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AFAM 860 / ENGL 957: Ecologies of Black Print: ProQuest Newspapers at Yale

This guide is intended for students in Professor Jacqueline Goldsby's graduate seminar and provides an overview of key resources for your research this semester.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

The following is a title list of all of the historical newspapers from ProQuest to which the Yale Library provides access; the African American newspapers in the collection are highlighted:

The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922)
The American Israelite (1854-2000)
The Arizona Republican (1890-2007)
The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984)
The Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
The Austin American Statesman (1871-1980)
The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)
The Baltimore Sun (1837-1994)
The Boston Globe (1872-1988)
Chicago Defender (1909-1975)
Chicago Tribune (1849-1997)
Chinese Newspapers Collection (multiple titles, 1832-1953)
The Christian Science Monitor (1908-2006)
The Cincinnati Enquirer (1841-2009)
Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991)
Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (multiple titles, 1919-2013)
Dayton Daily News (1898-1922)
Detroit Free Press (1831-1999)
The Globe and Mail (1844-2016)
The Guardian and Observer (1791-2003)
Hartford Courant (1764-1994)
Indianapolis Star (1903-2004)
The Irish Times and the Weekly Irish Times (1859-2018)
The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008)
The Jewish Advocate (1905-1990)
The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990)
Kansas City Call – available through ProQuest Black Studies
Leftist Historical Newspapers
Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
Los Angeles Times (1881-1996)
Louisville Courier Journal (1830-2000)
Louisville Defender – available through ProQuest Black Studies
Michigan Chronicle (1939-2010)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (1867-2001)
Montreal Gazette (1857-2010)
The Nashville Tennessean (1812-2002)
Newsday (1940-1991)
New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
New York Times (1851-2016)
New York Tribune (1841-1922)
New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841-1962)
Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003)
The Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001)
Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)
The Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1786-2003)
San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
The Scotsman (1817-1950)
South China Morning Post (1903-2000)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-2003)
St. Petersburg Times / Tampa Bay Times (1901-2009)
The Times of India (1838-2010)
Toronto Star (1894-2018)
The Wall Street Journal (1889-2002)
The Washington Post (1877-2003)