Historical Newspapers, Indexes and Special Sets
California historical newspapers:
| Alta California | 1849-1891 | Microform |
| The California Star | 1847-1848 | Special Collections: PN4888.C3 C3 |
| Daily True Californian | May 26-Dec.8, 1856 | Multimedia CD-ROM 534 |
| Elevator [San Francisco] | 1865-1898 | Microform |
| LA Times | 1881-1985 | Los Angeles Times Historical |
| 1985-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| 1963-2003 | Microform | |
| LA Times Index | 1972-1991 | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Sacramento Bee | Feb 1857-Jan 1991 | Microform |
| Nov 1988-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| San Francisco Newspaper Index, includes: | 1904-1959 | Microform |
| SF Call Index | 1904-1913 | Microform |
| SF Examiner Index | 1913-1928 | Microform |
| SF Chronicle Index | 1913-1949 | Microform |
| San Francisco Chronicle | 1865-present | Microform |
| 1985-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| SF Chronicle Index | 1950-1980 | Microform |
| 1976-2005 | Microform | |
North Bay Regional Historical Newspapers
| Cloverdale: | ||
| Cloverdale Reveille | 1900-1915 (scattered issues) | Microform |
| 1962-1977 | Microform | |
| Cloverdale Sentinel | 1965-1966 | |
| Cotati/Rohnert Park: | ||
| Community Voice | 1992-1999 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Cotati Call | 1974-1977 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Cotatian | 1946-1964 | Microform |
| Rohnert Park Cotati Clarion | 1969-1992 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Rohnert Park Cotati Times | 1977-1978 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Healdsburg: | ||
| Healdsburg Tribune | 1947-1958 | Microform |
| Sotoyome Scimitar | 1945-1946 | Microform |
| Petaluma: | ||
| Argus Courier | May 1941-Oct 1978 | Microform |
| Russian River Area: | ||
| Guerneville Times | 1953-1966 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| The Paper | 1981-1991 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| River Gazette | 1977-1978 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Russian River News | 1970s-1990 (scattered issues) |
North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Russian River Stump | 1972-1973 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Sonoma County Stump | 1977-1981 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Santa Rosa: | ||
| News herald | Jan. 1984 - Nov. 1985; Sep. 1986 - Apr. 1987 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Press Democrat | 1899-present | Microform |
| Aug. 1994-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| PD Index | 1957-1966, 1978-1985 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Santa Rosa Daily Democrat | Jul-Dec 1883, Jan-Jun 1886, 1889-1890 | Microform |
| Santa Rosa Republican | Mar 1904-1948 | Microform |
| Santa Rosa Evening Press | Oct. 1948-1949 | Microform |
| Sonoma Democrat, Sonoma County Democrat | Oct. 1857-Oct. 1895 | Microform |
| Sebastopol: | ||
| Sebastopol Times | 1895-1977 | Microform |
| Sonoma: | ||
| Sonoma Index-Tribune | Aug 1885-Oct 1992 | Microform |
| Sonoma County: | ||
| Empire Farmer, Sonoma Marin Farmer, North Coast Farmer | 1971-1991 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Sonoma County Bugle | 1970-1973 | North Bay Regional/Special Collections |
| Sonoma State University: | ||
| Sonoman/Steppes | 1961-1972 | Microform |
| Patchwork | Sept-Oct 1973 | Microform |
| California State Sonoma Key | Oct 1973-1974 | Microform |
| Sonoma State Carousel | Aug 1976-Sept 1977 | Microform |
| Sonoma State Morning Glory | Sept 1970-1977 | Microform |
| Stony Point Gazette | Feb 1977-May 1979 | Microform |
| Sonoma State Star | Sept 1979-1991 | Microform |
| See also University Archives | ||
Other Historical Newspapers
| American Historical Newspapers | 1690-1876 | American Historical Newspapers |
| APS Online | 1740 to early 1900's | via ProQuest |
| Christian Science Monitor | 1976-2000 | Microform |
| 1988-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| Early American Newspapers set. Series I | 1690-1876 | See American Historical Newspapers |
| New York Times | 1851-2004 | Microform |
| 1851-2004 | via New York Times Historical | |
| 1995-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| NYT Index | 1851-2001 | Ask at Reference Desk |
| The Pennsylvania Gazette | 1729-1789 | Microform |
| Times (London) | 1785-present | Microform |
| Times Index | 1785-1789 | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Palmer’s Index to the Times | 1790-1850 | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Official Index to the Times | 1906-1971 | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Times Index | 1972-1993 | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Underground Newspaper Microfilm Collection | 1963-1980 |
Microform |
| Wall Street Journal | 1945-2003 | Microform |
| 1985-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| WSJ Index | 1955-1999 | Ask at Reference Desk |
| Washington Post | 1964-1999 | Microform |
| 1987-present | via ProQuest Newsstand | |
| United States Newspaper Program National Union Catalog | Misc. Microfiche 58 | |
| A cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the 18thC to the present. The list provides links to each project by state providing information on titles and accessibility of microfilm. | ||
Special Sets
| American State Papers: legislative and executive documents of Congress. Covers gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817. | 1789-1838 | American State Papers CIS US serial set index, Ref Area, 2d Fl. J74 .C57 Microform |
| Early American Imprints, [Evans collection] Full texts of materials published in U.S. during this period. | 1639-1800 | Microform Index: American Bibliography; See also: Music in early America: a bibliography of music in Evans Maps contained in the publications of the American bibliography, 1639-1819 Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography. Index to Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography |
| Gaye Lebaron Collection (Sonoma County history) | http://library.sonoma.edu/lebaron/ | |
| Human Relations Area File (HRAF) Extensive full-text collection of ethnography, anthropology and history. | HRAF source bibliography | |
| The Jefferson papers of the University of Virginia | 1732-1828 | Microform, Description |
| The Microbook Library of American Civilization (LAC) Collection of over 10,000 items on microfiche relating to all aspects of American life and literature. | Up to WWI | Microform; Biblioguide index, Author & Subject catalog in Ref Area, 2 nd Fl. EZ1236 .L45 (some items available online) |
| SSU North Bay Regional and Special Collections | Description | |
| U.S. decennial census publications | 1790-1970 | Microform |
| United States Congressional Serial Set - Contains House and Senate Documents, Committees Reports, and all other papers ordered printed by the House or Senate. | 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817)- | Database Link |
