Missouri Online Historical Newspapers

There are over 4,700 newspapers that have been published in the Show Me 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 Missouri. 

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 June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Missouri 

• Aurora, Mo., 1911-1920 The menace. 
• Benton, Mo., 1901-1917 Scott County kicker. 
• Benton, Scott County, Mo., 1888-1901 The news boy. 
• Bowling Green [Mo., 1841-1845 The radical. 
• Bowling Green, Mo., 1833-1841 Salt River journal. 
• Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo., 1845-1852 Democratic banner. 
• Butler, Mo., 1881-1918 The Butler weekly times. 
• Butler, Mo., 1918-1950 The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. 
• Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1876-1909 The Cape Girardeau Democrat. 
• Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1911-1914 The Cape County herald. 
• Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1914-1914 The Cape weekly tribune. 
• Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1914-1918 The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. 
• Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1918-1919 The weekly tribune. 
• Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo., 1877-1878 The crisis. 
• Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo., 1878-19?? Weekly Chillicothe crisis. 
• City of Hannibal, Mo., 1850-1851 Western union. 
• City of Warsaw, Mo., 1845-1849 Saturday morning visitor. 
• Columbia, Mo., 1901-192? The professional world. 
• Columbia, Mo., 1908-1916 University Missourian. 
• Columbia, Mo., 1916-1917 The daily Missourian. 
• Columbia, Mo., 1917-1920 The Evening Missourian. 
• Columbia, Mo., 1920-1923 The Columbia evening Missourian. 
• Doniphan, Mo., 1905-1920 Ripley County democrat. 
• Farmington, Mo., 1874-1902 The Farmington times. 
• Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo., 1902-1905 The Farmington times and herald. 
• Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo., 1905-1926 The Farmington times. 
• Fayette, Mo., 1840-1848 Boon's Lick times. 
• Forsyth, Mo., 1895-1992 The Taney County republican. 
• Glasgow, Howard County, Mo., 1866-1869 Glasgow weekly times. 
• Glasgow, Mo., 1848-1861 Glasgow weekly times. 
• Glasgow, Mo., 1865-1866 The Howard union. 
• Hannibal, Mo., 1851-1852 Hannibal journal and western union. 
• Hannibal, Mo., 1852-1853 Hannibal journal. 
• Hannibal, Mo., 1853-1853 Hannibal journal. 
• Hayti, Mo., 1908-1922 The Hayti herald. 
• Hayti, Mo., 1922-1990 The Missouri herald. 
• Hermann, Mo., 1856-187? Hermanner Volksblatt. 
• Hermann, Mo., 1872-1873 Hermanner Volksblatt u. Gasconade Zeitung. 
• Hermann, Mo., 1873-187? Die Gasconade zeitung. 
• Hermann, Mo., 1875-1928 Hermanner Volksblatt. 
• Ironton, Iron County, Mo., 1867-1965 Iron County register. 
• Ironwood, Mich., 1906-19?? - Auttaja.
• Jackson, Mo., 1897-1911 The Jackson herald. 
• JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo., 1891-19?? World's cresset. 
• Jasper, Mo., 1898-1924 The Jasper news. 
• Jefferson City, Mo., 1871-1896 The state republican. 
• Jefferson City, Mo., 1872-1886 The state journal. 
• Kansas City, Mo., 1892-1897 Kansas City daily journal. 
• Kansas City, Mo., 1896-19?? The Rising son. 
• Kansas City, Mo., 1897-1928 Kansas City journal. 
• Kansas City, Mo., 1908-1924 The Kansas City sun. 
• Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo., 1878-current Chariton courier. 
• Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo., 1880-1949 Weekly graphic. 
• Laclede, Mo., 1890-1945 The Laclede blade. 
• Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., 1866-1875 The weekly Caucasian. 
• Lexington, Mo., 1871-1887 Lexington weekly intelligencer. 
• Lexington, Mo., 1887-1891 The intelligencer. 
• Lexington, Mo., 1891-1901 The weekly intelligencer. 
• Lexington, Mo., 1901-1949 The Lexington intelligencer. 
• Mansfield, Wright County, Mo., 1908-1912 The Mansfield press. 
• Mansfield, Wright County, Mo., 1908-1957 Mansfield mirror. 
• Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo., 1881-1923 Marble Hill press. 
• Marshall, Mo., 1892-1899 The Saline republican. 
• Marshall, Saline County, Mo., 1899-1914 The Marshall republican. 
• Memphis, Mo., 1891-1895 The Farmers' union. 
• Mexico, Audrain County, Mo., 1899-1918 Mexico Missouri message. 
• Mexico, Mo., 1855-1956 Mexico weekly ledger. 
• Monett, Mo., 1899-1939 The Monett times. 
• Monroe City, Mo., 1888-1919 Monroe City Democrat. 
• Montgomery City, Mo., 1892-1910 The Montgomery tribune. 
• Oregon, Mo., 1865-1880 The Holt County sentinel. 
• Oregon, Mo., 1881-1883 The County paper. 
• Oregon, Mo., 1883-1980 The Holt County sentinel. 
• Potosi, Mo., 1894-1929 Potosi journal. 
• Rich Hill, Mo., 1900-1902 The tribune. 
• Rich Hill, Mo., 1903-1911 The Rich Hill tribune. 
• Richmond, Ray County, Mo., 1873-1906 Richmond democrat. 
• Savannah, Mo., 1871-1876 The Andrew County Republican. 
• Sedalia, Mo., 187?-1904 The Sedalia weekly bazoo. 
• Sedalia, Mo., 1903-1909 Sedalia weekly conservator. 
• St. Joseph, Mo., 1906-1932 The St. Joseph observer. 
• St. Louis, Mo., 1888-1919 The St. Louis Republic. 
• Ste. Genevieve [Mo.], 1872-1961 Fair play. 
• Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., 1865-1873 The Lincoln County herald. 
• Troy, Mo., 1873-1890 The Troy herald. 
• Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo., 1879-1881 Osage Valley banner. 
• Versailles, Mo., 1900-1906 Morgan County democrat. 
• Versailles, Mo., 1906-1914 Morgan County republican. 
• Westphalia, Mo., 1896-1917 Osage County Volksblatt. 

Google News Archive

• Canton - Press-News Journal
• Cape Girardeau - Southeast Weekly Bulletin
• Cape Girardeau - The Southeast Missourian
• Cape Girardeau - The Daily Republican
• Cape Girardeau - Bulletin Journal
• Cape Girardeau - Cape Girardeau Bulletin
• Cuba - Cuba Free Press
• Excelsior Springs - The Excelsior Springs Standard
• Nevada - Nevada Mail and Herald
• Nevada - Nevada Mail
• Nevada - The Nevada Daily Mail and Evening Post
• Nevada - The Nevada Daily Mail
• Paris - Monroe Appeal County
• Paris - Monroe County Appeal
• Saint Joseph - Daily Morning Herald
• St Joseph - St. Joseph Daily Herald
• St Joseph - The St. Joseph Daily Gazette
• St Joseph - St. Daily Joseph Gazette
• St Joseph - Morning Daily Herald
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph Gazette
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph Weekly News
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph News-Press
• St. Joseph - The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette
• St. Joseph - The Sunday News-Press
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph Sunday Herald
• St. Joseph - The St. Joseph Daily News
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph Herald
• St. Joseph - The St. Joseph Gazette-Herald
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph News and Press
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette
• St. Joseph - The St. Joseph Weekly Herald
• St. Joseph - St. Joseph Sunday Gazette-Herald
• St. Joseph - The St. Joseph Sunday Gazette
• St. Joseph - The Gazette

Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1929

• Boonville Weekly Advertiser (Jan 2, 1880-Dec 30, 1927)
• Boonville Eagle (May 2, 1868-July 12, 1878)
• Boonville Observer (March 13, 1844-March 18, 1854)
• Boonville Observer (March 25, 1854-December 27, 1856)
• Boonville Western Emigrant (January 10, 1839-March 26, 1840)
• Columbia Missouri Intelligencer (May 4, 1830-December 12, 1835)
• Columbia University Missourian (September 14, 1908-August 1, 1916)
• Columbia Missourian (August 2, 1916-December 30, 1922)
• Columbia Missourian (January 2, 1923-December 31, 1929)
• Columbia Statesman (1843-1886)
• Fayette Missouri Intelligencer (June 29, 1826-April 9, 1830)
• Franklin Missouri Intelligencer (April 23, 1819-June 16, 1826)
• Jackson Independent Patriot (December 23, 1820-December 15, 1826)
• Jackson Missouri Herald (August 13, 1819-August 26, 1820)
• Jefferson City Inquirer (September 10, 1840-January 26, 1861)
• Jefferson City Jeffersonian Republican (April 30, 1831-August 10, 1844)
• Jefferson City People's Tribune (October 4, 1865-December 25, 1878)
• Jefferson City People's Tribune (January 1, 1879-December 26, 1883)
• Jefferson City Daily Tribune (January 1, 1875-December 30, 1926)
• Jefferson City Weekly Tribune (January 2, 1884-December 31, 1884; January 4, 1888-December 27, 1888)
• Liberty Tribune (April 4, 1846-January 29, 1869)
• St. Louis Missouri Argus (May 22, 1835-July 4, 1840)
• St. Louis Missouri Gazette (July 26, 1808-March 6, 1822)
• St. Louis Missouri Republican (March 20, 1822-December 23, 1828)

Historic Newspapers Collection 1835-1975 (By County)

• Adair - Kirksville North Missouri Tribune & Register (1870-1879)
• Adair - Kirksville Weekly Graphic (1880-1896)
• Andrew - Savannah Andrew County Republican (1871-1876)
• Audrain - Mexico Missouri Message (1899-1918)
• Audrain - Mexico Weekly Ledger (1876-1922)
• Barry - The Monett Times (1909-1910; 1912-1922)
• Barry - Wheaton Journal (1919-1994)
• Barton - Lamar South-West Missourian (1870-1874)
• Bates - Butler Bates County Record (1868-1878)
• Bates - Rich Hill Tribune (1901-1910)
• Bates - The Butler Weekly Times & The Bates County Record (1918-1922)
• Bates - The Butler Weekly Times (1881-1918)
• Benton - Warsaw Saturday Morning Visitor (1848-1849)
• Bollinger - Marble Hill Press (1889-1922)
• Boone - Columbia Missourian (1908-1922)
• Boone - Columbia Missourian (1929; 1966-1985)
• Boone - Columbia Professional World (1901-1903)
• Buchanan - Catholic Tribune & Conception Star (1889-1924)
• Buchanan - Missouri Valley Independent/Fraternalist (1923-1927)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Commercial Cycle/Adventure (1850-1851;1855-1856)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Daily Herald/Weekly Herald and Weekly Herald and Tribune/St. Joseph Dollar Herald (1862-1877; 1880-1900)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Eye (1909-1911; 1913-1916)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Gazette (1879-1902)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Journal (1939-1950)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Morning Herald (1862-1865)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Observer (1915-1922; 1906-1914; 1923-1935)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Standard (1871-1873)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Stock Yard Journal/Journal of Livestock & Agriculture (1940-1951; 1954; 1965-1966)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Times Review (1954-1955)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Union (1869-1870; 1876; 1890; 1909-1921)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Union-Observer (1933-1966)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat (1859-1861)
• Buchanan - St. Joseph Weekly West (1859-1860)
• Callaway - Fulton Telegraph (1863-1880)
• Cape Girardeau - Cape Girardeau Democrat (1891-1901)
• Cape Girardeau - Jackson Herald/Cape County Herald/Cape Weekly Tribune (1901-1918)
• Cape Girardeau - Jackson Missouri Cash Book (1871-1878)
• Carroll - Carrollton Wakenda Record (1872-1878)
• Carter - Carter County Journal (1914)
• Carter - Carter County News (1921-1926)
• Carter - Grandin Herald (1905-1909)
• Carter - Van Buren Current Local (1884-1994)
• Carter - Van Buren Echo (1904-1905)
• Cass - Pleasant Hill Leader (1869-1873)
• Cedar - Stockton Journal (1916-1917)
• Chariton - Chariton Courier (1878-1922)
• Chariton - Weekly Brunswicker (1854-1857)
• Clinton - Plattsburg Leader (1895-1964)
• Clinton - The Cameron Sun and Weekly Observer (1887-1889; 1902-1904; 1914-1974)
• Clinton - The Lathrop Optimist (1911-1964)
• Cole - Jefferson City Missouri State Times (1863-1870)
• Cole - Jefferson City Peoples' Tribune (1865-1878)
• Cole - Jefferson City State Journal (1872-1878)
• Cole - Jefferson City State Republican (1890-1896)
• Cole - Lincoln University Clarion (1935-1975)
• Cole - The Word and the Way (1896-1979)
• Cooper - Boonville Weekly Observer (1854-1856)
• Crawford - Crawford County Democrat (1896-1905)
• Crawford - Crawford County Mirror (1872-1873; 1879-1882; 1884-1886; 1889-1896; 1898-1922)
• Crawford - Cuba Review and Telephone (1902-1931; 1934; 1937-1938; 1940-1941; 1944-1945)
• Crawford - Steeleville Leger (1905-1922)
• Dallas - Buffalo Reflex (1869-1873)
• Daviess - Gallatin North Missourian (1864-1874)
• Dent - Salem Monitor (1872-1920)
• Dent - Salem Post and Democratic Bulletin (1901-1946)
• Douglas - Douglas County Herald (1887-1923)
• Franklin - Franklin County Observer (1893-1926)
• Franklin - Franklin County Record (1874-1890)
• Franklin - Franklin County Tribune/Tribune-Republican (1887-1919; 1923-1966)
• Franklin - Gerald Journal (1915-1965)
• Franklin - New Haven Leader (1903-1964)
• Franklin - Pacific City Herald (1889-1891)
• Franklin - Pacific Our County Paper (1882-1887)
• Franklin - Pacific Transcript (1895-1898; 1901-1933)
• Franklin - St. Clair Chronicle (1927-1977)
• Franklin - St. Clair Ozark News (1940-1952)
• Franklin - Sullivan News (1910-1966)
• Franklin - Sullivan Sentinel (1901-1914)
• Franklin - Tribune-Republican (1890-1895)
• Franklin - Union Republican Headlight (1904; 1914-1919)
• Franklin - Union Republican Tribune (1919-1922)
• Franklin - Washington Citizen (1905-1939; 1943-1965)
• Franklin - Washington Missourian (1939-1964)
• Gasconade - Bland Courier (1904-1951; 1963-1966)
• Gasconade - Die Gasconade Zeitung (1873-1874)
• Gasconade - Gasconade County Republican (1896-1898; 1903-1922; 1925-1966)
• Gasconade - Hermann Advertiser and Advertiser-Courier (1875-1922)
• Gasconade - Hermanner Volksblatt u. Gasconade Zeitung (1872-1873)
• Gasconade - Hermanner Volksblatt (1860-1872)
• Gasconade - Hermanner Volksblatt (1875-1879; 1923-1928)
• Gasconade - Hermanner Volksblatt (1875-1922)
• Gasconade - Licht-Freund (1843-1845)
• Gentry - Albany Capital (1901-1957)
• Gentry - Albany Ledger (1868-1871; 1882-1966)
• Gentry - Darlington Record (1891-1907)
• Gentry - King City Chronicle (1893-1947)
• Gentry - King City Democrat (1898-1899; 1903; 1905-1918)
• Gentry - McFall Mirror (1894-95; 1903; 1905; 1914-1917; 1920)
• Gentry - Stanberry Headlight-Owl/Stanberry Headlight (1898-1975)
• Gentry - Stanberry Herald (1914-1925)
• Gentry - Tri-County News (1920-1975)
• Greene - Springfield Leader (1867-1878)
• Greene - Springfield Mirror (1856-1859)
• Greene - Springfield Missouri Weekly Patriot (1865-1876)
• Greene - Walnut Grove Tribune (1904-1918)
• Grundy - Grand River/Trenton Republican (1869-1878)
• Henry - Calhoun Clarion (1902-1918)
• Henry - Deepwater World (1901-1903; 1914-1918)
• Henry - Henry County Democrat (1875-1883; 1893-1895; 1898-1966)
• Henry - Henry County Republican (1891-1910)
• Henry - Montrose Recorder (1901-1918)
• Henry - Montrose Tidings (1919-1943)
• Henry - The Clinton Advocate (1874-1875; 1883; 1886-1887; 1889-1901)
• Henry - The Clinton Eye (1885-1966)
• Henry - The Windsor Review (1876-1966)
• Henry - Urich Herald (1893-1957)
• Henry - Urich Herald-Montrose Tidings (1957-1966)
• Hickory - Hermitage Index (1885-1964)
• Holt - Oregon Holt County Sentinel (1865-1921)
• Howard - Boon's Lick Times and Glasgow Weekly Times (1840-1869)
• Howard - Missouri Intelligencer (1819-1830)
• Howell - Howell County Gazette (1898-1945)
• Howell - Mountain View Standard (1909-1924)
• Howell - West Plains Journal (1905-1946)
• Iron - Iron County Register (1867-1879)
• Iron - Iron County Register (1880-1922)
• Jackson - Kansas City Daily Journal of Commerce (1865-1871; 1873-1878)
• Jackson - Kansas City Journal (1895-1899)
• Jackson - Kansas City Rising Son (1903-1907)
• Jackson - Kansas City Sun (1914-1920)
• Jackson - The Word and the Way (1896-1979)
• Jasper - Carthage Banner (1866-1879)
• Jasper - Jasper News (1901-1922)
• Jasper - Webb City Register (1903-1910; 1914-1917)
• Knox - Edina Sentinel (1869-1875)
• Lafayette - Lexington Missouri Valley Register (1866-1869)
• Lafayette - Lexington Weekly Intelligencer (1872-1887)
• Lafayette - The Intelligencer (1887-1891)
• Lafayette - The Lexington Intelligencer (1901-1922)
• Lafayette - The Weekly Caucasian (1866-1875)
• Lafayette - The Weekly Intelligencer (1891-1901)
• Lawrence - Cassville Republican (1890-1946)
• Lawrence - Lawrence Chieftain (1876-1919)
• Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Fountain and Journal (1874-1880)
• Lawrence - The Menace (1911-1919)
• Lewis - Canton Press (1862-1877)
• Lincoln - Troy Lincoln County Herald (1866-1878)
• Linn - Brookfield Gazette (1867-1874)
• Linn - Laclede Blade (1902-1922)
• Livingston - The Crisis (1877-1878)
• Livingston - Weekly Chillicothe Crisis (1878-1885)
• Macon - Bevier Appeal (1901-1921)
• Macon - La Plata Home Press (1876-1945)
• Macon - La Plata Republican (1913-1925)
• Macon - Macon Citizen (1898-1901)
• Macon - Macon Daily Chronicle (1910-1926)
• Macon - Macon Daily Chronicle-Herald/Macon Chronicle-Herald (1926-1956)
• Macon - Macon Daily Herald (1913-1916)
• Macon - Macon Gazette (1862-1865)
• Macon - Macon Republican (1871-1929)
• Macon - Macon Times/Macon-Times Democrat/The Daily Times (1889-1916)
• Macon - New Cambria Leader (1914-1958)
• Macon - The Daily Times (1890)
• Macon - The Missouri Granger (1874-1876)
• Maries - Vienna Banner of Liberty and Vienna Courier (1873-1875)
• Marion - Hannibal Journal (1853)
• Marion - Hannibal Journal/Western Union (1850-1853)
• Marion - Hannibal Messenger (1854-1859)
• Marion - Marion County Herald (1883-1925)
• Marion - Marion County Standard (1925-1941)
• Marion - Palmyra Spectator (1863-1956)
• Marion - Palmyra Whig (1854-1859)
• Miller - Tuscumbia Osage Valley Banner (1879-1881)
• Mississippi - Charleston Courier (1859-1875)
• Moniteau - California Loyal Missourian/Loyal Journal/Moniteau Journal (1866-1875)
• Moniteau - Californial Maniteau County Democrat/Californial Democrat (1870-1876)
• Moniteau - Californial Weekly News and Central Missourian (1858-1868)
• Monroe - Monroe City Democrat (1898-1919)
• Montgomery - Montgomery Tribune (1900-1910)
• Morgan - Versailles Morgan County Democrat and Morgan County Republican (1903-1914)
• Newton - Neosho Times (1870-1876)
• Nodaway - Maryville Nodaway Democrat (1869-1877)
• Oregon - Oregon County Democrat (1901-1905)
• Oregon - Oregon County Leader and Times and Times Leader (1903-1904; 1908; 1912-1946)
• Oregon - Oregon County South Missourian-Democrat (1898-1923)
• Oregon - Thayer News (1919-1945)
• Osage - Osage County Volksblatt (1899-1917)
• Ozark - Ozark County News and Weekly News (1883; 1887; 1889-1904)
• Ozark - Ozark County Times (1901-1923)
• Pemiscot - Caruthersville Republican and Caruthersville Journal (1917-1919; 1925-1964)
• Pemiscot - Democrat Argus/Gayosco Democrat/Democrat/Twice-A-Week Democrat (1891-1906; 1908-1966)
• Pemiscot - Hayti Herald (1909-1922)
• Pemiscot - Missouri Hayti Herald (1922-1966)
• Pemiscot - Steele Enterprise (1922-1953; 1957-1966)
• Pemiscot - The Critic (1915)
• Pemiscot - The Pemiscot Argus (1905-1921)
• Pemiscot - The Southeast Scrimitar/Pemiscot Press (1901-1906; 1908)
• Pettis - Sedalia Democratic Press/Democrat/Weekly Democrat (1868-1878)
• Pettis - Sedalia Weekly Bazoo (1877-1893)
• Pettis - Sedalia Weekly Conservator (1903-1908)
• Phelps - Missouri Sharp Shooter (1900-1911)
• Phelps - Rolla Herald (1877-1953)
• Phelps - Rolla Weekly Herald (1869-1876)
• Pike - Bowling Green Salt River Journal/Radical/Democratic Banner (1839-1851)
• Platte - Platte County Reveille (1866-1871)
• Platte - Weston Border Times (1864-1870)
• Polk - Bolivar Free Press (1868-1875)
• Pulaski - Pulaski County Democrat (1902-1914; 1916-1917)
• Randolph - Higbee News (1949)
• Randolph - Randolph Citizen (1855-1861)
• Ray - Richmond Democrat (1879-1888)
• Reynolds - Ellington Press (1906-1926)
• Ripley - Doniphan Prospect (1874-1878)
• Ripley - Ripley County Democrat (1905-1918)
• Saint Charles - St. Charles Demokrat (1852-1878)
• Saint Charles - Wentzville Union (1914-1968)
• Saint Clair - Osceola Herald (1866-1873)
• Saint Francois - The Farmington Times & Herald (1902-1905)
• Saint Francois - The Farmington Times (1898-1902)
• Saint Francois - The Farmington Times (1905-1922)
• Saint Louis - Missouri Gazette (1808-1823)
• Saint Louis - St. Louis Daily Missouri Republican (1854-1869)
• Saint Louis - St. Louis Missouri Republican (1869-1872)
• Saint Louis - St. Louis Republic (1900-1905)
• Saint Louis - St. Louis Republican (1873-1876)
• Sainte Genevieve - Sainte Genevieve Fair Play (1872-1921)
• Saline - Marshall Democrat (1858-1861)
• Saline - Marshall Republican (1898-1914)
• Saline - Marshall Saline County Progress (1868-1876)
• Schuyler - Lancaster Excelsior (1866-1875)
• Scotland - Memphis Reveille (1865-1869; 1873-1877)
• Scotland - The Farmers' Union (1891-1895)
• Scott - Benton News Boy (1894-1897)
• Scott - Benton Scott County Kicker (1901-1917)
• Scott - Commerce Dispatch (1867-1872)
• Shannon - Shannon County Current Wave (1884-1922)
• Shannon - Shannon County Democrat (1903-1904; 1910-1946)
• Shelby - Clarence Courier (1901-1922)
• Shelby - Clarence Republican and Farmers Favorite (1898-1899; 1901; 1913)
• Shelby - Hunnewell Graphic (1896-1920)
• Shelby - Shelbina Democrat (1870-1922)
• Shelby - Shelbina Torchlight (1890-1920)
• Taney - The Taney County Republican (1895-1920)
• Texas - World's Cresset (1903-1918)
• Warren - Der Missionar (1881-1883)
• Warren - Marthasville News (1896-1897)
• Warren - Marthasville Record (1901-1966)
• Warren - Warrenton Banner (1868-1872; 1902-1968)
• Warren - Warrenton Herald (1898-1905)
• Warren - Warrenton Volksfreund (1902-1918)
• Washington - Potosi Journal (1894-1922)
• Worth - Grant City Star (1871-1877)
• Wright - Mansfield Mirror (1912-1922)
• Wright - The Mansfield Press (1908-1909)

Missouri Digital Heritage - Newspapers 1835-1975 (some overlap with above collection)

• Albany Capital
• Albany Ledger
• Bevier Appeal
• Bland Courier
• Bolivar Free Press
• Boonville Weekly Observer
• Border Star Newspaper [also Weekly Border Star]
• Brookfield Gazette
• Brunswick Weekly Brunswicker
• Buffalo Reflex
• Butler Bates County Record
• California Loyal Missourian, Loyal Journal, and Moniteau Journal
• California Moniteau County Democrat and California Democrat
• Cameron Sun
• Canton Press
• Cape Girardeau Argus
• Carrollton Wakenda Record
• Carter County Journal
• Carter County News
• Carthage Banner
• Caruthersville Democrat, Twice-a-week Democrat, and Democrat-Argus
• Caruthersville Southeast Scimitar and Pemiscot Press
• Cassville Republican
• Catholic Tribune and Conception Star
• Charleston Courier
• Clarence Courier
• Clarence Republican
• Clinton Advocate
• Clinton Eye
• Columbia Missourian
• Commerce Dispatch
• Current Local
• Daily Evening Herald and Commercial Advertiser
• Darlington Record
• Doniphan Prospect
• Edina Sentinel
• Far West
• Franklin County Observer
• Franklin County Record
• Franklin County Tribune
• From the Darkroom: Springfield's Historic Newspaper Photographs
• Fulton Telegraph
• Gallatin North Missourian
• Gasconade County Republican
• Gerald Journal
• German Language Newspapers
• Grand River and Trenton Republican
• Grandin Herald
• Grant City Star
• Hannibal Clipper
• Hannibal Courier-Post
• Hannibal Messenger
• Hayti Critic
• Hayti Pemiscot Argus
• Hermann Advertiser and Advertiser-Courier
• Hermitage Index
• Higbee News
• Hunnewell Graphic
• Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers
• Iron County Register
• Jackson Missouri Cash-Book
• Jefferson City Missouri State Times
• Jefferson City Peoples' Tribune
• Kansas City Daily Journal of Commerce
• Kansas City Journal
• Kansas City Journal-Post's Diamond Jubilee Section
• King City Chronicle
• King City Democrat
• King City Tri-County News
• Kirksville North Missouri Tribune and Register
• La Plata Home Press
• La Plata Republican
• Lamar South-west Missourian
• Lancaster Excelsior
• Lathrop Optimist
• Lawrence Chieftain
• Lexington Missouri Valley Register
• Liberty Banner (March 3, 1844)
• Liberty Tribune
• Lincoln University Clarion, 1935-1975
• M.S.U. Independent
• Macon Argus
• Macon Bevier Appeal
• Macon Chronicle-Herald
• Macon Citizen
• Macon Daily Chronicle
• Macon Daily Herald
• Macon Gazette
• Macon Granger
• Macon Republican
• Macon Times
• Marion County Herald
• Marion County Standard
• Marshall Democrat
• Marshall Republican
• Marshall Saline County Progress
• Marthasville News
• Marthasville Record
• Maryville Nodaway Democrat
• McFall Mirror
• Memphis Reveille
• Missouri Sharp Shooter
• Missouri Valley Independent and the Fraternalist
• Montgomery Tribune
• MSU Student Newspaper - The Standard
• Mt. Vernon Fountain and Journal
• Neosho Times
• New Cambria Leader
• New Haven Leader
• Osceola Herald
• Our County Paper
• Pacific City Herald
• Pacific Transcript
• Palmyra Spectator
• Palmyra Whig
• Phelps County New Era
• Platte County Reveille
• Plattsburg Leader
• Pleasant Hill Leader
• Pulaski County Democrat
• Randolph Citizen
• Rolla Express
• Rolla Herald
• Rolla New Era
• Rolla Weekly Herald
• Scott County Kicker
• Sedalia Democratic Press, Democrat, and Sedalia Weekly Democrat
• Sedalia Weekly Bazoo
• Sedalia Weekly Conservator
• Shelbina Democrat
• Shelbina Torchlight
• Springfield Leader
• Springfield Mirror
• Springfield Missouri Weekly Patriot
• St. Charles Demokrat
• St. Clair Chronicle
• St. Clair Ozark News
• St. Joseph Adventure and Commercial Cycle
• St. Joseph Eye
• St. Joseph Gazette
• St. Joseph Herald
• St. Joseph Journal
• St. Joseph Morning Herald
• St. Joseph Observer
• St. Joseph Standard
• St. Joseph Stock Yard Journal
• St. Joseph Times Review
• St. Joseph Union
• St. Joseph Union-Observer
• St. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat
• St. Louis Christian Advocate
• St. Louis Daily Missouri Republican, 1854-1872
• St. Louis Missouri Republican
• St. Louis Palladium
• St. Louis Republican
• Stanberry Headlight-Owl
• Stanberry Herald
• Sullivan News
• Sullivan Sentinel
• Union Republic Headlight
• Union Republican Tribune
• Unofficial MSU Student Newspapers
• Van Buren Current Local
• Van Buren Echo
• Vienna Courier
• Walnut Grove Tribune
• Warrenton Banner
• Warrenton Herald
• Washington Citizen
• Washington Missourian
• Webb City Register
• Weekly California News and Central Missourian
• Wentzville Union
• Weston Border Times
• Wheaton Journal
• Windsor Review
• Word and Way and Central Baptist

County and Library Collections:

Grundy County
Grundy County Library

• Grundy County Gazette 
• Trenton Times
• Trenton Republican Tribune
• Trenton Tribune
• Trenton Republican Times 
• Trenton Weekly Republican Tribune 
• Daily Evening Republican
• Daily Evening Republican Star 
• Grand River Republican 
• Trenton Times Republican
• Grundy County Gazette 
• Grundy County Gazette 
• The Republic 
• Laredo Tribune
• Trenton Weekly Tribune 
• Trenton Times News 
• Trenton Weekly News
• Trenton Times Weekly News 
• Rambler
• Trenton Weekly Times
• Trenton Weekly Republican 
• Trenton Republican
• Western Pioneer 
• Republican Times 
• Republican Times And Grundy County Gazette
• Daily Star Journal

Putnam County
Putnam County Library

• Lucerne Standard 
• Chronicle 
• Powersville Record 
• Unionville Democrat 
• Putnam County Leader 
• New Century 
• Putnam County Journal 
• Putnam Journal 
• Unionville Weekly Republican 
• Unionville Republican 

• Unionville Weekly Republican And Putnam County Ledger 
• Putnam Ledger 
• Unionville Republican And Putnam County Journal 
• Unionville Weekly Argus 
• Worthington Gazette 

Chillicothe Constitution Tribune Archives

• Chillicothe Constitution (1889 - 1976)
• Chillicothe Constitution Tribune (1927 - 2009)
• Chillicothe Morning Constitution (1889 - 1890)
• Chillicothe Weekly Constitution (1902 - 1920)

Jefferson County Newspaper Index

Scenic Regional Library (Franklin, Gasconade, and Warren counties) 

• Licht-Freund -  1843-1845
• Hermamaner Volksblatt u. Gasconade Zeitung -  1872-1873
• Hermanner Wochenblatt -  1872-1873
• Franklin County Record -  1874-1890
• Hermanner Volksblatt -  1875-1879, 1923-1928
• Hermann Advertiser and Advertiser-Courier -  1875-1922
• Pacific Our County Paper -  1882-1887
• Franklin County Tribune -  1887-1919, 1927-1966
• Pacific City Herald -  1889-1891
• Pacific Transcript -  1895-1921, 1923-1933
• Warrenton Herald -  1898-1905
• Sullivan Sentinel -  1901-1914
• Warrenton Volksfreund -  1902-1918
• Warrenton Banner -  1902-1968
• New Haven Leader -  1903-1918
• Sullivan News -  1910-1952, 1955-1966
• Washington Citizen -  1924-1939,1943-1965
• St. Clair Chronicle -  1927-1977
• Die Gasconade Zeitung -  1873-1874
• Der Missionar -  1881-1883
• Franklin County Observer -  1893-1926
• Marthasville News -  1896-1897
• Gasconade County Republican -  1897-1898,1903-1905,1918-1921,1925-1966
• Tribune-Republican -  1897-1919, 1927-1966
• Marthasville Record -  1901-1966
• Union Republican Headlight -  1904-1919
• Bland Courier -  1904-1951, 1963-1966
• Union Republican Tribune -  1919-1922
• The Gerald Journal -  1922-1928, 1962-1965
• The Washington Missourian -  1939-1964

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Springfield-Greene County Library - Ozarks News and Historical Newspaper Index

• Advertiser
• Daily News
• Gateway Heritage
• Greene County Commonwealth
• Leader & Press
• Missouri Municipal Review
• Missouri Weekly Patriot
• News-Leader
• OzarksWatch
• Springfield Business Journal
• Springfield Newspaper
• The Leader
• The Ozarks Mountaineer​

Student Collections:

Avila University - Kansas City

• Avila Collegian
• Avila Examiner
• The Gleam
• The Scope

Fontbonne University - St. Louis

• Font

Francis Howell Central High School - St. Charles

• The Central Focus

Jefferson City High School - Jefferson City

• Red and Black

Lincoln High School - Kansas City

• Lincolnite

​Lindenwood University - St. Charles

• Under the Lindens (1898 - 1899)
• Linden Barks (1920 - 1921)
• Linden Bark (1924 - 1969)
• Ibis (1969 - 1980)
• Lindenwood Ledger (1980 - 1984)
• Linden World (1985 - 1997)
• Sibley Standard (1993)
• LU Chronicle (1998 - 1999)
• Legacy (2006 - Present)
• Ignite (2008 - 2009)
• LUX (2009 - 2010)

Maryville University - St. Louis

• Gong
• Summit

Missouri State University - Springfield

• ​Standard 
• Unofficial Titles

Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rolla

• Missouri Miner

Missouri Western State University - St. Joseph

• Griffon Weekly

Northwest Missouri State University - Maryville

• Northwest Missourian
• Northwest Missourian
• The Green and White Courier

Parkway Central High School - Chesterfield

• The Corral

Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardieu

• Southeast Arrow

St. Louis Community College - Forest Park

• The Scene

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

• The Montage

St. Louis Country Day School - St. Louis

• Country Day News

St. Louis University - St. Louis

• The University News

St. Louis University High School - St. Louis

• Prep News

Truman State University - Kirksville

• The Index

University of Central Missouri - Warrensburg

• Muleskinner

University of Missouri - Columbia

• Maneater
• MSU Independent

University of Missouri - Kansas City

• ​University News

University of Missouri - St. Louis

• Tiger Cub
• Mizzou News
• Current

 Washington University - St. Louis

• Student Life
• Washington University Record

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

German Language Newspapers

• Der Missionar
• Die Gasconade Zeitung
• Hermanner Volksblatt
• Hermanner Volksblatt u Gasconade Zeitung
• Hermanner WochenBlatt
• Licht-freund
• Warrenton Volksfreund

Independent Voices - Alternative Press

• Underwood

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1941​

• Berryman - Lost Creek Lyre (Company 3733)
• Blue Springs - Camp Cutting Comet (Company 3773)
• Bunker - Company Attention (Company 1730)
• Columbia - Columbian (Company 3745)
• DeSoto - C.C.C. Call (Company 1743)
• Ellington - Deer Run Diary (Company 734)
• Ellington - Deer Runner (Company 734)
• Kahoka - Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
• Kahoka - Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
• Kahoka - Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
• Kahoka - Khok Camp News (Company 3745)
• Kaiser - Lakeside Echoes (Company 1756)
• Kirksville - Flying Colors (Company 3775)
• Kirksville - Flying Colors (Company 774)
• Mt. Vernon - Chronicle (Company 1729)
• Mt. Vernon - Herald (Company 3774)
• Trenton - Camp Crowder (Company 767)
• Warrensburg - Boomerang (Company 1771)
• Wentzville - Daniel Boone Record (Company 3747)

​Small Town Papers

• Cuba Free Press Cuba, Missouri
• The Excelsior Springs Standard Excelsior Springs, Missouri
• Monroe County Appeal Paris, Missouri
• Press-News Journal Canton, Missouri
• Lewis County Journal Canton
• Madison Times Madison
• Paris Mercury Paris
• Press News Canton

The Olden Times - Missouri

Newspaper Abstracts - Missouri

Other Free Sites:

Cape Girardeau

• Southeast Missourian 

Chillicothe

• Chillicothe Constitution Tribune 

Independence

• Evening & Morning Star 

Jefferson City

• Jefferson City  The Catholic Missourian - Present

Kansas City​

• Western Messenger
• Workers World

Springfield

• Springfield  The Mirror 

​St. Louis

• Christian Evangelist 
• Daily Missouri Democrat
• Forward St. Louis
• Journal of Agriculture
• Pastoral Blatt 
• St. Louis Argus 
• St. Louis Globe Democrat (clippings)
• St. Louis Weekly Reveille
• Saint Louis County Watchman Advocate (Index only)
• Shepherd of the Valley