Newspapers & Magazines
Although many newspapers are available in digital form, some are still only in paper or on microfilm. The Oklahoma Historical Society collects all Oklahoma newspapers. See their Newspaper Catalog for a complete list. Many of their newspapers are available through the Gateway to Oklahoma History (listed below) while others are available on-site at the OHS Research Center.
- America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)Early American newspapers. (NOTE: library does not own all the series in this collection.)
- America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1999)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Similar to the database above, but contains different newspapers than ours.
- American Periodicals Series (1740-1940s; Proquest)Magazines and journals that began publishing between 1740 and 1940.
- Black Dispatch (microfilm; 1917-1981)An African-American newspaper out of Oklahoma City. Click title then request via Sooner Xpress.
1917-1929, 1950-1959 available at Gateway to Oklahoma History. - Buckskin Joe's Emigrant Guide1887-1888. Available in Newspapers.com from the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City. (See entry below for details on getting a library card.) Official monthly of "Buckskin Joe's Texas Oklahoma Colony."
- Cherokee Messenger (In Cherokee)1844-1846. Baptist Mission Press.
- Gateway to Oklahoma HistoryDigital Oklahoma newspapers (and more) dating from the 1850s. Includes African American newspapers.
Also see this list, American Indian Newspapers. Some available online, some on microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society. - Harlow's Weekly1912-1949. "Information on Oklahoma political, industrial, commercial, social, and economic developments as well as an organ of historical and literary expression." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
- Historical US Newspapers (ProQuest)Includes these U.S. papers:
-Chicago Tribune, 1849-present;
-Los Angeles Times, 1881-present;
-New York Times, 1851-present;
-Wall Street Journal, 1889-present;
-Washington Post, 1877-2007, 2008-present.
(The UK's Guardian and Observer, 1791-2003, is also included in this search as are papers from the Historically Black Newspapers collection.) - Indian MissionaryOn microfilm. Established by the Baptist Mission. 1884-1891.
- Indigenous Newspapers of North America (1828-2016; Adam Matthew)Includes several Oklahoma newspapers.
- Kiowa ChiefIn paper at the Western History Collections. News about the opening of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache lands for settlement. ~1899-1900. Library holdings incomplete.
- Newspaper Archive (1607-2022)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. U.S. and international newspapers. NOTE: Sometimes if a paper is not in Newspapers.com, it will be in this database.
- Newspapers.com Library Edition (1700s-2000s; Ancestry.com via Proquest)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries. NOTE: The library edition does not have all newspapers that the personal subscription includes.
- Nineteenth Century U.S. NewspapersNewspapers from the 1800s.
- Norman Transcript (microfilm)4th floor East, outside former Government Documents Department.
1889-2020 - Oklahoma Daily (1916-2017; Oklahoma Historical Society)University of Oklahoma student newspaper. Also see The University of Oklahoma Student Newspapers Collection below.
- Oklahoma Magazine (Later called McMaster's)In paper, Western History Collections. ~1889–1900. Library has incomplete holdings.
- Oklahoman Archive (1901-present; Newsbank)A Pioneer Library System (Norman) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. The Oklahoman, formerly The Daily Oklahoman. Full text of images to 1991. Text only 1992-2019. NOTE: Scroll down and click on Oklahoman Archive - Newsbank. Click link for additional login options, type Pioneer for library name, and then enter your library card number. This database may not work on the OU campus.
- Oklahoman Archives (The Oklahoman, formerly The Daily Oklahoman, 1901-March 3, 2022)—Update: as of 2-5-2024, the database is still available. Due to the large size of the archive, searches may need to be limited with a date range in order to return results.
Because Gannett found this database unprofitable, beginning February 3rd, 2022, the full Oklahoman Archives will no longer be available. Access to 1981-present. For other ways to access online content see this blog post. - Oklahoman Collection (1901-present; Newsbank)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. The Oklahoman, formerly The Daily Oklahoman. Full text of images to 1991. Text only 1992-2019.
- Oklahoma Newspapers ListScroll all the way to the bottom of this page for a list of digitized newspapers from various sources such as libraries and Google. Dates vary.
- Our Brother in Red1882-1889. Indian Mission Conference. Geographic coverage included Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma and McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
- The O’Collegian (1895-2008)Oklahoma State's student newspaper.
- Sturm's Oklahoma Magazine1905-1911.
- Tulsa World (and title variants)1906-2018 on microfilm. 4th floor East, outside former Government Documents Department. Online: 1989-present.
- Twin Territories: The Indian MagazineOn microfilm. Edited by a 20 year old Cherokee woman, Ora Eddleman. 1898-1904. Library has 1899-1904, incomplete.