NCGenWeb Digital Bookshelf

Locating information about North Carolina newspapers:

STATEWIDE

• Address on the history of journalism in North Carolina (1881)
• The press of North Carolina in the eighteenth century (1891)
• Biblical Recorder - 1888-1889| 1890-1891 | 1892-1893 | 1894-1895 | 1896-1897 | 1898-1899 | 1900-1901 | 1902-1903 | 1904-1905 | 1906-1907 | 1908-1909 | 1916-1917

COUNTY-SPECIFIC

• Alamance County
  • Alamance Gleaner – 1881-1910 (1,400+ issues) on Google News Archive
  • Mebane Leader (1911-1914)
• Bladen County
• Bladen Journal (1919-1985) – 2600+ issues on Google News Archive
• Cumberland County
  • Fayetteville Observer (1851-1861)
  • Fayetteville Observer — 1939-2002 (240+ issues) on Google News Archive
  • Fayetteville State University Newspaper (1946-2011)
• Davidson County
  • Times-Dispatch – 1889-2007 (14,000+ issues) on Google News Archive
• Durham County
• Carolina Times (1937-1950)
• Durham Herald
• 1981 (index Jan -May)
• 1981 (subject index, May - Dec / name index, May – Dec
• 1982 (name index | subject index)
• 1983 (name index | subject index)
• 1984 (name index | subject index)
• 1985 (name index | subject index)
• 1986 (name index | subject index- A-H, I-Z)
• 1987 (name index | subject index – A-I, J-Z)
• 1988 (name index | subject index – A-La, La-Z)
• 1989 (name index | subject index – A-H, I-Z
• 1990 – January | February
• NC Central University Student Newspaper (1927-1969)
• Edgecombe County
• Rocky Mount Record (1906)
• Weekly Reporter (1884)
• Forsyth County
• Winston-Salem State University Student Newspaper (1962-2011)
• Guilford County
• Bennett College Student Newspaper (1934-2002)
• Greensboro WWII Base Military Newspaper (1943-1946)
• Henderson County
  • Times-News – 1890-1927 (6,800+ issues) on Google News Archive
• Hoke County
• Raeford News-Journal (1943-1969)
• Mecklenburg County
  • Catawba Journal (1824-1828)
  • Charlotte Jewish News (1979-2000)
  • Miners’ and Farmers’ Journal (1830-1835)
  • Real estate and legal notices from Charlotte, North Carolina, newspapers, 1835-1847, Vol. 1. 1835-1847
  • Real estate and legal notices from Charlotte, North Carolina, newspapers, 1835-1847, Vol. 2. 1848-1862
• Moore County
• Pilot (1929-1942) – paper of Southern Pines
• Nash County
• Rocky Mount Record (1906)
• Weekly Reporter (1884)
• New Hanover County
  • Wilmington Star-News – 1962-2007 (almost 11,000 issues) on Google News Archive
• Orange County
• Black Ink, Black Student Movement of UNC-Chapel Hill (1969-2001)
• Pasquotank County
• Elizabeth City State University (1927-2011)
• Polk County
  • Polk County News – 1902-1926 (600+ issues) on Google News Archive
• Robeson County
  • Robesonian – 1902-2004 (19,700+ issues) on Google News Archive