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New Mexico Newspapers: Online and On Microfilm: Home

Find thousands of New Mexico newspapers dating from the 1850s to the present on microfilm at the State Library.  Microfilm readers/printers are available on site.
Note to librarians and microfilm users:  The State Library will  loan 3 microfilm reels per request for 30 days with no renewals. If you prefer to borrow and use them at your home library, please contact them to start the interlibrary loan process.

Digitized Newspapers

New Mexico Newspapers digitized

University of New Mexico Digital Repository, New Mexico Historical Newspapers 

Over 200,000 pages of New Mexico newspapers from the late 1800s to the early 1900s were digitized from 2010 to 2015 through the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).  Hosted by the University Libraries at the University of New Mexico, funding for these projects came from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University of New Mexico Center for Regional Studies.

 

National Newspapers digitized

Chronicling America by the Library of Congress 

The NDNP also helped digitize newspapers around the country compiling a Library of Congress website called Chronicling America. You can search historic newspaper pages from 1777-1963 from around America. You can also use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers that published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Newspaper Archive (link for in-building access only)

NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy to quickly explore genealogy and history content.

Finding microfilm reels

Newspapers names often changed over time. Sometimes the names were similar and sometimes they were very changed but this can make using the library catalog to find articles or newspapers confusing.  This LibGuide has been organized by location with cross-references from county and city when appropriate to make searching easier. If you are unable to find what you need, please don't hesitate to contact us.

New Mexico Newspapers: A Comprehensive Guide to Bibliographical Entries and Locations by Pearce Grove is useful for tracking newspaper title changes and to identify New Mexico newspapers by location. It can be checked out from the SW collection.

Southwest Librarian

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Marcy Botwick
Contact:
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
(505) 476-9718