Louisiana Online Historical Newspapers

​There are almost 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Pelican 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 Louisiana. 

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 November, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Louisiana 

• Abbeville, La., 1856-1906 - The Meridional.
• Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La., 1913-1944 - Abbeville progress.
• Alexandria, La., 1845-1918 - The Louisiana Democrat.
• Alexandria, La., 1860-1861 - The Constitutional.
• Alexandria, La., 1869-187? - Rapides gazette.
• Alexandria, La., 1874-1875 - The Caucasian.
• Alexandria, La., 1913-1913 - The Lumberjack.
• Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La., 1912-1980 - The Bienville Democrat.
• Bastrop, La., 1874-1904 - The Morehouse clarion.
• Baton Rouge, La., 1850-1856 - The daily comet.
• Baton Rouge, La., 1853-1855 - The Weekly comet.
• Baton Rouge, La., 1856-1856 - The morning comet.
• Baton Rouge, La., 1856-186? - Daily gazette and comet.
• Baton Rouge, La., 1865-18?? - Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet.
• Baton Rouge, La., 1879-1881 - Louisiana capitolian.
• Baton Rouge, La., 1921-19?? - Woman's enterprise.
• Baton-Rouge, La., 1819-1856 - Baton-Rouge gazette.
• Bayou Sara [La.], 1892-1928 - The true Democrat.
• Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La., 1859-1952 - The Bossier banner.
• Bogalusa, La., 1914-1918 - Bogalusa enterprise.
• Bogalusa, La., 1918-19?? - Bogalusa enterprise and American.
• Bringier, Paroisse Saint-Jacques, Louisiane, 1846-1860 - Le messager.
• City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La., 185?-1??? - The Carrollton sun.
• Clinton, La., 1854-1??? - The American patriot.
• Clinton, La., 1855-186? - The Feliciana Democrat.
• Colfax, Grant Parish, La., 1876-1877 - The Colfax chronicle.
• Colfax, Grant Parish, La., 1877-1981 - The Colfax chronicle.
• Columbia, La., 1885-1946 - The Caldwell watchman.
• Convent, La., 1865-1883 - Le Louisianais.
• Covington, La., 1874-current - St. Tammany farmer.
• Donaldsonville, La., 1871-current - The Donaldsonville chief.
• False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.], 1858-1862 - Pointe Coupee Democrat.
• Farmerville, La., 1885-1??? - The Home advocate.
• Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou., 1849-1872 - The Planters' banner.
• Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La., 1889-1931 - The St. Mary banner.
• Franklinton, La., 1910-current - The Era-leader.
• Glenmora, La., 1918-1955 - The patriot.
• Hahnville, La., 1873-1993 - The St. Charles herald.
• Harrisonburg, La., 1853-18?? - The independent.
• Homer, La., 1877-188? - Claiborne guardian.
• Homer, La., 1888-1890 - Homer guardian.
• Houma, La., 1878-1939 - The Houma courier.
• Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La., 1855-18?? - Houma Ceres.
• Jennings, La., 1900-1903 - The Jennings daily record.
• Lafayette, La., 1893-1921 - The Lafayette gazette.
• Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La., 1881-1898 - Lake Charles commercial.
• Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La., 1868-1876 - The weekly echo.
• Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La., 1876-1898 - The Lake Charles echo.
• Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La., 1892-current - The Banner-Democrat.
• Leesville, La., 1917-193? - Vernon Parish Democrat.
• Llano, Calif., 191?-1937 - The Llano colonist.
• Lucy, La., 1853-1942 - Le Meschacébé.
• Marksville [La.], 1859-186? - The Avoyelles pelican.
• Monroe, La., 185?-1861 - The register.
• Monroe, La., 1865-1889 - The Ouachita telegraph.
• Monroe, La., 1870-1886 - The Daily telegraph.
• Morgan City, La., 1916-1920 - The Morgan City daily review.
• Napoleonville [La.], 185?-1895 - Pioneer of Assumption.
• Napoleonville [La.], 1850-185? - Le pionnier de l'Assomption.
• Natchitoches, La., 1859-1864 - Natchitoches union.
• Natchitoches, La., 1865-1868 - The Semi-weekly Natchitoches times.
• Natchitoches, La., 1867-18?? - Natchitoches spectator.
• Natchitoches, La., 1874-1883 - The People's vindicator.
• Natchitoches, La., 1888-1965 - The Natchitoches enterprise.
• Natchitoches, La., 1898-1899 - Natchitoches populist.
• Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La., 1894-1898 - The Louisiana populist.
• New Iberia, La., 1885-1902 - New Iberia enterprise.
• New Iberia, La., 1894-1946 - The weekly Iberian.
• New Iberia, La., 1902-1944 - New Iberia enterprise and independent observer.
• New Orleans [La.], 1835-18?? - True American.
• New Orleans [La.], 1868-1881 - The morning star and Catholic messenger.
• New Orleans [La.], 1874-1876 - The New Orleans bulletin.
• New Orleans, La, 1851-1866 - New Orleans daily crescent.
• New Orleans, La, 1867-1878 - New Orleans Republican.
• New Orleans, La., 1848-1851 - The daily crescent.
• New Orleans, La., 1866-1869 - The New Orleans crescent.
• New Orleans, La., 1870-1871 - The Louisianian.
• New Orleans, La., 1871-1872 - Semi-weekly Louisianian.
• New Orleans, La., 1872-1882 - The weekly Louisianian.
• New Orleans, La., 1875-1876 - The New Orleans Democrat.
• New Orleans, La., 1877-1880 - The New Orleans daily Democrat.
• New Orleans, La., 1905-1953 - The herald.
• New Orleans, La., 1913-19?? - The Voice of the people.
• Nueva-Orleans [i.e. New Orleans, La., 1851-1852 - El Pelayo.
• Opelousas, La., 1852-1910 - The Opelousas courier.
• Opelousas, La., 1868-1878 - The Opelousas journal.
• Opelousas, La., 1878-1894 - St. Landry democrat.
• Opelousas, La., 1890-1921 - St. Landry clarion.
• Opelousas, La., 1917-1921 - The star-progress.
• Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La., 1844-1855 - The St. Landry whig.
• Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La., 1855-1863 - The Opelousas patriot.
• Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.], 1848-1858 - Southern sentinel.
• Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville, La., 1858-1864 - Gazette and sentinel.
• Pointe-a-la-Hache, La., 1909-1925 - Lower coast gazette.
• Rayville, La., 1869-1890 - Richland beacon.
• Shreveport [La.], 1861-1862 - Shreveport semi-weekly news.
• Shreveport [La.], 1862-1864 - The Semi-weekly Shreveport news.
• Shreveport [La.], 1864-1865 - Shreveport news.
• Shreveport [La.], 1865-1865 - Semi-weekly news.
• Shreveport, La., 1852-1870 - The south-western.
• Shreveport, La., 1861-1861 - Shreveport daily news.
• Shreveport, La., 1861-1861 - The Shreveport weekly news.
• Shreveport, La., 1862-1863 - Shreveport weekly news.
• Shreveport, La., 1865-18?? - Shreveport semi-weekly news.
• Shreveport, La., 1866-18?? - Shreveport weekly news.
• Shreveport, La., 1892-1900 - The Progress.
• Shreveport, La., 1900-192? - The Caucasian.
• St. Francisville, La., 1872-1872 - The semi-weekly Republican.
• St. Francisville, La., 1876-1877 - West Feliciana sentinel.
• St. Francisville, La., 1877-1892 - Feliciana sentinel.
• St. Joseph, La., 1886-current - Tensas gazette.
• St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La., 1886-1948 - The weekly messenger.
• Tallulah, Madison Parish, La., 1884-1??? - Madison times.
• Tallulah, Madison Parish, La., 1888-current - The Madison journal.
• Thibodaux, La., 18??-1858 - Thibodaux minerva.
• Thibodaux, La., 1861-1866 - La sentinelle de Thibodaux.
• Thibodaux, La., 1898-1905 - The weekly Thibodaux sentinel.
• Thibodaux, La., 1905-1912 - The Thibodaux sentinel.
• Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La., 191?-1959 - Thibodaux commercial journal.
• Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.], 1875-1898 - The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District.
• Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La., 1872-1883 - The Louisiana cotton-boll.
• Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La., 1865-19?? - The Lafayette advertiser.
• Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La., 1882-current - The Concordia sentinel.
• Vidalia, La., 1873-1890 - The Concordia eagle.
• Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La., 1900-19?? - The Rice belt journal.
• West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.], 1856-1925 - Sugar planter.
• Winnfield, La., 1883-1910 - The southern sentinel.
• Winnfield, La., 1890-1914 - The Comrade.

Google News Archive

• Bernice - The Banner

• Gonzales - Gonzales Weekly Citizen
• Gonzales - The Gonzales Weekly
• Hammond - The Ponchatoula Times
• Jena - The Jena Times Olla-Tullos-Urania Signal
• Jena - The Jena Times
• Marksville - The Weekly Register
• New Orleans - L'Ami des Lois
• New Orleans - The Daily Southern Star
• New Orleans - L'Orleanais
• New Orleans - New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin
• New Orleans - The News
• New Orleans - The Daily Orleanian
• New Orleans - The National Republican
• New Orleans - L'abeille de la Nouvelle-Orleans
• New Orleans - L'Abeille de la Nouvelle
• New Orleans - New Orleans Republican
• New Orleans - The New Orleans Bee
• New Orleans - L'Ami des Lois & Journal du Soir
• New Orleans - The Daily True Delta
• New Orleans - The Louisiana Courier
• New Orleans - True Delta
• New Orleans - Tagliche Deutsche Zeitung
• New Orleans - L'Abeille
• New Orleans - Courrier de la Louisiane
• New Orleans - Le Courrier de la Lonisiane
• New Orleans - Die Tagliche Deutsche Zeitung
• New Orleans - New Orleanser Deutsche Zeitung
• New Orleans - Louisiana Staats-Zeitung
• New Orleans - New-Orleans Tagliche Deutfche Beitung
• New Orleans - Die Dentsche Zeitung
• New Orleans - Echo Von New Orleans
• New Orleans - Deutsche Zeitung​

Parish and Library Collections:

Acadia Parish
Acadia Parish Library 

• Acadia Sentinel 
• Acadian-Signal 
• Church Point Democrat 
• Church Point News 
• Crowley Daily Signal 
• Crowley Post Herald 
• Crowley Post Signal 
• Crowley Signal 
• Daily Signal 
• First Sunday Rayne Acadian Tribune

• Free Press 
• Rayne Acadian Tribune 
• Rayne Independent 
• Rayne Tribune 
• The Church Point News
• The Crowley Post-Signal
• The Crowley Signal
• The Rayne Acadian-Tribune
• Tribune Hopper 
• Tribune Plus 

Bienville Parish
The Bienville Parish Library 

• Bienville Democrat 
• The Bienville Democrat
• Bienville Democrat 

Caldwell Parish
Caldwell Parish Library

• Caldwell Watchman
• Caldwell Watchman Progress
• Caldwell Watchman And The Caldwell Progress
• Caldwell Watchman And Progress
• Caldwell News
• Watchman

Concordia Parish
The Concordia Parish Library 

• Concordia Sentinel 
• Concordia Sentinel 
• The Concordia Intelligencer 
• The Concordia Sentinel 
• The Natchez Democrat 

East Baton Rouge Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish Library

• Baton Rouge Community Leader 
• Baton Rouge News Leader 
• Community Leader 
• Gris Gris 
• News Leader 

Jefferson Davis Parish
Jennings Carnegie Public Library

• Jennings Daily Times 
• Jennings Daily Times Record 
• Jennings Daily Times-Record 
• Jennings Herald 
• Jennings Daily News
• Jennings Times 
• Jennings Weekly Times Record 
• The Daily Times 
• The Jennings Daily Record 
• The Jennings Times 
• The Saturday Record 
• Jeff Davis Parish News
• Jennings News
• Jennings Semi Weekly News

Lafayette Parish
Lafayette Public Library

• Daily Advertiser 
• Lafayette Gazette 
• Sunday Advertiser 

LaSalle Parish
LaSalle Parish Library

• Alexandria Daily Town Talk
• Caldwell Watchman 
• Cataboula News 
• Colfax Chronicle 
• Jena Times 
• Jena Times And The Olla Signal 
• Jena Times And The Olla Tullos Signal 
• Jena Times Olla Tullos Urania Signal 
• Olla Signal 
• Sgt. Dalton's Weekly 

• Times Picayune
• Winn Parish Enterprise
• Winnfield Comrade 
• Winnfield News American 
• Winnfield Times 

Livingston Parish
Livingston Parish Library

• The Livingston Parish News

Rapides Parish
Rapides Parish Library

• Alexandria Daily Town Talk 
• Alexandria Daily Town Tallk 
• Alexandria Gazette 
• Alexandria Gazette And Planters Intelligencer 
• Alexandria Morning News 
• Alexandria News Leader
• Alexandria Times 
• Branns Iconoclast 
• Caddo Gazette And De Soto Intelligencer 
• Central Organ 

• Colonel Mayfield's Weekly 
• Combined New York Evening Newspapers 
• Combined New York Morning Newspapers 
• Daily Chautauquan 
• Daily Crescent
• Daily Picayune 
• Daily Town Talk 
• Democrat 
• Diario De La Habana 
• Evening Post 
• Galveston Tri Weekly News 
• Gleason's Pictorial 
• Houston Daily Telegraph 
• Le Creole 
• Le Villageois 
• L'Organe Central 
• Louisiana Democrat 
• Louisiana Herald
• Louisiana Messenger and Alexandria Advertiser
• Louisville Weekly Journal 
• Metropolitan Record And New York Vendicator 
• Monday Morning Star 
• Morning News 
• Natchitoches Times 
• New Advocate 
• New Orleans Daily Picayune 
• New Orleans Morning World 
• New Orleans Republican 
• New York Times 
• Opelousas Gazette
• Pineville News 
• Planters Banner And Lousiana Agriculturist 
• Planters Intelligencer
• Planters Intelligencer And Rapide Avoyelles And Catahoula Advertiser 
• Rapides Gazette 
• Red River Republican 
• Red River Whig 
• Sgt. Dalton's Weekly 
• Southern Transcript 
• Southern Transcript And Semi Weekly Whig 
• State Central Express 
• The Alexandria Daily Town Talk
• The Bernice News-Journal
• Times Democrat 
• Town Talk 
• Tri Weekly Mercury 
• Tri Weekly Telegraph 
• Villager
• Weekly Freemans Journal
• Weekly Herald
• Weekly Southwestern Telegram 
• Weekly Town Talk 
• Western Democrat 

Union Parish
Union Parish Library

• Gazette 
• The Bernice News Journal
• The Bernice Journal

Vermillion Parish
Vermilion Parish Library

• Abbeville Meridional
• Kaplan Herald 
• Abbeville Progress
• Meridional
• Gueydan Journal
• The Kaplan Herald

Vernon Parish
Vernon Parish Library

• American 
• Jack Hadnot Collection 
• Leesville Daily Leader 
• Leesville Leader 
• Leesville Leader 
• Leghorn Times Herald 
• Llano Colonist 
• Peoples Friend 
• Peoples Friend 

• Senior Advocate 
• Star Press 
• Vernon Parish Democrat 

Webster Parish
Webster Parish Library ​

• Claiborne Parish
• Minden Herald
• Minden Herald And The Webster Review
• Minden Herald And Webster Review
• Minden Press
• Minden Press Herald
• Minden Press Herald
• Minden Signal Tribune and The Springhill Journal
• Minden Tribune
• Signal Tribune
• Springhill Press
• Springhill Press And News Journal
• The Minden Booster
• The Minden Democrat
• The Minden Tribune
• The Signal Democrat
• The Webster Review
• The Webster Sentinel
• Voter Registration
• Webster Review
• Webster Signal
• Webster Tribune

Lincoln Parish Newspaper Archives

• Ruston Daily Leader
• Ruston Leader
• Ruston Broadcaster

Student Collections:

Centenary College of Louisiana - Shreveport

• Educational Echo (1899)
• Maroon and White (1902–1921)
• The Conglomerate (1922– )
• Le Tintamarre (in French; 1996–2013)

Dillard University - New Orleans

• Courtbouillon

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University - Baton Rouge

• News

Grambling State University - Grambling

• Tiger Bulletin
• The Gramblinite
• Tiger Happenings

Louisiana College - Pineville

• News

Louisiana State University - Alexandria

• News

Jesuit High School - New Orleans

• Blue Jay

Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge

• The Tiger Rag (School of Medicine)
• Daily Reveille
• Daily Reveille

Louisiana State University - Shreveport

• Almagest

Louisiana Tech University - Ruston

• ​Tech Talk

Loyola University - New Orleans

• The Maroon

McNeese State University - Lake Charles

• Contraband

Nicholls State University - Thibodaux

• Nicholls Worth

Northwestern State University - Natchitoches

• Current Sauce

Southeastern Louisiana University - Hammond

• Lion's Roar

Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge

• Southern Digest

Tulane University - New Orleans

• Hullabaloo​

University of Holy Cross - New Orleans

• The Holy Cross Chronicle

University of Louisiana - Lafayette

• The Vermilion

University of Louisiana - Monroe

• Hawkeye

University of New Orleans - New Orleans

• Driftwood

Xavier University - New Orleans

• Herald
• Xavier Herald

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• Distaff
• NOLA Express
• GAF
• Copkiller
• Different Drummer
• Fort Polk Puke
• Outsider
• SLAM

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• ​​​Alexandria - Camp Packard Leader (Company 1446) 
• Ansley - Camp Davis News (Company 1435) 
• Arcadia - Rocky Crest (Company 4412)
• Bastrop - Alagala (Company 478) 
• Bastrop - Our Fla La Ala Ga (Company 478) 
• Calvin - Damyankee (Company 277) 
• Chatham - Chat'M Echo (Company 1445) 
• Danville - Chanticleer (Company 1427) 
• Dry Prong - Camp Dry Prong News (Company 5406) 
• Dry Prong - Yankee (Company 255)
• Dry Prong - Williana Wallop (Company 5406)
• Elizabeth - Whispers Of 1490 (Company 1490) 
• Forest Hill - The Barracks Bag (Company 4419)
• Greensburg - Journal (Company 4490) 
• Haughton - Voice Of Castle Hill (Company 4407)
• Kentwood - Star (Company 4422)
• LaPlace - Spillway (Company 1488) 
• Leesville - Vernon Capers (Company 276) 
• Leesville - Vernon Views (Company 276) 
• Mansfield - Realife (Company 4414)
• Olla - Urania Forest Echo (Company 1492) 
• Pleasant Hill - Pleasant Hill-Billy (Company 4417)
• Ruston - Camp Wilson News (Company 4410) 
• Ruston - Ruston Ccc News (Company 4410)
• Slidell - Slidell Review (Company 2428)
• St. Joseph - Camp Bruen Breezes (Company 1487) 

Small Town Papers

• The Banner Bernice, Louisiana
• Gonzales Weekly Citizen Gonzales, Louisiana
• The Jena Times Jena, Louisiana
• Mansfield Enterprise-Progress Unavailable, Louisiana
• The Ponchatoula Times Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Old Fulton Postcards

• Alexandria LA Democrat
• New Orleans LA Bee

The Olden Times - Louisiana

Newspaper Abstracts - Louisiana

Other Free Sites:

Alexandria

• Church Today - 2013-present

​Baton Rouge

• The Advocate
• The Baton Rouge Times
• The Catholic Commentator
• The Catholic Commentator - 2007-present

Carville

• The Star

Charenton

• The Chitimacha Newsletter

Houma-Thibodaux

• Bayou Catholic - 2012-present

Lafayette

• Acadiana Catholic - 2013-present

Lake Charles

• Catholic Calendar - 2002-present
• Louisiana Gazette

New Orleans​

• Le Propagateur catholique
• New Orleans Bee
• New Orleans Christian Advocate
• New Orleans Daily Crescent
• Southwestern Christian Advocate
• Southwestern Christian Advocate
• The Daily Crescent
• The Daily Delta
• Times Picayune Historical Index 
• Morning Star and Catholic Messenger - 1868-1881
• Clarion Herald - 1958-1968
• Clarion Herald - 2011-present
• The Louisiana Weekly

Shreveport

• Catholic Connection - 2012-present

Vidalia

• The Concordia Eagle
• Concordia Intelligencer