Illinois Historical Newspapers Online

This is a list of Illinois historical newspapers images and transcriptions available online. They are organized by website and then alphabetically within each website listing. Some titles may appear more than once, as the images might be hosted on multiple websites. It’s important to check all listings for a particular newspaper to ensure you find the best quality scans.

The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections

The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library contain over 250,000 pages across 249 newspapers, most of which were published in Illinois during the 20th century. These collections are free to search, browse, and download.

In addition to Illinois Newspapers, the IDNC include three subject-focused collections. Farm, Field, and Fireside is a collection of Midwestern farm newspapers. The newspapers in American Popular Entertainment were published for the rapidly growing industry of mass entertainment, including theater, sports, and tourism. Collegiate Chronicle is a collection of college student newspapers. There is also a list of Black Newspapers which would cater to the black residents in an area, I have marked these with the label “black” in the list below, to denote this.

A

• Abendblatt (Chicago, Ill., 1894-1899)
• Abendblatt der Illinois Staats-zeitung (Chicago, Ill., 1893-1894)
• The Advertiser (Collinsville, Ill., 1918-1922) 
• Albion Journal (Albion, Ill., 1884-1900) 
• Aledo Press (Aledo, Ill., 1894-1896) 
• The Alton Telegraph (Alton, Ill., 1851-1852)
• Alton Telegraph and Democratic Review (Alton, Ill., 1849-1850)
• The Alton Weekly Courier (Alton, Ill., 1854-1855)
• American Eagle (Washington, D.C., 1925-1996) 
• The American Issue (Illinois Edition) (Chicago, Ill., 1912-1932) 
• Amerikos Lietuva (Chicago, Ill., 1914-1915)
• The Argus (Rock Island, Ill., 1885-1886) 
• The Arsenal Record (Rock Island, Ill., 1918-1919) 
• Arsenal Target (Rock Island, Ill., 1963-1969)
• Ashley News (Ashley, Ill., 1955-1966)
• The Ashton Gazette (Ashton, Ill., 1904-1964) 
• The Ashton Press (Ashton, Ill., 1889) 
• The Ava Citizen (Ava, 1917-1946)

B

• Banker Farmer (Champaign, Ill., 1913-1927) 
• Berkshire World and Cornbelt Stockman (Springfield, Ill., 1910-1926) 
• Better Farming (Chicago, Ill., 1913-1925) 
• Blue Mound Leader (Blue Mount, Ill., 1894-1899) 
• The Bowen Chronicle (Bowen, Ill., 1900-1917) 
• Bridgeport News (Chicago, Ill., 1939-1963)
• The Broad Ax (Chicago, Ill., 1895-1927)  – Black
• Bureau County Democrat (Spring Valley, Ill., 1934-1946)
• Bureau County Tribune (Princeton, Ill., 1892-1950) 

C

• The Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, Ill., 1868-1922) 
• Cairo Evening Times (Cairo, Ill., 1865) 
• The Cairo Herald (Cairo, Ill., 1917)
• The Champaign County News (Champaign, 1900-1916) 
• The Champaign Daily News (Champaign, 1895-1919) 
• Chicago Daily Calumet (Chicago, Ill., 1957-1959)
• Chicago Eagle (Chicago, Ill., 1889-1922) 
• Chicago Examiner (Chicago, Ill., 1911-1914) 
• The Chicago Illinois Idea (Chicago, Ill., 1916) – Black
• Chicago Jewish Post & Opinion (Chicago, Ill., 1962-1981)
• Chicago Livestock World (Chicago, Ill., 1902-1917) 
• Chicago Packer (Chicago, Ill., 1907-1939) 
• The Chicago Reflector (Chicago, Ill., 1897) – Black
• The Chicago Star (Chicago, Ill., 1946-1948)
• The Chicago Whip (Chicago, Ill., 1919-1931) – Black
• Chicago World (Chicago, Ill., 1934-1950) – Black
• Chillicothe Independent (Chillicothe, Ill., 1881-1885) 
• Collyer’s Eye (Chicago, Ill., 1918-1922) 

D

• The Daily Argus (Rock Island, Ill., 1873-1877) 
• The Daily Evening Jeffersonian (Galena, Ill., 1851)
• Daily Illini (Urbana, Ill., 1874-2010) 
• The Daily Morning Jeffersonian (Galena, Ill., 1851-1852)
• The Daily National Hotel Reporter (Chicago, Ill., 1918-1922) 
• Daily National Live Stock Reporter (East St. Louis, Ill., 1916-1918) 
• Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill., 1901) 
• Daily Worker (Chicago, Ill., 1924-1935)
• Daughter of Temperance (Naperville, Ill., 1850)
• The Day Book (Chicago, Ill., 1911-1917) 
• De Kalb County News (De Kalb, Ill., 1867-1868)
• The De Pue Leader (De Pue, Ill., 1917-1918) 
• The Deer Creek Progress (Deer Creek, Ill., 1919-1921) 
• The DeKalb Chronicle (De Kalb, Ill., 1894-1895) 
• The DeKalb Daily Chronicle (De Kalb, Ill., 1918-1930) 
• Democratic Plaindealer (Naperville, Ill., 1850)
• Draugas (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1922) 
• The Du Page County Observer (Naperville, Ill., 1852-1854)
• Du Page County Press (Naperville, Ill., 1867-1869)
• Du Page County Recorder (Naperville, Ill., 1850)
• Dundee Weekly (Kane, Ill., 1871-1872) 
• Dziennik Chicagoski (Chicago, Ill., 1890-1922) 
• Dziennik narodowy (Chicago, Ill., 1900-1918) 
• Dziennik Zwiazkowy Zgoda (Chicago, Ill., 1908) 

E

• Edwardsville Spectator (Edwardsville, Ill., 1819-1826) 
• Eintracht (Skokie, Ill., 1950-2017)
• The Evening Gazette (Monmouth, Ill., 1883-1887) 
• Express (Tallula, Ill., 1895-1896) 

F

• Farm, Field, and Fireside (Chicago, Ill., 1884-1906) 
• Farm, Field, and Stockman (Chicago, Ill., 1885-1887) 
• Farm Home (Springfield, Ill., 1899-1920) 
• Farm Press (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1913) 
• Farmers Gazette (Sterling, Ill., 1883-1884) 
• Farmers’ Review (Chicago, Ill., 1879-1918) 
• Farmers Voice (Chicago, Ill., 1898-1913) 
• Farmers’ Weekly Review (Joliet, Ill., 1929-2011) 
• Farmer’s Wife (St. Paul, Minn., 1906-1939) 
• F&M College Reporter (Lancaster, Pa., 1964-1987) 
• Ford County Journal (Paxton, Ill., 1859-1860) 
• The Forum (Springfield, Ill., 1906-1917) – Black
• Franklin Reporter (Franklin Grove, Ill., 1878-1922) 
• Free Trader-Journal (Ottawa, Ill., 1917-1920) 
• Free Trader-Journal and Ottowa Fair Dealer (Ottowa, Ill., 1920-1922) 
• The Free West (Chicago, Ill., 1853-1855)- Black

G

• Galena Advertiser (1829-1830)
• Galena Daily Advertiser (Galena, Ill., 1848-1864)
• Galena Daily Courier (Galena, Ill., 1856-1861)
• Galena Daily Gazette (1864-1868) (Galena, 1864-1867)
• Galena Daily Gazette (1873-1953) (Galena, Ill., 1868-1952) 
• Galena Daily Jeffersonian (Galena, Ill., 1852-1855)
• Galena Industrial Press (1882-1885)
• Galena Press (1886-1890)
• Galena Semi-Weekly Advertiser (Galena, Ill., 1845-1848)
• The Galena Tribune (Galena, Ill., 1905-1906) 
• The Galenian (1832-183?) (Galena, 1832-1833)
• Gallatin Democrat (Shawneetown, Ill., 1906) 
• The Gargoyle (Urbana, 1921-2006)
• The Genoa Issue (Genoa, 1891-1896)
• The Genoa Journal (Genoa, 1900-1902)
• The Genoa Republican (1902-1904) (Genoa, 1902-1904)
• The Genoa Republican (1919-1970) (Genoa, 1919-1923)
• Genoa Republican-Journal (1904-1919) (Genoa, 1904-1919)
• Glas Svobode (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1922) 
• Goreville Record (Goreville, Ill., 1905-1906) 
• Great Lakes Bulletin (Great Lakes, Ill., 1918-1935) 
• Glos polek (Chicago, Ill., 1902-1922) 

H

• Haldeman-Julius Weekly (Girard, Kan., 1924-1931)
• Henry News-Republican (Henry, Ill., 1921)
• The Henry Republican (Henry, Ill., 1901-1921) 
• Herrin Semi-Weekly Herald (Herrin, Ill., 1924-1925)
• The Hillel Bulletin (Champaign, Ill., 1924-1955)
• Hillsboro Journal (Hillsboro, Ill., 1886-1891) 
• Hlasatel (Berwyn, Ill., 1920) 
• Hoya (Washington, D.C., 1959-1980) 
• Hutsonville Herald (Hutsonville, Ill., 1905) 
• Hyde Park News (Chicago, Ill., 1886-1889) 

I

• Illinois Farmer (Springfield, Ill., 1856-1864) 
• Illinois Fiery Cross (Chicago, Ill., 1924)
• The Illinois Issue (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1912) 
• Illinois Staats-zeitung (Chicago, Ill. 1862) daily (Chicago, Ill., 1888)
• Illinois Staats-zeitung (Chicago, Ill. Weekly) (Chicago, Ill., 1863-1899)
• The Illinois Standard (Chicago, Ill., 1948-1949)
• The Illinois Star (Galesburg, 1935-1941) – Black
• Illinois State Register (Springfield, Ill., 1842-1856)
• The Illinois Times (Champaign, Ill., 1949-1963) – Black
• The Industry Press (Industry, Ill., 1916-1921) 
• The Irish Republic (Chicago, Ill., 1867-1868) 
• Ithacan (Ithaca, N.Y., 1926-2002) 

J

• The Jewish Advance (Chicago, Ill., 1878-1881)
• Joliet Signal (Joliet, Ill., 1846-1864) 

K

• Katalikas (Chicago, Ill., 1910-1916)

L

• The Lacon Home Journal (Lacon, Ill., 1910-1923) 
• Lancaster Farming (Lancaster, Pa., 1955-1983) 
• Lawrence County News (Lawrenceville, Ill., 1909-1922) 
• Lee County Farm News (Amboy, Ill., 1922) 
• Lietuva (Chicago, Ill., 1908-1920) 
• Lincoln News (Lincoln University, Pa., 1925-1932) – Black
• Lincolnian (Lincoln University, Pa., 1933-2003) – Black
• Local Record (Old Shawneetown, 1878-1892) 
• Loves Park Post (Loves Park, Ill., 1947-1950)
• The Loves Park Post Machesney Park Pilot (Loves Park, Ill., 1981-1989)

M

• The Macomb Daily By-stander (Macomb, Ill., 1920-1922) 
• The Macomb Journal (Macomb, Ill., 1861-1909) 
• Marion Semi-Weekly Leader (Marion, Ill., 1921-1922) 
• Mason City Journal (Mason City, Ill., 1875-1876) 
• The Mattoon Commercial (Mattoon, Ill., 1893)
• Mattoon Daily Journal (Mattoon, Ill., 1900)
• The Merchants Telegram (Chicago, Ill., 1919-1920) 
• Metropolis Weekly Gazette (Metropolis, Ill., 1911-1922) – Black
• Metropolitan News (Chicago, Ill., 1935-1937) – Black
• Miners’ Journal (1828-1832) (Galena, 1828-1830)
• Monday Morning Mail (Loves Park, Ill., 1951-1970)
• The Monmouth Daily Atlas (Monmouth, Ill., 1905-1922) 
• Montgomery Democrat (Litchfield, Ill., 1877)
• Mount Carmel Register (Mount Carmel, Ill., 1872-1889)

N

• The Naperville Clarion (Naperville, Ill., 1870-1925)
• The Naperville Herald (Naperville, Ill., 1900)
• Naperville Newsletter (Naperville, Ill., 1857)
• The Naperville Sentinel (Naperville, Ill., 1858-1861)
• National News (Chicago, Ill., 1915-1916) 
• The National Prohibitionist (Chicago, Ill., 1907-1910) 
• National Rural and Family Magazine (Chicago, Ill., 1898-1900) 
• New York Clipper (New York, N.Y., 1853-1924) 
• The News-Herald (Chicago, Ill., 1889) 
• North Western Gazette & Galena Advertiser (Galena, Ill., 1834-1845)

O

• Ohio Farmer (Cleveland, Ohio, 1907-1922) 
• The Old Soldier (Springfield, Ill., 1840) 
• The Ottawa Free Trader (Ottawa, Ill., 1840-1890) 

P

• The Parks Journal (Loves Park, Ill., 1992-1999)
• The Patoka register (Patoka, Ill., 1907-1912) 
• The Perry County Monitor and Sun (Pinckneyville, Ill., 1885-1886)
• Player (New York, N.Y., 1911-1913) 
• The Post (Loves Park, Ill., 1950-1981)
• The Post (Loves Park, Ill., 1981-1982)
• The Post-Journal (Loves Park, Ill., 1999-2021)
• Prairie Farmer (Chicago, Ill., 1841-1941) 
• Proletarec (Chicago, Ill., 1906-1946) 
• The Prospectus (Champaign, Ill., 1968-2020)

Q

• The Quill (La Harpe, Ill., 1892-1923) 

R

• Rassvet (Chicago, Ill., 1926-1938)
• Rassvet (New York) (New York City, Ill., 1925)
• The Republican and Sentinel (Sycamore, Ill., 1854-1858)
• The Republican-Atlas (Monmouth, Ill., 1895-1913) 
• Reynolds Press (Reynolds, Ill., 1896) 
• The Robbins Eagle (Robbins, Ill., 1951-1963) 
• The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill., 1889-1915) 
• The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Ill., 1877-1885) 
• Rock Island Argus, 1871-1872 (Rock Island, Ill., 1871-1872) 
• Rock Island Argus, 1893-1920 (Rock Island, Ill., 1915-1920) 
• The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union (Rock Island, Ill., 1920-1922) 
• Rock Island daily Argus (Rock Island, Ill., 1886-1888) 
• Russkii vestnik (Chicago, Ill., 1926)
• Russkii vestnik i rassvet (Chicago, Ill., 1926)

S

• Sangamo Journal / Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Ill., 1831-1865) 
• The Saturday Blade (Chicago, Ill., 1905-1919) 
• The Sidell Journal (Sidell, Ill., 1902-1991)
• The Sidell Reporter (Sidell, Ill., 1991-2021)
• The Sidell Reporter (Sidell, Ill., 1890-1895)
• Sidney Times (Sidney, Ill., 1908-1910) 
• St. Anne Record (St. Anne, Ill., 1905-1923) 
• The St. Joseph Record (1894-1980) (Saint Joseph, 1963-1980)
• Strike Bulletin (Clinton, Ill., 1913-1915) 
• The Student (Urbana, Ill., 1871-1873) 
• Sunday Chicago Bee (Chicago, Ill., 1938-1946) – Black
• Svobodnai?a? Rossii?a? (Chicago, Ill., 1918-1923)
• Sycamore Tribune (Sycamore, Ill., 1944-1964) 

T

• Tampico Tornado (Tampico, Ill., 1876-1892) 
• The Target (Rock Island, Ill., 1968-1969)
• Telegraf (Chicago, Ill., 1892-1901) 
• The Industrial Press (1874-1882)
• Theocrat (Zion, Ill., 1914-1949)
• Toluca Star-Herald (Toluca, Ill., 1913-1920) 
• True Republican (Sycamore, Ill., 1865-1968) 
• The True Republican (1857-1861) (Sycamore, Ill., 1857-1858)
• The True Republican (1873-1970) (Sycamore, Ill., 1943-1954)
• The True Republican and Sentinel (Sycamore, Ill., 1861-1865)
• Twin City Review (Champaign, Ill., 1920-1926) 
• Týdenní hlasatel (Chicago, Illinois, 1892-1893) 

U

• The Universalist (Chicago, Ill., 1886-1897) 
• Urbana Daily Courier (Urbana, Ill., 1903-1935) 

V

• Vandalia Whig and Illinois Intelligencer (Vandalia, Ill., 1832-1834)
• Varpas (Chicago, 1925)
• Vaudeville News (New York, N.Y., 1920-1929) 
• Vilnis (Chicago, 1924-1951)
• Vorbote (Chicago, Ill., 1917-1920) 

W

• Wallace’s Farmer (Des Moines, Iowa, 1898-1950) 
• Warren County Democrat (Monmouth, Ill., 1887-1913) 
• Weekly Gettysburgian (Gettysburg, Pa., 1897-2004) 
• Weekly North-Western Gazette (Galena, 1845-1851)
• Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill., 1883-1916) 
• Western Citizen (Chicago, Ill., 1842-1853)- Black
• Western Railroad Gazette (Chicago, Ill., 1856-1870) 
• Western Rural (Chicago, Ill., 1868-1883) 
• Western Rural and American Stockman (Chicago, Ill., 1879-1894) 
• Western Rural and Livestock Weekly (Chicago, Ill., 1896-1898) 
• Whiteside Chronicle (Sterling, Ill., 1870-1871) 
• The Workingman’s Advocate (Chicago, Ill., 1864-1877) 

Z

• Zgoda – Unity (Milwaukee, Wi. Chicago, Ill., 1893-1901) 
• Zgoda – Unity (Chicago, Ill., 1914-1922) 
• Zgoda : Wydania dla niewiast (Chicago, Ill., 1900-1913) 
• Zgoda : Wydanie dla mezczyzn (Chicago, Ill., 1902-1913) 
• The Zion Banner (Zion, Ill., 1901-1903) 
• The Zion City Independent (Zion, Ill., 1910-1917) 
• The Zion Herald (Zion, Ill., 1907-1910) 

Moline Public Library

The Moline Public Library’s digitization of historic Moline newspapers was made possible by funding from The Friends of the Moline Public Library and The Moline Foundation

• Daily Dispatch
• Daily Journal
• Evening Mail
• Moline Daily Dispatch
• Moline Daily Journal
• Moline Evening Mail And Journal
• Moline Independent
• Moline Mail And Journal
• Moline Review
• Moline Review Dispatch
• Moline Sunday Mail And Journal
• Moline Weekly Journal
• Moline Weekly Mail
• Moline Workman
• Review Dispatch
• Sunday Mail
• Weekly Mail

Historical Illinois Newspaper Transcriptions and Extractions

Lake County Public Library

• Post Tribune or Gary Post Tribune Obituary Index (1921-current)
  The Lake County Public Library has provided a searchable online database of obituaries in the Post Tribune/Gary Post Tribune (1921 to the present). Browse or search.
• Lake County Register and Star from 1857-1938
  The Lake County Public Library has provided a searchable online database of marriages and deaths (1857 through 1938) and birth announcements (1931 through 1938) in the Lake County Register and Star. There are 14,864 names available to search or browse.