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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)
