Research Guides: Pacific NW Environmental History &amp; Governance: Newspapers and Microfilm

Newspapers & Microfilm

We have an extensive collection of mostly Oregon newspapers on microfilm. See the inventory for a list.

The Microforms Dept has reader/printers for microfilm and microfiche, including two ScanPro 1000 digital microform scanners. You can scan and save to the Hard Drive or to a USB Drive. Using your web-based email, compose message, attach images, and send.

Historic Oregon Newspapers online gives you access to a number of Oregon newspapers from their earliest dates through 1922. (However much more is available on microfilm.)

The Access World News database has the current and historical Oregonian, the Eugene Register-Guard from 2001-present, and current and historical Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It also covers more recent years of many local Oregon papers.

Access world news This link opens in a new window
Access World News Research Collection is a full-text news resource consisting over 11,000+ local, regional, national and international sources (6,800+ US and almost 4,200 international sources). This database includes access to many local Oregon new sources, including The Oregonian and the Register-Guard up to current day. Updated daily, it offers researchers and students valuable primary source information on today’s issues and events from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video clips, web only, and blogs.

You may also try the Historic LA Times and NY Times--many Pacific Northwest events are covered by these two papers:

Los Angeles Times (1881-1997) This link opens in a new window
Historical analysis of the development of California and the Pacific Rim with a focus on immigration issues, coverage of the early days of the film industry, and coverage of Native American culture and society.
New York times (digital reproduction, 1851-2015) This link opens in a new window
Digital reproduction of the NY Times, with full page and article images as well as searchable full text back to the first issue.