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Newspapers in the New Jersey State Library Collection

  • ASBURY PARK (Monmouth County)
    Asbury Park Press (1968 - current)
    Coaster (1983-2008)
  • ATLANTIC CITY (Atlantic County)
    Atlantic City Press (1968 - current)
  • BORDENTOWN (Burlington County)
    Register (May13 - June10, 1932)
    Register News (Jan. 3, 1974 - June 27, 2002)
  • BRIDGETON (Cumberland County)
    Bridgeton Evening News (1968 – 1977)
    Bridgeton News (current four months)
  • BRIDGEWATER (Somerset County)
    Courier News (current four months)
  • BURLINGTON (Burlington County)
    Burlington County Times (current four months)
    Burlington Gazette (1835 – Aug. 25, 1848)
    Dollar Newspaper and Burl. Co. Advtsr. (1856 – 1867)
    New Jersey Gazette (1777-1778)
  • CAMDEN (Camden County)
    Courier-Post Oct. (1949 - current)
  • CAPE MAY (Cape May County)
    Cape May County Herald Times (current four months)
  • ELIZABETH (Union County)
    Daily Journal (Oct. 1, 1990 – Dec. 31, 1991)
  • ELMER (Salem County)
    Elmer Times (June 1881 – 1987)
  • FREEHOLD (Monmouth County)
    Monmouth Press (March 17, 1888 – Jan. 25, 1890)
    GLOUCESTER COUNTY (Woodbury, NJ)
    Gloucester County Times (current four months)
  • HACKENSACK (Bergen County)
    Record Jan. (1960 – current)
  • HIGHTSTOWN (Mercer County)
    Hightstown Excelsior (June 13, 1857 – March 26, 1859)
    Hightstown Gazette (1965 - 1999)
  • HUNTERDON COUNTY (Flemington, NJ)
    Hunterdon County Democrat (current four months)
  • JERSEY CITY (Hudson County)
    American Standard (1859-1875)
    Argus (1875-1884)
    Daily Telegraph (1850 – 1859)
    Evening Journal (1867-1887)
    Evening Telegraph (1849-1850)
    Jersey City Argus (1884-1891)
    Jersey City Reporter (Jan. 20, 1984-Dec. 29, 2002
    Jersey City Telegraph (1847-1849)
    Jersey Journal (1941-1947)
  • LONG BRANCH (Monmouth County)
    Long Branch News (May 11, 1976 – May 7, 1979)
    Atlanticville (May 14, 1979 – Dec. 30, 1999)
  • MEDFORD (Burlington County)
    Central Record (Jan. 7, 1993 – June 27, 2002)
  • MORRISTOWN (Morris County)
    Daily Record (current four months)
  • MOUNT OLIVE (Morris County)
    Mt. Olive Chronicle (Jan. 2, 1992 – Dec. 30, 1999)
  • NEW BRUNSWICK (Middlesex County)
    Daily Times (1891 – 1907)
    Home News Tribune (current four months)
    New Brunswick Daily Times (1871-1891)
    New Brunswick Times (1907 – 1916)
    Weekly Times (1903-1906)
  • NEWARK (Essex County)
    Centinel of Freedom (1796 – 1820)
    Evening Star & Newark Advertiser (July 1, 1907-Jan. 29, 1916)
    Newark Evening News (Sept. 1, 1883 – Aug. 31, 1972)
    (strike from May 26, 1971 through April 4, 1972: no paper for this period)
    Newark Star-Ledger 1945 - current
    Sunday Evening News (Nov. 24, 1946 - Aug. 31, 1972)
    (this is on "Newark Evening News" and "Evening News" microfilm).
  • PARAMUS (Bergen County)
    Suburban News (Feb. 1987 - Feb. 1992)
  • PASSAIC (Passaic County)
    Herald News (current four months)
    Passaic City Record (June 11, 1890 – Nov. 30, 1907)
    Passaic Herald News (1968 – 1977)
  • PRINCETON (Mercer County)
    Princeton Packet (current four months)
  • RIDGEWOOD (Bergen County)
    Ridgewood Herald (July 13, 1901 – Jan 25, 1940)
    Ridgewood Herald News (Feb 1, 1940 – Dec. 31, 1959)
    Ridgewood News (January 4 - 25, 1940)
    Ridgewood News (1992 – 1995)
    Sunday News (Jan. 7, 1940-June 26, 1949; 1950-1973)
  • RIVERSIDE (Burlington County)
    Triple Towns Tribune (June 16, 1932 – June 5, 1941)
  • SUSSEX COUNTY (Newton, NJ)
    New Jersey Herald (current four months)
  • TRENTON (Mercer County)
    Daily State Gazette (1863-1918)
    Daily State Gazette and Republican (1857-1863)
    Federalist and New Jersey Gazette (1900-1802)
    Federalist, New Jersey Gazette (1798-1800)
    Mercer Standard (Nov. 11, 1854-Feb. 23, 1856)
    New Jersey Gazette (1778-1786)
    New Jersey Gazette (1840-1857)
    New Jersey State Gazette (1799-1800)
    New Jersey State Gazette (1829-1839)
    State Gazette (1918-1927)
    State Gazette and New Jersey Advertiser (1797-1798)
    Sunday Times Advertiser (1883-1975)
    Trenton Federalist (1802-1829)
    Trenton State Gazette (1927-1942)
    Trenton Times (May 1883 - current)
    Trentonian (1964 - current)
    (Trentonian from Sept. 3, 1946 - Dec. 31, 1963 is held by the New Jersey State Archives.)
  • VINELAND (Cumberland County)
    Daily Journal (current four months)
    Vineland Times Journal (1968 – 1977)
  • WEST ORANGE (Essex County)
    West Orange Chronicle (1963 – 1969)
    West Orange Weekly Review (June 5, 1931-May 13, 1938)

“Early American Newspapers” is a set of 18 orange-colored microfilm boxes filed after the older newspapers listed above, and consists of the following titles:

  • Centinel of Freedom, Newark , NJ (1796 – 1820)
  • New Jersey Gazette, Burlington & Trenton , NJ (1777 – 1786)
  • New York Gazette (Weyman's), New York , NY (1759 – 1767)
  • New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, New York , NY (1768 – 1783)
  • New York Mercury, New York , NY (1752 – 1768)
  • New York Weekly Journal, New York , NY (1733 – 1751)
  • Rivington's New York Gazette and the Royal Gazette, NY (1773 – 1783)
  • Pennsylvania Chronicle Philadelphia, PA (1767 – 1774)

The "Centinel of Freedom" is also held by the New Jersey State Archives as the “Sentinel of Freedom” from Oct. 4, 1797 – Dec. 18, 1894.

Notes:

The New Jersey State Archives has over 1,000 additional New Jersey newspapers on microfilm in their collection. The list, which is arranged by county, is available on their website at:

www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/newspaper-1.html

The New Jersey State Library does not have any newspapers covering the years 1787 – 1796.

The "Daily True American" from 1849 -1908 is held by the NJ State Archives; they have a card index of the vital records information that it contains, such as marriages and deaths. The State Library has some bound volumes of the True American from 1802 – 1829.

National Newspapers received by the New Jersey State Library

  • New York Times (Sept. 18, 1951 - current)
  • Philadelphia Inquirer (January 1970 - current)
  • U.S.A. Today (current four months)
  • Wall Street Journal (January 1958 -current)
  • Washington Afro-American (current four months)
  • Washington Post (current four months)

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