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THE COMPLETE NEWS COLLECTION FOR LIBRARIES – 3 Newspaper Coverage Through the Centuries* Historical (HNP) Historical (HNP) PAL Recent (RNP) Contemporary (CNP) Category Title City State Years of Coverage Years of Ownership Years of Coverage Years of Coverage The Arizona Republican Phoenix AZ 1890-2007 1890-2007 N/A 1/1/1999+ Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta GA 1868-1984 1868-1935+ N/A 1/3/1989+ Austin American Statesman Austin TX 1871-1980* 1871-1927+ N/A 1/1/1989+ The Baltimore Sun Baltimore MD 1837-1994* 1837-1933+ 2008-Recent 9/16/1990+ The Boston Globe Boston MA 1872-1989* 1872-1989+ 2008-Recent 1/1/1997+ Chicago Tribune Chicago IL 1849-2010* 1849-1950+ 2008-Recent 1/1/1985+ The Christian Science Monitor Boston MA 1908-2007* 1908-1997+ N/A 1/2/1980+ Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati OH 1841-2009 1841-2009 2010-Recent 1/1/1999+ Detroit Free Press Detroit MI 1831-1999 1831-1999 2008-Recent 1/1/1999+ Hartford Courant Hartford CT 1764-1994* 1764-1935+ 2008-Recent 1/1/1992+ Indianapolis Star Indianapolis IN 1903-2004 1903-2004 2009-Recent 5/21/1991+ Los Angeles Times Los Angeles CA 1881-2011* 1881-1951+ 2008-Recent 12/4/1996+ The Courier-Journal Louisville KY 1830-2000 1830-2000 2008-Recent 1/2/1999+ Minneapolis Star Tribune Minneapolis MN 1867-2001 1867-2001 2008-Recent 1/1/1986+ Nashville Tennessean Nashville TN 1812-2002 1812-2002 2010-Recent 1/1/1999+ The New York Times New York NY 1851-2016* 1851-1938+ 2008-Recent 6/1/1980+ US STAND-ALONE US New York Tribune/Herald Tribune New York NY 1841-1962 1841-1962 N/A N/A Newsday - Nassau Edition New York NY 1940-1991* 1940-1991+ 2010-Recent 8/15/1985+ Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia PA 1860-2001 1860-2001 2010-Recent 1/1/1983+ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh PA 1786-2003 1786-2003 2009-Recent 1/18/1993+ San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco CA 1865-1922 1865-1922 N/A N/A St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis MO 1874-2003 1874-2003 2008-Recent 12/4/1996+ St. Petersburg Times/Tampa Bay Times Tampa FL 1901-2009 1901-2009 2010-Recent 6/30/1986+ USA Today Washington DC N/A N/A 2009-Recent 2/17/1997+ Wall Street Journal New York NY 1889-2002* 1889-1938+ 2008-Recent 1/2/1984+ Washington Post Washington DC 1877-2003* 1877-1938+ 2008-Recent 1/1/1987+ Calgary Herald Calgary AB 1888-2010 1888-2010 2011-Recent 12/7/1988+ Edmonton Journal Edmonton AB 1903-2010 1903-2010 2011-Recent 3/10/1989+ The Globe and Mail Toronto ON 1844-2016* 1844-1966+ N/A 11/14/1977+ Leader-Post Regina SK 1883-2010 1883-2010 2011-Recent 1/1/2000+ Montreal Gazette Montreal QC 1878-2010 1878-2010 2011-Recent 1/2/1985+ National Post Toronto ON N/A N/A 2011-Recent 10/27/1998+ Ottawa Citizen Ottawa ON 1845-2010 1845-2010 2011-Recent 9/3/1985+ CANADIAN The Province Vancouver BC 1898-2010 1898-2010 2011-Recent 3/20/1989+ STAND-ALONE Times–Colonist Victoria BC 1884-2010 1884-2010 2011-Recent 1/4/1993+ Toronto Star Toronto ON 1894-2016* 1894-1965+ 2010-Recent 5/23/1985+ Vancouver Sun Vancouver BC 1912-2010 1912-2010 2011-Recent 1/2/1987+ Windsor Star Windsor ON 1883-2010 1883-2010 2011-Recent 10/20/1986+ Chinese Newspaper Collection 1832-1953 1832-1953 N/A N/A The Guardian (and The Observer for HNP) London UK 1821-2003 1821-1912+ 2010-Recent 8/18/1992 & 12/24/95 The Irish Times and Weekly Irish Times Dublin IRL 1859-2018* 1859-1934+ N/A 1/2/1995+ Jerusalem Post Jerusalem 1932-2008 1932-1980+ N/A 10/21/1988+ The Korea Times London UK 1956-2016 1956-2016 N/A 4/1/2007+ The Scotsman Edinburgh UK 1817-1950 1817-1933+ N/A 2/19/1998+ INTERNATIONAL South China Morning Post Hong Kong 1903-2001* 1903-1955+ N/A 1/1/1993+ Times of India Mumbai 1838-2010* 1838-2010+ N/A 1/6/2006+ Atlanta Daily World Atlanta GA 1931-2003 1931-2003 N/A N/A The Baltimore Afro-American Baltimore MD 1893-1988 1893-1988 N/A 4/12/2003+ Chicago Defender Chicago IL 1910-1975 1910-1975 N/A 11/22/1999+ Cleveland Call & Post Cleveland OH 1934-1991 1934-1991 N/A 1/6/2005+ Los Angeles Sentinel Los Angeles CA 1934-2005 1934-2005 N/A 7/23/2009+ Michigan Chronicle Detriot MI 1936-2010 1936-2010 N/A 8/2/2006+ BLACK New York Amsterdam News New York NY 1922-1993 1922-1993 N/A 1/2/1993+ The Norfolk Journal & Guide Norfolk VA 1916-2003 1916-2003 N/A N/A The Philadelphia Tribune Philadelphia PA 1912-2001 1912-2001