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Historic newspapers tell the stories of our collective past. Local papers show our regional history, while national and world-wide papers tell more widespread stories of the day. Whether you’re curious to know what happened on a given day in history or need resources for research projects, Pikes Peak Library District connects you with a variety of historic newspaper databases to get you connected with these stories. You can also find current and recent news in our newspaper database offerings.
For historic news, check the following databases:
- America’s News: This comprehensive news collection includes print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, and broadcast transcripts and videos from nine news sources, including three with a Colorado news focus.
- 19th Century U.S. Newspapers: Access over 28 million articles from nineteenth century newspapers, including rural and urban papers throughout the U.S.
- Newspaper Archive: As the largest online historical newspaper database, this database contains millions of newspapers from 1607 to present. Search by location (including Colorado), subject, date, or publication to find the stories you’re looking for.
- Newspaper Source: Search hundreds of U.S. newspapers by subject to find historic and recent articles.
For recent and current news, try:
- America’s News: In addition to historic newspaper and video clips, you can find papers from as resent as yesterday to get caught up on more timely events, including The Denver Post, The Gazette, USA Colorada, and other news outlets.
- New York Times: Our subscription to the New York Times is going digital! Discover a world of current news, games, cooking tips, and more.
- Newspaper Source: If you know what subject you want to find news on, use this database to search for articles published as recently as yesterday from hundreds of U.S. newspapers.
- Regional Business News: Looking for business news? Use this database to find business news from around the world over the past 10 years.
Looking for local news articles not found in our online newspaper databases? Try our Regional History & Genealogy department’s physical archive of historic microfilm.