District of Columbia Online Historical Newspapers

There are almost 800 newspapers that have been published in "DC" - 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 the District of Columbia.

​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)

District-wide Collections:
Chronicling America – District of Columbia

• Alexandria [Va.], 1822-1822 – The Alexandria gazette. [volume]
• Alexandria, D.C., 1834-1974 – Alexandria gazette.
• Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C., 1909-19?? – The weekly news.
• Barre, Vt., 1903-1920 – Cronaca sovversiva.
• City of Washington [D.C.], 1853-1856 – Washington sentinel.
• City of Washington [D.C.], 1857-1859 – The Washington union.
• Washington [D.C., 1850-1852 – The southern press.
• Washington [D.C.], 1841-1869 – Weekly national intelligencer.
• Washington [D.C.], 1845-1857 – The daily union.
• Washington [D.C.], 1847-1860 – The national era.
• Washington [D.C.], 1849-1853 – The republic. volume
• Washington [D.C.], 1851-1851 – American telegraph.
• Washington [D.C.], 1851-1852 – Daily American telegraph.
• Washington [D.C.], 1852-1854 – Daily evening star.
• Washington [D.C.], 1853-1855 – Washington sentinel.
• Washington [D.C.], 1857-1857 – The American.
• Washington [D.C.], 1866-1887 – The Sunday herald.
• Washington [D.C.], 1887-1896 – The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer.
• Washington [D.C.], 1897-1901 – The times.
• Washington [D.C.], 1901-1902 – The Washington times.
• Washington [D.C.], 1902-1939 – The Washington times.
• Washington City (D.C.), 1872-1888 – National Republican.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1800-1810 – The National intelligencer and Washington advertiser.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1837-1845 – The Madisonian.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1866-1870 – The national Republican.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1870-1872 – Daily national Republican.
• Washington City [D.C.], 1873-1910 – Washington sentinel.
• Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C., 1850-1852 – The southern press.
• Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.], 1837-1840 – The native American.
• Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.], 1837-1845 – The Madisonian.
• Washington City [i.e., Washington, D.C.], 1841-1845 – The daily Madisonian.
• Washington City, D.C., 1890-1890 – The Washington critic.
• Washington City, D.C., 1890-1890 – The daily critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1843-1844 – The Whig standard.
• Washington, D.C., 1845-1845 – The Washingtonian.
• Washington, D.C., 1845-1846 – The Columbian fountain. volume
• Washington, D.C., 1847-1847 – The national whig.
• Washington, D.C., 1847-1849 – The daily national Whig.
• Washington, D.C., 1853-1853 – The daily republic.
• Washington, D.C., 1854-1854 – Daily national era.
• Washington, D.C., 1854-1856 – Daily American organ.
• Washington, D.C., 1854-1972 – Evening star.
• Washington, D.C., 1858-1858 – Weekly American.
• Washington, D.C., 1860-1862 – The national Republican.
• Washington, D.C., 1862-1866 – Daily national Republican.
• Washington, D.C., 1868-18?? – National savings bank. [online resource]
• Washington, D.C., 1870-1870 – New era.
• Washington, D.C., 1870-1874 – New national era.
• Washington, D.C., 1872-1881 – Daily critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1877-1917 – The National tribune.
• Washington, D.C., 1878-1916 – The Washington weekly post.
• Washington, D.C., 1881-1885 – The Evening critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1882-1884 – The bee.
• Washington, D.C., 1883-19?? – The hatchet.
• Washington, D.C., 1884-1922 – The Washington bee. volume
• Washington, D.C., 1885-18?? – The National Republican.
• Washington, D.C., 1885-1888 – The Washington critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1888-1889 – The Evening post.
• Washington, D.C., 1889-1889 – The Washington critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1890-1891 – The critic.
• Washington, D.C., 1891-1896 – The Critic and record.
• Washington, D.C., 1891-1902 – The suburban citizen.
• Washington, D.C., 1893-19?? – The colored American.
• Washington, D.C., 1894-1895 – The Washington times.
• Washington, D.C., 1895-1897 – The morning times.
• Washington, D.C., 1895-1902 – The evening times.
• Washington, D.C., 1901-???? – Sunday Washington globe.
• Washington, D.C., 1901-1901 – The Sunday globe.
• Washington, D.C., 1901-1901 – Sunday morning globe.
• Washington, D.C., 1906-1939 – The Washington herald.
• Washington, D.C., 1910-19?? – The national forum.

Google News Archive

• Washington – The National Era
• Washington – Washington Afro-American Red Star Edition
• Washington – National Intelligencer
• Washington – Daily Evening Star
• Washington – Daily National Intelligencer
• Washington – Washington Afro-American

Civil War Washington – 1864-1865

• Armory Square Hospital Gazette
• The Cripple
• The Soldiers’ Journal

Student Collections:
American University – Washington​

• Eagle 
• The College Grit (Law School)

Catholic University – Washington​

• The Tower

Gallaudet University – Washington​

• Buff and Blue
• Buff and Blue

​Georgetown University – Washington​

• Hoya 

​​George Washington University – Washington

• Hatchet
• GW Hatchet

Gonzaga College High School – Washington

• The Aquilian

Howard University – Washington

• Hilltop
• Hilltop

National Intelligence University – Washington

• News

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Aegis
• Concerned Officers Movement Newsletter
• Enlisted Peoples Organizing Committee
• FAAR News
• Feminist Alliance Against Rape
• Forward March of American Imperialism
• Furies, The
• GI Alliance Newsletter
• GI Office
• GI Press service
• Left Face (Washington D.C.)
• Left Face!
• Legislative Review
• Link News
• May Day (May Flowers)
• Motive
• Motive (gay issue)
• Motive (lesbian issue)
• New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
• New Mobilizer
• NY Vietnam Moratorium Committee
• off our backs
• OM
• Open Sights
• Oppressed, The
• Quest/a feminist quarterly

Southern School News Archive 
Old Fulton Postcards

• Washington DC American Spectator
• Washington DC Evening Star
• Washington DC National Era
• Washington DC National Intelligencer

Newspaper Abstracts – District of Columbia
Other Free Sites:

• Black News Digest 
• Catholic Advocate – 2009-present
• Catholic News Service – Vatican II: 50 Years Ago Today: The Council Daybooks
• Catholic News Service 1920-1929
• Catholic News Service Blog – 2007-present
• Catholic News Service Top Stories 2015-present
• Catholic News Service – 1920-present
• Catholic Standard – 1980-present
• Christian Examiner 2003-2017
• Colored American
• Daily Morning Chronicle
• Daily Washington Law Reporter
• El Pregonero – 1980-present
• Extra Globe  ​
• Gay Blade
• Happy Days
• May Day (May Flowers)
• National Intelligencer
• New National Era 
• Quicksilver Times 
• Rockcreek Weekly
• The Blue Eagle
• The Capital 
• The Express
• The Globe
• The In-Towner
• The Machinist Newspaper 
• The Sisyphus Papers
• The Southwester
• The Stars and Stripes
• The Suffragist
• Unicorn Times 
• Washington Blade
• Washington Daiiy News 1934
• Washington Evening Star
• Washington Free Press, 1967-1969
• Washington Tribune 1936-1946
• Weekly Globe
• Wisconsin Kourier 1924-1925