Historical News - JOUR 15A - Documentary Journalism: Reporting and Storytelling for Broadcast

News Video Archives

Archives of historical and recent broadcast television news and other news video.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Archive of programming from over 100 public radio and television stations. Includes online access to some digitized materials.
1940s - 2010s
Associated Press Archive
Collection offers 1.7 million global news and entertainment stories.
1895 - Present
British Movieton
Associated Press' sister organization. News Stories 1895-1986

Other Places to Check

Ancestry Library This link opens in a new window
Full text of 1790-1950 US census records, UK and Ireland census collection, immigration collection, military records, and birth, marriage and death records. An excellent resource for research in genealogy.

FBI FOIA Reading Room
Library of materials released by the FBI as a result of Freedom of Information Act requests. Files may contain redacted material.

Archived News Sources

Databases that provide access to major newspapers' archives, many go back to the 19th century or earlier. You will find other archived databases from the 18th century and earlier in the News & Media section of our Databases A - Z list.

Boston Globe Historical Archive
Searchable full-text and full-image issues of the Boston Globe (1872-1988)
Chicago Tribune
Coverage: 1849 - 1996
Los Angeles Times
Coverage: 1881 - 1995
The New York Times
Coverage: 1851 - 2014
Wall Street Journal
Coverage: 1889 - 2002
Washington Post
Coverage: 1877 - 2002

ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search across the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), the Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991), Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Michigan Chronicle‎ (1936 - 2010), and the Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988). Please note that Brandeis Library also has access to the Chicago Defender newspaper which can be searched separately
World Newspaper Archive: Latin American Newspapers (1805-1922) This link opens in a new window
Collection of historical Latin American newspapers, 1805-1922. Titles in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953) This link opens in a new window
Includes the following English-language Chinese historical newspapers: North China Herald (1850-1941); Canton Times (1919-1920); China Critic (1939-1946); The China Press (1925-1938); China Weekly Review (1917-1953); Chinese Recorder (1868-1940); Chinese Repository (1832-1851); Peking Daily News (1914-1917); Peking Gazette (1915-1917); Peking Leader (1918-1919); Shanghai Gazette (1919-1921); Shanghai Times (1914-1921)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Includes the American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922), American Israelite (1854-2000), Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945), Atlanta Daily World‎ (1931-2010), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Baltimore Sun‎ (1837-1996), Boston Globe (1872-1990), Chicago Tribune (1849-1998), Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953), Cleveland Call and Post‎ (1934-2010), Communist Historical Newspaper Collection‎ (1919-2013), Jerusalem Post (1932-2008), Jewish Advocate (1905-1990), Jewish Exponent (1887-1990), Korea Times‎ (1956-2016), Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals (1845-2015), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1997), Michigan Chronicle‎ (1939-2010), Minneapolis Star Tribune‎ (1867-2001), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2018), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2010), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2010), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010), St. Petersburg Times/Tampa Bay Times (1901-2009), Times of India (1838-2010), Wall Street Journal (1889-2010), and Washington Post (1877-2006)