Illinois Online Historical Newspapers Summary

The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is
July 2024)
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Illinois is one of the states that does have a central online 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. Illinois does have several online newspapers available on that site. Illinois currently has its online availability from many different websites and a few of them house many newspapers. Many are free and many require a subscription. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

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 your Illinois 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. 

(Recently added links are in BOLD)

Illinois Historical Newspapers

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America – Illinois Newspapers

The Links for Chronicling America go to the new Version 2.0

• Abendblatt (Chicago, Ill.) 1894-1899
• Abendblatt Der Illinois Staats-Zeitung (Chicago, Ill.) 1891-1894
• Ameryka Echo (Toledo, Ohio) 1902-1971
• Cairo Evening Times (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866
• Chicago Daily Press and Tribune (Chicago, Ill.) 1858-1859
• Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Ill.) 1860-1864
• Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Ill.) 1872-1963
• Chicago Eagle (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??
• Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Ill.) 1864-1872
• Chicago World (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????
• Draugas (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-Current
• Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971
• Dziennik Narodowy (Chicago, Ill.) 1899-1923
• Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826
• Free Trader-Journal (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920
• Free Trader-Journal and Ottawa Fair Dealer (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927
• Glas Svobode (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931
• Głos Polek (Chicago, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Park Ridge, Ill.) 1902-Current
• Hlasatel (Chicago, Ill.; 1983>-<> Berwyn, Ill.) 1891-198?
• Illinois Staats-Zeitung (Chicago, Ill.) 1848-1922
• Illinois Staats-Zeitung (Chicago, Ill.) 1862-1922
• Juliet Signal (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.; Joliet, Ill.) 1844-1???
• Katalikas (Chicago, Ill.) 1899-19??
• Lietuva (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-1920
• Metropolis Weekly Gazette (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??
• Metropolitan News (Chicago, Ill.) 1935-19??
• National News (Chicago, Ill.) 1915-19??
• Pokrok (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878
• Proletarec (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??
• Rassvet = the Dawn (Chicago, Ill.) 1926-19??
• Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872
• Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920
• Rock Island Daily Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893
• Russkiĭ Vestnik = Russian Daily Herald (Chicago, Ill.) 1923-1926
• Russkiĭ Vestnik I Rassvet = Russian Daily Herald and Dawn (Chicago, Ill.) 1926-1926
• Strike Bulletin (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915
• Sunday Chicago Bee (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??
• Svobodnai︠a︡ Rossii︠a︡ = Free Russia (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-1923
• Telegraf (Chicago, Ill.) 1892-19??
• The Appeal (Saint Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn. ; Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??
• The Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886
• The Arkansaw Traveler (Little Rock, Ark.; Chicago, Ill. ; Little Rock, Ark.; Chicago, Ill.) 1882-1???
• The Broad Ax (Salt Lake City, Utah; Chicago, Ill.) 1895-19??
• The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928
• The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878
• The Cairo Daily Bulletin (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872
• The Cairo Evening Bulletin (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870
• The Chicago Illinois Idea (Chicago, Ill.) 19??-19??
• The Chicago Reflector (Chicago, Ill.) 1896-1???
• The Chicago Star (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948
• The Chicago Whip (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??
• The Chicago World (Chicago, Ill.) 1900-19??
• The Conservator (Chicago, Ill.) 18??-1???
• The Daily Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877
• The Daily Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???
• The Daily Worker (Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.) 1924-1958
• The Day Book (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917
• The Evening Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871
• The Forum (Springfield, Ill.; Springfield, Ill. ; Peoria, Ill.) 1904-192?
• The Illinois Free Trader (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841
• The Illinois Free Trader and Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843
• The Illinois Issue (Chicago, Ill. ; Downers Grove, Ill.) 1906-1912
• The Illinois Standard (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949
• The Illinois Times (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??
• The Irish Republic (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??
• The Jewish Advance (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881
• The National Prohibitionist (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911
• The Ottawa Free Trader (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916
• The Press and Tribune (Chicago, Ill.) 1859-1860
• The Robbins Eagle (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963
• The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885
• The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923
• The Rock Island Daily Argus (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873
• The State Capital (Springfield, Ill.) 1886-19??
• The Theocrat (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949
• The Universalist (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897
• The Workingman’s Advocate (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877
• Twin City Review (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929
• Týdenní Hlasatel (Chicago Ill.) 1892-1???
• Vandalia Whig and Illinois Intelligencer (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?
• Vorbote (Chicago, Ill.) 1874-1924
• Western Appeal (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??
• Zgoda : Wydania Dla Niewiast (Chicago, Ill.) 1900-1913
• Zgoda : Wydanie Dla Mężczyzn (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1913
• Zgoda = Unity (Chicago, Illinois) 1914-Current
• Zgoda = Unity (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901

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

• Abendblatt der Illinois Staats-zeitung 27 March 1893 – 23 October 1894 (487 issues)
• Abendblatt 24 October 1894 – 27 July 1899 (1471 issues)
• Albion Journal 3 January 1884 – 15 March 1900 (844 issues)
• Aledo Press 19 October 1894 – 17 January 1896 (64 issues)
• 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)
• Blue Mound Leader 25 January 1894 – 4 May 1899 (276 issues)
• Bridgeport News 31 August 1939 – 25 December 1963 (748 issues)
• Bureau County Democrat 5 January 1934 – 27 December 1946 (359 issues)
• Bureau County Tribune 1 January 1892 – 29 December 1950 (3075 issues)
• Chicago Daily Calumet 19 August 1957 – 30 June 1959 (265 issues)
• Chicago Eagle 5 October 1889 – 30 December 1922 (1590 issues)
• Chicago Examiner 1 March 1911 – 30 June 1914 (240 issues)
• Chicago Jewish Post & Opinion 3 August 1962 – 25 December 1981 (831 issues)
• Chicago World 23 June 1934 – 4 February 1950 (61 issues)
• Chillicothe Independent 15 October 1881 – 26 September 1885 (147 issues)
• Collyer’s Eye 6 April 1918 – 30 December 1922 (248 issues)
• Daily Illini 1 January 1874 – 30 July 2010 (23320 issues)
• Daily National Live Stock Reporter 1 December 1916 – 28 February 1918 (380 issues)
• Daily Pantagraph 1 June 1901 – 29 June 1901 (16 issues)
• Daily Worker 13 January 1924 – 28 February 1935 (3484 issues)
• Daughter of Temperance 3 October 1850 – 3 October 1850 (1 issue)
• Democratic Plaindealer 10 December 1850 – 10 December 1850 (1 issue)
• Draugas 2 January 1917 – 30 December 1922 (1837 issues)
• Du Page County Press 21 August 1867 – 21 April 1869 (2 issues)
• Du Page County Recorder 16 April 1850 – 10 September 1850 (2 issues)
• Dundee Weekly 21 November 1871 – 6 February 1872 (8 issues)
• Dziennik Chicagoski 15 December 1890 – 30 December 1922 (9359 issues)
• Dziennik narodowy 25 May 1900 – 11 November 1918 (305 issues)
• Dziennik Zwiazkowy Zgoda 15 January 1908 – 15 January 1908 (1 issue)
• Edwardsville Spectator 29 May 1819 – 20 October 1826 (324 issues)
• Eintracht 4 November 1950 – 28 January 2017 (1724 issues)
• Express 23 November 1895 – 1 February 1896 (11 issues)
• Farm Home 1 August 1899 – 1 June 1920 (190 issues)
• Farm Press 1 October 1906 – 1 April 1913 (70 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)
• 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)
• Ford County Journal 24 November 1859 – 20 December 1860 (51 issues)
• Franklin Reporter 5 January 1878 – 28 December 1922 (1048 issues)
• Galena Daily Advertiser 2 June 1848 – 25 January 1864 (3759 issues)
• Galena Daily Courier 28 January 1856 – 18 May 1861 (1460 issues)
• Galena Daily Gazette 3 January 1868 – 31 December 1929 (18886 issues)
• Galena Daily Jeffersonian 6 September 1852 – 17 August 1854 (213 issues)
• Galena Semi-Weekly Advertiser 6 May 1845 – 26 May 1848 (288 issues)
• Gallatin Democrat 1 March 1906 – 1 March 1906 (1 issue)
• Glas Svobode 28 August 1917 – 29 December 1922 (557 issues)
• Głos polek 1 July 1902 – 27 December 1922 (639 issues)
• Goreville Record 8 September 1905 – 31 August 1906 (20 issues)
• Great Lakes Bulletin 30 March 1918 – 25 December 1935 (397 issues)
• Herrin Semi-Weekly Herald 29 February 1924 – 3 July 1925 (66 issues)
• Hillsboro Journal 1 January 1886 – 25 December 1891 (218 issues)
• Hlasatel 6 January 1920 – 23 April 1920 (32 issues)
• Hutsonville Herald 6 January 1905 – 29 December 1905 (52 issues)
• Hyde Park News 3 July 1886 – 27 April 1889 (148 issues)
• Illinois Farmer 1 January 1856 – 1 October 1864 (102 issues)
• Illinois Fiery Cross 15 February 1924 – 19 September 1924 (25 issues)
• Illinois Staats-zeitung (Chicago, Ill. 1862) daily 2 January 1888 – 30 April 1888 (103 issues)
• Illinois Staats-zeitung (Chicago, Ill. Weekly) 26 March 1863 – 27 December 1899 (1812 issues)
• Illinois State Register 7 January 1842 – 25 December 1856 (555 issues)
• Joliet Signal 5 May 1846 – 20 December 1864 (323 issues)
• Katalikas 14 July 1910 – 28 December 1916 (619 issues)
• Lawrence County News 7 January 1909 – 27 December 1922 (104 issues)
• Lee County Farm News 6 June 1922 – 19 December 1922 (11 issues)
• Lietuva 19 June 1908 – 8 May 1920 (1045 issues)
• Local Record 5 January 1878 – 8 February 1892 (599 issues)
• Loves Park Post 12 June 1947 – 13 July 1950 (184 issues)
• Marion Semi-Weekly Leader 4 January 1921 – 29 December 1922 (198 issues)
• Mason City Journal 1 January 1875 – 29 December 1876 (79 issues)
• Mattoon Daily Journal 18 June 1900 – 31 December 1900 (84 issues)
• Metropolis Weekly Gazette 21 July 1911 – 22 December 1922 (426 issues)
• Metropolitan News 7 May 1935 – 27 February 1937 (12 issues)
• Monday Morning Mail 17 September 1951 – 19 December 1970 (918 issues)
• Montgomery Democrat 29 November 1877 – 29 November 1877 (1 issue)
• Montgomery Democrat 29 November 1877 – 29 November 1877 (2 issues)
• Mount Carmel Register 14 March 1872 – 2 May 1889 (526 issues)
• Naperville Newsletter 2 September 1857 – 2 September 1857 (1 issue)
• National News 22 October 1915 – 10 May 1916 (16 issues)
• North Western Gazette & Galena Advertiser 13 December 1834 – 28 March 1845 (485 issues)
• Prairie Farmer 1 January 1841 – 11 January 1941 (2476 issues)
• Proletarec 1 January 1906 – 25 December 1946 (723 issues)
• Rassvet 1 December 1926 – 26 September 1938 (2316 issues)
• Reynolds Press 24 January 1896 – 8 October 1896 (34 issues)
• Russkiĭ vestnik i rassvet 15 May 1926 – 30 November 1926 (166 issues)
• Russkiĭ vestnik 1 May 1926 – 14 May 1926 (3 issues)
• Sangamo Journal / Illinois State Journal 10 November 1831 – 30 December 1865 (5985 issues)
• Sidney Times 3 January 1908 – 9 December 1910 (93 issues)
• St. Anne Record 20 October 1905 – 4 January 1923 (864 issues)
• Strike Bulletin 9 April 1913 – 12 May 1915 (106 issues)
• Sunday Chicago Bee 1 May 1938 – 20 October 1946 (12 issues)
• Svobodnai︠a︡ Rossii︠a︡ 6 July 1918 – 23 August 1923 (9 issues)
• Sycamore Tribune 7 January 1944 – 18 December 1964 (1039 issues)
• Tampico Tornado 8 June 1876 – 17 December 1892 (323 issues)
• Telegraf 31 May 1892 – 25 September 1901 (371 issues)
• The Advertiser 2 March 1918 – 25 February 1922 (208 issues)
• The American Issue (Illinois Edition) 16 February 1912 – 1 May 1932 (492 issues)
• The American Issue (Illinois Edition) 4 July 1913 – 1 May 1932 (420 issues)
• The Arsenal Record 2 July 1918 – 9 January 1919 (24 issues)
• The Ashton Gazette 14 July 1904 – 20 February 1964 (2854 issues)
• The Bowen Chronicle 20 September 1900 – 20 September 1917 (30 issues)
• The Broad Ax 31 August 1895 – 10 September 1927 (1661 issues)
• The Cairo Bulletin 21 December 1868 – 28 December 1922 (11538 issues)
• The Cairo Herald 9 December 1917 – 9 December 1917 (1 issue)
• The Champaign County News 7 July 1900 – 3 June 1916 (408 issues)
• The Champaign Daily News 29 July 1895 – 31 December 1919 (6142 issues)
• 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 Star 6 July 1946 – 4 September 1948 (114 issues)
• The Chicago Whip 24 June 1919 – 10 October 1931 (177 issues)
• The Daily Evening Jeffersonian 2 August 1851 – 15 September 1851 (37 issues)
• The Daily Morning Jeffersonian 17 September 1851 – 30 April 1852 (185 issues)
• The Daily National Hotel Reporter 2 January 1918 – 30 December 1922 (1526 issues)
• The Day Book 1 November 1911 – 6 July 1917 (2070 issues)
• The De Pue Leader 5 January 1917 – 27 December 1918 (102 issues)
• The Deer Creek Progress 24 April 1919 – 15 September 1921 (3 issues)
• The DeKalb Chronicle 13 January 1894 – 13 July 1895 (72 issues)
• The DeKalb Daily Chronicle 2 January 1918 – 31 December 1930 (3828 issues)
• The Du Page County Observer 28 January 1852 – 21 June 1854 (102 issues)
• The Evening Gazette 2 April 1883 – 31 October 1887 (1271 issues)
• The Forum 3 February 1906 – 30 June 1917 (395 issues)
• The Free West 1 December 1853 – 19 July 1855 (77 issues)
• The Galena Tribune 1 March 1905 – 6 October 1906 (514 issues)
• The Henry Republican 4 July 1901 – 2 June 1921 (1012 issues)
• The Hillel Bulletin 13 November 1924 – 1 December 1955 (234 issues)
• The Illinois Issue 19 January 1906 – 9 February 1912 (125 issues)
• The Illinois Standard 11 September 1948 – 29 January 1949 (21 issues)
• The Illinois Star 4 July 1935 – 6 November 1941 (6 issues)
• The Illinois Times 14 October 1949 – 20 September 1963 (132 issues)
• The Industry Press 23 March 1916 – 29 December 1921 (278 issues)
• The Irish Republic 4 May 1867 – 25 April 1868 (52 issues)
• The Jewish Advance 14 June 1878 – 14 October 1881 (169 issues)
• The Lacon Home Journal 26 January 1910 – 27 December 1923 (410 issues)
• The Loves Park Post Machesney Park Pilot 5 March 1981 – 10 August 1989 (433 issues)
• The Macomb Daily By-stander 1 July 1920 – 7 July 1922 (618 issues)
• The Macomb Journal 12 July 1861 – 30 December 1909 (2255 issues)
• The Mattoon Commercial 5 January 1893 – 28 December 1893 (58 issues)
• The Merchants Telegram 12 November 1919 – 10 November 1920 (36 issues)
• The Monmouth Daily Atlas 1 July 1905 – 30 December 1922 (2791 issues)
• The Naperville Clarion 5 January 1870 – 31 December 1925 (1783 issues)
• The Naperville Herald 19 May 1900 – 3 November 1900 (3 issues)
• The Naperville Sentinel 1 July 1858 – 20 June 1861 (155 issues)
• The National Prohibitionist 5 December 1907 – 27 January 1910 (36 issues)
• The News-Herald 4 May 1889 – 7 December 1889 (32 issues)
• The Old Soldier 1 February 1840 – 12 October 1840 (18 issues)
• The Ottawa Free Trader 23 May 1840 – 2 August 1890 (2497 issues)
• The Parks Journal 1 April 1992 – 10 March 1999 (361 issues)
• The Patoka register 15 November 1907 – 20 December 1912 (60 issues)
• The Post 18 July 1950 – 26 February 1981 (1957 issues)
• The Post 5 March 1981 – 24 June 1982 (68 issues)
• The Post-Journal 17 March 1999 – 30 December 2021 (1229 issues)
• The Prospectus 18 December 1968 – 13 February 2020 (1455 issues)
• The Quill 20 May 1892 – 24 April 1923 (1480 issues)
• The Republican-Atlas 5 July 1895 – 3 July 1913 (942 issues)
• The Robbins Eagle 3 March 1951 – 15 June 1963 (161 issues)
• The Rock Island Argus 2 January 1889 – 30 June 1915 (8235 issues)
• The Rock Island Argus 5 March 1877 – 30 September 1885 (2600 issues)
• The Saturday Blade 14 January 1905 – 29 November 1919 (237 issues)
• The Sidell Journal 7 February 1902 – 28 March 1991 (3296 issues)
• The Sidell Reporter 2 May 1991 – 23 December 2021 (1580 issues)
• The Sidell Reporter 6 September 1890 – 19 January 1895 (2 issues)
• The Student 1 November 1871 – 1 December 1873 (23 issues)
• The Target 31 May 1968 – 29 December 1969 (42 issues)
• The Universalist 3 July 1886 – 27 November 1897 (280 issues)
• The Workingman’s Advocate 17 September 1864 – 13 October 1877 (415 issues)
• The Zion Banner 22 May 1901 – 30 June 1903 (134 issues)
• The Zion City Independent 3 June 1910 – 22 June 1917 (342 issues)
• The Zion Herald 8 May 1907 – 29 June 1910 (145 issues)
• Theocrat 21 February 1914 – 7 September 1949 (396 issues)
• Toluca Star-Herald 10 January 1913 – 12 November 1920 (118 issues)
• True Republican 1 February 1865 – 31 December 1968 (8029 issues)
• Twin City Review 19 November 1920 – 2 April 1926 (277 issues)
• Týdenní hlasatel 20 July 1892 – 26 July 1893 (51 issues)
• Urbana Daily Courier 1 March 1903 – 31 December 1935 (9103 issues)
• Vandalia Whig and Illinois Intelligencer 28 March 1832 – 17 December 1834 (97 issues)
• Vorbote 10 October 1917 – 27 October 1920 (171 issues)
• Warren County Democrat 30 September 1887 – 9 October 1913 (1307 issues)
• Weekly Pantagraph 5 January 1883 – 1 September 1916 (1705 issues)
• Western Citizen 26 July 1842 – 18 October 1853 (518 issues)
• Western Railroad Gazette 15 November 1856 – 19 March 1870 (290 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)
• Western Rural 4 January 1868 – 15 September 1883 (575 issues)
• Whiteside Chronicle 28 June 1870 – 21 December 1871 (79 issues)
• Zgoda – Unity 1 January 1914 – 28 December 1922 (314 issues)
• Zgoda – Unity 4 January 1893 – 26 December 1901 (417 issues)
• Zgoda : Wydania dla niewiast 13 September 1900 – 25 December 1913 (627 issues)
• Zgoda : Wydanie dla mężczyzn 2 January 1902 – 25 December 1913 (449 issues)

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 Public Library

• Daily Evening Call
• Daily Quincy Herald
• Daily Whig and Republican
• Quincy Daily Whig
• Quincy Daily Whig and Republican
• Quincy Herald
• Quincy Herald and Argus
• Quincy Herald Whig
• Quincy Morning Whig
• Quincy Weekly Whig
• Quincy Whig
• Quincy Whig and Republican
• Quincy Whig-Journal
• The Daily Quincy Herald
• The Quincy Daily Herald
• The Quincy Daily Journal
• The Quincy Daily Whig
• The Quincy Evening Call
• The Quincy Herald
• The Quincy Journal
• The Quincy Morning Whig
• The Quincy Weekly Herald
• The Quincy Whig

Camp Point Public Library

• The Camp Point Journal
• Golden New Era
• This is Camp Point

Clayton Public Library District

• The Clayton Enterprise

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

Bureau County

Neponset Public Library

• Buda Plain Dealer
• Centennial Parade
• The Neponset Messenger

Walnut Public Library District

• The Sentinel Leader
• Walnut Leader
• West Salem Advocate
• Williamsfield Times

Carroll County

Lanark Public Library

• Carroll County Gazette
• Carroll County Herald
• Carroll County Mirror
• Carroll County Mirror And Herald
• Carroll County Mirror Democrat
• Carroll County Review
• Carroll County Weekly Mirror
• Daily Mirror Democrat
• Home Intelligencer
• Prairie Advocate
• Savanna Times-Journal
• The Carroll County Republican
• The Lanark Gazette
• The Lanark News-Gazette
• The Stockton Herald

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

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

Cook County
Bellwood Public Library

• Franklin Park Star Sentinel
• Maywood Star Sentinel
• Melrose Park Star Sentinel
• Northlake Star Sentinel
• Proviso Star Sentinel
• Star Sentinel
• The Star – Progress
• The Star Progress
• West Proviso Herald

Forest Park Public Library

• Forest Park Review
• Review and Forest Parker 
• Forest Parker
• Village Free Press

Forest Park Village Free Press

• Village Free Press

Gail Borden Public Library

• Barry Weekly Adage
• Belletristisches Journal
• Belleville News-Democrat
• Belleviller Post Und Zeitung
• Belleviller Volksblatt
• Blandinsville Star-Gazette
• Camp Register
• Chicago Daily Tribune
• Chicago Printing And Advertising News
• Chicago Times
• Chicagos American
• East Logan County Booster
• Elgin Advocate
• Elgin Business Mirror
• Elgin Chronicle
• Elgin Daily Frank
• Elgin Daily Leader
• Elgin Daily News
• Elgin Deutsche Zeitung
• Elgin Every Saturday
• Elgin Gazette
• Elgin Morning Frank
• Elgin Uhr
• Elgin Weekly Frank
• Every Saturday
• Fox River Courier
• Frankfort Phoenix Advertiser
• Freeport Weekly Bulletin
• Galesburg Nonpareil
• Henry News Republican
• Hillsboro Democrat
• Human Rights
• Illinois State Gazette And Jacksonville News
• Illinois Weekly Palladium
• Jubilaums-Ausgabe
• Kane County Democrat
• Kane County Journal
• Lady Elgin
• Lebanon Advertiser
• Lemont Advertiser
• Liberia Herald
• McLean Register
• Minooka Phoenix Advertiser
• Mokena Phoenix Advertiser
• Montgomery County Herald
• Mount Vernon Free Press
• Salt
• Second District Democrat
• Sharps Daily Statesman
• Shoaffs Family Gazette
• Stark County Democrat
• The Advance Guard
• The Bloomington Daily Argus
• The Bloomington Press
• The Bradford Republican
• The Breese Journal
• The Charleston Courier
• The Christopher Progress
• The Daily Alaska Empire
• The Democratic Union
• The Elgin Advocate
• The Elgin Courier
• The Elgin Daily Courier
• The Elgin Daily Dial
• The Elgin Daily News
• The Elgin Democrat
• The Elgin Dial
• The Elgin Evening Advocate
• The Elgin Evening Dial
• The Elgin Morning Dial
• The Elgin Times
• The Elgin Weekly Dial
• The Elgin Weekly Gazette
• The Elizabeth Times
• The Eureka Journal
• The Evening Chronicle
• The Family Intelligencer
• The Freeport Journal
• The Hillsboro Journal
• The Informer
• The Investigator
• The Kansas Weekly Journal
• The Litchfield Journal
• The Macomb Daily By-Stander
• The Marengo News
• The McKendree Review
• The Moline Independent
• The Montgomery News
• The National Standard
• The Patriot
• The Ridge
• The Sciota Sentinel
• The Sheldon Journal
• The State Capital
• The Sunday Morning Dial
• The Union Monitor
• The Valley Chronicle
• The Weekly Gazette
• The Weekly Magnet
• The Weekly Pantagraph
• The Weekly Transcript
• The Whig
• Towanda Booster
• Weekly Signal
• Western Christian
• Worth Jubilee
• Edwardsville Post
• Elgin Evening Press
• Elgin Weekly Press
• First Congregational Church
• Hanover Township Records
• Hanover Township Treasury And Schools
• The Elgin Weekly Courier

Midlothian Public Library

• Midlothian-Bremen Messenger
• Midlothian Bremen Messenger 
• Bremen Township News Record 
• Bremen Township Rooster 
• Posen Times
• Midlothian Messenger 
• Bremen Messenger
• Town Topics
• The Star Herald
• Ad-Visor

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 

Riverside Public Library

• Riverside Citizen
• Riverside News
• Riverside News North Riverside Citizen
• Riverside Times
• Suburban Life
• Suburban Life Citizen
• The Citizen
• The Riversider
• The Landmark

Robinson Public Library District

• Annapolis News
• Crawford Press
• Duncanville Courier
• Flat Rock Journal
• Hutsonville Herald
• Oblong Ledger
• Oblong Oracle
• Palestine Enterprise
• Palestine Monitor
• Palestine News
• Palestine Pearl
• Palestine Register
• Palestine Reporter
• Palestine Republican
• Palestine Review
• Palestine Semi Weekly Register
• Palestine Weekly News-Bulletin
• Palestine Weekly Register
• Patoka Register
• Progressive Teacher
• Robinson Constitution
• Robinson Daily News
• The Crawford County Argus
• The Palestine News
• The Robinson Argus
• Wabash Pearl
• West York Advance
• The Oblong Gem

DeKalb County
Hinckley Historical Society

• Country Courier
• Hinckley Review
• Review
• Waterman Leader
• The Hinckley Review

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 
• 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

Douglas County

Arthur Public Library District

• Arthur Clarion
• Arthur Enterprise
• Arthur Graphic
• Arthur Graphic Clarion
• Arthur Signal
• Clarion Press
• News Progress

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

Effingham County

Effingham Public Library

• Teutopolis Press Gazette

Fulton County

Easley Pioneer Museum

• Camp Ellis News

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

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
• The Star Courier

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 

Lake County

Lake Forest Illinois

• The Lake Forester
• The Lake Forester and Lake Forest News
• The Lake Forester and Lake Bluff News

LaSalle County
Earlville Library

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

Reddick Public Library District

• Daily Republican Times
• Ottawa Republican
• Ottawa Republican Times
• Ottawa Weekly Republican
• The Daily Times

Lawrence County
Lawrence Public Library

• American Banner
• Birds Review
• Bridgeport Leader
• Bridgeport Leader and St. Francisville Times
• 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

Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library

• Die Union
• Edwardsville Intelligencer
• Highland Bote
• Highland Bote Und Schutzen-Zeitung
• Highland Journal
• Highland Leader
• Highland News Leader
• Highland Union
• Square News
• The Gazette-Democrat
• The Highland News Leader
• The Hillsboro Journal
• Weekly Telephone

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

McDonough County

Colchester District Library

• Blandinsville Gazette
• Blandinsville Star Gazette
• Colchester Independent
• Macomb Daily Journal
• Macomb Weekly Journal
• The Adair Weekly Beacon
• The Bardolph News
• The Bushnell Record
• The Industry Press
• The Macomb Journal
• The McDonough News

McDonough County Genealogical Society

• Blandinsville Gazette
• Blandinsville Star Gazette
• Colchester Independent
• Macomb Daily Journal
• Macomb Weekly Journal
• The Adair Weekly Beacon
• The Bardolph News
• The Bushnell Record
• The Industry Press
• The Macomb Journal
• The McDonough News

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

McHenry County Newspapers

• Daily Sentinel-Richmond Edition
• Hole In The Wall
• Home Circle
• Marengo Journal
• Marengo News
• Marengo Republican
• Marengo Republican-News
• McHenry Star
• McHenry Star News
• Nu Vue News
• Richmond Gazette
• Richmond Nu Vue News
• Richmond Recorder
• The McHenry Plaindealer
• The Patrons Advocate
• The Woodstock American
• The Woodstock Republican
• The Woodstock Sentinel
• Union News
• Woodstock Daily Sentinel

McLean County

Crumbaugh Library

• Amerikanski Slovenec
• Brown County Democrat
• Chicago Daily Tribune
• Chicago Times
• Daily Republican-Era
• Danville Republican And Chronotype
• Der Mascoutah Anzeiger
• Farmer City Journal
• Greenville Advocate
• Harvey News Bee
• Harvey Tribune
• Hebron Herald
• Hennepin Record
• Henry Times
• Heyworth Star
• Hinckley Review
• Hindsboro News
• Homer Enterprise
• Hoopeston Chronicle Herald
• Hoopeston Evening Times
• Hume Record
• Illiana Farmer
• Illinois Gazette
• Illinois Valley Tradesman
• Industry Press
• Jacksonville Daily Journal
• Jacksonville Tribune
• Jersey County News
• Johnston City Progress
• Kankakee Gazette
• Lawrence County News
• Lebanon Journal
• LeRoy Eagle
• LeRoy Free Press
• LeRoy Laconic
• LeRoy Weekly News
• Lewistown News
• Lincoln Courier-Herald
• London Times
• Mansfield Daily Express
• Marion Evening Post
• Markham Tribune
• Marshall Herald
• Mason City Banner Times
• Mattoon Daily Herald
• McLean Lens
• Medora Messenger
• Metropolis Gazette
• Milford Herald News
• Millstadt Enterprise
• Morgan County News
• Morton News
• Mt Pulaski Weekly News
• Murphysboro Daily Independent
• Peoples Press
• Rinehart Real Estate News
• South End Reporter
• The County Republican
• The Daily News Herald
• The Daily Register
• The Farm
• The Leader
• The Lena Star
• The LeRoy Journal
• The Liberty Bee
• The Liberty Press
• The Macomb Daily Bystander
• The Manito Community Express
• The News Bulletin
• The News Times
• The Prairie Post
• The Press Tribune
• The Progressive Era
• The Quill
• The Rail-Splitter
• The Restitution
• The Western Plowman And South And West
• Tri-Town News
• Williamson County News

Heyworth Public Library District

• Heyworth Natural Gas
• Heyworth Reporter
• The Heyworth Star

Menard County

Petersburg Public Library

• Petersburg Observer

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 
• 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 

Pike County

Griggsville Historical Society

• The Independent Press
• The Independent Press
• The Pike County Republican

Randolph County

Coulterville High School

• The Republican
• The Coulterville News

Rock Island County

Rock Island County Historical Society

• De Nieuwe Wereld
• Gazette van Detroit
• Gazette van Moline
• Our Sunday Visitor
• East Moline Enterprise
• East Moline Herald
• Reynolds Press

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

Sangamon County

Lincoln Library Springfield

• Chicago Record-Herald
• Daily Courier
• Illinois State Democrat
• Lincoln Daily Courier
• Lincoln Herald
• News-Record
• Petersburg Observer
• Pleasant Plains Advocate
• Springfield Evening News
• Springfield News-Record
• The Lincoln Courier
• The Lincoln Daily Courier
• The Lincoln Times Courier
• The Menard Index
• The Menard Weekly Index
• The Petersburg Observer
• The Public Patron
• The Rochester Weekly Item
• The Springfield Evening News
• The Springfield News
• The Tri City Register
• The Weekly Enterprise
• Courier Daily Courier
• The Chicago Record-Herald
• The Evening News
• The Illinois State Journal
• The Lincoln Herald
• The Lincoln Weekly Herald
• The Menard County Axis

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 District

• Daily Post-Herald
• Marion Semi-Weekly Leader
• The Daily Post-Herald
• The Post-Herald
• The Wyoming Post
• The Wyoming Post And Bradford Chronicle
• The Wyoming Post-Herald
• Wyoming 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

Tazewell County Genealogical Society

• Daily Evening Journal
• Daily Transcript
• Der Sonntagsgast
• East Side News
• Freie Prelle
• Green Valley Times
• Illinois Valley Herald
• Mackinaw Enterprise Gazette
• Pekin City Guide
• Pekin Daily Post Tribune
• Pekin Daily Times
• Pekin Daily Tribune
• Pekin Free Press
• Tazewell County Recorder and Washington Post and News
• Tazewell County Republican
• Tazewell County Tribune
• Tazewell Register
• Tazewell Republican
• The Atlanta Argus
• The Daily Evening Post
• The Deer Creek Progress
• The Delavan Advertiser
• The Delavan Times Press
• The East Peoria Post
• The Emden News
• The Emden Weekly Star
• The Green Valley Banner
• The Hartsburg Enterprise
• The Hartsburg Journal
• The Manito Express
• The New Holland Journal
• The Pekin Weekly Times
• The Peoria Evening Times
• The Peoria Journal
• The Republican Post
• The San Jose Journal
• The Tazewell Republican
• The Tremont Sun
• Woodford County Journal

Whiteside County
Sterling Public Library

• Daily Gazette
• Evening Gazette
• Fulton Journal
• Republican and Gazette
• Sauk Valley Sunday
• Sterling Daily Gazette
• Sterling Daily Gazette And Daily Standard
• Sterling Daily Standard
• Sterling Evening Gazette
• Sterling Gazette
• Sterling Republic
• Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette
• Sterling Standard
• Telegraph
• The Daily Gazette

Erie Illinois Public Library 

• Erie Independent 
• Review 

Will County
Plainfield Public Library

• Enterprise 
• The Enterprise
• The Enterprise Advantage

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
• Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun
• Libertyville Independent
• Lake County Register

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
• The Wilmette Beacon
• Wilmette Local Newspapers
• Chicago Tribune
• Evanston Press
• Wilmette Bulletin
• Evanston Review
• The Inter Ocean
• Lake Shore New
• Chicago Sun Times

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
• Daily Eastern News

Elmhurst University – Elmhurst

• Leader

Glenbard West High School – Glen Ellyn

• The Glen Bard

Governors State University – University Park

• Innovator
• Innovator
• Phoenix

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

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
• Print (1968-1987)
• The Interim (1963-1967)

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
• Alestle

University High School, Midway – Chicago

• The U-High Midway

University of Chicago – Chicago

• Daily Maroon

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) AA
• Aledo – Keyhole (Company 2665) AA
• Alto Pass – Pomonian (Company 620)
• Anna – Camp Gossip (Company 625)
• Annawan – Flash (Company 3682)
• Charleston – Charleston Echo (Company 627)
• Eddyville – Eddy-Tor (Company 623)
• Effingham – Tri-“C”-News (Company 419)
• Fort Sheridan – Fort Farce (Company 1)
• 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)
• Glenview – Record (Company 639)Y
• Glenview – Voice Of 607 (Company 607)
• 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)
• Joliet – Tow-Path Topics (Company 630)
• Jonesboro – Echo (Company 1621)
• Lemont – Sag Forest Leaves (Company 2658)
• Lockport – C.C.C. Romeo Rag (Company 631)
• Lockport – Lemont-Brandon Eagle (Company 631)
• Manito – Spring Lake News (Company 2675)
• McClure – Delta Outpost (Company 637)
• Mt. Carroll – Camp Carroll Volcano (Company 2664) AA
• Mt. Carroll – Retreat (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)
• Savana – Palisades Echo (Company 627)
• Stockton – Voice Of 610 (Company 610)
• 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)
• Willow Springs – Palos Hills Beacon (Company 612)

Illinois Swedish Language Newspapers

• Facklan 
• Gamla och nya hemlandet 
• Hemlandet det gamla och det nya
• Justitia 
• Ny tid
• Nya svenska amerikanaren 
• Sanningens vittne trons härold 
• 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 News1888-1988
• 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
• Champaign IL Illinois Times
• Chathan IL Clarion
• Chicago IL American
• Chicago IL Broad Axe
• Chicago IL Daily Inter Ocean
• Chicago IL Daily Press Tribune
• Chicago IL Daily Trubine
• Chicago IL Daily Worker
• Chicago IL Draugas
• Chicago IL Draugas Daily Friend
• Chicago IL Metropolitan News
• Chicago IL Newspapers 1893
• Chicago IL Proletarec
• Chicago IL Tribune
• Chicago IL Whip
• Chicago IL Workingmans Advocate
• Chicago IL World
• Granite City IL Press Record
• Juliet IL Signal
• Metropolis IL Gazette
• Metropolis IL Weekly Gazette
• Mt. Olive IL Herald
• Ottawa IL Free Trader
• Robbins IL Eagle
• Springfield IL Forum
• Staunton IL Star Times
• Urbana IL Daily Courier
• Virden IL Recorder
• Wood River IL Journal

Newspaper Abstracts – Illinois

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Antioch

• Antioch News 

Barrington

• Barrington Courier-Review  (index)
• Barrington Review 

Belleville

• The Messenger – 2007-present

Chicago

• Advance 1903-1907, 1911, 1914-1915
• American Appeal 
• American Jewess
• American Socialist
• Amerikanski Slovenec
• Assyrian American herald
• 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 1916
• Chicago daily news 
• Chicago Evening Post 1930
• Chicago Examiner
• Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey
• Chicago foreign language press survey: Norwegian
• 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
• Economist: A Weekly Financial, Commercial, and Real-Estate Newspaper 1896-1922
• 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)
• Głos polek 1902-1903, 1910-1911
• Illinois Fiery Cross
• Illinois Kourier
• Illinois Staats-zeitung 
• Industrial Union Bulletin
• Industrial Worker
• interior 1893-1894, 1899, 1905, 1913, 1919-1922
• Jewish Labor World – אידישע ארבייטער וועלט
• Jewish Sentinel
• Katolik: w Archidiecezji Chicago – 2011-2013
• Klan Kourier
• Knights of Labor  
• La tribuna italiana trans-atlantica
• Labor Unity
• 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 inter ocean 
• The Interior
• The Jewish Record – דער יידישער רעקארד
• The Messenger – 2007-present
• The Reform Advocate
• The Sentinel
• The workingman’s advocate
• The Yiddish Art Companion – דער אידישער קונסט פריינד
• Unzer Wort (Chicago) – אונזער ווארט (שיקגו)

Decatur

• Decatur Daily Republican

Downers Grove

• Downers Grove Reporter

Galesburg

• Illinois Star

Granite City

• Granite City Press-Record

Huntley

• Huntley Farmside

Hyde Park

• Hyde Park Herald

Jacksonville

• Jacksonville: College Greetings 1913-1918

Joliet

• Christ Is Our Hope – 2008-present

Lake Forest

• Lake Forester 

Macomb

• Macomb: Western Courier 1911-1913

McHenry

• McHenry Plaindealer

Mt. Carroll

• Carroll County Republican

Niles

• Niles Bugle
• Niles Herald-Spectator

Nokomis

• Deutsch-Amerikaner 

Oak Lawn

• Oak Lawn Independent
• Village View

Oak Park

• Irish American News

Peoria

• The Catholic Post – 2008-present

Proviso

• Proviso Township Herald

River Forest

• River Forest: Forest Leaves 1917-1922

Rockford

• The Observer – 1935-present

Skokie

• Skokie Local Newspapers Newspaper Index

Springfield

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

Urbana

• Urbana: Young China 1920-1921

Winnetka

• Winnetka Weekly Talk

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Ancestry.com:

There are currently 106 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Illinois Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

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Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 851 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Illinois

Newspapers.com:

There are currently 877 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Illinois 

And Finally:

You also need to check out the University of Illinois Newspapers Database site, which can tell you what is happening in the state with regard to all the newspapers that are listed in the database and whether they are available via paper, microfilm, and/or online. 

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.

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