Kansas Digital Newspaper Program
To see Kansas newspapers currently digitized and available on Chronicling America, click here.
In 2009, the National Endowment for the Humanities, in partnership with the Library of Congress, granted the Kansas Historical Society $260,004 to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program. As an award recipient, the Kansas Historical Society is responsible for digitizing 100,000 newspaper pages, dated between 1860 - 1922, to contribute to the Chronicling America website. See a list of available titles below.
In August 2011, the Kansas Historical Society received additional funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue digitizing 100,000 more newspaper pages dated between 1836-1922.
With the knowledge gained through participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program, we hope to develop the Kansas Digital Newspaper Program (KDNP) as a state-wide collaboration between cultural heritage centers, public libraries, and other historical institutions to provide digital access and search capability to historic Kansas newspapers.
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Currently Available:
The Abilene Reflector (Abilene) from September 6, 1883 through April 26, 1888
Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene) from May 3, 1888 through June 28, 1894
Thomas County Cat (Colby) from March 12, 1885 through February 5, 1891
The Globe-Republican (Dodge City) from October 23, 1889 through December 28, 1899
Dodge City Times (Dodge City) from October 14, 1876 through December 18, 1891
The Iola Register (Iola) from January 2, 1875 through August 22, 1902
The Smoky Hill and Republican Union (Junction City) from Sept 12, 1861 through Nov 19, 1864
Leavenworth Weekly Times (Leavenworth) from July 7, 1870 through January 1, 1880
The Big Blue Union (Marysville) from March 29, 1862 through May 19, 1866
The Independent (Oskaloosa) from July 11, 1860 through December 30, 1865
The Saline County Journal (Salina) from March 2, 1871 through March 9, 1893
The Weekly Kansas Chief (Troy) from July 11, 1872 through May 31, 1883
Western Kansas World (WaKeeney) from March 21, 1885 through June 30, 1894
White Cloud Kansas Chief (White Cloud) from September 6, 1860 through July 4, 1872
The Wichita City Eagle (Wichita) from April 12, 1872 through April 12, 1883
Wichita Eagle (Wichita) from April 19, 1883 through November 27, 1885
The Daily Eagle (Wichita) from May 20, 1884 through June 7, 1884
Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita) from June 8, 1884 through August 17, 1886
Wichita Eagle (Wichita) from August 18, 1886 through March 16, 1890
Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita) from March 18, 1890 through May 29, 1904
Kansas Weekly Herald (Leavenworth) from September 15, 1854 through September 8, 1855
The Kansas Herald of Freedom (Lawrence) from October 21, 1854 through December 17, 1859
Squatter Sovereign (Atchison) from February 3, 1855 through December 5, 1857
White Cloud Kansas Chief (White Cloud) from June 4, 1857 through August 30, 1860
The Kanzas News (Emporia) from June 6, 1857 through August 6, 1859
Freeman's Champion (Prairie City) from June 25, 1857 through September 16, 1858
The Emporia News (Emporia) from August 13, 1859 through June 9, 1881
The Emporia Weekly News (Emporia) from June 16, 1881 through December 19, 1889
Phillipsburg Herald (Phillipsburg) from September 7, 1882 through April 13, 1905
The Advocate (Meriden and Topeka) from August 10, 1889 through July 20, 1892
Kinsley Graphic (Kinsley) from May 23, 1890 through July 29, 1904
The Goodland Republic (Goodland) from October 16, 1891 through May 31, 1907
The Advocate and Topeka Tribune (Topeka) from July 27, 1892 through January 10, 1894
The Advocate (Topeka) from January 17, 1894 through November 17, 1897
Hutchinson Gazette (Hutchinson) from January 17, 1895 through February 27, 1902
The Advocate and News (Topeka) from November 24, 1897 through April 12, 1899
Free Press (Hays) from January 1899 through June 6, 1908
Meade County News (Meade) from January 11, 1900 through October 3, 1918
The Hays Free Press (Hays) from June 13, 1908 through October 26, 1922
The Liberal Democrat (Liberal) from January 6, 1911 through December 28, 1922
Coming Soon:
Barbour County Index (Medicine Lodge) from December 16, 1880 through May 19, 1905
Barton County Democrat (Great Bend) from November 11, 1886 through February 12, 1915
Baxter Springs News (Baxter Springs) from January 4, 1890 through July 25, 1919
Kansas Agitator (Garnett) from June 7, 1890 through May 19, 1905
People's Voice (Wellington) from April 1, 1892 through December 27, 1900
The Chanute Times (Chanute) from January 1, 1897 through July 19, 1913
To track our progress, visit our news page.
