Please note: an increasing number of newspapers are available online, including some through more than one website. If a newspaper isn’t available online, please check the list of newspapers on microfilm below.
Newspapers Available Online
African-American Newspapers (Accessible Archives, Inc.)
African American Newspapers (Readex database through Duke University Library)
Early Newspapers from the State Archives of North Carolina
“Early Newspapers from the State Archives of North Carolina” includes more than 1,000 titles published from 1751 to 1898 . . . A guide to newspapers on microfilm at the State Archives is available from the State Archives and State Library of North Carolina websites.
Carolina Times 1937-date
The Carolina Times began as The Standard Advertiser in August, 1921. The newspaper was a weekly, which did not begin to flourish until Louis Austin came to head the paper. The motto of the paper was “The Truth Unbridled.” Austin was heavily involved in the Durham Committee. Unfortunately, there are gaps in the existing copies of Carolina Times.
Carolina Times Digital full-text, May 1, 1937 — December 26, 1964
Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Durham Morning Herald/ Sun (online)
Coverage begins in 1901 and continues through 1990. All other recent years are accessible through America’s News as well. Accessible on campus or through the use of Duke NetID and Password.
Durham Morning Herald [Microfilm] 1901-1990 (scattered earlier issues)
Durham Morning Herald Index 1930-1969
Durham Morning Herald/Sun Index 1970-1981
Durham Morning Herald/Sun Index 1981-1990
A computer-produced printed index to information and photographs appearing in the local and regional editions of the Durham morning herald and the Durham sun, the major newspapers covering Durham, Chapel Hill, the Research Triangle Park and surrounding North Carolina counties.
Durham Sun [Print] 1947-1990 (scattered earlier issues)
The Herald-Sun [Print]. 1991-date
The Herald-Sun [Microform]. 1991-date
The Herald-Sun [Electronic]. 1995-date
The Independent Weekly [Print]. Independent Weekly[microform].
1992-1996 and the current month Index to the North Carolina Independent and the Independent 1983-1996
The News and Observer [Microfilm] 1880-date
The News and Observer Online Access 1879, 1909-1991 Available to Duke users only.
News and Observer Index 1974, 1977-1981, 1988; Perkins Microfilm N558x
Print indexes for the News and Observer 1967-1973, 1975-1976 are shelved in the Bostock index area
Issues published 1880 to 1899 available electronically in 19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Issues published 1991-date available electronically in America’s News
Proquest Historical Newspapers (search Research Databases, Duke University Libraries, for specific titles)
Newspapers available on microfilm
The following titles are available on microfilm at Duke:
Durham Daily Globe, 1889-1894 (N3645)
Durham Recorder, Extra Edition January 19, 1899 (N3624)
Durham Sun, 50th Anniversary Edition, April 26, 1939 (N3624)S: The 50th Anniversary Edition is an extremely handy paper that has a number of old photographs from the late nineteenth century. Many articles describe Durham in the 1880s and 1890s and explain the city’s growth since then.
Durham Tobacco Plant, 1889 (N3638)
Durham Tobacco Plant Weekly, 1872-1885, 1886-1888 (N3639)
Hillsborough Recorder, 1820-1911 (N3703)
Miscellaneous Durham Newspapers 1876-1898 (N3640): Christian Education Durham Globe Durham Daily Dispatch Durham Weekly Globe Durham Globe Weekly Durham Herald Durham Record Durham Daily Reporter Durham County
Republican Weekly Saturday Night Weekly
Trinity League Record Truth, Monthly
Some paper copies of newspapers are available for study.
Journal of industry (Raleigh, N.C. : 1879) The journal of industry [serial].
Raleigh, N.C. : C.N. Hunter, 1879- Special Collections Library — CALL NUMBER: Newspaper #423
LIBRARY HAS: v. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1879); v. 2, no. 7 (May 15, 1880); v. 2, no. 27 (Oct. 9, 1880), and suppl.
Raleigh Christian advocate (1873). Raleigh Christian advocate. [serial]. Raleigh: [s.n., 1873-1894]. Holdings: LIBRARY HAS: 1873-Apr. 1879(incomplete), 1880-14 March 1894; includes 1868-1869 of previous title.
https://search.library.duke.edu/search?id=DUKE000662206
Pamphlets
Rules and Regulations Governing the Durham Graded and High School with Course of Study (Durham, NC: H.E. Seeman’s Ptg. Rooms, 1885). Microfilm Call # M6966.22 See Digital Durham web site under Teachers’ Corner for digitized version.
Durham, the Queen of the Golden Belt. Circa. 1880-1899. 975.6 Z99 D 1880-1899. (See “Printed Works” on Digital Durham website).
Small, Samuel W. “From the Barroom to the Pulpit.” Speech given in Durham, North Carolina, 14 May 1888. (See “Printed Works” on Digital Durham website).
See also Southgate Jones Papers
Periodical Indexes
North Carolina Periodicals Index
The North Carolina Periodicals Index is produced by the staff of the Verona Joyner Langford North Carolina Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. The index provides access to articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics, including the arts, business, culture, history, law, natural resources, public policy, tourism, and travel.
