Newspapers

Print Newspapers

The People's Archive collects local newspapers. For a list of our holdings, see our Washingtoniana Periodicals Collection. Select Georgetown specific newspapers are available in the Peabody Room. 

Digital Resources

• Dig DC: Access digital copies of local papers from our archival collections including the Quicksilver Times, the Unicorn Times, the Washington Blade, the Washington Free Press, and Women in the Life. 
• Library Databases require a library card number and PIN. Get a temporary card here.
  • Local newspapers databases include access to the Washington Post, Washington Evening Star, and hundreds of local newspaper titles.
  • Black Studies databases include access to local historic newspapers through Historic Black Newspapers, Accessible Archives, and Ethnic NewsWatch.   
• Chronicling America is a Library of Congress-sponsored project that has digitized parts of local newspapers from all over the U.S. Coverage for Washington, D.C. publications includes the years 1864–1922.
• Washington City Paper is available digitally onsite. Please contact us for details. 

Microfilm Holdings

See below for a list of historic D.C. newspapers available on microfilm at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library and the Peabody Room. All microfilm materials may be scanned to a flash drive or printed.