Primary Sources for the Liberal Arts

Historic Newspapers

Gumberg Library provides access to many sources for historic newspapers, in aggregated databases or as individual papers.

To use these resources off-campus, please enter your Multipass username and password when prompted

• African American Newspapers
• Catholic News Archive
• Duquesne Duke
• The Liberator
• National Anti-Slavery Standard
• New York Times (1851-2014)
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
• Pennsylvania Gazette
• Pennsylvania Newspaper Archives
• Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001)
• Pittsburgh Catholic
• Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) 
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1786-2003)
• 17th & 18th Century Burney Newspaper Collection
• South Carolina Newspapers
• The Times (of London) Digital Archive, 1785-2014
• Virginia Gazette
• Wall Street Journal (1889-2002)
• Woman's Tribune

Need Help?

If you need help using Gumberg Library resources, please contact Ted Bergfelt, Humanities Librarian via email or by phone at 412-396-5351 (M-F, 8:30-4:30 pm, ET). If he is not available, Ask Gumberg