HIST3140: History of New Jersey: Newspapers and Other Periodicals

The New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project (NJDNP) is a collaboration of the Rutgers University Libraries, the New Jersey State Archives, and the New Jersey State Library. It currently features 23 digitized newspapers, with coverage spanning the 19th and early 20th centuries. Newspapers currently available include:

The Perth Amboy Evening News (1903-1924)
The Sunday Tatler and Jersey City Express (1884-1886), and The Jersey City News (1889-1906), and Sunday Morning News (1886-1891)
The West-Jersey Pioneer (1852-1884) and Bridgeton Pioneer (1884-1917)
The Evening Star and Newark Advertiser (1907-1908), The Star and Newark Advertiser (1908) [Also two issues of morning editions], The Newark Star and Newark Advertiser (1909), The Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser (1909-1912), and the Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser (1909-1916)
Gloucester County Democrat (1878-1912)
Morris County Chronicle (1877-1914)
Pleasantville Weekly Press (1892-1911) and The Pleasantville Press (1912-1914)
The Semi-Weekly News (1881-1882), The News (1882-1886) and The Mount Holly News (1891-1919)
Five Mile Beach Journal (1898-1906) and Five Mile Beach Weekly Journal (1906-1923)
Penn’s Grove Record (1882-1923)
The Lambertville Press (1858-1861)
The Lambertville Record (1872-1926)
Palisadian (Cliffside) (1906–1925)
Elizabeth-town Gazette (1818-1821)
Elizabeth Daily Monitor (1868-1875)
The Daily Free Press (Trenton) (1876)
The Jamesburg Record (1882-1904)
The Advance (Jamesburg) , (1888-1905, 1921)
The Evening Telegram (Camden), (1887-1888)
The Voice of Labor (Camden), (1915-1917)
The New Jersey Leader (Newark), (May 29, 1920)
Passaic City Record, 1890-1901
Passaic City Record and Freeman's Magazne, 1890 (2 issues)

There is probably no more important resource for the study of Newark in the 20th century than the Newark Evening News, New Jersey’s newspaper of record. The Newark Public Library is currently undertaking a new initiative to digitize the Newark Evening News, and over 40 years are currently available.

This collection consists of issues of African-American newspapers published in Newark. Titles include the Newark Herald, Advance, Herald Advance and New Jersey Herald News. These newspapers brought news of the African American community in Newark to surrounding areas from the 1930s to the 1960s. Unfortunately, the full run of this newspaper was not preserved. This digital collection contains all the issues owned by the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center at Newark Public Library.