THE impulse of an American writer in justifying the use of newspapers as historical materials is to adopt an apologetic tone. It is somewhat curious that such should be the case, for newspapers ...

Historians interested in the way events and people were chronicled in the old days once had to sort through card catalogs for old papers, then microfiche scans, then digital listings — but modern ...

More local newspapers have been added to the New York State Historic Newspapers website. According to a media release from the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, 12 years of the Catskill ...

The April 16, 1912 front page of the New York Tribune (all images courtesy Library of Congress via Chronicling America unless noted otherwise) The days of microfiche — or even those who can remember ...

MyHeritage has just launched OldNews.com, a digital archive designed to take you on a journey through the past. This innovative platform opens the door to a vast collection of historical newspapers ...

The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space. By James Barron Good ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn — From the corner cubicle, Isaac Trimble admits to getting distracted by a good story. "I guess what, to the average Minnesota citizen, may seem like just gossip or small time news, ...

If it seems a bit odd for a modern newspaper to extol old newspapers, it's anything but. In fact, collecting old newspapers is on the rise. Forget the tropes about yesterday's news and fish-wrap; ...

How many of us have been cleaning out an attic or basement and in the process come across some really old newspapers? Perhaps these purveyors of old news were touting the end of World War II or ...

On the third anniversary of Hurricane Ian, one of the most deadly and destructive storms to impact Florida, recovery efforts in the hardest hit places like Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel and Pine Island ...