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Iowa Digital Newspaper Project
The State Historical Society of Iowa in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress, offers access to select digitized Iowa newspapers online through Chronicling America.
Funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the society has digitized more than 207,000 pages, with a total of nearly 300,000 digitized pages expected to be complete by September 2018.
Newspaper Titles
The following newspaper titles are currently online or in the process of being digitized.
| City | Title | Date Range |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | Bloomington Herald | Dec. 11, 1840-Dec. 23, 1848 |
| Burlington | Burlington Hawk-eye | May 29, 1845-Dec. 25, 1851 |
| Burlington | Burlington Tri-Weekly Hawk-eye | Sept. 19, 1854-June 25, 1855 |
| Burlington | Burlington Weekly Hawk-eye | July 8, 1857-Jan. 5, 1858 |
| Burlington | Burlington Weekly Hawk-eye | Jan. 14, 1860-June 24, 1865 |
| Burlington | Hawk-eye | Sept. 30, 1843-Mar.13, 1845 |
| Burlington | Hawk-eye and Iowa Patriot | Sept. 5, 1838-May 27, 1841 |
| Burlington | Iowa Patriot | June 6 1839-Aug. 29, 1839 |
| Burlington | Iowa Territorial Gazette and Advertiser | July 7, 1842-May 30, 1846 |
| Burlington | Weekly Hawk-eye | Jan. 12, 1858-Jan. 7, 1860 |
| Burlington | Weekly Hawk-eye and Telegraph | July 4, 1855-July 1, 1857 |
| Cedar Falls | Cedar Falls Gazette | Mar. 16, 1860-Dec. 29, 1871 |
| Charles City | Charles City Republican Intelligencer | July 31, 1856-May 31, 1866 |
| Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs Bugle | Jan. 2, 1855-Dec. 31, 1868 |
| Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs Nonpareil | May 2, 1857-Apr. 29, 1865 |
| Cresco | Cresco Plain Dealer | Sept. 3, 1895-Jan. 31, 1913 Feb. 7, 1913-Dec. 31, 1920 |
| Davenport | Daily Davenport Democrat | Apr. 20, 1864-Mar. 17, 1869 |
| Davenport | Daily Democrat and News | Oct. 11, 1859-Apr. 19, 1864 |
| Davenport | Daily Gazette | Oct. 16, 1854-May 2, 1857 |
| Davenport | Daily Iowa State Democrat | July 4, 1856-Oct. 9, 1859 |
| Davenport | Davenport Gazette | Aug. 26, 1847-Aug. 31, 1854 |
| Davenport | Der Demokrat | July 3, 1862-Dec. 28, 1865 |
| Davenport | Der Tägliche Demokrat | July 1, 1915-Sept. 7, 1918 |
| Denison | Denison Review | Aug. 2, 1898-Nov. 24, 1920 |
| Des Moines | Iowa State Bystander | June 15, 1894 - Jan. 14, 1916 Jan. 21, 1916-Dec. 31, 1921 |
| Dubuque | Dubuque Visitor | May 11, 1836-May 17, 1837 |
| Dubuque | Iowa News | June 3, 1837-June 16, 1838 |
| Dubuque | Miners' Express | Apr. 24, 1849-Oct. 25, 1854 |
| Dubuque | Weekly Miners' Express | Sept. 15, 1847-April 17, 1849 |
| Exira | Audubon County Journal | Jan. 28, 1897-Dec. 29, 1921 |
| Independence | Buchanan County Bulletin | Aug. 20, 1869-Dec. 27, 1878 |
| Independence | Buchanan County Bulletin and Guardian | July 5, 1867-Apr. 2, 1869 |
| Independence | Buchanan County Guardian | Aug. 5, 1858-May 31, 1864 |
| Iowa City | Iowa Capitol Reporter | Jan. 21, 1846-May 23, 1855 |
| Keokuk | Daily Gate City | May 10, 1855-Feb. 3, 1869 |
| Keokuk | Keokuk Daily Gate City | Oct. 3, 1908-Apr. 2, 1916 Apr. 3, 1916-Dec. 31, 1921 |
| Knoxville | Iowa Voter | June 17, 1869-June 4, 1874 |
| Knoxville | Knoxville Journal | June 11, 1874-Feb. 21, 1877 |
| Leon | Leon Reporter | Dec. 7, 1899-June 24, 1920 |
| Manchester | Manchester Democrat | Mar. 1, 1899-Dec. 28, 1920 |
| Marshalltown | Marshalltown Times Republican | Aug. 1, 1899-Dec. 31, 1920 |
| McGregor | North Iowa Times | Oct. 10, 1856-July 27, 1870 |
| Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley Times | Jan. 5, 1899-Dec. 30, 1920 |
| Muscatine | Muscatine Journal | June 3, 1853-May 13, 1854 |
| Muscatine | Muscatine Weekly Journal | Aug. 1, 1857-Dec. 30, 1864 |
| New Oregon | Iowa Plain Dealer | Nov. 29, 1867-Dec. 27, 1872 |
| New Oregon | New Oregon Plain Dealer | Aug. 20, 1859-Nov. 22, 1867 |
| Ottumwa | Demoine Courier | June 22, 1854-Dec. 25, 1856 |
| Ottumwa | Des Moines Courier | Nov. 2, 1849-June 15, 1854 |
| Ottumwa | Ottumwa Weekly Courier | July 27, 1899 - Oct. 15, 1903 Oct. 20, 1903-Sept. 26, 1916 Sept. 29, 1916-June 4, 1918 |
| Ottumwa | Weekly Ottumwa Courier | Jan. 1, 1857-May 31, 1866 |
| Quasqueton | Quasqueton County Guardian | Dec. 13, 1856-Jul. 22, 1858 |
| Sioux City | Sioux City Register | July 29, 1858-Jan. 11, 1868 |
| Tama County | Tama County Republican | Jan. 4, 1867-Dec. 26, 1872 |
| Tipton | Cedar County Advertiser | Dec. 3, 1853-Jan. 19, 1856 |
| Tipton | Cedar County Newsletter | Nov. 12, 1853-Nov. 26, 1853 |
| Tipton | Tipton Advertiser | Jan. 26, 1856-Jan. 4, 1872 |
| Toledo | Iowa Transcript | Feb. 3, 1859-Nov. 9, 1866 |
| Toledo | Toledo Chronicle | Jan. 2, 1873-June 6, 1878 |
| Webster City | Webster City Freeman | July 11, 1911-May 29, 1922 |
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Advisory Committee
The Iowa Digital Newspaper Project is supported by an advisory committee of archivists, educators, genealogists, librarians, scholars, and history enthusiasts that select the newspapers to be digitized. The committee makes these selections based on historical, geographical, and chronological significance, while aiming to achieve a wide geographic representation across the state and highlight a diversity of editorial opinion.