Connecticut Online Historical Newspapers

There are over 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Constitution State - 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 Connecticut.

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 July 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Connecticut

• Bridgeport, Conn., 1866-1917 – The Bridgeport evening farmer.
• Bridgeport, Conn., 1901-190? – Connecticut workman.
• Bridgeport, Conn., 1906-1908 – La Tribuna del Connecticut. [volume]
• Bridgeport, Conn., 191?-1948 – La sentinella = The sentinel. [volume]
• Bridgeport, Conn., 1918-1924 – The Bridgeport times and evening farmer.
• Danbury, Conn., 1803-192? – Republican farmer.
• Hartford, Conn., 188?-190? – The weekly examiner.
• Hartford, Conn., 1881-188? – The examiner.
• Hartford, Conn., 1894-189? – Hartford labor.
• Hartford, Conn., 1908-192? – The labor standard.
• Hartford, Conn., 193?-193? – The Connecticut craftsman.
• Hartford, Conn., 194?-194? – Connecticut chronicle.
• Hartford, Conn., 194?-1947 – Hartford chronicle.
• Hartford, Conn., 1949-19?? – New England bulletin.
• Litchfield, Conn., 1826-1829 – The Litchfield County post. [volume]
• Litchfield, Conn., 1829-current – Litchfield enquirer. [volume]
• New Britain, Conn., 1890-1976 – New Britain herald.
• New Haven [Conn.], 1848-1894 – Morning journal and courier.
• New Haven, Conn., 1883-1891 – Workmen’s advocate.
• New Haven, Conn., 1894-1907 – The daily morning journal and courier.
• New Haven, Conn., 1903-193? – L’indipendente.
• New Haven, Conn., 1907-1913 – The morning journal-courier.
• New Haven, Conn., 191?-1921 – The Connecticut labor press.
• New Haven, Conn., 1921-1925 – The Connecticut labor news.
• Newtown, Conn., 1877-1877 – The bee.
• Newtown, Conn., 1877-current – The Newtown bee.
• Norwich, Conn., 1849-18?? – American mechanic and home journal.
• Norwich, Conn., 1867-186? – The Liberty bell and workingmen’s advocate.
• Norwich, Conn., 1895-2011 – Norwich bulletin.
• Norwich, CT., 1836-1837 – Mechanics’, operatives’, and laborers’ advocate.
• Ridgefield, Conn., 1892-189? – The Connecticut citizen.
• Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn., 1871-1970 – Connecticut western news.
• Stafford Springs, Conn., 18??-1883 – Tolland County press.
• Stafford Springs, Conn., 1883-1935 – The Press.
• Stamford, Conn., 1906-190? – The Stamford American.
• Waterbury [Connecticut], 1900-1903 – Waterbury Democrat. [volume]
• Waterbury [Connecticut], 1903-1917 – Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume]
• Waterbury, Conn., 1887-1895 – Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume]
• Waterbury, Conn., 1895-1897 – Waterbury Democrat. [volume]
• Waterbury, Conn., 1897-1900 – Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume]

Google News Archive

• Branford – The Branford News
• Branford – The Branford Opinion
• Bridgeport – Bridgeport Morning News
• Bridgeport – Bridgeport Herald
• Bridgeport – Sunday Herald 
• Bristol – The Bristol Herald
• Georgetown – The Redding Pilot
• Hartford – The Hartford Times
• Hartford – Hartford Weekly Times
• Hartford – The Catholic Press
• Hartford – Greater Hartford News
• Meriden – The Morning Record
• Meriden – The Morning Record and Journal
• Meriden – Meriden Record
• Meriden – Meriden Weekly Republican
• Meriden – Meriden Morning Record
• Meriden – The Meriden Daily Journal
• Meriden – Meriden Morning Record and Republican
• Meriden – Meriden Daily Republican
• Meriden – The Journal
• Meriden – Meriden Journal
• Meriden – Record-Journal
• Meriden – Wallingford Edition
• Meriden – Sunday Record-Journal
• New London – The Day
• Norwalk – Connecticut Sunday Herald
• Norwalk – The Sunday Hour
• Norwalk – The Hour
• Norwalk – The Evening Hour
• Norwalk – The Norwalk Hour
• Ridgefield – The Ridgefield Press
• Wilton – The Wilton Bulletin

Newspapers of Connecticut 1821-1929

• Banner and banquet (1870-1871, 1873)
• Berlin news (1892)
• Berlin weekly news (1891-1892)
• The Castigator (Middletown, Conn.) (1840)
• Charter oak (Hartford, Conn. : 1838) (1838-1843)
• Charter oak (Hartford, Conn. : 1846) (1846-1848)
• Collinsville Star (1858-1860)
• Connecticut eastern news (East Lyme, Conn.) (1894-1897)
• The Connecticut fifth (1862)
• Connecticut organ (1854)
• Connecticut press (Hartford, Conn.) (1856-1862)
• The Connecticut war record (1863-1865)
• Coventry local register (1876 & 1883)
• Daily advertiser and farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.) (1861)
• Daily Norwalk Gazette and Saturday’s Norwalk Record (1890-1891, 1893-1896)
• Daily palladium (New Haven, Conn. : 1859) (1862)
• East Haddam journal (1859-1861)
• East Lyme star (1866-1867)
• The Elm leaf (East Hartford, Conn.) (1863-1865, 1870-1871)
• The Evening farmer (Bridgeport, Conn.) (1865)
• Evening gazette (Norwalk, Conn.) (1896-1899)
• Fairfield County times (1879)
• Free soil advocate (1848)
• The Free soil pioneer (1848)
• Griswold Atom (1947)
• The Harrisonian (1840)
• The Home Guard news (1918)
• The Hopevale spectator (Hebron, Conn.) (1893)
• Housatonic Republican (Canaan, Conn.) (1857-1860)
• Independent (Canaan, Conn.) (1858)
• Jewish ledger (Springfield, Mass. : Hartford ed.) (1935 & 1938)
• The Knapsack (Hartford, Conn.) (1873-1875)
• Law and order (1893)
• Litchfield Republican (Litchfield, Conn. : 1847) (1847-1855)
• Local register (Coventry, Conn.) (1897)
• Meriden daily monitor (1872)
• Meriden literary recorder (1865-1870)
• Meriden recorder (1863-1865)
• Middlesex explorer (1856)
• National issue (1886)
• New Britain times (1859-1860)
• New-England examiner (1834)
• New Haven Daily Palladium (1862)
• New London chronicle (1862-1869)
• New-London daily star(1859-1860, 1862-1868)
• New Milford journal (1873-1874)
• New republic (1895-1896)
• Niantic herald (East Lyme, Conn.) (1888)
• The North and South (New Britain, Conn.) (1858)
• The North and South, and New Britain journal (1858-1859)
• Norwich spectator (Norwich, Conn. : 1829) (1829-1830)
• People (Danbury, Conn.) (1878)
• The People (New London, Conn.) (1821)
• Plainville News (Plainville, Conn. : 1874) (1874, 1877)
• Plainville News (Plainville, Conn. : 1889) (1889, 1897, 1907)
• The Rising star (Canton, Conn.) (1858)
• Riverside intelligence (Essex, Conn.) (1888)
• The Rockville republican (Vernon, Conn.) (1860)
• The Simsbury echo (1887-1888)
• The Simsbury siftings (1887)
• The Slaves cry (1844)
• The Soldiers’ record (1868-1871)
• The Southington news (1919)
• The Southington news, Northampton valley times (1907)
• Southport times (Fairfield, Conn.) (1879-1881)
• Stafford news letter (1859 & 1865)
• State guard (1855-1856)
• The State Guard News (1918-1919)
• State temperance journal (Meriden, Conn.) (1868-1870)
• State temperance journal (New London, Conn.) (1866-1867)
• State temperance journal and home visitor (1868)
• State temperance journal and Meriden weekly Republican (1868)
• Sunday herald (Waterbury, Conn.) (1889-1896)
• Temperance gem (1878)
• Thompsonville press (1880-1897, 1899-1922)
• Tolland County gazette (1854-1855, 1859-1860)
• Tolland County herald (1864-1865)
• Tolland County news (1865)
• Tolland County press (1871, 1873, 1875-1876)
• The Tolland County press and Stafford news letter (1867)
• Tolland County record (1861)
• The True citizen (1862-1866)
• Twenty-sixth (Camp Parapet, La. and New London, Conn.) (1863-1865)
• Ultimatum (New London, Conn.) (1837, 1838, 1842)
• Veterans journal and State Guard news (1919-1920)
• Voter (1909-1911)
• Weekly phoenix (Southington, Conn.) (1893)
• The West Hartford press (1929)
• Wethersfield farmer (Wethersfield, Conn. : 1886) (1886)
• Wethersfield farmer (Wethersfield, Conn. : 1889) (1889)
• Wethersfield weekly farmer (1886-1889)
• The Willimantic journal (1863-1865)
• Windsor herald (1886)
• Winsted sentinel (1907-1908)

County and Library Collections:
Fairfield County
Weston Library

• Weston Forum
• The Weston Forum
• Westport News

Hartford County
The Farmington Libraries

• Farmington Daily Herald
• Farmington Valley Herald
• Farmington Valley Herald And Journal

Windsor Locks Historical Society Digital Archive

• Windsor Locks Journal

Litchfield County
Scoville Memorial Library

• Lakeville Journal
• Millerton News
• Winsted Journal
• Connecticut News
• Connecticut Western News
• Sharon News
• The Lakeville Journal

Thomaston Public Library

• Thomaston Express 
• Express 
• Thomaston Express And Terryville Eagle 
• Connecticut Western 

Middlesex County
East Hampton Public Library 

• East Hampton News
• Oracle

New Haven County
Ansonia Historical Commission

• Evening Sentinel
• Ansonia Evening Sentinel
• The Evening Sentinel

James Blackstone Memorial Library 

• Branford Review 
• Branford Scrapbooks – New Haven Evening Register
• Branford Scrapbooks – New Haven Journal Courier 
• Branford Review And East Haven News
• Branford Opinion 
• Branford Opinion And Guilford Echo
• New Haven Journal and Courier
• Branford Gleaner 
• Suburban Spokesman 
• Branford Semi-Weekly Record 
• Branford News
• The Branford Record 
• East Haven News
• Guilford Echo

North Haven Public Library 

• Post 
• North Haven Post
• The North Haven Post
• North Haven Citizen

New London County
Stonington Historical Society

• Mirror-Journal
• Mystic Journal
• Mystic News
• Stonington Mirror
• Stonington Mirror and Mystic Journal
• The Mystic Journal
• The Mystic Standard
• The Mystic Standard and Stonington Review
• The Mystic Times
• The New London Chronicle
• The People
• The Stonington Mirror

Southington Library Historic Newspapers (1859-2009) 

• Southington Observer
• Southington Phoenix
• Southington News
• Canal Line Times
• Cheshire Courier
• Southington Mirror
• Southington Press
• Southington Reporter
• Connecticut journal
• Southington Sentinel
• The Southington Citizen

West Hartford Library Newspapers

• West Hartford News
• West Hartford Metropolitan News
• Metropolitan News
• Metropolitan Shopping News
• West Hartford LIFE

Student Collections:
Amity Regional High School – Woodbridge

• The Amity Trident

Berlin High School – Berlin

• Redcoat Review

Central Connecticut State University – New Britain

• Inferno
• Recorder

Charter Oak State College – New Britain

• The Update

Connecticut College – New London

• ConnCensus
• Satyagraha
• The College Herald
• The College Voice
• The Connecticut College News
• The Pundit

Fairfield University – Fairfield

• Tentative
• Fulcrum
• Stag
• University Voice 
• Mirror (1977-2013)

Glastonbury High School – Glastonbury

• Hawks Eye

Mitchell College – New London

• News

Northwest Catholic High School – West Hartford

• Northwest News

Post University – Waterbury

• Student News

Quinnipiac University – Hamden

• Quinnipiac Chronicle

Sacred Heart University – Fairfield

• Obelisk

Sacred Heart University – Fairfield

• Spectrum

Southern Connecticut State University – New Haven

• Southern News
• The Laurel Leaf
• The New Haven State Normal School Quarterly

Staples High School – Westport

• Inklings News

State Normal School at New Haven

• Laurel Leaf

Trinity College – Hartford

• Tripod

University of Bridgeport – Bridgeport

• The Scribe

University of Connecticut – Storrs

• Storrs Agricultural College Lookout (1896-1899)
• Connecticut Agricultural College Lookout (1899-1914)
• Connecticut Campus and Lookout (1915-1917)
• Connecticut Campus (1917-1955)
• Connecticut Daily Campus (1955-present)

University of Hartford – Hartford

• The Informer

University of New Haven – West Haven

• Charger Bulletin

University of St. Joseph – West Hartford

• Outlook
• News

Wesleyan University – Middletown

• Argus

• Argus

Western Connecticut State University – Danbury

• Echo

Yale University – New Haven

• Yale Daily News Historical Archive 
• Yale Banner
• Yale Herald

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Manchester Historical Society

• Manchester Evening Herald

Shelton Library System newspaper clipping scrapbooks

• Plumb Memorial Library Scrapbook (1923-1930) multiple newspapers
• Servicemen’s Scrapbook of Shelton Men & Women Serving in World War (1943-1945)

Watertown Historical Society Collection

• The Post – 12-03-1881
• The Post Boy – 1887
• Watertown Journal – 1888-1891
• The Sunday Republican – 09-15-1918
• Watertown News – 1913-1929
• Watertown Argus – 1-22-1937
• Town Times – 1947-2000

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Cobalt – Jenkins Journal (Company 181)
• Danbury – Squantz Reveille (Company 172)
• East Hampton – Camp Stuart Courier (Company 1194)
• East Hampton – Camp Stuart Courier (Company 1194)
• East Hampton – Stuart Gusher (Company 1194)
• East Hartland – Robinson Mountaineer (Company 180)
• East Hartland – Robinson Register (Company 180)
• East Hartland – Spectator (Company 180)
• East Hartland – Spectator Magazine (Company 180)
• East Hartland – Tunxis Press (Company 180)
• East Hartland – Tunxisonian (Company 180)
• Eastford – In Fernow (Company 183)
• Hampton – Camp Fernow News (Company 183)
• Hampton – Fernow Forum (Company 183)
• Killingworth – The Roosevelt Rambler (Company 171)
• New London – Thames Tattler (Company 190)
• Niantic – Camp Chapman Clarion (Company 177)
• Niantic – Camp Chapman News (Company 177)
• Niantic – Chapman Clarion (Company 177)
• Stafford Springs – Camp Graves News (Company 174)
• Stafford Springs – Nipmuck Sentinel (Company 174)
• Thomaston – Black Rocker (Company 175)
• Torrington – Camp Walcott Windbag (Company 176)
• Torrington – Mohawk Lookout (Company 173)
• Torrington – Walcott Warrior (Company 176)
• Torrington – Walcott Windbag (Company 176)
• Voluntown – Lonergan (Company 179)
• West Cornwall – Camp Cross Clarion (Company 182)
• West Cornwall – Cross Cut (Company 182)
• West Cornwall – Owl (Company 182)
• Winsted – Camp White Echo (Company 106)
• Winsted – Camp White Echo (Company 106)
• Winsted – Camp White Static (Company 106)
• Winsted – Camp White Transcript (Company 106)
• Winsted – Echo (Company 106)
• Winsted – Echo (Company 106)
• Winsted – Static (Company 106)
• Winsted – White Eagle (Company 106)

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Living Hand

Old Fulton New York Postcards

• Bridgeport CT Connecticut Workman (1901)
• Bridgeport CT Evening Farmer (1909-1917)
• Bridgeport CT La Sentinella (1920-1930)
• Bridgeport CT La Tribuna (1906-1908)
• Canaan CT Western News (1884-1922)
• Fairfield CT Record (1894-1899 )
• Hartford CT Bulletin (1949)
• Hartford CT Chronicle (1946-1948)
• Hartford CT Connecticut Courant (1788-1820)
• Hartford CT Connecticut Craftsman (1932)
• Hartford CT Examiner (1881-1888)
• Hartford CT Labor Standard (1894-1922)
• Hartford CT Weekly Examiner (1890-91,1894,1901)
• New Britan CT Herald (1920)
• New Haven CT Connecticut Labor Press (1918-1920)
• New Haven CT Indipendente (1906,1916-17,1922,1936)
• New Haven CT Labor News (1922-1923)
• New Haven CT Labor Press (1921-1925)
• New Haven CT Morning and Courier (1880-1908)
• New Haven CN Morning Journal and Courier (1880-1889)
• New Haven CT Workmens Advocate ()
• Newtown CT Bee (1907-1909)
• Norwich CT American Mechanic (1849)
• Norwich CT Bulletin (1910-1922)
• Norwich CT Liberty Bell (1867)
• Norwich CT Mechanics Operatives Laborers Advocate (1836-1837)
• Norwitch CT Bulletin (1910-1922)
• Ridgefield CT Citizen ()
• Salisbury CT Western News (1883)
• Southport CT Chronicle ( 1867-1903 )
• Southport CT Fairfield Advertiser (1884-1890 )
• Southport CT Pequot Record (1890)
• Southport CT Times (1879-1881 )
• Stafford CT News Letter (1865)
• Stafford CT News Letter 1865 (1865)
• Stafford Springs CT Press (1883-1922)
• Stafford Springs CT Tolland County Press (1883)
• Stamford CT American (1906)
• Waterbury CT Evening Democrat (1877-1908)
• Wilton CT. Bulletin (1937 -2003 

Small Town Papers

• The Hartford News

The Olden Times – Connecticut
Newspaper Abstracts – Connecticut
Other Free Sites:
Bethany

• Amity Star

Bridgeport

• Fairfield County Catholic

Hartford

• The Catholic Transcript – 2008-present

• Catholic Transcript 1958-1978
• Connecticut Courant Index 1764-1799

New London

• The Repository

Norwich

• Four County Catholic
• Norwich Spectator 1863

Waterbury

• Scovill Bulletin

Wilton

• Wilton Bulletin 

Windsor

• Windsor Town Crier