Arkansas Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Arkansas is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently, Arkansas has been adding quite a few newspapers on that site. There are several free online newspapers available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are almost 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Natural State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Arkansas ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives. 

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 July 2023; recently added links are in BOLD)

Arkansas Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Arkansas

• Ashdown, Little River County, Ark., 1897-current – The Little River news.
• Batesville, Ark., 1905-1912 – The Daily guard.
• Batesville, Independence Co., Ark., 1877-1932 – Batesville guard. [volume]
• Brinkley, Ark., 1883-current – The Brinkley argus.
• Carlisle, Ark., 1905-current – The Carlisle independent.
• Conway, Ark., 1901-1982 – The log cabin Democrat. [volume]
• Conway, Ark., 1908-current – The log cabin Democrat. [volume]
• Conway, Faulkner County, Ark., 189?-1901 – The Conway log cabin.
• De Queen, Ark., 1897-current – De Queen bee. [volume]
• Dermott, Ark., 1910-1977 – The Dermott news.
• Des Arc, Ark., 1854-186? – Des Arc citizen.
• Des Arc, Ark., 186?-1861 – The Des Arc weekly citizen.
• Des Arc, Ark., 1860-1861 – The constitutional union.
• Des Arc, Ark., 1861-1861 – Des Arc semi-weekly citizen.
• Des Arc, Ark., 1866-1867 – Des Arc citizen.
• Des Arc, Ark., 1867-187? – Des Arc weekly citizen. [volume]
• Evening Shade, Ark., 1877-1976 – Sharp County record.
• Forrest City, Ark., 1871-1919 – The Forrest City times. [volume]
• Forrest City, St. Francis County, Ark., 1896-18?? – The Forrest City herald.
• Green Forest, Ark., 1890-1971 – The Green Forest tribune.
• Harrison, Boone Co., Ark, 1876-1938 – The Harrison times.
• Helena, Ark., 1840-1874 – Southern shield. [volume]
• Helena, Ark., 1891-1907 – The reporter. [volume]
• Hot Springs, Ark., 1900-current – The Sentinel=record.
• Huttig, Ark., 1907-1955 – The Huttig news.
• JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo., 1891-19?? – World’s cresset. [volume]
• Judsonia, Ark., 1???-1922 – Judsonia weekly advance.
• Judsonia, Ark., 1922-200? – White County record. [volume]
• Little Rock [Ark., 1862-186? – True Democrat bulletin.
• Little Rock [Ark.], 1851-1852 – Arkansas democratic banner. [volume]
• Little Rock [Ark.], 1862-1863 – True Democrat. [volume]
• Little Rock, A.T. [Ark.], 1830-1837 – The Arkansas advocate. [volume]
• Little Rock, Ark., 1843-1851 – The Arkansas banner. [volume]
• Little Rock, Ark., 1852-1857 – The true Democrat. [volume]
• Little Rock, Ark., 1857-1862 – Arkansas true Democrat. [volume]
• Little Rock, Ark., 1861-1861 – The daily true Democrat.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1869-18?? – The Arkansas freeman. [volume]
• Little Rock, Ark., 1880-1884 – Arkansas weekly mansion. [volume]
• Little Rock, Ark., 1882-1??? – The Arkansaw traveler.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1884-1884 – Little Rock ladies’ journal.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1884-1884 – Rural and workman and “Ladies’ Little Rock journal.”
• Little Rock, Ark., 1884-1886 – Arkansas ladies’ journal.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1886-18?? – Southern ladies’ journal.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1888-1??? – Woman’s chronicle.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1889-1??? – The American guide. [volume]
• Little Rock, Ark., 1891-19?? – Arkansas echo.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1901-1906 – The Little Rock reporter.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1923-1935 – Arkansas survey.
• Little Rock, Ark., 193?-1940 – Twin city press.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1935-195? – Arkansas survey-journal.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1940-1957 – The Arkansas world.
• Little Rock, Ark., 1941-1959 – Arkansas State press. [volume]
• Malvern, Ark., 1913-1923 – Malvern times=journal.
• Malvern, Ark., 1916-current – Malvern daily record. [volume]
• Malvern, Ark., 1923-1924 – The Times-journal.
• Malvern, Ark., 1924-1932 – Malvern times=journal.
• Malvern, Hot Spring County, Ark., 1893-1913 – The Times-journal.
• Marianna, Ark., 1917-current – The courier-index.
• McCrory, Ark., 1901-1910 – Woodruff County news. [volume]
• McCrory, Ark., 1915-1922 – The Home news.
• Mena, Ark., 1896-1898 – The Mena weekly star. [volume]
• Mena, Ark., 1898-1904 – The Mena star.
• Mena, Ark., 1904-1977 – The Mena weekly star.
• Monticello, Ark., 1870-1920 – The Monticellonian. [volume]
• Newark, Ark., 1901-1959 – The Newark journal.
• Newport, Ark., 1901-1929 – Newport daily independent.
• Newport, Ark., 1901-1929 – Newport weekly independent.
• Osceola, Ark., 1870-current – The Osceola times. [volume]
• Ozark, Ark., 1911-1916 – The Spectator.
• Ozark, Franklin County, Ark., 1916-1917 – The Ozark spectator.
• Ozark, Franklin County, Ark., 1917-current – The spectator.
• Paragould, Ark., 1???-1911 – The Daily soliphone.
• Paragould, Ark., 1918-1950 – Paragould soliphone.
• Paragould, Greene County, Ark., 1907-1918 – The weekly soliphone.
• Pine Bluff, Ark., 1893-1942 – Pine Bluff daily graphic.
• Pine Bluff, Ark., 1895-1902 – Semi=weekly graphic.
• Pine Bluff, Ark., 19??-19?? – Pine Bluff press.
• Pine Bluff, Ark., 1900-19?? – Pine Bluff weekly herald. [volume]
• Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark., 1907-current – Pocahontas star herald.
• Prescott, Ark., 1???-190? – The times-picayune.
• Prescott, Ark., 1877-187? – Prescott clipper.
• Prescott, Ark., 190?-current – The Nevada County picayune.
• Prescott, Ark., 1905-1974 – The Nevada news. [volume]
• Prescott, Ark., 1907-1941 – The Prescott daily news.
• Prescott, Ark., 1908-1921 – Daily picayune.
• Prescott, Nev. County, Ark., 1878-1885 – The Nevada picayune.
• Prescott, Nev. County, Ark., 1885-1??? – Nevada County picayune.
• Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark., 1915-1929 – The Pulaskian.
• Rison, Ark., 1888-current – Cleveland County herald.
• Russellville, Ark., 1875-1898 – The Russellville Democrat. [volume]
• Springdale, Ark., 1887-1990 – The Springdale news. [volume]
• Stuttgart, Ark., 18??-19?? – Stuttgart Germania.
• Texarkana, Ark., 1890-1894 – Daily Texarkana Democrat.
• Texarkana, Ark., 1894-1906 – The Daily Texarkanian. [volume]
• Van Buren, Ark., 1842-1859 – Arkansas intelligencer. [volume]
• Van Buren, Ark., 1859-1914 – The Van Buren press. [volume]
• Washington, Ark., 18??-1940 – Washington telegraph.
• Washington, Ark., 1839-1871 – Washington telegraph. [volume]
• Washington, Ark., 1871-18?? – The Weekly Washington telegraph.

Google News Archive

• Dewitt – Dewitt Era-Enterprise

Index Arkansas

• Arkansas Gazette
• Arkansas Democrat
• Arkansas Traveler
• Northwest Arkansas Times
• Grapevine

Online Arkansas Newspapers – some have archives, some do not

• Batesville Guard Online
• El Dorado News Times
• Hot Springs Internet News
• Hot Springs Sentinel-Record
• Jonesboro Sun
• Log Cabin Democrat (Conway)
• Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
• Northwest Arkansas News Online – Benton County Daily Record
• Northwest Arkansas Times
• Southwest Times Record
• Texarkana Gazette

County and Library Collections:

Sebastian County
Fort Smith Public Library

• Arkansas Developer
• Belle Grove School Journal
• Daily News Record
• Daily Southwest American
• Entertainment Fort Smith
• Evening Call
• Fort Smith Bulletin
• Fort Smith Daily Herald
• Fort Smith Daily Time and Herald
• Fort Smith Elevator
• Fort Smith Enterprise
• Fort Smith Herald
• Fort Smith Herald and New Elevator
• Fort Smith New Era
• Fort Smith News Record
• Fort Smith Southwest American
• Fort Smith Standard
• Fort Smith Times Record
• Fort Smith Tri Weekly Bulletin
• Fort Smith Tri Weekly Herald
• Fort Smith Weekly Herald
• Fort Smith Weekly New Era
• News Record
• Ouachita Conference Journal
• South West Independent
• Southwest American
• Southwest Times Record
• Sun
• Thirty Fifth Parallel
• Times Record
• Tri Weekly Fort Smith Herald
• War Times
• Weekly New Era
• Western Independent
• Wheelers Daily Independent
• Wheelers Independent
• Wheelers Western Independent

Quapaw Quarter Association

• The Quapaw Quarter Chronicle
• Quapaw Quarter Association

Student Collections:

Arkansas State University – Jonesboro

• Arkansas State Herald
• The Vanguard

Arkansas Tech University – Russellville

• Arka Tech

Bentonville High School – Bentonville

• Tiger News

Black River Technical College – Pocahontas

• River’s Edge

Central Baptist College – Conway

• The CBC Tower

Commonwealth College – Mena

• Fortnightly

Harding University – Searcy

• Bison

Henderson State University – Arkadelphia

• Oracle

John Brown University – Siloam

• Advocate

Little Rock Central High School – Little Rock

• The Tiger

Lyon College – Batesville

• The Highlander

Northwest Arkansas Community College – Bentonville

• Eagle View

Ouachita Baptist University – Arkadelphia

• Signal
• Ripples

Philander Smith College – Little Rock

• The Panther

Southern Arkansas University – Magnolia

• The Bray

University of Arkansas – Fayetteville

• Arkansas Traveler
• Arkansas Traveler

University of Arkansas – Little Rock

• UALR Forum

University of Central Arkansas – Conway

• The Echo

University of the Ozarks – Clarksville

• News

Williams Baptist University – Walnut Ridge

• News

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• BAD Times
• Black Americans for Democracy News
• Hard Labor
• Ozark Feminist Review
• The Ozark Feminist
• Times – Black Americans for Democracy
• Up and Coming

American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020

• Cummins Journal
• Long Line Writer
• Newsletter (Arkansas Department of Correction, Cummins Unit)
• Prison Views

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942​

• Berryville – Champlain Champion (Company 3789) 
• Bigflat – Mountaineer (Company 1741)
• Blue Mountain – Blue Mountain Log (Company 768) (AA)
• Calico Rock – Camp Hedges Echo (Company 743) 
• Calico Rock – Hedges Hillbilly (Company 743) 
• Crystal Springs – Crystal (Company 741) 
• Crystal Springs – Crystal Glazer (Company 741) 
• Dierks – Pine Tree Blurb (Company 1705) 
• Forrest City – Ridge Rambler (Company 4734)
• Forrest City – Ridge Ramblings (Company 4734)
• Fort Douglas – Haw Creek Ripples (Company 1701)
• Friendship – Friendship Press (Company 4731) 
• Hamburg – Camp Hamburg (Company 4731) 
• Hamburg – Hamburg Press (Company 1705) 
• Hardy – Hardy Mountaineer (Company 1741) 
• Hardy – Hardy Mountaineer (Company 3782) 
• Heber Springs – Camp Heber Educator (Company 3782) 
• Heber Springs – Camp Heber Heights (Company 3782) 
• Heber Springs – Camp Heber Heights (Company 3782) 
• Heber Springs – Camp Heber Heights News (Company 3782) 
• Heber Springs – Camp Heber News (Company 3782) 
• Hope – 4754 (Company 4754) 
• Hope – Alton Proverb (Company 4754) 
• Hope – Alton Proverb (Company 4754) 
• Jonesboro – Banner (Company 3783) 
• Jonesboro – Billy Goat Banner (Company 3783) 
• Jonesboro – Gully Fighter (Company 3783) 
• Jonesboro – Jonesboro Journal (Company 3783) 
• Magnolia – Veterans Soil Saver (Company 3798)
• Mulberry – Shores Lake Journal (Company 1708) 
• Oark – Oark Bark (Company 3742)
• Oark – Oark Bark (Company 3742)
• Oark – Oark Log (Company 3742)
• Oark – Oark Log (Company 3742)
• Oden – Buck Knob Lookout (Company 768) (AA)
• Oden – Knobber (Company 1731) 
• Ozone – Airs Of Ozone (Company 1708) 
• Ozone – Echoes Of Ozone (Company 1708) 
• Ozone – Ozone Digest (Company 3742)
• Rosston – Camp Rosston News (Company 3790) (AA)
• Sheridan – Hurricane (Company 3779) 
• Smackover – Oil Rambler (Company 3790)
• Solgohachia – Camp Solgo News (Company 3789) 
• Solgohachia – Cedar News (Company 3789) 
• St. Charles – 1741 Tabloid (Company 1741) 
• St. Charles – Quack Quack (Company 3791)
• Stella – Smackover Camp Informer (Company 3790)
• Stella – Voice Of The Hill (Company 3790)
• Thornton – Iowan (Company 1753) 
• Walcott – Camp Crowley Chronicle (Company 1729) 
• Waldron – Dutch Creek Journal (Company 1707) 
• Waldron – Vox Treemen (Company 1707) 

Southern School News Archive 

Small Town Papers

• DeWitt Era-Enterprise DeWitt, Arkansas
• Arkansas Catholic – Little Rock

Old Fulton Postcards

• Batesville AK Independentt Blance

Newspaper Abstracts – Arkansas

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.​​

Other Free Sites:

Camp Pike

• Camp Pike Carry on

Denson

• Communiqué.
• Denson Tribune

Dyess

• The Colony Herald

Fayetteville

• BAD Times – Black Americans for Democracy Newspapers

Fort Chaffee

•  La Vida Nueva

Little Rock

• Arkansas Gazette/Democrat-Gazette (Index only)
• Arkansas State Gazette  
• Arkansas State Gazette and Democrat  
• Arkansas Weekly Mansion
• Arkansas Times
• Arkansas Baptist News
• Farkle Finger
• Trench and Camp
• Arkansas Farmer

McGehee

• Rohwer relocator.

Rohwer

• Rohwer Outpost
• Rohwer Outpost Newsletter

Stuttgart

• Arkansas White Ribboner

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 21 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Arkansas Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 236 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Arkansas

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 57 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archives – Arkansas

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 217 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Arkansas 

And Finally:

You also need to visit the Arkansas Digital Newspaper Program, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to newspaper projects. They also have nice searchable databases for microfilm-based collections throughout the state.

Please note – even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course, there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.