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Fall into the Past with ICPL

Posted by Anne M on Tuesday, Sep 20, 2022

Love local history? Exploring an historical topic? Take a deep dive into the past with ICPL’s local digital newspaper collections.

Historical Iowa City Newspapers

Our Historical Iowa City Newspaper collection covers the earliest of the city’s printed journalism from the 1840’s to the 1920’s. Find Iowa City's major daily papers to small neighborhood weeklies.

Newspaper Archive

With NewspaperArchive you can search worldwide over 10 million newspaper pages dating back to 1607 from 40 different countries and all 50 states. Find solid coverage of Iowa City newspapers from the 1920’s to the 1970’s.

Newspapers by Ancestry

New to ICPL is Newspapers.com. This full-image archive provides access to a wide variety of Iowa newspapers from 1817 through 1977. The Iowa City coverage is a little thin, but if you are exploring outside of the city, you might have some luck.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Another option is ProQuest. With ProQuest Historical Newspapers (Iowa), there is image-based coverage of the "Iowa City Press-Citizen" from 1965 to 2008, while you can search the "Des Moines Register" from 1871 to 2008. 

ProQuest U.S. North Central Newsstream

Looking for something more recent? ProQuest's U.S. North Central Newsstream provides access to a number of midwestern and western newspapers. You can find full-text coverage of the "Iowa City Press-Citizen" from 1999 to the present. 

Before you get started, most of the resources need a resident library card and password to log in from home. Find these research tools and more at icpl.org/resources. 

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Anne Mangano has worked for the Iowa City Public Library since 2008, serving as the Collection Services Coordinator since 2013. In this position, she oversees ICPL's collection, including the selection, cataloging, processing, repair, and removal of materials, including the library's digital collections. Anne holds a Bachelor of...

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