Rhode Island Online Historical Newspapers

There are about 750 newspapers that have been published in the Ocean 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 Rhode island.   

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 December, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Google News Archive

• Hope Valley - Hope Valley Advertiser
• Newport - Weekly Companion and the Commercial Centinel
• Newport - Rhode-Island Republican
• Newport - The Guardian of Liberty
• Olneyville - Providence County Times
• Pawtucket - Pawtucket Evening Tribune
• Pawtucket - Evening Tribune 
• Pawtucket - Pawtucket Tribune
• Phenix - Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner
• Providence - The American Journal
• Providence - The Evening Tribune and Telegram
• Providence - Manufacturers'& Farmers' Journal
• Providence - The Providence Journal
• Providence - Manufacturers and Farmers Journal
• Providence - The Morning Star
• Providence - Evening Telegram 
• Providence - Sunday Telegram
• Providence - The News-Tribune
• Providence - The Providence Evening Press
• Providence - The News-Democrat
• Providence - The Providence Sunday Star
• Providence - Providencer Anzeiger
• Providence - Providence Morning Herald
• Providence - The Morning Herald
• Providence - The Impartial Observer
• Providence - Providence Daily Post
• Providence - Corbett's Herald
• Providence - Providence News
• Providence - The Providence Morning Star
• Providence - The Providence Gazette
• Providence - The Providence Gazette and Country Journal
• Providence - The Sunday Tribune
• Warren - Bristol County Register
• Woonsocket - La Cloche du Dimanche
• Woonsocket - La Tribune de Woonsocket

County and Library Collections:

Bristol County
The Bristol Phoenix 

• Bristol Phoenix
• Bristol Phenix
• The Phoenix
• Bristol Gazette and Family Companion
• Bristol Gazette

Kent County
East Greenwich Free Library 

• Rhode Island Pendulum
• Warwick Beacon
• East Greenwich Pendulum
• The Weekly Pendulum
• The Rhode Island Pendulum 

West Warwick Public Library

• Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner

Newport County
Jamestown Philomenian Library 

• Jamestown Press

Providence County
Cranston Public Library

• Cranston City Times
• Cranston Herald
• Cranston Herald News
• Cranston Herald Today
• Cranston Leader
• Cranston News
• Cranston Today
• Herald News
• Howard Times
• Neighborhood News

Pawtucket Public Library

• Pawtucket Times
• Evening Times
• Pawtucket Evening Times
• The Pawtucket Times

Washington County
Maury Loontjens Memorial Library 

• Narragansett Times

North Kingstown Library

• Standard Times
• Timeout
• Standard
• Wickford Standard
• Time Out
• North Kingstown Standard

Island Free Library​

• Block Island Fly 
• Block Island Hooter 
• Block Island Newsletter 
• Block Island Cemetery Records
• Block Island History
• Way It Is
• Historic and Architectural Resources of Block Island Rhode Island
• Block Island
• Block Island Reporter 
• Block Island Times 
• Ebb Tide 
• Manisses Journal 
• Ocean View 
• The Works

Student Collections:

Brown University - Providence

• Brown Daily Herald 
• Pembroke Record

Bryant College - Smithfield

• ​Bryant Archway

Community College of Rhode island - Warwick

• News

Johnson and Wales University - Providence

• Campus Herald

Naval War College - Newport

• Naval War College Review
• Faculty, Staff, and Student News

New England Institute of Technology - East Greenwich

• News

Providence College - Providence

• Accent
• Black and White
• Congress Connect
• History Alive
• Scholarly Friar
• Student Voice
• The Cowl
• The Entropy
• The Free Press
• The Misinformer
• What on Earth

Rhode Island College - Providence

• Anchor

Rhode Island School of Design - Providence

• Mixed Media
• Your Name Here
• Juice
• RISD Voice
• Incorporated Press, Inc
• Express-O
• RISD press
• Montage
• RISD Rag

Roger Williams University - Bristol

• Hawk's Eye
• Hawk's Herald
• The Messenger
• The Quill

Salve Regina University - Newport

• Ebb Tide
• Nautilus

University of Rhode island - Kingston

• The Good 5 Cent Cigar

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers

• All hands abandon ship
• Joglars

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Fort Adams - Sad Day (Company 150)
• Pawtuxet - Nooseneck Tattler (Company 195)
• West Glocester - Washingtonian (Company 142)
• Westerly - Burlingame Beacon (Company 141)
• Westerly - Wa-Hoo (Company 141)

The Olden Times - Rhode Island

Newspaper Abstracts - Rhode Island

Other Free Sites:

Newport

• French Gazette 
• Gazette Francoise ​

Pawtuxet Village

• The Bridge

Providence

• Christian Telescope
• Christian Telescope and Universalist Miscellany
• Rhode Island Catholic