Alaska Online Historical Newspapers

There are over 750 newspapers that have been published in The Last Frontier - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of Alaska.

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 October 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Alaska

• Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska, 1893-1902 – The Eskimo bulletin.
• Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska, 1905-1906 – The midnight sun.
• Cordova, Alaska, 1914-1947 – The Cordova daily times.
• Douglas City, Alaska, 1898-1921 – Douglas Island news.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1910-1917 – The Alaska citizen.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1913-19?? – The Alaska socialist.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1914-1914 – The free press.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1916-1920 – The daily Alaska citizen.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1917-1920 – The weekly Alaska citizen.
• Fairbanks, Alaska, 1962-1997 – Tundra times.
• Hydaburg, Alaska, 1919-192? – The new native.
• Iditarod, Alaska, 1910-19?? – Iditarod pioneer.
• Juneau, Alaska, 1912-1926 – The Alaska daily empire.
• Juneau, Alaska, 1921-1931 – The Stroller’s weekly and Douglas Island news.
• Juneau, Alaska, 1926-1964 – The Daily Alaska empire. [volume]
• Ketchikan, Alaska, 1907-1907 – The Ketchikan mining news.
• Ketchikan, Alaska, 1907-1915 – The Ketchikan miner.
• Ketchikan, Alaska, 1915-1919 – The daily progressive-miner.
• Kodiak, Alaska, 1940-1976 – Kodiak mirror.
• Nome, Alaska, 1906-1918 – The Nome daily nugget.
• Nome, Alaska, 1919-1934 – The Nome nugget.
• Nome, Alaska, 1934-1938 – The Nome daily nugget.
• Nome, Alaska, 1938-???? – The Nome nugget.
• Seward, Alaska, 1904-1905 – Seward gateway. [microfilm reel]
• Seward, Alaska, 1905-1905 – Daily gateway. [volume]
• Seward, Alaska, 1905-1914 – Seward daily gateway. [volume]
• Seward, Alaska, 1905-1914 – Seward weekly gateway.
• Seward, Alaska, 1914-1917 – The Seward gateway.
• Seward, Alaska, 1917-1918 – The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume]
• Seward, Alaska, 1918-1920 – The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post.
• Seward, Alaska, 1920-1923 – ​The Seward gateway.
• Sitka, Alaska, 1908-1912 – The Thlinget.
• Skaguay [Skagway] Alaska, 1898-1899 – The daily Alaskan. [volume]
• Skaguay [Skagway] Alaska, 1898-1899 – The morning Alaskan.
• Skagway, Alaska, 1899-1904 – The daily morning Alaskan.
• Skagway, Alaska, 1904-1924 – The daily Alaskan.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1902-1908 – The Alaska prospector.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1905-1911 – Daily prospector bulletin.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1905-1918 – Valdez daily prospector.
• Valdez, Alaska, 1908-1912 – Valdez weekly prospector.

Google News Archive

• Prince of Wales Island  – Southeast Alaska’s Island News

Alaska Newspapers Index (1901–1999)  (Index only)

• Alaska Citizen (1912–1920)
• Chena Herald (1904–1905)
• Fairbanks Daily News (1904–1975)
• Fairbanks Daily News Miner (3/23/1909)
• Fairbanks Daily Times (1904–1916)
• Fairbanks Weekly News (1903–1908)
• Hot Springs Echo (1907–1912)
• Juneau Empire (1992–1999)
• Nenana News (1916–1972)
• Northern Light (1906–1907)
• Rampart Miner (1901–1902)
• Tanana Daily Miner (1902–1906)
• Tanana Daily Star (1910–1915)
• Tanana Leader (1909–1910)
• Tanana Tribune (1907–1909)
• Yukon Press (1905–1906)

Alaska Newspaper Project

• Alaska Railroad Record, 1916-1920
• The Esquimaux, 1866-1867

County and Library Collections:
Alaska Media Newspapers

• Arctic Sounder
• Artic Sounder
• Bristol Bay Times
• Homer Tribune

Alaskan Newspapers

• Arctic Sounder
• Bristol Bay Times
• Homer Tribune
• Kodiak Daily Mirror
• Nome Nugget
• The Arctic Sounder
• The Bristol Bay Times And The Dutch Harbor Fisherman

Kodiak Daily Mirror

• Kodiak Daily Mirror
• The Bristol Bay Times And The Dutch Harbor Fisherman

Petersburg Public Library (1913–1931)

• Petersburg Herald
• Petersburg Pilot
• Petersburg Press 
• Petersburg Weekly Report 
• The New Petersburg Press 
• The Petersburg Herald 
• The Petersburg Press 
• The Progressive

Student Collections:
Alaska Bible College – Palmer

• NorthWord
• News

Alaska Pacific University – Anchorage

• News

A. J. Dimond High School – Anchorage

• Igaramkin

Matanuska-Susitna College – Palmer

• Mat-Su Monitor

University of Alaska – Anchorage

• Northern Light

​University of Alaska – Fairbanks

• The Sun Star

University of Alaska – Southeast

• Whalesong

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Anchorage troop
• Arctic Arsenal, The
• FID Amchitka
• Green Machine, The (Fort Wainwright)

Small Town Papers

• Southeast Alaska’s Island News Thorne Bay, Alaska

Newspaper Abstracts – Alaska
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Other Free Sites:
Anchorage

• Catholic Anchor 

Fairbanks​

• Alaskan Shepherd Newsletter – 2001-present
• Tundra Times

Juneau

• Southeast Alaska Catholic – 2007-2010, 2012-present

Wrangell

• Alaska Sentinel
• Fort Wrangel News
• Stikeen River Journal
• Wrangell Sentinel