Why use Gale Historical Newspapers?

Gale specializes in scanning materials and applying search tools that focus on improving academic research. While many newspapers are accessible in digitized formats elsewhere, they will not have the advanced search tools that help users to discover new research topics and avenues for inquiry. Many of our newspaper archives can also be used in the Gale Digital Scholar Lab, adding significant research options for digital humanists.

Many other newspaper archive providers will also require a library to purchase individual access for each user: with Gale, you purchase the archive, and anybody with a login to your library database will have perpetual access to the content.   

We publish add-on modules to extend the date ranges of our historical newspaper archives.

These add-ons are available to customers who already own the existing years; any customers who purchase the archive after the add-on is released will get the full range of years.

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AMERICAN AMATEUR NEWSPAPERS
FROM THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY

An extensive collection of publications that were created (largely) by young people during the second half of the nineteenth century, with an array of material (including editorials, original short fiction, essays, poetry, and more) that provide a unique and often under-represented voice in research.

AMERICAN HISTORICAL PERIODICALS FROM THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, PARTS I-VI

This archive contains nearly 200 titles, starting in the Colonial era and moving through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and into the twentieth century. While the major issues are covered, the periodicals included go beyond general history into topics ranging from arts to industry.
 

BRITISH LIBRARY NEWSPAPERS

Consisting of six parts, this series forms one of the largest collections of regional newspapers from the UK, providing an alternative voice to the major national newspapers. This project has digitised titles from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, providing over 200 years of rare documents.

DAILY MAIL HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1896-2016*

Part of our growing "middle market" collection of influential national newspapers that reflect twentieth-century popular culture and tastes, this archive gives researchers an alternative to the ‘newspapers of record’ – and includes the rare and difficult to access Daily Mail Atlantic Edition.

THE ECONOMIST HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1843-2020*

The Economist has developed a reputation as the definitive source for leaders, opinion shapers, and decision-makers. This archive supports research in many subject areas beyond economics and policy, and it includes the special surveys and exportable economic indicators post-1983 into spreadsheets.

FINANCIAL TIMES
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1888-2021*

This archive provides the complete run of the London edition of this internationally respected daily paper, including various supplements. With more full-time foreign correspondents than any other European newspaper, it is recognized as the premier newspaper for the world of business.
 

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1842-2003

When it first launched, this innovative publication started a revolution in journalism and news reporting. It provided an unprecedented visual tour of the triumphs, tragedies, daily life, and monumental events of the world and the modern British Empire – and every issue is contained here.

THE INDEPENDENT HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1986-2016

This innovative newspaper known for its alternative views compared to the other major newspapers, providing a different perspective compared to its more political rivals. It has maintained a unique position in British journalism, and this archive includes the full editions and supplements.
 

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1887-2013

This archive provides the full run of this daily paper from its launch as the New York Herald up until its rebranding as the New York Times International Edition, covering its evolution from the essential newspaper for the expatriate American to its focused reporting of international news.

LIBERTY MAGAZINE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1924-1950

Liberty published content from some of the most famous artists, authors, celebrities, and political figures of its time, and this archive features the complete run of the magazine, including more than 17,000 stories and articles, revealing the attitudes, lifestyles, and desires of inter-war America.

THE LISTENER HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1929-1991

During the peak of the radio age, the BBC set a global standard in reporting and commentary, and network published transcripts in this weekly magazine. This archive provides rare access to the content of many early broadcasts and offers the BBC's perspective on the twentieth century.

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1982-2011

The digitised editions of this staple Sunday paper provide the researcher with reporting, analysis and commentary on nearly four decades of politics and foreign affairs, popular culture, financial and business news, entertainment and sport and represent a key part of the British media.

THE MIRROR
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1903-2000

Aimed at a working-class mass-market audience, the Mirror became influential in shifting the course of British newspapers and journalism, starting the dominance of tabloids in the twentieth century—offering researchers a valuable left-wing, populist alternative to the major broadsheets.
 

NINETEENTH CENTURY UK PERIODICALS

This project was undertaken in response to demand from scholarly communities, and the two resulting archives support researchers in almost every subject area. They contain well known publications alongside obscure documents, covering everything from hobby interests to issues of global importance.

NINETEENTH CENTURY U.S. NEWSPAPERS

This archive provides full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from urban and rural regions throughout the United States, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the daily publications that shaped the nation by the end of the century.

PICTURE POST
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1938-1957

The complete and fully searchable archive of the iconic newspaper which defined photojournalism and published some iconic pictures of the twentieth century, providing a unique visual record of some of the most turbulent years in the twentieth century, all digitized in high resolution and full colour. 

PUNCH HISTORICAL ARCHIVE, 1841-1992

This archive includes nearly 7,900 issues from all volumes of Punch, the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. It contains Almanacks and special numbers, and in collaboration with Liverpool John Moore’s University, authorship has been attributed and made searchable using the ledgers.

SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BURNEY NEWSPAPERS COLLECTION

A well-known collection at the British Library, the original Burney volumes are in fragile condition and are restricted from reading-room use except as microfilm. This digitization includes more than 1,000 documents, allowing researchers to see the development of the newspaper as we know it today.

SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY NICHOLS NEWSPAPERS COLLECTION

John Nichols was a printer, Master of the Stationers’ Company, biographer, and historian. Made in collaboration with the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this digitized archive contains over 150,000 pages of printed text and contains some of the most influential titles in British publishing history.

SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

The nineteenth-century run of this newspaper remains fairly inaccessible outside of this collection, while in the twentieth-century it built its reputation on providing hard-hitting investigative journalism, specialising in widely researched, long-term news stories by their innovative Insights department.

THE TELEGRAPH HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

Once the world's largest-selling newspaper, this daily newspaper is generally cited by press historians as the start of a new era of journalism. It is one of the few newspapers that notably changed its political leaning, and has contributors including British Prime Ministers and senior politicians.

THE TIMES
DIGITAL ARCHIVE, 1785-2019*

This archive provides access to the backfile of one of the world’s longest-running and most respected newspapers, including supplements and its early editions as the Daily Universal Register. A valuable multidisciplinary resource, it is one of the most cited newspapers in modern scholarship.

TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE,
1910-2000*

Offering more than 250,000 pages of pedagogical news, the Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive provides a unique teaching and learning resource for students to explore the world’s oldest continuous educational publication.

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE,
1902-2019*

Offering access to over 120,000 pages of literary criticism, this archive gives access to some of the finest material written about world literature. The anonymous contributors pre-1974 have been attributed and are now searchable, which is not possible using the original documents.

Seth Cayley talks about the creation of the The Times Digital Archive

Seth Caley, Vice President of Gale Global Academic Products, talks about the significance of the Times, the difficulties in creating the archive, and the methods of digitisation. Furthermore, he discusses his involvement in the humanities, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), his favourite articles, and more. Interviewer: Dr Sarah Ketchley, University of Washington (approximately 21 minutes).

(Original video edited by Erika Bojnowski for the University of Washington MLIS Capstone project Tutankhamun Centenary 1922 - 2022. Reused with permission.)

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