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Louisiana Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Maine Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Maryland Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Minnesota Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Mississippi Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Missouri Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Montana Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Nevada Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New Jersey Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New Mexico Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: North Carolina Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Ohio Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Oregon Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Pennsylvania Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South Carolina Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South Dakota Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Tennessee Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Texas Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Utah Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Vermont Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Virginia Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Washington Collection
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Wisconsin Collection
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