The State Historical Society of Missouri is pleased to present a growing collection of digitized historic newspapers. These images are freely available to the public and are keyword searchable.

Search Digital Newspapers

Select Missouri newspapers hosted by Newspapers.com are freely available to view and search.  Additional digitized newspapers are available by visiting a SHSMO research center or through the Newspapers.com website. 

Search Instructions: Add keywords, dates, and/or location to the search box on the homepage.  To search for a specific paper, click on the "Papers" tab.  Alternatively, click on the "Browse" tab to view all available titles for a town.  When viewing a paper, save a copy by clicking on "Print/Download."

Search Chronicling America

Digitized newspapers are also available through the Library of Congress's Chronicling America website, which includes free historic newspapers from all states and U.S. territories in its collection.

The Missouri Digital Newspaper Program was created to coordinate the digitization of historic Missouri newspapers. Our goal is to provide a freely searchable database of historic Missouri newspapers from every county. By partnering in the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project, the State Historical Society of Missouri will provide:

Project management

Newspaper or microfilm analysis

Vendor coordination for digitization and data creation

Quality control of data and images

Integration of content into the Missouri Digital Newspaper site

Please contact  research@shsmo.orgif you are interested in partnering in the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project.

Project Partner List

Publishers

Bethany Printing

Clarence Courier

Clinton Daily Democrat

The Current Local

Democrat Argus

Enterprise-Courier

The Excelsior

Gasconade County Republican

The Hopkins Journal

Lakeway Publishers

Macon Chronicle Herald

Marion County Standard

Marthaville Record

Pearl Publishing

The Press-News Journal and Lewis County Press, LLC

The Savanna Reporter

Shelby County Herald

Steele Enterprise

Washington Missourian

Neighborhood News

Vernon Publishing

Wheaton Journal

Libraries and Historical Societies

Barry-Lawrence Regional Library

Belton Historical Society

Cameron Public Library

Carter County Library

Caruthersville Public Library

Cedar County Library

Curtis Laws Wilson Library – University of Missouri Science & Technology

Dallas County Library

De Soto Public Library

Downtown Marceline

Gentry County Library

Heartland Regional Library

Henry County Library

Hickory County Library

Jefferson County Library

Keller Public Library

Lebanon-LeClede County Library

Lincoln University

Macon Public Library

Marion County Library District – Palmyra

Marshall Public Library

Mercantile Library – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Mississippi County Library District

Missouri History Museum

Missouri State Library

New Madrid County Library

Palmyra Library District

Park Hills Public Library

Poplar Bluff Municipal Library

Ray County Museum

Scenic Regional Library

Schulyer County Library District

Shelbina Carnegie Public Library

St. Charles City-County Library

St. Joseph Public Library

St. Louis Public Library

William Jewell College Curry Library/William E. Partee Center

The Missouri Digital Newspaper Project has been made possible through the support of the following organizations: