Illinois Online Historical Newspapers

There are over 8.000 newspapers that have been published in the Prairie State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of Illinois. 

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, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Illinois Newspapers 

• Cairo, Ill., 1???-1928 - The Cairo bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1865-1866 - Cairo evening times.
• Cairo, Ill., 1868-1870 - The Cairo evening bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1870-1872 - The Cairo daily bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1872-1878 - The Cairo bulletin.
• Cairo, Ill., 1878-1??? - The daily Cairo bulletin.
• Champaign, Ill., 19??-19?? - The Illinois times.
• Chicago [Ill., 1892-1??? - Týdenní hlasatel.
• Chicago [Ill.], 1864-1877 - The workingman's advocate. 
• Chicago [Ill.], 1890-1971 - Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1858-1859 - Chicago daily press and tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1859-1860 - The press and tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1860-1864 - Chicago daily tribune. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1864-1872 - Chicago tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1867-1878 - Pokrok. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1872-1963 - Chicago daily tribune.
• Chicago, Ill., 1874-1924 - Vorbote.
• Chicago, Ill., 1889-19?? - Chicago eagle.
• Chicago, Ill., 1891-198? - Hlasatel.
• Chicago, Ill., 1892-19?? - Telegraf.
• Chicago, Ill., 1892-1920 - Lietuva.
• Chicago, Ill., 1899-1923 - Dziennik narodowy.
• Chicago, Ill., 1900-1913 - Zgoda : Wydania dla niewiast. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1902-1913 - Zgoda : Wydanie dla mężczyzn. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1902-1931 - Glas svobode.
• Chicago, Ill., 1902-current - Głos polek. [volume]
• Chicago, Ill., 1906-19?? - Proletarec.
• Chicago, Ill., 1911-1917 - The day book.
• Chicago, Ill., 1917-current - Draugas.
• Chicago, Ill., 1918-???? - Chicago world.
• Chicago, Ill., 1919-19?? - The Chicago whip.
• Chicago, Ill., 1935-19?? - Metropolitan news.
• Chicago, Illinois., 1914-current - Zgoda = Unity. [volume]
• Juliet [i.e., Joliet], Ill., 1844-1??? - Juliet signal.
• Metropolis, Ill., 1???-19?? - Metropolis weekly gazette.
• Milwaukee, Wis., 1881-1901 - Zgoda = Unity. [volume]
• Ottawa, Ill., 1840-1841 - The Illinois free trader.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1841-1843 - The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1843-1916 - The Ottawa free trader.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1916-1920 - Free trader-journal.
• Ottawa, Ill., 1920-1927 - Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer.
• Robbins, Ill., 1951-1963 - The Robbins eagle.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1861-1871 - The evening Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1871-1872 - Rock Island Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1872-1873 - The Rock Island daily Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1873-1877 - The daily Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1877-1885 - The Rock Island Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1885-1886 - The Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1886-1893 - Rock Island daily Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1893-1920 - Rock Island Argus.
• Rock Island, Ill., 1920-1923 - The Rock Island Argus and daily union.
• Saint Paul, Minn. ;, 1889-19?? - The Appeal.
• Saint Paul, Minn., 1885-18?? - Western appeal.
• Salt Lake City, Utah, 1895-19?? - The broad ax.
• Springfield, Ill., 1904-192? - The forum. 
• Toledo, Ohio, 1902-1971 - Ameryka echo.

Google News Archive

• Arthur - Arthur Graphic-Clarion
• Aurora - Aurora Daily Star
• Aurora - The World
• Aurora - Aurora Daily Express
• Elgin - The Elgin Democrat
• Jacksonville - The Jacksonville Sentinel
• Jacksonville - The Jacksonville Weekly Sentinel
• Joliet - The True Democrat
• Mt Zion - The Mt. Zion Region News
• Mt Zion - The News-Record
• Mt. Pulaski - Times
• Mt. Zion - Region News
• Ottawa - The Ottawa Free Trader
• Ottawa - The Illinois Free Trader
• Robinson - Robinson Constitution
• Robinson - The Constitution

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection

• Albion Journal (Albion, Ill., 1884-1900)
• Aledo Press (1894-1896)
• Banker Farmer (Champaign, Ill., 1913-1927)
• Berkshire World and Cornbelt Stockman (Springfield, Ill., 1910-1926)
• Better Farming (Chicago, Ill., 1913-1925)
• Blue Mound Leader (1894-1899)
• Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, Ill., 1892-1922)
• Chicago Eagle (Chicago, Ill., 1892-1920)
• Chicago Examiner (1911-1914)
• Chicago Livestock World (Chicago, Ill., 1902-1917)
• Chicago Packer (Chicago, Ill., 1907-1939)
• Chillicothe Independent (Chillicothe, Ill., 1881-1885)
• Collyer's Eye (1918-1922)
• Daily Illini (Urbana, Ill., 1874-1975)
• Daily National Live Stock Reporter (East St. Louis, Ill., 1916-1918)
• Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill., 1901)
• Draugas (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1922)
• Dundee Weekly (1871-1872)
• Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago, Ill., 1890-1913)
• Dziennik narodowy (Chicago, Ill., 1900-1918)
• Dziennik Zwiazkowy Zgoda (Chicago, Ill., 1908)
• Edwardsville Spectator 29 May 1819 - 20 October 1826 (324 issues)
• Express (Tallula, Ill., 1895-1896)
• Farm Home (Springfield, Ill., 1899-1920)
• Farm Press (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1913)
• Farm, Field, and Fireside (Chicago, Ill., 1884-1906)
• Farm, Field, and Stockman (Chicago, Ill., 1885-1887)
• Farmers Gazette (Sterling, Ill., 1883-1884)
• Farmers' Review (Chicago, Ill., 1879-1918)
• Farmers Voice (Chicago, Ill., 1898-1913)
• Farmers' Weekly Review (Joliet, Ill., 1929-2011)
• Ford County Journal (Paxton, Ill., 1859-1860)
• Franklin Reporter (1878-1922)
• Galena Gazette (Galena, Ill., 1876-1889)
• Gallatin Democrat (Shawneetown, Ill., 1906)
• Glas Svobode (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1922)
• Głos polek (Chicago, Ill., 1915-1922)
• Goreville Record (Goreville, Ill., 1905-1906)
• Great Lakes Bulletin (Great Lakes, Ill., 1918-1919)
• Hillsboro Journal (Hillsboro, Ill., 1886-1891)
• Hlasatel (Berwyn, Ill., 1920)
• Hutsonville Herald (Hutsonville, Ill., 1905)
• Hyde Park News (Chicago, Ill., 1886-1889)
• Illinois Farmer (Springfield, Ill., 1856-1864)
• Joliet Signal (Joliet, Ill., 1846-1864)
• Lawrence County News (Lawrenceville, Ill., 1909-1922)
• Lee County Farm News (Amboy, Ill., 1922)
• Lietuva (Chicago, Ill., 1913-1920)
• Local Record (1878-1892)
• Marion Semi-Weekly Leader (Marion, Ill., 1921-1922)
• Mason City Journal (Mason City, Ill., 1875-1876)
• National Rural and Family Magazine (Chicago, Ill., 1898-1900)
• Ohio Farmer (Cleveland, Ohio, 1907-1922)
• Prairie Farmer (Chicago, Ill., 1841-1941)
• Proletarec (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1918)
• Reynolds Press (1896)
• Sangamo Journal / Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Ill., 1831-1865)
• Sidney Times (Sidney, Ill., 1908-1910)
• St. Anne Record (St. Anne, Ill., 1905-1923)
• Strike Bulletin 9 April 1913 - 12 May 1915 (106 issues)
• Sunday Chicago Bee 1 May 1938 - 20 October 1946 (12 issues)
• Sycamore Tribune (1944-1964)
• Tampico Tornado (1876-1892)
• Telegraf (Chicago, Ill., 1892-1901)
• The Advertiser (Collinsville, Ill., 1918-1922)
• The American Issue (Illinois Edition) 4 July 1913 - 1 May 1932 (420 issues)
• The Arsenal Record (Rock Island, Ill., 1918-1919)
• The Ashton Gazette (Ashton, Ill., 1904-1922)
• The Bowen Chronicle (Bowen, Ill., 1900-1917)
• The Broad Ax (Chicago, Ill., 1895-1922)
• The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, Ill., 1868-1922)
• The Champaign County News (1903-1916)
• The Champaign Daily News (1895-1919)
• The Chicago Illinois Idea 28 October 1916 - 28 October 1916 (1 issue)
• The Chicago Reflector 16 October 1897 - 16 October 1897 (1 issue)
• The Chicago Whip 24 June 1919 - 10 October 1931 (177 issues)
• The Daily National Hotel Reporter (Chicago, Ill., 1918-1922)
• The Day Book (Chicago, Ill., 1911-1917)
• The De Pue Leader (De Pue, Ill., 1917-1918)
• The Deer Creek Progress (Deer Creek, Ill., 1919-1921)
• The DeKalb Chronicle (De Kalb, Ill., 1894-1895)
• The DeKalb Daily Chronicle (De Kalb, Ill., 1918-1930)
• The Evening Gazette (Monmouth, Ill., 1883-1887)
• The Galena Tribune (Galena, Ill., 1905-1906)
• The Henry Republican (Henry, Ill., 1901-1921)
• The Illinois Issue (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1912)
• The Illinois Star (1935-1941)
• The Industry Press (Industry, Ill., 1916-1921)
• The Irish Republic (1867-1868)
• The Lacon Home Journal (Lacon, Ill., 1910-1921)
• The Macomb Daily By-stander (Macomb, Ill., 1920-1922)
• The Macomb Journal (Macomb, Ill., 1861-1909)
• The Merchants Telegram (Chicago, Ill., 1919-1920)
• The Monmouth Daily Atlas (Monmouth, Ill., 1905-1922)
• The National Prohibitionist (1907-1910)
• The News-Herald (Chicago, Ill., 1889)
• The Old Soldier (Springfield, Ill., 1840)
• The Ottawa Free Trader (Ottawa, Ill., 1840-1890)
• The Patoka register (Patoka, Ill., 1907-1912)
• The Quill (La Harpe, Ill., 1892-1922)
• The Republican-Atlas (Monmouth, Ill., 1895-1913)
• The Robbins Eagle 3 March 1951 - 15 June 1963 (161 issues)
• The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill., 1889-1915)
• The Rock Island Argus 5 March 1877 - 30 September 1885 (2600 issues)
• The Saturday Blade (Chicago, Ill., 1905-1919)
• The Student 1 November 1871 - 1 December 1873 (23 issues)
• The Universalist (1886-1897)
• The Workingman's Advocate 17 September 1864 - 13 October 1877 (415 issues)
• The Zion Banner (Zion, Ill., 1901-1903)
• The Zion City Independent (Zion, Ill., 1910-1917)
• The Zion Herald (Zion, Ill., 1907-1910)
• Toluca Star-Herald (Toluca, Ill., 1913-1920)
• True Republican (Sycamore, Ill., 1869-1968)
• Twin City Review 19 November 1920 - 2 April 1926 (277 issues)
• Týdenní hlasatel (Chicago, Illinois, 1892-1893)
• Urbana Daily Courier (Urbana, Ill., 1903-1935)
• Vorbote (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1920)
• Warren County Democrat (Monmouth, Ill., 1887-1913)
• Weekly Pantagraph (1883-1916)
• Western Railroad Gazette (Chicago, Ill., 1856-1870)
• Western Rural and American Stockman (Chicago, Ill., 1879-1894)
• Western Rural and Livestock Weekly (Chicago, Ill., 1896-1898)
• Western Rural (Chicago, Ill., 1868-1883)
• Whiteside Chronicle (Sterling, Ill., 1870-1871)
• Zgoda - Unity (Chicago, Ill., 1914-1922)
• Zgoda - Unity (Milwaukee, Wi. Chicago, Ill., 1893-1901)
• Zgoda : Wydania dla niewiast (Chicago, Ill., 1910-1912)
• Zgoda : Wydanie dla mężczyzn (Chicago, Ill., 1910-1913)

Farm, Field and Fireside Collection - University of Illinois 

• Banker Farmer 1 December 1913 - 1 February 1927 (158 issues)
• Berkshire World and Cornbelt Stockman 1 January 1910 - 1 January 1926 (197 issues)
• Better Farming 1 May 1913 - 1 March 1925 (136 issues)
• Chicago Livestock World 1 January 1902 - 22 June 1917 (4716 issues)
• Chicago Packer 13 April 1907 - 17 June 1939 (1621 issues)
• Daily National Live Stock Reporter 1 December 1916 - 28 February 1918 (380 issues)
• Farmers' Review 1 September 1879 - 25 May 1918 (1907 issues)
• Farmers Voice 1 January 1898 - 15 May 1913 (423 issues)
• Farmers' Weekly Review 24 April 1929 - 31 March 2011 (4240 issues)
• Farmer's Wife 1 January 1906 - 1 April 1939 (399 issues)
• Farm, Field, and Fireside 1 February 1884 - 22 September 1906 (559 issues)
• Farm, Field, and Stockman 1 January 1885 - 26 November 1887 (106 issues)
• Farmers Gazette 1 December 1883 - 1 December 1884 (13 issues)
• Farm Home 1 August 1899 - 1 June 1920 (190 issues)
• Farm Press 1 October 1906 - 1 April 1913 (70 issues)
• Illinois Farmer 1 January 1856 - 1 October 1864 (102 issues)
• Ohio Farmer 5 January 1907 - 30 December 1922 (835 issues)
• Lancaster Farming 4 November 1955 - 29 October 1983 (1382 issues)
• Lee County Farm News 6 June 1922 - 19 December 1922 (11 issues)
• National Rural and Family Magazine 3 November 1898 - 22 February 1900 (69 issues)
• Prairie Farmer 1 January 1841 - 11 January 1941 (2476 issues)
• Wallace's Farmer 7 January 1898 - 16 December 1950 (2189 issues)
• Western Rural 4 January 1868 - 15 September 1883 (575 issues)
• Western Rural and American Stockman 25 September 1879 - 2 August 1894 (240 issues)
• Western Rural and Livestock Weekly 2 January 1896 - 27 October 1898 (147 issues)

Illinois Civil War Newspapers

• Cairo City Weekly Gazette
• Cairo War Eagle
• Daily Illinois State Journal
• Daily Whig and Republican
• Illinois Daily State Journal
• Illinois State Journal
• Illinois State Register
• Jonesboro Weekly Gazette
• Quincy Daily Whig and Republican
• Rock Island Argus
• The Jonesboro Gazette

County and Library Collections:

Adams County
Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive

• Quincy Daily Journal
• Quincy Daily Whig
• Quincy Daily Herald 
• Quincy Morning Whig
• Illinois Bounty Land Register
• Quincy Whig 
• Quincy Herald 
• Quincy Whig-Republican

Brown County
Brown County Public Library 

• Brown County Democrat 
• Brown County Democrat Message
• Brown County Republican 
• Democrat Message 
• Examiner
• Illinois Weekly Message 
• The Brown County Democrat Message

Cass County
Beardstown Houston Memorial Library

• Illinoian Star 
• The Illinoian-Star 
• Illinoian Star Daily 
• Cass County Star Gazette
• Morning Enterprise 
• Beardstown Daily Illinoian Star
• Beardstown Semi-Weekly Illinoian 
• Central Illinoian 
• Tri-Weekly Beardstown Enterprise 
• Evening Star
• Beardstown Illinoian 
• Alton Spectator 
• Illinoian Democrat 
• Quincy Herald Whig And The Quincy Journal 
• Weekly Enterprise 
• Barrington Review
• Democrat News
• Beardstown Chronicle And Illinois Military Bounty Land Advertiser 
• Weekly Transcript 
• Centreville News 
• Daily Register 
• Batavia Bulletin Record 
• Edgewater Uptown News
• Beardstown Gazette 
• Beardstown Democrat 
• Alton Daily Telegraph
• Alton Telegraph
• Alton Weekly Telegraph
• Beardstown Enterprise 
• Cass County Messenger 
• Gazette
• Beardstown Champion
• Labor News Review 
• Bennington Banner
• Cincinnati Commercial 
• Times 
• Cass County Democrat 
• Reporter 
• Edinburg Herald 
• Rochester Weekly Item
• Star of the West
• Steeleville Ledger 
• Taylorville Journal 
• Western Argus 
• News And Record 
• Daily Alton Telegraph 
• Mt. Auburn Tribune
• Palmyra Courier  
• Alton Telegraph And Democratic Review 
• Avon Sentinel 
• Calhoun Herald 
• Campaign Republican 
• Quincy Herald 
• Weekly Central Illinoian 
• Western Cumberland Presbyterian
• Alton Telegraph And Madison County Record 
• Illinois State Journal 
• Alton Telegraph And Madison Record 

Clark County
Marshall Public Library

• Marshall Independent
• Clark County Democrat 
• Clark County Herald 
• Clark County Daily Chronicle 
• Independent Choice
• The Marshall Herald
• Independent Choice 
• Marshall Herald
• Marshall Advocate 
• Marshall Choice 
• The Clark County Herald 
• Marshall Messenger 
• The Marshall Republican 
• Marshall Independent Choice 
• The Marshall Weekly Messenger
• Flag of Our Union 
• The Manteno News 
• The McLeansboro Times
• Macomb Eagle 
• The Woodford Sentinel
• The Maroa Times 
• Mason City Journal 
• Marshall Telegraph 
• Illinois State Democrat 
• The Eastern Illinoisan 
• The Hornet
• The Macomb Journal 
• The Egyptian Press 
• The Leader 
• The Massac Journal
• Marion Intelligencer 
• Massac Journal 
• Semi-Weekly Eastern Illinoisan 
• The Minonk News
• Marion Evening Post 
• The Promulgator
• Metropolis Democrat 
• The Marion Post
• The Marion Flag 
• Daily Clark County Herald 
• Mason City Banner
• Mattoon Commercial Star 
• Metamora Sentinel 
• The Mason City Times
• Our Flag 
• Review Dispatch
• Eastern Illinoisan 
• The Union Eagle 
• M'Donough Independent
• Menard Time
• Mason City Banner Times 
• Metropolis Weekly Sentinel
• The Milford Herald 
• The Marion Weekly Flag
• Macomb Daily Journal 
• Marion Monitor
• Mascoutah Herald 
• Massac Journal Republican 
• Medora Messenger 
• Metropolis Times
• The Acorn
• The Illinois State Democrat
• The Massac Journal Republican 
• The Mattoon Star 
• The Metamora Herald
• The Moline Review 
• The Illinois By-Stander
• The Marion Daily Republican
• The People's Friend 
• Metropolis Register
• Clark County Telegraph 
• M'Donough Democrat
• M'Donough Independent And Democratic Review
• Marion Independent 
• Mascoutah Anzeiger
• Middletown Ledger 
• The Illinois Granger 
• The Mattoon Journal
• The Metropolis City Item 
• The Metropolis Herald 
• The Metropolis Register
• The Metropolitan
• The Woodford County Argus 
• Woodford Co. Visitor
• Martinsville Planet

Cook County
Bellwood Public Library

• Bellwood History 1900-1975
• Franklin Park Star Sentinel
• Golden Jubilee 1900-1950
• Maywood Star Sentinel
• Melrose Park Star Sentinel
• Northlake Star Sentinel
• Proviso Star Sentinel
• Star Sentinel
• The Star Progress
• West Proviso Herald

Forest Park Public Library

• Forest Park Review
• Review and Forest Parker 
• Forest Parker

Forest Park Public Library Newspaper Archives

• Forest Parker
• Forest Park Review
• Review and Forest Parker

Midlothian Public Library

• Midlothian-Bremen Messenger
• Midlothian Bremen Messenger 
• Bremen Township News Record 
• Bremen Township Rooster 
• Posen Times
• Midlothian Messenger 

Park Ridge Library​ (in library)

• Park Ridge Advocate 
• Park Ridge Herald 
• Park Ridge Herald Advocate 
• Park Ridge Times Herald 

River Forest Public Library

• Forest Leaves 
• Oak Leaves 
• River Forest Forest Leaves 

DeKalb County
Hinckley Historical Society

• Country Courier
• Hinckley Review
• Review
• Waterman Leader

Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum

• Compton Record 
• Dekalb County Express 
• Evening Times 
• Lee County Times 
• Paw Paw News
• Shabbona Express 

DeWitt County
Farmer City Public Library

• Farmer City Journal
• Farmer City Journal And Mansfield Express
• Leroy Journal 
• Public Reaper 
• Peoples Press 
• Forreston Weekly Journal
• De Witt County Tribune 
• Forreston Journal 
• Weekly Reaper 
• Weekly Transcript 
• Wayne County Record 
• Atlas of DeWitt Co and The State of Illinois
• Clinton Tribune 
• Daily Independent
• Farmer City Republican 
• Standard Atlas of DeWitt County 
• Chicago Tribune 
• Wayne County Press 
• Southern Illinois Journal 
• Chicago Daily Tribune 
• Times 
• Advance 
• Chicago Times 
• Western Plowman and South and West 
• Egyptoglyph 
• Journal 
• Fairfield Independent Press 
• South End Reporter 
• Farmer City Weekly Republican
• Fairfield Weekly Democrat 
• Independent Press
• Forreston Herald 
• War Democrat 
• Wayne County Herald
• Farmington Bugle 
• Fernwood News 
• Weekly Journal 
• Peoples Journal 
• Sun 
• Fairbury Journal 
• Freeport Daily Journal
• Press and Tribune 
• Fairfield Weekly News 
• Lebanon Advertiser 
• Blooming Press 
• DeWitt County Observer 
• Farmer City Reporter 
• Greenup Press 
• Hennepin Journal 
• Normalite 
• Prairie Pioneer 
• Fisher Reporter 
• Jacksonville Tribune 
• Illinois Gazette 
• Murphysboro Daily Independent 
• Galena Sentinel 
• Riverside Press 
• Illinois Patriot 
• Restitution 
• Danville Republican And Chronotype 
• Greenville Advocate 
• Leroy Free Press
• Brown County Democrat
• Daily Republican Era

DuPage County
Addison Public Library

• Press and Tribune 
• Addison Press

St. Charles Public Library

• Elgin Daily Courier
• Kane County Chronicle
• Savanna Times-Journal
• St Charles Chronicle
• St Charles Leader
• St Charles Patriot
• St Charles Weekly Argus
• St. Charles Patriot And Fox River Advocate
• The Saint Charles Review
• The St. Charles Chronicle
• The Valley Chronicle
• Valley Chronicle

Hancock County
Warsaw Public Library 

• Daily Warsaw Bulletin 
• Daily Warsaw City Bulletin 
• Hamilton Pilot 
• Hancock County Journal 
• Hancock County Journal Pilot 
• Hancock County Pilot 
• Hancock Democrat 
• Hancock Eagle Extra 
• Hancock New Era 
• The Mississippi Pilot 

• Warsaw Bulletin 
• Warsaw City Bulletin 
• Warsaw Commercial Journal 
• Warsaw Express 
• Warsaw Message 
• Warsaw Signal 
• Warsaw Signal Extra
• Warsaw Weekly Express 
• Western World 

Henry County
Cambridge Library

• Cambridge Chronicle
• Cambridge Democrat
• Chronicle
• Daily Chronicle
• Fair Budget
• Fulton County
• Henry County Chronicle
• Henry County Dial
• Henry County Gazette
• Prairie Chief

Clover Public Library District

• Wrova Reporter 
• Galva News
• Woodhull Dispatch
• The Woodhull Dispatch

Galva Public Library

• The Galva News
• Galva Weekly News 
• The Galva Standard
• Galva News 
• Galva Semi-Weekly News 

Geneseo Public Library

• Geneseo Republic
• The Geneseo Republic
• The Henry County News 
• Geneseo Republic And Henry County News
• The Union Advocate
• Henry County News
• The Sun
• Geneseo Weekly Sun 
• The Geneseo Journal 
• The Geneseo News
• The Geneseo Enterprise 
• Republic
• The Henry County Arena
• The People's Union Mission
• Geneseo Daily Arena
• The Standard

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Kewanee Public Library District

• Daily Independent 
• Independent 
• Kewanee Advertiser 
• Kewanee Courier 
• Kewanee Daily Star Courier 
• Kewanee Independent 
• Kewanee Star Courier 
• Kewanee Weekly Star Courier 
• Star Courier
• Atkinson Annawan News

Western District Library (Orion)

• Orion Vidette 
• The Orion Times 
• The Liberator And Times 
• Orion Times 
• The New Orion Times 
• Orion Gazette 
• Gazette 

Kane County
Town and Country Public Library District 

• Elburn Enterprise 
• Elburn Herald 
• Elburn Weekly Record 

LaSalle County
Earlville Library

• The Earlville Leader
• The Earlville Post
• Earlville Leader 
• The Earlville Gazette 
• Earlville Gazette 
• LaSalle County Gazette Express

Lawrence County
Lawrence Public Library

• American Banner
• Birds Review
• Campaign Republican
• Clay County Herald
• Clay County Tribune
• Clay County Union
• Daily Advocate
• Daily News
• Daily Record
• Democratic Herald
• Elks New Home Booster
• Fulton Advocate
• Fulton Banner
• Fulton Democrat
• Fulton Gazette
• Fulton Republican
• Golden Era
• Hamilton County Express
• Hamilton County Herald
• Hamilton Democrat
• Hamilton Express
• Hamilton Sucker
• Herald
• Illinois Christian Advocate
• Illinois Gazette
• Illinois Public Ledger
• Illinois Son of Temperance
• Kickapoo Press
• Knox County Republican
• Knox Republican
• La Harpe Leader
• La Rose Vidette
• La Salle Journal
• Lacon Herald
• Lacon Intelligencer
• Lake County Times
• Lake Forest Era
• Lake Villa Advocate
• Lake Zurich Independent
• Lake Zurich News
• Lawrence County Courier
• Lawrence County Democrat
• Lawrence County Journal
• Lawrence County News
• Lawrence County Press
• Lawrenceville Banner
• Lawrenceville Republican
• Le Roy Eagle
• Le Roy Exchange
• Le Roy Free Press
• Le Roy Weekly Exchange
• Lebanon Journal
• Lebanon Leader
• Lena Daily Star
• Lerna Weekly Eagle
• Lewistown Democrat
• Lewistown Lance
• Lewistown News
• Lewistown Union
• Lincoln Evening Star
• Lincoln Herald
• Lincoln Times
• Lincoln Weekly Herald
• Litchfield Advocate
• Litchfield Union Monitor
• Little Rock Press
• Local Reporter
• Lockport Telegraph
• Logan Courier
• Lomax Herald
• Louisville Ledger
• Louisville Ledger Democrat
• Louisville Visitor
• Louisville Weekly Democrat
• Lyons Herald
• Mammoth
• Marshall County Democrat
• Marshall County Sentinel
• McLeansboro Times
• Montgomery Democrat
• Mouser
• Quill
• Rural Republican
• Sentimentalist
• Star
• Star Spangled Banner
• Sumner Advocate
• Sumner Democrat
• Sumner Press
• Voice of the People
• Wauconda Independent
• Weekly Herald
• Western Globe
• Wheeling Independent

Logan County
Atlanta Public Library and Museum  

• Argus 
• Atlanta Argus 
• Atlanta Argus And The Armington Helper 
• Atlanta Argus Lens
• Atlanta Daily Argus
• McLean County News 
• McLean Lens 

Madison County 
Hayner Library Newspaper Archives

• Alton Daily Telegraph
• Alton Observer
• Telegraph Sunday
• Alton Evening Telegraph
• Alton Telegraph
• Alton Weekly Courier

Tri-Township Public Library Newspaper Archives

• Troy Call
• Troy Tribune
• Commercial Bulletin
• Troy Monitor
• Troy Record
• Troy Star
• Weekly Bulletin
• Troy Times
• Troy Times Tribune
• Weekly Call
• Troy Weekly Call

Marshall County
Henry Public Library

• Henry News-Republican 
• Henry News Republican 
• Henry Republican 
• The Henry Republican 
• Marshall County Republican 
• Henry Current News 
• Henry Weekly Courier 
• Marshall County Telegraph
• Henry Courier

McHenry County
Harvard Diggins Library

• Harvard Herald
• Harvard Herald Independent 
• The Harvard Herald and Independent
• Harvard Independent 
• The Harvard Independent 
• The Harvard Herald
• The News Bulletin

Ogle County
Byron Public Library

• Airship Log
• Altamont News
• Alton Daily Times
• Arcola Record
• Arlington Heights Herald
• Arthur Graphic Clarion
• Atwood Herald
• Avon Sentinel
• Barrington Review
• Belleville Daily News Democrat
• Belleville Morning Record
• Belleville News Democrat
• Benld Enterprise
• Berwyn Beacon
• Bethany Echo
• Blandinsville Star Gazette
• Bloomington Commonwealth and the Sunday Record
• Bloomington Record
• Boone County Courier
• Broadlands News
• Brookfield Enterprise
• Brookport Independent
• Buda Plain Dealer
• Bushnell Market Reporter
• Byron Express
• Byron News
• Byron Record
• Byron Times
• Byron Tribune
• Carlyle Democrat
• Casey Banner Times
• Casey Daily Reporter
• Centralia Daily Democrat
• Cerro Gordo News
• Chadwick Clarion
• Chapin News
• Chenoa Clipper
• Chester Press
• Community Courier
• Daily Advocate
• Greene County Farm Bureau News Letter
• Journal Illinois Sportsman
• McLean County Farm and Home Bureau News
• Prairie State Tribune
• Tempo
• Times
• Verdurette​

​
Polo Public Library 

• Ogle County Press 
• Tri County Press 

Peoria County
Brimfield Public Library

• The Brimfield News
• The Princeville Telephone
• The Telephone
• The Brimfield Gazette

Peoria Heights Public Library

• The Heights Herald 

Rock Island County
Moline Public Library

• Moline Daily Dispatch 
• Daily Dispatch
• Moline Daily Journal
• Daily Journal 
• Evening Mail 
• Sunday Mail 
• Moline Evening Mail And Journal 
• Moline Sunday Mail And Journal
• Moline Mail And Journal 
• Moline Independent 
• Moline Review
• Review Dispatch 
• Moline Review Dispatch 
• Moline Weekly Journal 
• Weekly Mail 
• Moline Weekly Mail 
• Moline Workman 
• The Daily Dispatch
• The Dispatch

Schuyler County
Rushville Illinois

• Rushville Times
• Schuyler Citizen
• Rushville Times and Schuyler County Herald
• Jersey County Journal
• Prairie Telegraph
• Rushville Journal

Stark County
Bradford Public Library District

• Bradford Republican
• Bradford Stark County Republican
• Stark County Republican
• Bradford Independent
• Bradford Weekly Independent
• Bradford Daily Revivalist 
• Cambridge Chronicle

Toulon Public Library

• Goreville Record
• Molly Daily Stark
• Molly Tri Weekly Stark
• Prairie Times
• Red Bud Pilgrim
• Stark County News
• Stark County Sentinel
• Stark County Union
• The Piatt County Republican
• The Sunday Herald
• Tri Weekly Call

Wyoming Public Library Newspaper Archives

• Wyoming Journal
• Wyoming Post Herald
• Wyoming Post
• Wyoming Daily Post Herald

St. Clair County
Freeburg Area Library District

• Freeburg Tribune 

New Athens District Library

• Journal Messenger 
• Journal Press 
• New Athens Journal 
• New Athens Journal Press 
• Whistle 

Tazewell County
Morton Public Library

• Tazewell News
• Tazewell County News
• Morton Times News
• The Morton News
• Morton Courier
• Cauldron
• Courier
• The Tazewell News

Whiteside County
Sterling Public Library

• Evening Gazette
• Sterling Gazette
• Sterling Standard
• Sterling Daily Standard
• Sterling Evening Gazette
• Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette 
• Sterling Daily Gazette
• Daily Gazette 
• Republican and Gazette 
• Fulton Journal 

• Sterling Republic 
• Sterling Daily Gazette And Daily Standard

​Sterling Newspaper Archive

• Daily Gazette
• Evening Gazette
• Republican and Gazette
• Sauk Valley Sunday
• Sterling Daily Gazette
• Sterling Evening Gazette
• Sterling Gazette
• Sterling Great Northwestern Fair
• Sterling Republican Gazette
• Sterling Standard
• Sterling Times
• Telegraph

Erie Illinois Public Library 

• Erie Independent 
• Review 

Will County
Plainfield Public Library

• Enterprise 

Winnebago County
Talcott Free Library

• Rockton Herald
• The Rockton Herald
• Rockton-Roscoe Herald 
• North Suburban Herald 
• Rockton Roscoe Herald 
• Herald

Woodford County​
Illinois Prairie District Public Library

• Herald
• Hornet
• Illinois State Democrat
• Marshall Messenger
• Marshall Telegraph
• Marshall Weekly Messenger
• Mascoutah Anzeiger
• Mascoutah Herald
• Mason City Banner
• Mason City Banner Times
• Mason City Journal
• Mason City Times
• Massac Journal
• Massac Journal Republican
• Mattoon Commercial Star
• Mattoon Journal
• Mattoon Star
• Medora Messenger
• Menard Time
• Metamora Herald
• Metamora Sentinel
• Metropolis City Item
• Metropolis Democrat
• Metropolis Herald
• Metropolis Register
• Metropolis Times
• Metropolis Weekly Sentinel
• Metropolitan
• Middletown Ledger
• Milford Herald
• Minonk News
• Moline Review
• Promulgator
• Review Dispatch
• Roanoke Review
• Semi Weekly Eastern Illinoisan
• Varna Leader
• Washburn Leader
• Woodford Co Visitor
• Woodford County Argus
• Woodford Sentinel

Algonquin Area Local Newspapers

• Algonquin Countryside
• Algonquin Township Life
• Cardunal Free Press
• Courier News
• Daily Herald
• Lake in the Hills Countryside
• Northwest Herald

Cook County Memorial Public Library District Newspapers

• Lake County Independent
• Waukegan Weekly Sun (1906-1916)
• Libertyville Independent

​Elgin Area Newspapers

• The Elgin Advocate 
• The Elgin Business Mirror
• The Elgin Courier
• The Elgin Daily News
• The Elgin Gazette
• Fox River Courier
• Illinois Weekly Palladium
• Second District Democrat
• Valley Chronicle 
• Weekly Gazette

Flora Public Library Digital Newspapers 

• Southern Illinois Journal & Weekly Journal
• Southern Illinois Journal
• Southern Illinois Record
• Flora Record
• Flora Journal Record

Highland Park Local Newspapers

• Highland Park News
• Highland Park Press
• Sheridan Road News-Letter
• Highland Park News-Letter
• North Shore News-Letter

Libertyville Local Newspapers

• Waukegan Weekly Sun
• Libertyville Independent
• Independent Register
• Southwest News Sun (Waukegan)
• Waukegan News Sun
• Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun
• Lake County Independent
• Libertyville Review
• Libertyville Independent Register

Wilmette Public Library Newspapers

• Wilmette Life
• Lake Shore News
• Wilmette Beacon

Student Collections:

Antioch Community High School - Antioch

• Tom Tom

Augustana College - Rock Island 

• Augustana Observer

Benedictine University - Lisle

• The Candor

Bradley University - Peoria

• Scout

Columbia College - Chicago

• Columbia Chronicle

DePaul University - Chicago

• DePaul Poll Parrot
• DePaulia
• The Altheia

Eastern Illinois University - Charleston

• Daily Eastern News

Elmhurst College - Elmhurst

• Leader

Glenbard West High School - Glen Ellyn

• The Glen Bard

Governors State University - University Park

• Innovator

Granite High School - Granite City

• Granite High World

Illinois Central College - East Peoria

• Harbinger

Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago

• TechNews
• Technology News
• Armour News
• Armour Tech News

Illinois State University - Normal

• Vidette

Illinois Wesleyan University - Bloomington

• Alumni Journal (1870–1877)
• Argus (1894– )
• Athenian (1890)
• Avenger (1888)
• College Herald (1881–1882)
• Elite Journal (1887–1892)
• The Oracle (1888)
• Students' Journal (1877–1885)
• Ventilator (1872)
• Wesleyan Bee (1882–1887)
• Wesleyan Echo (1890–1894)

Illinois Woman's College - Jacksonville

• College Greetings

Joliet Junior College - Joliet

• The Blazer

Lake Forest College - Lake Forest

• Stentor

Lake Land College- Mattoon

• Navigator

Loyola University - Chicago

• Loyola News
• Loyola Phoenix
• Blackacre

Marist High School - Chicago

• The Sentinel

Millikin University - Decatur

• Decaturian

Monmouth College - Monmouth

• Annex
• Newspaper Clipper
• Newspaper Courier
• Oracle
• Collegian

Mundelein College - Chicago

• The Skyscraper - 1931-1969

New Trier High School - Winnetka

• New Trier News

Niles Township High School - Skokie

• NileHiLite

Niles West High School - Skokie

• West Word

North Central College - Naperville

• North Central College Chronicle

North Park University - Chicago

• North Park Press

Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago

• Independent

Northwestern University - Evansville

• Daily Northwestern (may be restricted)

Northern Illinois University - De Kalb

• Northern Star

Saint Viator High School - Arlington Heights

• Viator Voice

Saint Xavier University - Chicago

• Xavierite

South Suburban College - South Holland

• Thornton Courier

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

• Daily Egyptian (1888-1989)
• Daily Egyptian (more current)

Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

• Shurtleff Pioneer

University High School, Midway - Chicago

• The U-High Midway

University of Chicago - Chicago

• Daily Maroon (1902-1939)

University of Illinois - Urbana

• Daily Illini 

University of St. Francis - Joliet

• Encounter 
• Interlude 

Vienna High School - Vienna

• Talon

Western Illinois University - Macomb

• Western Courier

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• 2 3 Many
• A Four-year bummer
• Action Bulletin
• Ad Hoc Bulletin (Marxist-Lenninist
• Arsenal: Surrealist Subversion
• Black Maria
• Blazing Star
• But We Didn't Know
• CWLU News
• Dull Brass
• Feminist Voice
• Fight Back!
• GI News
• Great Lakes Torpedo
• Harass the Brass
• Inside-Out
• Kaleidoscope Chicago
• Korea free press
• Lavender Woman
• Living Hand
• Logistic, The
• Milk Quarterly
• Mother-country
• Movement for Democratic Military
• Navy Times Are Changin'
• Operation County fair Newsletter
• Other Half, The
• Rag, The
• Rising Up Angry
• Secret Storm
• Seed, The
• Spokeswoman, The
• Student Mobilization Committee to end the War in Vietnam
• Vet Cong
• Veteran, The (Chicago)
• Veterans stars And stripes For Peace
• Vietnam GI
• Vietnam GI (Stateside Edition)Y
• Vietnam Veterans Against the War
• Voices of the Women’s Liberation Movement
• War Bulletin
• Wildcat
• Winter soldier

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942​

• Aledo - Camp Aledo Speaks (Company 2665)
• Aledo - Keyhole (Company 2665)
• Anna - Camp Gossip (Company 625)
• Annawan - Flash (Company 3682)
• Charleston - Charleston Echo (Company 627)
• Eddyville - Eddy-Tor (Company 623)
• Galena - Camp Galena News (Company 1628)
• Galena - Chatterbox (Company 1628)
• Glenview - Chatterbox Of Co. 634 (Company 634)
• Glenview - Co. 634'S Chatterbox (Company 634)
• Glenview - Feeler (Company 639)
• Grafton - Graham Holler (Company 633)
• Hinsdale - Fullersburg Beacon (Company 1668)
• Hinsdale - The Fullersburg Grit (Company 1668)
• Joliet - Brandon-Morris Bulletin (Company 630)
• Joliet - Camp Brandon-Morris Bulletin (Company 630)
• Jonesboro - Echo (Company 1621)
• Lockport - C.C.C. Romeo Rag (Company 631)
• Lockport - Lemont-Brandon Eagle (Company 631)
• McClure - Delta Outpost (Company 637)
• Mt. Carroll - Camp Carroll Volcano (Company 2664)
• Murphysboro - Austin Holler (Company 614)
• Naperville - Barracks Bag (Company 2612)
• Naperville - Mcdowell Messenger (Company 1668)
• Norris City - 619Th Co. Bull-Etin (Company 619)
• Norris City - Leader (Company 619)
• Ottawa - Echo (Company 628)
• Palatine - Deer Grove Ledger (Company 605)
• Tuseda - March Of Youth (Company 2618)
• Waterloo - Evergreen Times (Company 1628)
• Waterloo - Waterloo Evergreen Times (Company 1628)
• West Chicago - The Vet'S Gazette (Company 1668)
• Willow Springs - Beacon (Company 612)
• Willow Springs - Chicago-Lemont Extra (Company 612)
• Willow Springs - Chicago-Lemont Special (Company 612)
• Willow Springs - Hilltop Beacon (Company 612)

Illinois Swedish Language Newspapers

• Facklan 
• Gamla och nya hemlandet 
• Hemlandet det gamla och det nya
• Justitia 
• Ny tid
• Nya svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren 
• Svenska amerikanaren hemlandet 
• Svenska socialisten
• Svenska tribunen 
• Svenska tribunen-nyheter 

Small Town Papers

• The Arthur Graphic-Clarion Arthur, Illinois
• The Atwood Herald Atwood, Illinois
• Mt. Zion Region News Mt. Zion, Illinois
• The News Record Cerro Gordo, Illinois
• The Sun Trenton, Illinois
• Times Mt. Pulaski, Illinois
• The Observer Rockford
• Prairie Post Mt. Pulaski

Old Fulton Postcards

• Antioch IL News 
• Carlinville IL Conservative
• Carlinville IL Daily Enquirer
• Carlinville IL Democrat
• Carlinville IL Free Democrat
• Carlinville IL Macoupin County Argus
• Carlinville IL Macoupin County Herald
• Carlinville IL Spectator
• Carrol County IL Republican
• Chathan IL Clarion
• Chicago IL American
• Chicago IL Daily Press Tribune
• Chicago IL Daily Trubine
• Chicago IL Daily Worker
• Chicago IL Draugas
• Chicago IL Tribune
• Chicago IL Daily Inter Ocean
• Chicago IL Draugas Daily Friend
• Chicago IL Lithuanian Friend
• Mt. Olive IL Herald
• Staunton IL Star Times
• Urbana IL Daily Courier
• Virden IL Recorder

The Olden Times - Illinois

Newspaper Abstracts - Illinois

Other Free Sites:

Antioch

• Antioch News 

Aurora​

• Beacon-News Then and Now Index

Barrington

• Barrington Courier-Review  (index)
• Barrington Review 

Belleville

• The Messenger - 2007-present

Chicago

• American Appeal
• American Appeal 
• American Jewess
• American Socialist
• Amerikanski Slovenec
• Chicago Catholic
• Chicago Catolico - 2004-present
• Chicago daily drovers journal
• Chicago daily drovers journal and farm news 
• Chicago daily farmers and drovers journal  
• Chicago daily news 
• Chicago Examiner
• Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey
• Chicago Herald
• Chicago herald and examiner  
• Chicago Times 
• Chicago Tribune Archives​ 
• Chicago Tribune 
• Chicagoer arbeiter-zeitung.  
• Communist 
• Communist 
• Denní hlasatel 
• Die fäckel  
• Dziennik Chicagoski  
• Dziennik Zwiazkowy
• Edinost 
• Epworth Herald
• Forṿerṭs = Jewish daily forward
• Gazeta Robotnicza: organ Związku Robotników Polskich w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki Północnej (1891-1893, 1894-1895)
• Gazeta Chicagowska (Dziennik Polski) (1896)
• Illinois Fiery Cross
• Illinois Kourier
• Illinois Staats-zeitung 
• Industrial Union Bulletin
• Industrial Worker
• Jewish Sentinel
• Katolik: w Archidiecezji Chicago - 2011-2013
• Klan Kourier
• Knights of Labor  
• Labor Unity
• La tribuna italiana trans-atlantica
• L'Avanti!  
• L'Italia
• Muhammad Speaks
• Naród Polski: pismo tygodniowe dla Polaków w Ameryce (1897-1914)
• New Majority
• Our youth, a paper for young people and their teachers
• Shikago Shinpō / シカゴ新報 [The Chicago Shimpo], (Chicago, IL)
• Sonntagpost  
• Standard 
• Svornost
• Syndicalist 
• The Advance
• The Alarm
• The Chicago Chronicle
• The Chicago daily drovers journal  
• The Chicago herald  
• The Chicago live stock world 
• The Chicago record  
• The Chicago record-herald 
• The Chicago Republican
• The Chicago Times
• The Chicago times-herald 
• The Chicagoan magazine
• The Communist 
• The Daily Racing Form
• The daily worker.  
• The Interior
• The inter ocean 
• The Messenger - 2007-present
• The Sentinel

Downers Grove

• Downers Grove Reporter

Edwardsville

• Edwardsville Intelligencer

Galesburg

• Illinois Star

Huntley

• Huntley Farmside

Hyde Park

• Hyde Park Herald 

Joliet

• Christ Is Our Hope - 2008-present

Lake Forest

• Lake Forester 

McHenry

• McHenry Plaindealer

Mt. Carroll

• Carroll County Republican

Niles

• Niles Bugle
• Niles Herald-Spectator

Nokomis

• Deutsch-Amerikaner 

Oak Park

• Irish American News

Peoria

• The Catholic Post - 2008-present

Proviso

• Proviso Township Herald

Rockford

• The Observer - 1935-present

Skokie

• Skokie Local Newspapers Newspaper Index

Springfield

• Sangamon journal  
• The State Capital
• The State Capital
• Catholic Times