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Alabama Online Historical Newspapers

7/17/2022

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There are over 2.000 newspapers that have been published in the Yellowhammer State. And there are quite a few that are indeed available for free online. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of Alabama.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated May 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Alabama Newspapers 
  • Birmingham, Ala., 1890-1895 – Birmingham age-herald.
  • Birmingham, Ala., 1902-1950 – Birmingham age-herald. [volume]
  • Birmingham, Ala., 1895-1897 – Birmingham state herald.
  • Birmingham, Ala., 1897-1902 – The Age-herald.
  • Chattanooga, Tenn., 1862-1864 – The Chattanooga Daily Rebel.
  • Griffin, Ga., 1864-1865 – The daily Chattanooga rebel.
  • Huntsville, Ala., 1879-1894 – Huntsville gazette. [volume]
  • Memphis, Tenn., 1847-1886 – Memphis daily appeal.
  • Mobile, Ala., 1834-1841 – Mobile daily commercial register and patriot.
  • Mobile, Ala., 1841-1849 – Mobile register and journal.
  • Petal, Miss., 1953-19?? – The Petal paper.
  • Selma, Ala., 1865-1865 – Chattanooga daily rebel.
  • Starkville, Miss., 1910-1920 – The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette.
  • Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1829-183? – Alabama state intelligencer.
  • Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1843-1846 – State journal & flag.
  • Wetumpka, Ala., 1847-18?? – The State guard.
Google News Archive
  • Birmingham – The Alabama Citizen
  • Centre – Cherokee County Herald
  • Clay – Clay News
  • Florence – Times Daily
  • Gadsden – Gadsden Times
  • Linden – The Democrat-Reporter
  • Thomasville – Thomasville News
  • Tuscaloosa – The Tuscaloosa News
  • Tuscumbia – North Alabamian and Times
  • Tuskegee – The Tuskegee News
  • Vernon – The Lamar Democrat and the Sulligent News
  • Vernon – The Lamar Democrat
Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers
  • Advertiser and Register
  • Advocate and American
  • Alabama Beacon
  • Alabama Reporter
  • Alabama State Journal
  • Alabama State Sentinel
  • Army Argus and Crisis
  • Athens Post
  • Autauga Citizen
  • Bangor Broad Axe
  • Birmingham Iron Age
  • Bladon Springs Herald
  • Bluff City Times
  • Butler News
  • Cahaba Gazette
  • Chambers Tribune
  • Charleston Tri-Weekly Courier
  • Cherokee Advertiser
  • Choctaw Herald
  • Christian Herald
  • Claiborne Southerner
  • Clarke County Democrat
  • Clayton Banner 
  • Conecuh-Escambia Star
  • Confederate States
  • Daily Confederation
  • Daily Dispatch
  • Daily Echo
  • Daily Huntsville Confederate
  • Daily Mercury
  • Daily Mississippian
  • Daily Montgomery Ledger
  • Daily Selma Times
  • Daily State Sentinel
  • Democrat
  • Democratic Watchtower
  • East Alabama Monitor
  • Era and Star
  • Eufala Weekly News
  • Eufala Weekly Times
  • Eufaula Express
  • Exponent
  • Florence Gazette
  • Florence Times-Journal
  • Gadsden Times
  • Greenville Advocate
  • Greenville Weekly Advocate
  • Huntsville Confederate
  • Huntsville Weekly Democrat
  • Huntsville Weekly Independent
  • Independent American
  • Independent Monitor
  • Independent Observer
  • Jacksonville Republican
  • Lauderdale Times
  • Livingston Journal
  • Marengo News-Journal
  • Marion Commonwealth
  • Mobile Advertiser and Register
  • Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register
  • Mobile Daily News
  • Mobile Daily Tribune
  • Mobile Evening News
  • Mobile Evening Telegraph
  • Mobile Morning News
  • Mobile Register and Advertiser
  • Mobile Republican
  • Mobile Weekly Advertiser
  • Mobile Weekly Register
  • Mobile Weekly Tribune
  • Montgomery Daily Advertiser
  • Montgomery Daily Mail
  • Montgomery Daily Post
  • Montgomery Weekly Advertiser
  • Montgomery Weekly Mail
  • Montgomery Weekly Post
  • Moulton Advertiser
  • North Alabamian
  • North Alabamian and Times
  • Observer
  • Opelika Observer
  • Opelika Weekly Era and Whig
  • Opelika Weekly Locomotive
  • Opelika Weekly Observer
  • Opelika Weekly Times
  • Our Mountain Home
  • Pickens American
  • Russell Register
  • Selma Daily Reporter
  • Selma Evening Reporter
  • Selma Morning Dispatch
  • Selma Morning Reporter
  • Selma Weekly Reporter
  • Shelby Guide
  • Shelby Sentinel
  • South Western Baptist
  • South Western Baptist
  • Southern Advertiser
  • Southern Advocate
  • Southern Argus
  • Southern Champion
  • Southern Home Journal
  • Southern Messenger
  • Southern Plantation
  • Southern Republic
  • Southern Signal
  • Southern Statesman
  • Southern Watchman
  • Spectator
  • Spirit of the South
  • St. Clair Diamond
  • State Rights Advocate
  • The Alabama Beacon
  • The Eutaw Whig and Observer
  • The Independent
  • The Selma Daily Messenger
  • The Weekly Issue
  • Troy Messenger
  • Tuscaloosa Observer
  • Tusekegee Weekly News
  • Union Springs Herald
  • Union Springs Herald and Times
  • Union Springs Times
  • United South
  • Universalist Herald
  • Weekly Advertiser
  • Weekly Advertiser and Register
  • Weekly Montgomery Confederation
  • West Alabamian
  • Wetumpka Spectator
  • Wilcox News and Pacificator
County and Library Collections:
Birmingham Public Library Newspapers
  • Birmingham Iron Age 1874-1885
  • Weekly Iron Age 1884-1887
  • Weekly Age 1888-1899
  • Pratt City Herald 1899-1901
  • Avondale Sun
Birmingham Public Library Newspaper Clippings
Fairhope Public Library
  • Fairhope Courier
  • Eastern Shore Courier
Guntersville Public Library Historic Newspapers
  • The Advertiser-Gleam
  • The Guntersville Democrat
Huntsville–Madison County Newspaper Index 
  • Alabama Republican
  • Daily Huntsville Confederate
  • Huntsville Gazette
  • Huntsville Independent
  • Huntsville Weekly Democrat
  • Huntsville Weekly Mercury
  • Huntsville Weekly Tribune
  • Tennessee Valley News
  • The Democrat
  • The Evening Banner
  • The Evening Tribune
  • The Gurley Herald
  • The Huntsville Advocate
  • The Huntsville Daily Mercury
  • The Huntsville Daily Times
  • The Huntsville Journal
  • The Huntsville Mercury
  • The Huntsville News
  • The Huntsville Star
  • The Huntsville Telegram
  • The Huntsville Times
  • The Huntsville Weekly Times
  • The Journal
  • The Mercury-Banner
  • The Morning Mercury
  • The New South
  • The Republican
  • The Southern Advocate
  • The Weekly Argus
  • The Weekly Tribune
  • Weekly Community Builder
  • Weekly Mercury
Lamar County Newspapers
  • The Vernon Pioneer (1875 -1879)
  • The Vernon Clipper (1879 – 1880)
  • The Lamar News  (1886 – 1887)
  • The Vernon Courier (1886 – 1904)
Marion County Newspapers
  • Marion Herald – (1887 – 1890)
  • Guin Dispatch – (1888 – 1889)
  • The Hamilton Times (1890 – 1893)
  • Hamilton Free Press  – (1893 – 1894)
  • Hamilton News Press – (1895)
  • Marion County News – (1896 – 1899)
  • Hamilton Appeal (1896)
  • Guin Gazette – (1897)
  • The Gazette Appeal– (1897)
  • The Winfield Enterprise (1899 – 1900)
  • The Marion County Democrat (1903-1904)
  • The Marion County Republican (1908)
Montevallo Collection
  • Calera Journal
  • Chronicle
  • Montevallo Advertiser
  • Montevallo News
  • Montevallo Times
  • People’s Advocate
  • Sentinel
  • Spotlight
  • Union-Banner
Student Collections:
Air University – Maxwell AFB
  • News
Alabama State University – Montgomery
  • The Hornet Tribune
Athens State University – Athens
  • The Athenian
Auburn University – Auburn
  • Orange and Blue
  • Plainsman
  • Praxis 
  • Orange and Blue
  • Praxis 
Auburn University – Montgomery
  • The Aumnibus
Birmingham Southern College – Birmingham
  • Gold and Black
  • Hilltop News
  • Birmingham College Reporter
  • The Gold and Black
  • The Hilltop News
  • Granny Takes a Trip
  • The Southerner
  • The Hilltop News
Coffee High School – Florence
  • The Stimulator
Faulkner University – Montgomery
  • Faulkner News
Huntingdon College – Montgomery
  • Talon
Jacksonville State University – Jacksonville
  • Chanticleer
Judson College – Marion
  • The Triangle
Miles College – Fairfield
  • The Milean
Montevallo High School – Montevallo
  • Spotlight
Oakwood College – Huntsville
  • News
Samford University – Birmingham
  • Crimson
Shelton State Community College – Tuscaloosa
  • Shelton State Courier
  • Shelton State Chronicle
Sparkman High School – Harvest
  • The Crimson Crier 
Spring Hill College – Mobile
  • The Springhillian
  • The Sprnghillian
Troy University – Troy
  • Tropolitan
Tuskeee University – Tuskegee
  • Tuskegee Student
University of Alabama – Birmingham
  • The Kaleidoscope
University of Alabama – Huntsville
  • Exponent
University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa
  • Crimson White
University of Mobile – Mobile
  • News
University of Montevallo – Montevallo
  • The Alabamian
University of North Alabama – Florence
  • Florala
University of South Alabama – Mobile
  • Vanguard
University of West Alabama – Montgomery
  • Muse
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
  • Andalusia – Open Pond Breeze (Company 3474) 
  • Athens – Bull Thrower (Company 5401) 
  • Auburn – Chewacla Echo (Company 4448) 
  • Auburn – Sanford News (Company 4447)
  • Bay Minette – Baldwin Bawls (Company 484) 
  • Bessemer – Camp Jester (Company 487) 
  • Brundidge – 4435 Flash (Company 4435) 
  • Carrollton – New Deal (Company 3479)
  • Chatom – Chatom Chatter (Company 2420) 
  • Chunchula – Chunchula Siren (Company 1485) 
  • Chunchula – Siren (Company 1485)
  • Citronella – Cedar Creek Courier (Company 5412) 
  • Clanton – Clanchiala Bugler (Company 3481) 
  • Clayton – Messenger (Company 1432) 
  • Dadeville – Bullard Bombshell (Company 1405) 
  • Dadeville – Camp Hart Mirror (Company 1405) 
  • Foley – Gulf Breeze (Company 1425) 
  • Fort Payne – Camp Beacon (Company 472) 
  • Gainesville – Big Bee (Company 476) 
  • Gainesville – John Rogers News (Company 476) 
  • Gordon – Chattahoochee Chatter (Company 4449) 
  • Greenville – Advocate (Company 4436) 
  • Greenville – Mail Bag (Company 4436) 
  • Greenville – Mess Kit (Company 4436) 
  • Greenville – S.C.S. Sentinel (Company 4436)
  • Heflin – Carver Outlook (Company 3477) 
  • Huntsville – Camp Clay Broadcast (Company 3486) 
  • Huntsville – Camp Clay Crier (Company 3486) 
  • Huntsville – Monte Sano Broadcast (Company 5402) 
  • Huntsville – Monte Sano Broadcast (Company 3486) 
  • Linden – Dope (Company 4437) 
  • Oxford – Cheaha Echoes (Company 468) 
  • Selma – Valley Creek News (Company 444) 
  • Uriah – Tower (Company 1432)
  • Weogufka – Flag Mountain News (Company 4498) 
  • Weogufka – Reflector (Company 260)
  • Wilson Dam – See See See (Company 251)
  • Wilson Dam – Wilson Dam Spillway (Company 4499)
  • York – William Spratt News (Company 467)
Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers
  • Left Face
  • Our Thing
Old Fulton Postcards
  • Calera AL Journal
  • Calera AL Shelby Sentinel
  • Columbana AL Chronicle
  • Guntersville AL Advertiser 
  • Jacksonville AL Republican
  • Montevallo AL Times
Small Town Papers
  • Clay News Pinson, Alabama
  • The Democrat-Reporter Linden, Alabama
  • The Florala News Florala , Alabama
  • The LaFayette Sun – LaFayette, Alabama
  • The Lamar Democrat and Sulligent News Vernon, Alabama
  • The Pinson News & Jefferson Countian Pinson, Alabama
  • Thomasville News Thomasville, Alabama
  • The Tuskegee News Tuskegee, Alabama
Agriculture and Rural Life Newspapers
  • Alabama Farm Journal
  • Alliance Journal
  • Farm Journal
  • Journal of Progress
  • Manufacturer’s Review
  • Southern Agriculturist
Southern School News Archive
The Olden Times – Alabama
Newspaper Abstracts – Alabama
Other Free Sites:
Birmingham
  • The Alabama Forum
  • The American Sentinel
Columbiana
  • Shelby Chronicle
Dothan
  • The Voice of the Negro
Fort Payne
  • Fort Payne Times Journal
Jacksonville
  • Jacksonville Republican 
Mobile
  • The Catholic Week – 2007-present
Montgomery
  • Kilby Sun
  • Southern Courier 
  • Southern Poverty Law Center Reports
  • The Colored Alabamian
Rainsville

  • Rainsville Weekly Post
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