District of Columbia
Newspaper & Periodicals on Microfilm in the Washingtoniana
Division, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
(African-American titles bold)
Brookland & Woodridge Guide May 1932 – December 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938
Capital
July 9, 1876 (American Centennial Newspapers
reel)
City Paper
January 14, 1983 – September 2006
(1995 – current index available at
https://secure.washingtoncitypaper.com/archive )
Colored American
March 12, 1898 – November 12, 1904
(1900 – 1904 full text available at
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/s
earch_fulltext_advanced.html )
Common Denominator
June 15, 1998 – May 2006
Congressional Globe (precursor
to today’s Congressional
Record)
December 2, 1833 – March 3, 1873 (missing reel
#30, August 1861 – June 1862)
Courier (Georgetown)
1812
Critic (and successor titles)
August 31, 1868 – May 14,
DC Gazette
September 25, 1969 – 1987 irregular (Indexed
1969-1972; 1984 – 1987 Wash. Ref. 016/D625)
Name changed to Progressive Review/DC
Gazette, 1984. Fall 1986, split into two
newsletters; irregular. On microfilm, 1969 –
1980, paper 1981 – 1984.
Daily Constitutional Union
June 8, 1863 – December 24, 1866; May 1 –
June 29, 1867
Daily Federal Republican
(Georgetown)
January 3, 1814 – April 3, 1816
Daily Morning Chronicle
November 5, 1862 – January 31, 1877
Daily National Intelligencer
October 31, 1800 – December 31, 1869 (see
also National Intelligencer and Washington
Advertiser Abstracts by Joan M. Dixon, 929.3753
D621)
Daily National Journal
August 9, 1824 – December 31, 1831
Daily National Republican
(became National Republican
January 1, 1870)
November 26, 1860 – December 31, 1869
(missing reel #9, January 1, 1865 – February
1865)
Daily Patriot
November 14, 1870 – November 11, 1872
Daily Union
May 1, 1845 –April 10, 1859
Der Volks Tribun (German
language title)
July 8, 1876 (American Centennial Newspapers
reel)
Evening Star (named changed
to Washington Star - News in
1973)
December 16, 1852 – July 17, 1973
Forney’s Sunday Chronicle
July 9, 1876 (American Centennial Newspapers
reel)
Georgetown News
October 1932 – March 1942
Georgetowner
October 7, 1954 – January 10, 1991
Globe
December 7, 1830 – April 30, 1845 (daily from
June 1, 1831)
Grit
December 2, 1883 – October 18, 1884
Independent American
(Georgetown)
October 24, 1809 – December 29, 1810
Madisonian
August 16, 1837 – June 20, 1845
Metropolitan (Georgetown)
1820
Metropolitan Washington
Board of Trade News
October 1946 – September 1984
National Era
January 7, 1847 – March 22, 1860
National Leader
December 1888 – December 1889
National Republican (was
Daily National Republican)
January 1, 1870 – June 11, 1888
New National Era
September 8, 1870 – October 22, 1840
National Savings Bank
June 1, 1868
Niles National Register
September 3, 1825 – August 22, 1840
Olio (Georgetown)
1802 – 1803
Peoples Advocate
(Alexandria, VA)
April 22, 1876 – July 31, 1886
Petworth Citizen
May 6, 1916 – January 5, 1918
Post Office Gazette
July 1876 (American Centennial Newspapers
reel)
Rhode Island Avenue Press
February 7, 1929 – September 10, 1936;
December 1945 – January 1946
Senator (Georgetown)
1814
Suburban Citizen
January 1, 1900 – December 27, 1902
(1900 – 1902 full text available at
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/search_f
ulltext_advanced.html )
Sunday Herald
July 9, 1876 (American Centennial Newspapers
reel)
United States Telegraph (was
Washington Gazette)
February 6, 1826 – February 21, 1837
Washington Bee
June 10, 1882 – January 21, 1922 (missing
reel #5, March 1896 – early November
1897)
(1900 – 1910 full text available at
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/s
earch_fulltext_advanced.html )
Washington Blade
October 1969 – December 29, 1995
Washington Business Journal
May 24, 1982 – May 8, 1998
Washington Chronicle (Sunday) January 3, 1875 – December 31, 1879
Washington City Paper
see City Paper
Washington Daily News
(purchased by Evening Star)
November 8, 1921 – July 12, 1972
Washington Federalist
January 2, 1801 – March 21, 1809
Washington Gazette
1796 – 1798
Washington Gazette
(succeeded by United States
Telegraph)
December 1, 1817 – February 4, 1826
Washington Herald
(merged with Washington Times
And became Washington TimesHerald)
October 8, 1906 – January 31, 1939
(1906 – 1910 full text available at
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/search_f
ulltext_advanced.html )
Washington Informer
1973 -1974; 1976 – 1977; 1979; 19921995
Washington Journal (German
Language title)
January 1995 – December 1999
Washington Life
(Washington, DC society
magazine)
1903 - 1905
Washington New Observer January 1992 – June 1993
Washington Post
December 6, 1877 – current (paper index from
1971 to current; 1877- current full text available
at http://dclibrary.org/services/local_news.html )
Washington Sentinel
July 4, 1873 – June 29, 1901
(1900 – 1902 full text available at
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/search_f
ulltext_advanced.html )
Washington Star
February 21, 1975 – August 7, 1981
Washington Star – News
(name changed to Washington
Star in 1975)
July 18, 1973 – February 20, 1975
Washington Sun
December 25, 1914 – July 23, 1915
Washington Times (Evening)
(merged with Washington Herald
and became Washington Times –
Herald)
August 5, 1895 – January 31, 1939
Washington Times (Morning)
March 18, 1894 – October 31, 1902
Washington Times
May 17, 1982 – current
(1990 - current full text available at
http://dclibrary.org/services/local_news.html )
Washington Times – Herald
(purchased by Washington
Post)
February 1, 1930 – March 17, 1954
Washington Tribune
May 1, 1921 – December 31, 1935
Washingtonian (magazine)
October 1965 – September 1996
(contents archive available at
http://www.washingtonian.com/sections/coverar
chive/index.html )
Index updated July 31, 2007.
Jerry A. McCoy
Special Collections Librarian
Washingtoniana Division, Room #307
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.727.1213
http://dclibrary.org/washingtoniana/index.html
Hours:
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