THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FACT SHEET
Newspapers & Microfilm Center Telephone: (215) 686-5431 Email: [email protected]
Runs of major United States newspapers including:
Boston Globe 1990 – 2009 USA Today 1982 – date Chicago Tribune 1976 – 2008 Wall Street Journal 1889 – date Los Angeles Times 1975 – 2008 Washington Post 1960 – date New York Times 1851 – date
Runs of Philadelphia newspapers including:
Evening Public Ledger 1914 – 1942 Philadelphia Record 1870 – 1947 Philadelphia Bulletin 1847 – 1982 Philadelphia Tribune 1912 – date Philadelphia Daily News 1925 – date Pennsylvania Gazette 1728 – 1815 Philadelphia Inquirer 1860 – date Pennsylvania Inquirer 1831 – 1850 Philadelphia Press 1857 – 1920 Public Ledger 1836 – 1934
Electronic News Resources:
Access World News Newsbank America’s Obituaries & Death Notices Omnifile Full Text AP Images Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers 1790-1922 Early American Newspaper, series I, 1690-1876 Philadelphia Daily News 1977 – date Fold3 (Formerly Footnote) Philadelphia Inquirer 1981 – date InfoTrac Newsstand Philadelphia Press Index 1857 – 1920? National Newspaper Index Readers’ Guide
Newspaper Indexes:
Chicago Tribune Index 1983 – 2008 New York Times Index 1851 – date New York Times Personal Name Index 1851 – 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer Death Notice Index 1860 – 1879 Public Ledger Index Deaths: 1836 – 1875; Marriages: 1830-1875 ? The Times Index 1954 – date USA Today Index 1982 – date Wall Street Journal Index 1958 – 2009 Washington Post Index 1972 – date
Directories:
Cole’s cross reference directory: Philadelphia 1973 – 2007 (one year from present edition) Keystone Telephone Directory 1902 – 1943 Philadelphia Address Telephone Directory 1927 – 1969 Philadelphia City Directories 1785 – 1936 Philadelphia White and Yellow Pages 1879 – 2007
Obituaries & death notices: Please either e-mail or mail a written request with name, exact date of death (month, day, year) or burial date. We check two newspapers. Maximum three obituaries/scans per request (fee $10 plus $5 handling for photocopies). Invoice will be sent with response.
1901 VINE STREET FLP website: http://www.freelibrary.org PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-1189 NEWS 12/11