Great Lakes region vintage newspapers. Major collections.
Great Lakes History Periodicals: Free Online Newspaper Collections
The Ancestor Hunt – United States Online Historical Newspaper Links
Kenneth R. Marks, who created this website, made a page for each U.S. State with links to vintage online newspapers, indicating which are free of charge. There are also pages for:
-African-American Newspapers
-Farming Newspapers
-Irish-American Newspapers
-Jewish American Newspapers
For more online collections of U.S. historical newspapers, see: Free Newspaper Archives
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Washington: Library of Congress
This Library of Congress directory of U.S. Newspapers lists a huge number of past newspapers, when and where they were published, and where they can be found now. Part of the newspapers are digitized on this site.
Google News Archive
Google offers archived copies of numerous U.S. newspapers arranged alphabetically. Late-19th century issues are available online for many of these, and a few newspapers offer mid-19th century issues.
Historical Newspapers Online
University of Pennsylvania
This Penn Library site is a collection of links to archived online U.S. newspapers, grouped by state.
Explore our Directory of Great Lakes webpages covering the Great Lakes region and the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The directory links to 90 pages of free online books and articles on topics such as biography, cities, culture, industry, commerce, government, politics, history, maps, military activity, American Indians, local fiction, religion, society and social issues, and exploration. It also includes special pages on Abraham Lincoln, Great Lakes shipping, and pioneer guides to the region.