Race, Law, and History in Iowa: Newspapers

Published as Iowa State Bystander, 1894-1916; Bystander, 1916-1922; Iowa Bystander, 1922-1982.
Established in Des Moines in 1894 as a four-page weekly, it provided a voice to Iowa’s African American community.
The entire run is available in microform at the Cowles Library. Electronic access to selected years is available through the Library of Congress.

Archives of The Des Moines Register (1871-2008) and The Iowa City Press-Citizen (1965-2008).

From the Iowa State Historical Society. Scroll down the page to the Online heading.

See a list of the Iowa newspapers included.

Digitized newspapers from over 30 states covering political campaigns and issues from 1803-1876.

Digitized American newspapers from 23 states and District of Columbia covering the 18th and 19th centuries.

From the Library of Congress

Collection of historical documents allows you to browse and search HarpWeek's collection of 19th century journals.

Newspapers are not part of the default SuperSearch content. Click the link above (or the Newspapers link at the top of SuperSearch) to search for newspaper articles.

Additional sources of current and historical news.