PA Photos and Documents
Local Newspapers
Ambler Gazette Collection – Wissahickon Valley Public Library
The Wissahickon Valley Public Library: Ambler Gazette Collection is a joint effort with the Fort Washington Historical Society to preserve the society’s collection of the Ambler Gazette. This collection is …
Bellwood-Antis Public Library – Bellwood Bulletin Collection
The Bellwood Bulletin weekly newspaper provides a unique glimpse into the cultural, economic, political, religious and social activities of Bellwood and the surrounding areas from 1889-1946. The format of newspaper …
Benjamin Franklin Jones Memorial Library – Aliquippa Area Selected Newspaper Clippings
A collection of selected newspaper clippings concerning B.F. Jones Memorial Library and the surrounding area.
Carnegie Library of Homestead – Homestead Newspaper Collection 1881-1979
The Homestead Newspaper Collection consists of scanned microfilm of various newspapers from the Steel Valley between 1881 and 1979. Titles included are: The Local News, The Homestead Times, The Mirror, …
Carnegie Library of Homestead – The Homestead Daily News, News Messenger, & Daily Messenger 1897-1979
Newspaper printed about news in Homestead, Munhall, Whitaker, Mifflin Township, Six Mile Ferry, Hays Township, and Brown’s Station. The Homestead Daily Messenger was the daily newspaper to follow the Local …
Conshohocken Free Library – The Recorder Newspaper
The Conshohocken Recorder, April 1, 1882 – September 9, 1954.
Erie County Public Library – Erie Gay News
This collection of newsletters and newspapers includes activities, events, meetings, and news for Erie’s LGBTQ community from 1992-present. This publication included titles such as: Erie Gay Community Newsletter, Erie Gay …
Erie County Public Library – Erie Gazette 1820-1864
One of the Erie area’s earliest, substantial newspapers, The Erie Gazette was printed and published by Joseph M. Sterrett. It was printed weekly and had a republican slant.
German Society of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia Demokrat
This collection consists of the daily German language newspaper “Der Demokrat”. Variant titles are: Philadelphia Demokrat, Philadelphia Demokrat und Anzeiger der Deutschen, and Philadelphier Demokrat. It merged with the Morgen …
German Society of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia Demokrat (1838)
This newspaper was edited & published by Hermann Burckhardt & Georg Rottenstein, May 1838-?, then by Georg Rottenstein alone. Not to be confused with Der Demokrat, 1839-1918.
Juniata College – Huntingdon County Historical Newspapers
This digital collection contains the archive of the Huntingdon Gazette and the Huntingdon Journal. The Huntingdon Gazette is the first successful newspaper on the town of Huntingdon and covers late …
LancasterHistory – Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1834-1854 Collection
Lancaster’s Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834 – 1872, patrons are provided with a …
LancasterHistory – Lancaster Examiner and Herald 1855-1872 Collection
Lancaster’s Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834 – 1872, patrons are provided with a …
LancasterHistory – Lititz Newspaper Collection
This collection contains issues from 1877 to 1936 of the Lititz Record and from 1937-2001 of its successor, the Lititz Record Express.
LancasterHistory – The New Holland Clarion 1873-1890 Collection
The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information on social events and …
LancasterHistory – The New Holland Clarion 1891-1910 Collection
The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information on social events and …
LancasterHistory – The New Holland Clarion 1911-1950 Collection
The New Holland Clarion was published weekly in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1873-1984. The newspaper provided the local news, world and regional news, information on social events and …
Laughlin Memorial Library – Ambridge Historic Newspaper Collection
Microfilm collection of early Ambridge, PA, newspapers beginning in 1904.
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity – Nazareth Item Newspaper
An independent family newspaper devoted to literature, local and general intelligence. Published 1891-1975.
Mengle Memorial Library – The Punxsutawney Spirit Newspaper
Welcome to the Mengle Memorial Library’s Punxsutawney Spirit Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Punxsutawney Spirit represents a significant regional newspaper in central western …
Meyersdale Public Library – Meyersdale Commercial Newspaper
Founded by Civil War Veteran Luther A. Smith in 1878, the Meyersdale Commercial was published weekly each Friday morning. This collection, containing issues of the Commercial from 1881 through 1912, …
Meyersdale Public Library – The Meyersdale Republican Newspaper
Founded in 1900 by Pennsylvania State Representative Samuel Austin Kendall – who would go on to serve seven terms as a Republican in the United States Congress, from his election …
Meyersdale Public Library – The Somerset County Times (Rockwood, Pa.) Newspaper
The Somerset County Times made its debut on November 3, 1883. Introduced to the public as “a journal of independent thought” – as would be noted on page two of …
Milton Hershey School – Hershey Community Archives – Hotel Hershey Highlights
“Hotel Hershey Highlights” was a weekly newsletter distributed from May 5, 1934 through April 28, 1951. “Highlights” covers a time period during which no local newspapers were published, shedding light …
Milton Hershey School – Hershey News Newspaper 1953-1964
Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). A small town newspaper, there were many local citizens …
Milton Hershey School – Hershey Press Collection
“The Hershey Press (alternatively published as ”Hershey’s Weekly” or “Hershey’s The Progressive Weekly”) was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township …
New Cumberland Public Library – Around Town
This collection includes a series of black and white photographs of buildings and streets throughout New Cumberland, advertisements from businesses circa 1900, and several issues of Town Topics, a newsletter …
New Cumberland Public Library – Local News
Several issues of Town Topics newspaper published in New Cumberland (1905 and 1907). Clippings and photocopies of clippings from 1881-1889, featuring New Cumberland residents and businesses in local newspapers, probably …
Osterhout Free Library – Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent
This collection contains the archive of the “Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent” newspaper from 1913 through 1958. This newspaper is historically significant to the region, state and nation in many ways since …
Peters Township Public Library – Preview: A Newsletter for Peters Township, 1983-2009
Preview was a newsletter published by Peters Township from 1983 to 2009. The newsletter reported on topics including township news, staff appointments, construction projects, and library and recreational events.
Peters Township Public Library – Peters Township News 1958-1959
Peters Township News was a weekly newspaper published by the Peters Township Chamber of Commerce. This collection includes an incomplete run of issues dating from February 1958 to April 1959.
Peters Township Public Library – Peters Township News Progress 1959-1970
Peters Township News Progress was a weekly newspaper covering Peters Township and nearby communities. For a time, it served as the official newspaper for Peters Township and the Peters Township …
Peters Township Public Library – The Commerce News 1955-1958
The Commerce News was a monthly newspaper published by the Peters Township Chamber of Commerce from approximately 1955 to 1958. Run is missing issues. The Commerce News was succeeded by …
Scranton Public Library – Mid-Valley News
This newspaper is dedicated to over ten years of news and stories from the mid valley of Lackawanna County. The townships and boroughs represented are Archbald, Jermyn, Jessup, Olyphant, Blakely …
Sewickley Public Library – Sewickley Herald Collection
The collection is the digitized microfilm archive of the Sewickley Herald from 1902-2012. The Sewickley Herald is a local, weekly newspaper that is significant in documenting the history of the …
St. Marys Public Library – The St. Marys Daily Press
The daily newspaper covering events in St. Marys, PA, located in Elk County. The newspaper begins in 1911 and is still currently printing.
Swarthmore Public Library – The Swarthmorean Newspaper, 1914-2008
This collection includes some of Swarthmore’s earliest newspapers, including the Swarthmore News followed by its still current paper, The Swarthmorean.
The Baldwin School Archives – Hourglass Newspaper Collection
The Baldwin School Hourglass Newspaper Collection includes selections from the Hourglass newspaper of The Baldwin School, which was first printed in 1945.
West Pittston Public Library – Pittston Gazette Collection
Welcome to the West Pittston Library’s Pittston Gazette Collection, a part of the POWER Library: PA Photos and Documents. The Pittston Gazette Collection includes the first 58 years of publication from 1850 …