Newspapers on Microfilm
A large number of early newspapers are on microfilm (listed below). Runs of the major local newspapers, like the Journal-Post, The Kansas City Star and Times, and The Call, may be found in the Reference Department at the Central Library.
The State Historical Society of Missouri has an extensive collection of Missouri newspapers including some indexing online and a list of those they hold on microfilm.
In addition, Newspapers on Microfilm [REF 016.070 U58N V.1948-1966], a reference set that may be used to verify which libraries own old newspapers, is kept in the Reference Department. Note: some runs of an individual title in the list below may not be complete.
Missouri | Kansas | Other States
Missouri
| Bethany | |
| Bethany Star | Aug. 4, 1859 - June 6, 1861 |
| Columbia | |
| Dollar Missouri Journal | Jan. 4, 1855 - Dec. 13, 1855 |
| Weekly Missouri Sentinel | Mar. 4, 1852 - Dec. 8, 1853 |
| Fayette | |
| Missouri Democrat | Apr. 2, 1845 - Dec. 17, 1845 |
| Western Monitor | Feb. 21, 1829 - Dec. 15, 1830 |
| Independence | |
| Evening & Morning Star | June 1832 - Sept. 1834 |
| Jackson | |
| Independent Patriot | Dec. 23, 1820 - Dec. 15, 1826 |
| Missouri Herald | Apr. 13, 1819 - Aug. 26, 1820 |
| Jefferson City | |
| Jeffersonian Republican | Apr. 30, 1831 - Dec. 26, 1840 |
| Joplin | |
| Labor Record On reel with Kriterion (Kansas City, MO) |
Apr. 1900 - Apr. 1901 |
| Kansas City | |
| El Cosmopolita | Aug. 22, 1914 - Nov. 15, 1919 |
| Jewish World On reel with Kriterion (Kansas City, MO) |
Sept. 15, 1901 - current |
| Kansas City American | Aug. 14, 1902 - Oct. 30-1902 |
| Kansas City Daily Journal of Commerce | Dec. 17, 1858 - Mar. 31, 1877 |
| KansasCity Enquirer & Star | Dec. 8, 1860 - Dec. 22, 1860 |
| Kansas City Enterprise | Nov. 10, 1855 - Oct. 3, 1857 |
| Kansas City Evening News | Mar. 17, 1887 - Oct. 3, 1890 |
| Kansas City Evening Times | Oct. 9, 1890 - Feb. 28, 1891 |
| Kansas City Globe | Feb. 10, 1889 - Apr. 28, 1891; Sunday ed. Apr. 1 - July 29, 1900 |
| Kansas City Jewish Chronicle | 1920 - present |
| Kansas City Mail - Daily | Mar. 22, 1875 - Oct. 24, 1881; July 11, 1892 - Oct. 11, 1902 |
| Kansas City Presse (German language) | Jan. 1898 - April 1920 |
| Kansas City Presse und St. Joseph Volksblatt (German language) |
May 1920 - May 1929 |
| Kansas City Star - Weekly | Jan, 5, 1949 - Dec. 26, 1951 |
| Kansas City Rural World | Jan. 28, 1904 - Dec. 28, 1905 |
| Sunday Sun On reel with Chicago Sunday Sun (Chicago, IL) |
Feb.23, 1890 - Jan, 17, 1892 |
| Kansas City World | Jan,11, 1894 - Apr. 11, 1908 |
| Kriterion | 1905 - 1907 |
| Labor Herald | Feb. 5, 1904 - Jan. 24, 1908 |
| People’s Advocate On reel with Kriterion (Kansas City, MO) |
Apr. 10, 1902 |
| Rising Son | Jan. 16, 1903 - Dec. 28, 1907 |
| Weekly Star Farmer | Jan. 2, 1952 - May 24, 1961 |
| Western Journal of Commerce | Oct. 17, 1857 - June 23, 1866 |
| Liberty | |
| Far West On Reel 3 of Weekly Tribune (Liberty, MO) |
Aug. 11, 1836 - Oct. 6, 1836 |
| Liberty Banner On Reel 3 of Weekly Tribune (Liberty, MO) |
Mar. 3, 1844 |
| Liberty Tribune | Apr. 15, 1853 - Apr. 17, 1903 |
| Upper Missouri Enquirer | Jan. 11, 1834 - Jan. 25, 1834 |
| Weekly Tribune | Apr. 4, 1846 - Apr. 8, 1853 |
| Western Pioneer | June 21, 1844 |
| Western Star | June 15, 1838 - Apr. 9, 1841 |
| Lindley/Trenton/Chillicothe | |
| Christian Pioneer | June1861 - Nov. 1870 |
| Saint Charles | |
| Missourian | June 24, 1820 - Oct. 24, 1822 |
| Saint Joseph | |
| Adventure | May 5, 1848 - Apr. 21, 1854 |
| Saint Joseph Daily Gazette | July 1, 1868 - June 30, 1874 |
| Saint Joseph Weekly Gazette | July 9, 1868 - Dec. 25, 1873; Jan. 6, 1887 - Nov. 24, 1892 |
| Winners of the West | Dec. 1929 - Jan. 1939 |
| Saint Louis | |
| Bible Advocate (also published in Paris, TN) | Aug. 1842 - Feb. 1850 |
| Church News | Jan. 1870 - Dec. 1892 |
| Leader | Mar. 10, 1855 - Sept. 1, 1855 |
| Library Docket | Sept. 28, 1875 |
| Missouri Argus | May 22, 1835 - Nov. 22, 1839 |
| Missouri Army Argus | Nov. 30, 1861 |
| Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser | July 26, 1808 - Mar. 6, 1822 |
| Missouri Republican | Mar. 1822 - Dec. 29, 1829 |
| Rainbow | July 4, 1875 |
| Saint Beacon | Feb. 2, 1832 - Dec. 6, 1832 |
| Saint Louis Christian Advocate | 1850 - 1876 |
| Saint Louis Daily Union | Aug. 17, 1846 - Oct. 26, 1846 |
| Saint Louis Democrat | Mar. 2, 1843 - Sept. 2, 1844 |
| Saint Louis Enquirer | Mar. 17, 1819 - Dec. 18, 1824 |
| Saint Louis Free Press | Jan. 3, 1833 - Oct. 24, 1833 |
| Saint Louis Palladium | Jan. 10, 1903 - Oct. 5, 1907 |
| Sedalia | |
| Sedalia Times | Aug. 31, 1901 - Feb. 4, 1905 |
| Westport | |
| Border Star | 1858-1860 |
| Westport - Examiner | Aug. 19, 1893 - Apr. 29, 1899 |
Kansas
| Atchison | |
| Atchison Daily Globe | Jan. 1, 1919 - June 9, 1919 |
| Squatter Sovereign | Feb. 3, 1855 - Dec. 5, 1857 |
| Chanute | |
| Morning Sun | Sept. 10, 1897 - June 28, 1901 |
| Galesburg | |
| Galesburg Enterprise | Oct. 27, 1899 - June 28, 1901 |
| Kansas City | |
| American Citizen | July 26, 1889 - Aug. 2, 1907 |
| Daily American Citizen | Dec. 15, 1898 - Apr. 24, 1900 |
| Western Christian Recorder | Feb. 26, 1898 - Aug. 19, 1899 |
| Lawrence | |
| Daily Tribune | June 28, 1877 - July 23, 1880 |
| Herald of Freedom | Oct. 21, 1854 - Dec. 17, 1859 |
| Kansas Daily Tribune | July 24, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1883 |
| Kansas Tribune | Nov. 29, 1863 - June 27, 1877 |
| Lawrence Republican | May 28, 1857 - Nov. 13, 1862 |
| Leavenworth | |
| Kansas Weekly Herald | Sept. 15, 1854 - Dec. 26, 1857 |
| Leavenworth Daily Times | June 21 1862 - Nov. 2, 1867 |
| Leavenworth Turnverein | 1857-1923 |
| Leavenworth Weekly Times | Mar. 7, 1857 - June 20, 1862 |
| Olathe | |
| Olathe Mirror | Nov. 4, 1880 - Dec. 30, 1920 |
| Osage Mission | |
| Osage Mission Journal | Aug. 17, 1893 - Aug. 1, 1845 |
| Saint Paul | |
| Kansas Knight On reel with Morning Sun (Chanute, KS) | Jan. 1926 - Dec. 1930 |
| Neosho County Journal | Aug. 8, 1895 - March 7, 1901 |
| Saint Paul Journal | Dec. 26, 1901 - Apr. 24, 1952 |
| Wyandotte | |
| Wyandotte Commercial Gazette Weekly | June 4, 1859 - July 6, 1888 |
Other States
| Dakota Territories | |
| Lafoon County | |
| Lafoon Record | Feb. 23, 1883 - Mar. 3, 1883 |
| District of Columbia | |
| Washington | |
| Constitutional Union | Apr. 1,1865 - December 30, 1865 |
| Daily Morning Chronicle | May 1, 1865 - Aug. 31, 1865 |
| Evening Star | Dec. 20, 1864 - July 24, 1865 |
| Illinois | |
| Alton | |
| AltonTelegraph & Democrat Review | Nov. 18, 1843 - Dec. 27, 1850 |
| Alton Weekly Courier | June 4, 1852 - Dec. 31, 1852 |
| Chicago | |
| Sunday Sun On reel with Kansas City Sunday Sun (Kansas City, MO) |
February 7, 1892 - Dec. 31, 1893 |
| Nauvoo | |
| Times and Seasons (also published in Commerce, IL) | Nov. 1839 - Feb. 1846 |
| Hancock Eagle | Apr. 10, 1846 - Aug. 28, 1846 |
| Nauvoo Expositor | June 7, 1844 |
| Nauvoo Neighbor | Dec. 27, 1843 - Oct. 1, 1845 |
| Nauvoo New Citizen | Dec. 23, 1846 |
| New York | |
| New York | |
| Mormon | Feb. 17, 1855 - Aug. 9, 1856 |
| New York Herald | Apr.-Sept. 1865 |
| New York Tribune | May-Aug. 1865 |
| New York Times Historical Front Pages | Sept. 18, 1851 - Jan. 11, 1946 |
| Virginia | |
| Williamsburg & Richmond | |
| Virginia Gazette | Sept. 3, 1736-Dec. 9, 1780 |