America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876
- Gazette Francoise
- Guardian of Liberty
- Newport Gazette
- Newport Herald
- Newport Mercury
- Rhode-Island Gazette
- Rhode-Island Museum
- Rhode-Island Republican
- Weekly Companion; and the Commercial Centinel
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. This Library of Congress database includes digitized newspapers and correct title and location information for two centuries of American journalism. It is particularly useful for tracking newspaper name changes and mergers throughout history.
Newport Daily News online access (on campus only) for previous 30 days. | Physical copies & microfilm. McKillop Library also has 1846-1949 and 2000-2014 on microfilm on the second floor. The Newport Public Library has the full run of the newspaper in microfilm and the Reference department there can help you access it. Contact information for the NPL Reference desk.
New York Times. Historical coverage ranging from politics, society and events of the time dating to 1851.
African American Newspapers. A collection of historical newspapers exploring African American history, culture and daily life in Rhode Island and throughout the United States from 1887-1998.