Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers Project (DLNP)

Titles by Decade

The Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers Project provides access to select newspapers spanning from 1836-1922. To find available digital newspapers in a specific time period, please choose from the links below:

1830s (1830-1839)1880s (1880-1889)
1840s (1840-1849)1890s (1890-1899)
1850s (1850-1859)1900s (1900-1909)
1860s (1860-1869)1910s (1910-1919)
1870s (1870-1879)1920s (1920-1922)

1830s (1830-1839)

Baton-Rouge Gazette : 1836-1851 Browse Issues
True American : (New Orleans) 1836-1839Browse Issues

1840s (1840-1849)

Baton-Rouge Gazette : 1836-1851 Browse Issues
The Daily Crescent : (New Orleans) 1848-1851 Browse Issues
The Planters' Banner : (Franklin) 1849-1872 Browse Issues
Southern Sentinel : (Plaquemine) 1848-1858 Browse Issues
The St. Landry Whig : (Opelousas) 1844-1855 Browse Issues

1850s (1850-1859)

The American Patriot : (Clinton) 1854-1856Browse Issues
Baton-Rouge Gazette : 1836-1851 Browse Issues
Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
The Daily Comet : (Baton Rouge) 1852-1855 Browse Issues
The Daily Crescent : (New Orleans) 1848-1851 Browse Issues
Daily Gazette and Comet : (Baton Rouge) 1856-1860 Browse Issues
The Feliciana Democrat : (Clinton) 1855-1859 Browse Issues
Gazette and Sentinel : (Plaquemine) 1858-1861 Browse Issues
Houma Ceres : 1855-1858 Browse Issues
The Independent : (Harrisonburg) 1853-1861Browse Issues
The Louisiana Democrat : (Alexandria) 1859-1903 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
Le Messager : (Bringier) 1851-1855 Browse Issues
The Morning Comet : (Baton Rouge) 1856 Browse Issues
New Orleans Daily Crescent : 1851-1866 Browse Issues
The Opelousas Courier : 1852-1910 Browse Issues
The Opelousas Patriot : 1855-1861 Browse Issues
El Pelayo : (New Orleans) 1851 Browse Issues
Le Pionnier de l'Assomption: (Napoleonville) 1850-1855 Browse Issues
The Planters' Banner. : (Franklin) 1849-1872 Browse Issues
Pointe Coupee Democrat : (New Roads) 1858-1862 Browse Issues
The Register : (Monroe) 1859-1860 Browse Issues
Southern Sentinel : (Plaquemine) 1848-1858 Browse Issues
The South-Western : (Shreveport) 1854-1870 Browse Issues
The St. Landry Whig : (Opelousas) 1844-1855 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
Thibodaux Minerva : 1853-1856Browse Issues
The Weekly Comet : (Baton Rouge) 1853-1855 Browse Issues

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1860s (1860-1869)

The Avoyelles Pelican : (Marksville) 1861-1864Browse Issues
Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet : 1865-1868Browse Issues
Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
The Carrollton Sun : 1860-1861 Browse Issues
The Constitutional : (Alexandria) 1860-1861 Browse Issues
Daily Gazette and Comet : (Baton Rouge) 1856-1860 Browse Issues
Gazette and Sentinel : (Plaquemine) 1858-1861 Browse Issues
The Independent : (Harrisonburg) 1853-1861Browse Issues
The Lafayette Advertiser : 1869-1914 Browse Issues
The Louisiana Democrat : (Alexandria) 1859-1903 Browse Issues
Le Louisianais : (Convent) 1865-1881 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
The Morning Star and Catholic Messenger : (New Orleans) 1868-1879 Browse Issues
Natchitoches Spectator : 1867-1868 Browse Issues
Natchitoches Union : 1861-1862 Browse Issues
The New Orleans Crescent : 1868-1869 Browse Issues
New Orleans Daily Crescent : 1851-1866 Browse Issues
New Orleans Republican : 1867-1878Browse Issues
The Opelousas Courier : 1852-1910 Browse Issues
The Opelousas Journal : 1868-1878 Browse Issues
The Opelousas Patriot : 1855-1861 Browse Issues
The Ouachita Telegraph : (Monroe) 1865-1889 Browse Issues
The Planters' Banner : (Franklin) 1849-1872 Browse Issues
Pointe Coupee Democrat : (New Roads) 1858-1862 Browse Issues
The Register : (Monroe) 1859-1860 Browse Issues
The Semi-Weekly Natchitoches Times : 1866-1867Browse Issues
Semi-Weekly News : (Shreveport) 1865Browse Issues
The Semi-Weekly Shreveport News : 1862-1864 Browse Issues
La Sentinelle de Thibodaux : 1863-1866 Browse Issues
Shreveport Daily News : 1861Browse Issues
Shreveport News : 1864 Browse Issues
Shreveport Semi-Weekly News : 1861-1862Browse Issues
Shreveport Semi-Weekly News : 1865-1866Browse Issues
The Shreveport Weekly News : 1861 Browse Issues
Shreveport Weekly News : 1863Browse Issues
Shreveport Weekly News : 1866 Browse Issues
The South-Western : (Shreveport) 1854-1870 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
The Weekly Echo : (Lake Charles) 1868-1876 Browse Issues

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1870s (1870-1879)

Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
The Caucasian : (Alexandria) 1874-1875 Browse Issues
Claiborne Guardian : (Homer) 1877-1883 Browse Issues
The Colfax Chronicle : 1876-1877 Browse Issues
The Colfax Chronicle : 1877-1922 Browse Issues
The Concordia Eagle : (Vidalia) 1875-1883 Browse Issues
The Daily Telegraph : (Monroe) 1870-1886 Browse Issues
The Donaldsonville Chief : 1871-1922 Browse Issues
Feliciana Sentinel : (St. Francisville) 1877-1892 Browse Issues
The Houma Courier : 1879-1922Browse Issues
The Lafayette Advertiser : 1869-1914 Browse Issues
The Lake Charles Echo : 1876-1894 Browse Issues
Louisiana Capitolian : (Baton Rouge) 1879-1881 Browse Issues
The Louisiana Cotton-Boll : (Lafayette) 1873-1879 Browse Issues
The Louisiana Democrat : (Alexandria) 1859-1903 Browse Issues
Le Louisianais : (Convent) 1865-1881 Browse Issues
The Louisianian : (New Orleans) 1870-1871 Browse Issues
The Meridional : (Abbeville) 1877-1906 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
The Morning Star and Catholic Messenger : (New Orleans) 1868-1879 Browse Issues
New Orleans Bulletin : 1874-1876 Browse Issues
The New Orleans Daily Democrat : 1877-1880Browse Issues
The New Orleans Democrat : 1875-1876Browse Issues
New Orleans Republican : 1867-1878Browse Issues
The Opelousas Courier : 1852-1910 Browse Issues
The Opelousas Journal : 1868-1878 Browse Issues
The Ouachita Telegraph : (Monroe) 1865-1889 Browse Issues
The People's Vindicator : (Natchitoches) 1874-1883 Browse Issues
Pioneer of Assumption : (Napoleonville) 1877-1895 Browse Issues
The Planters' Banner : (Franklin) 1849-1872 Browse Issues
Rapides Gazette : (Alexandria) 1871-1873 Browse Issues
Richland Beacon : (Rayville) 1871-1889 Browse Issues
Semi-Weekly Louisianian : (New Orleans) 1871-1872 Browse Issues
The Semi-Weekly Republican : (St. Francisville) 1872 Browse Issues
The South-Western : (Shreveport) 1854-1870 Browse Issues
The St. Charles Herald : (Hahnville) 1875-1922 Browse Issues
St. Landry Democrat : (Opelousas) 1878-1894 Browse Issues
St. Tammany Farmer : (Covington) 1878-1922 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
Tensas Gazette : (St. Joseph) 1886-1922Browse Issues
The Weekly Echo : (Lake Charles) 1868-1876 Browse Issues
The Weekly Louisianian : (New Orleans) 1872-1882 Browse Issues
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel & Journal of the 8th Senatorial District : 1875-1898 Browse Issues
West Feliciana Sentinel : (St. Francisville) 1876-1877 Browse Issues

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1880s (1880-1889)

Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
Claiborne Guardian : (Homer) 1877-1883 Browse Issues
The Colfax Chronicle : 1877-1922 Browse Issues
The Concordia Eagle : (Vidalia) 1875-1883 Browse Issues
The Daily Telegraph : (Monroe) 1870-1886 Browse Issues
The Donaldsonville Chief : 1871-1922 Browse Issues
Feliciana Sentinel : (St. Francisville) 1877-1892 Browse Issues
The Home Advocate : (Farmerville) 1885-1887Browse Issues
Homer Guardian : 1888-1890 Browse Issues
The Houma Courier : 1879-1922Browse Issues
The Lafayette Advertiser : 1869-1914 Browse Issues
Lake Charles Commercial: 1881-1897 Browse Issues
Lake Charles Commercial: 1881-1897 Browse Issues
Louisiana Capitolian : (Baton Rouge) 1879-1881 Browse Issues
The Louisiana Democrat : (Alexandria) 1859-1903 Browse Issues
Le Louisianais : (Convent) 1865-1881 Browse Issues
The Madison Journal : (Tallulah) 1889-1922 Browse Issues
Madison Times : (Tallulah) 1884-1888 Browse Issues
The Meridional : (Abbeville) 1877-1906 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
The Morehouse Clarion : (Bastrop) 1880-1895 Browse Issues
The Natchitoches Enterprise : 1889-1922 Browse Issues
New Iberia Enterprise : 1885-1902 Browse Issues
The New Orleans Daily Democrat : 1877-1880Browse Issues
The Opelousas Courier : 1852-1910 Browse Issues
The Ouachita Telegraph : (Monroe) 1865-1889 Browse Issues
The People's Vindicator : (Natchitoches) 1874-1883 Browse Issues
Pioneer of Assumption : (Napoleonville) 1877-1895 Browse Issues
Richland Beacon : (Rayville) 1871-1889 Browse Issues
The Southern Sentinel : (Winnfield) 1884-1909Browse Issues
The St. Charles Herald : (Hahnville) 1875-1922 Browse Issues
St. Landry Democrat : (Opelousas) 1878-1894 Browse Issues
St. Tammany Farmer : (Covington) 1878-1922 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
Tensas Gazette : (St. Joseph) 1886-1922Browse Issues
The Weekly Louisianian : (New Orleans) 1872-1882 Browse Issues
The Weekly Messenger : (St. Martinville) 1886-1922 Browse Issues
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel & Journal of the 8th Senatorial District : 1875-1898 Browse Issues

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1890s (1890-1899)

The Banner-Democrat : (Lake Providence) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
The Caldwell Watchman : (Columbia) 1894-1922 Browse Issues
The Colfax Chronicle : 1877-1922 Browse Issues
The Comrade : (Winnfield) 1890-1911 Browse Issues
The Donaldsonville Chief : 1871-1922 Browse Issues
Feliciana Sentinel : (St. Francisville) 1877-1892 Browse Issues
Homer Guardian : 1888-1890 Browse Issues
The Houma Courier : 1879-1922Browse Issues
The Lafayette Advertiser : 1869-1914 Browse Issues
The Lafayette Gazette : 1893-1921 Browse Issues
Lake Charles Commercial: 1881-1897 Browse Issues
The Lake Charles Echo : 1876-1894 Browse Issues
The Louisiana Democrat : (Alexandria) 1859-1903 Browse Issues
The Louisiana Populist : (Natchitoches) 1894-1898 Browse Issues
The Madison Journal : (Tallulah) 1889-1922 Browse Issues
The Meridional : (Abbeville) 1877-1906 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
The Morehouse Clarion : (Bastrop) 1880-1895 Browse Issues
The Natchitoches Enterprise : 1889-1922 Browse Issues
Natchitoches Populist : 1898-1899 Browse Issues
New Iberia Enterprise : 1885-1902 Browse Issues
The Opelousas Courier : 1852-1910 Browse Issues
Pioneer of Assumption : (Napoleonville) 1877-1895 Browse Issues
The Progress : (Shreveport) 1892-1898Browse Issues
The St. Charles Herald : (Hahnville) 1875-1922 Browse Issues
St. Landry Clarion : (Opelousas) 1890-1921 Browse Issues
St. Landry Democrat : (Opelousas) 1878-1894 Browse Issues
The St. Mary Banner : (Franklin) 1891-1912 Browse Issues
St. Tammany Farmer : (Covington) 1878-1922 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
Tensas Gazette : (St. Joseph) 1886-1922Browse Issues
The True Democrat : (Bayou Sara) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
The Weekly Iberian : 1894-1922Browse Issues
The Weekly Messenger : (St. Martinville) 1886-1922 Browse Issues
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel : 1898-1905 Browse Issues
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel & Journal of the 8th Senatorial District : 1875-1898 Browse Issues

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1900s (1900-1909)

The Banner-Democrat : (Lake Providence) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
The Caldwell Watchman : (Columbia) 1894-1922 Browse Issues
The Caucasian : (Shreveport) 1900-1920 Browse Issues
The Colfax Chronicle : 1877-1922 Browse Issues
The Comrade : (Winnfield) 1890-1911 Browse Issues
The Donaldsonville Chief : 1871-1922 Browse Issues
The Herald : (New Orleans) 1909-1922 Browse Issues
The Houma Courier : 1879-1922Browse Issues
The Jennings Daily Record : 1901-1903Browse Issues
The Lafayette Advertiser : 1869-1914 Browse Issues
The Lafayette Gazette : 1893-1921 Browse Issues
The Louisiana Democrat : (Alexandria) 1859-1903 Browse Issues
Lower Coast Gazette : (Pointe-a-la-Hache) 1909-1914 Browse Issues
The Madison Journal : (Tallulah) 1889-1922 Browse Issues
The Meridional : (Abbeville) 1877-1906 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
The Natchitoches Enterprise : 1889-1922 Browse Issues
New Iberia Enterprise : 1885-1902 Browse Issues
New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer : 1902-1921Browse Issues
The Opelousas Courier : 1852-1910 Browse Issues
The Rice Belt Journal : (Welsh) 1900-1922 Browse Issues
The Southern Sentinel : (Winnfield) 1884-1909Browse Issues
The St. Charles Herald : (Hahnville) 1875-1922 Browse Issues
St. Landry Clarion : (Opelousas) 1890-1921 Browse Issues
The St. Mary Banner : (Franklin) 1891-1912 Browse Issues
St. Tammany Farmer : (Covington) 1878-1922 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
Tensas Gazette : (St. Joseph) 1886-1922Browse Issues
The Thibodaux Sentinel : 1905-1912Browse Issues
The True Democrat : (Bayou Sara) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
The Weekly Iberian : 1894-1922Browse Issues
The Weekly Messenger : (St. Martinville) 1886-1922 Browse Issues
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel : 1898-1905 Browse Issues

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1910s (1910-1919)

Abbeville Progress : 1913-1922Browse Issues
The Banner-Democrat : (Lake Providence) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
The Bienville Democrat : 1919-1922Browse Issues
Bogalusa Enterprise : 1914-1918Browse Issues
Bogalusa Enterprise and American : 1918-1922 Browse Issues
Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
The Caldwell Watchman : (Columbia) 1894-1922 Browse Issues
The Caucasian : (Shreveport) 1900-1920 Browse Issues
The Colfax Chronicle : 1877-1922 Browse Issues
The Comrade : (Winnfield) 1890-1911 Browse Issues
The Concordia Sentinel : (Vidalia) 1911-1922Browse Issues
The Era-Leader : (Franklinton) 1910-1922 Browse Issues
The Herald : (New Orleans) 1909-1922 Browse Issues
The Houma Courier : 1879-1922Browse Issues
The Lafayette Advertiser : 1869-1914 Browse Issues
The Lafayette Gazette : 1893-1921 Browse Issues
Lower Coast Gazette : (Pointe-a-la-Hache) 1909-1914 Browse Issues
The Lumberjack : (Alexandria) 1913Browse Issues
The Madison Journal : (Tallulah) 1889-1922 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
The Morgan City Daily Review : 1916-1920 Browse Issues
The Natchitoches Enterprise : 1889-1922 Browse Issues
New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer : 1902-1921Browse Issues
The Opelousas Courier : 1852-1910 Browse Issues
The Patriot : (Glenmora) 1918-1922Browse Issues
The Rice Belt Journal : (Welsh) 1900-1922 Browse Issues
The St. Charles Herald : (Hahnville) 1875-1922 Browse Issues
St. Landry Clarion : (Opelousas) 1890-1921 Browse Issues
The St. Mary Banner : (Franklin) 1891-1912 Browse Issues
St. Tammany Farmer : (Covington) 1878-1922 Browse Issues
The Star-Progress : (Opelousas) 1917-1921 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
Tensas Gazette : (St. Joseph) 1886-1922Browse Issues
Thibodaux Commercial Journal : 1919-1922Browse Issues
The Thibodaux Sentinel : 1905-1912Browse Issues
The True Democrat : (Bayou Sara) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
Vernon Parish Democrat : (Leesville) 1919-1922 Browse Issues
The Voice of the People : (New Orleans) 1913-1914 Browse Issues
The Weekly Iberian : 1894-1922Browse Issues
The Weekly Messenger : (St. Martinville) 1886-1922 Browse Issues

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1920s (1920-1922)

Abbeville Progress : 1913-1922Browse Issues
The Banner-Democrat : (Lake Providence) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
The Bienville Democrat : 1919-1922Browse Issues
Bogalusa Enterprise and American : 1918-1922 Browse Issues
Bossier Banner : 1859-1922Browse Issues
The Caldwell Watchman : (Columbia) 1894-1922 Browse Issues
The Caucasian : (Shreveport) 1900-1920 Browse Issues
The Colfax Chronicle : 1877-1922 Browse Issues
The Concordia Sentinel : (Vidalia) 1911-1922Browse Issues
The Donaldsonville Chief : 1871-1922 Browse Issues
The Era-Leader : (Franklinton) 1910-1922 Browse Issues
The Herald : (New Orleans) 1909-1922 Browse Issues
The Houma Courier : 1879-1922Browse Issues
The Lafayette Gazette : 1893-1921 Browse Issues
The Llano colonist : (Leesville) 1922 Browse Issues
The Madison Journal : (Tallulah) 1889-1922 Browse Issues
Le Meschacébé : (Lucy) 1854-1922 Browse Issues
The Morgan City Daily Review : 1916-1920 Browse Issues
The Natchitoches Enterprise : 1889-1922 Browse Issues
New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer : 1902-1921Browse Issues
The Patriot : (Glenmora) 1918-1922Browse Issues
The Rice Belt Journal : (Welsh) 1900-1922 Browse Issues
The St. Charles Herald : (Hahnville) 1875-1922 Browse Issues
St. Landry Clarion : (Opelousas) 1890-1921 Browse Issues
St. Tammany Farmer : (Covington) 1878-1922 Browse Issues
The Star-Progress : (Opelousas) 1917-1921 Browse Issues
Sugar Planter : (Port Allen) 1856-1922Browse Issues
Tensas Gazette : (St. Joseph) 1886-1922Browse Issues
Thibodaux Commercial Journal : 1919-1922Browse Issues
The True Democrat : (Bayou Sara) 1892-1922 Browse Issues
Vernon Parish Democrat : (Leesville) 1919-1922 Browse Issues
The Weekly Iberian : 1894-1922Browse Issues
The Weekly Messenger : (St. Martinville) 1886-1922 Browse Issues
Woman's Enterprise : (Baton Rouge) 1921-1922 Browse Issues

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