List of newspaper archives explained

Archives of newspapers are held in many libraries, either in the original format, on microfilm or other physical formats. Digital archives of newspapers, some searchable via the internet, also now exist. The following is a list of archives that specialise in or have notable collections of newspapers.

List of archives

!Archive!Organisation!Geographic scope!Temporal scope!Format!Notes
Archivo General de la Nación de República DominicanaAgency of the Government of the Dominican RepublicDominican Republic? to present?Part of Ministry of Culture (Dominican Republic) until 2008.
BAnQ numériqueBibliothèque et Archives nationales du QuébecQuebec?Online
British Newspaper ArchiveA collaboration between the British Library and BrightsolidUnited Kingdom and Ireland17th century onwardsPhysical and online
California Digital Newspaper CollectionCenter for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR) at the University of California RiversideCalifornia1840s onwardsOnline
Chronicling AmericaA partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.United States and territories1690–1963OnlinePart of the National Digital Newspaper Program
e-newspaperarchives.chSwiss National LibrarySwitzerland1692–presentOnline
Illinois Newspaper ProjectUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignIllinois1840s onwardsMicrofilm and digital
Irish Newspaper ArchivesIrish Newspaper ArchivesIreland1738 onwardsOnline
Google News ArchiveGoogleWorldwide?OnlinePurchased PaperofRecord.com in 2006
Korean Newspaper ArchiveNational Library of KoreaKorea1883–1960sPhysical and online
National Digital Newspaper ProgramPartnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of CongressUnited States1836–1922OnlineCompanion to the United States Newspaper Program
NewspaperArchiveHeritage Microfilm, Inc.Worldwide (18 countries and territories available)18th century onwardsOnline, microfilmClaims to be the world's largest archive of newspapers
NewspaperSGNational Library Board and Singapore Press HoldingsSingapore19th century onwardsOnline
Newspapers.comAncestry.comWorldwide (10 countries available)1607 onwardsOnline
PaperofRecord.comCold North Wind, Inc.Worldwide (14 countries listed on website)18th century onwardsOnlineSold to Google in 2006
ScriptoriumCantonal and University Library of LausanneSwitzerland (specifically Vaud)?Online
TroveNational Library of AustraliaAustralia1803–1957 (The Canberra Times 1926–1995)OnlineDigital copies of the National Library of Australia's microfilm archives
United States Newspaper ProgramPartnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of CongressUnited States and territories? to presentMicrofilm

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