Florida Newspapers

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Current Florida Newspapers

Historic Florida Newspapers

Other Resources

The following list identifies Florida newspapers for which the UCF Library has available either indexing/abstracting or full text for back issues.  Also included are Florida newspapers for which current issues are received at UCF in paper format, but which are not retained.  Links are provided to online newspapers, but the focus is on those within UCF's 11-county service area or to those from elsewhere in Florida with archives available. For additional online newspapers, consult the Other Resources listed below. To search this page for a particular city, use your browser's Find function [Ctrl F].

Related Resource: Newspapers on Microfilm

Other Resources:

Florida Newspapers Online (State Library of Florida)

Florida Newspapers (Internet Public Library)

Florida Newspapers (Yahoo!)

News & Newspapers Online - Florida (Univ of NC, Greensboro)

Yahoo! Local News - Ft Lauderdale  Jacksonville  Miami  Orlando  Tampa  West Palm Beach

Orlando Sentinel/Star

Online access:

• Full-text searchable database 1985 to present

• Newspaper Website Archive 1985 to present (freely searchable; fee-based access to full text)

The UCF Library has the Orlando Sentinel/Star available on microfilm (1960- ).  Selective indexing (1966-1970) of the Orlando Sentinel/Star is provided in a bound volume on the Index shelves in the UCF Library, call number - Index AI 21.O7.

The Orlando Public Library has the Orlando Sentinel/Star available on microfilm (1912- ), selective indexing of articles of local interest (1966-1993), and an obituary index (1949- ).

Publishing History of the Orlando Sentinel/Star and its predecessors:

• Orlando Reporter, 1892-1903? (merged with Evening Star to form Evening Reporter-Star)

• Evening Star, January-December 1903? (merged with Orlando Reporter to form Evening Reporter-Star)

• Evening Reporter-Star, 1904?-March 1947 (continues Orlando Reporter and Evening Star; continued by Orlando Evening Star)

• Orlando Evening Star, April 1947-1973 (continues Evening Reporter-Star; merged with Orlando Morning Sentinel to form the Orlando Sentinel-Star)

• Orlando Morning Sentinel, 1913-1973 (title varies: Daily Sentinel; Morning Sentinel; merged with Orlando Evening Star to form the Orlando Sentinel-Star)

• Orlando Sentinel-Star, 1974-April 25, 1982 (continues Orlando Morning Sentinel and Orlando Evening Star; continued by Orlando Sentinel)

• Orlando Sentinel, April 26, 1982- (continues Orlando Sentinel-Star)

Florida Newspaper Project (Univ of Florida) identifies the Florida newspaper holdings of libraries throughout Florida.

Newspaper Article Database, 1762-1885 (Univ of Florida) consists of stories and reports about Florida gathered together by the Goza and Mickler families and donated to the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History. There are approximately 1500 articles in the database. They are all from non-Florida newspapers and cover events in Florida between 1762 and 1885.

Computers and News Research Project (Univ of Miami, School of Communications)

U.S. News Archives on the Web (Special Libraries Association)

Search Sites and Lists provides links for other U.S. and foreign newspapers.

News about UCF:

In addition to the listings above for the Central Florida Future, Independent, UCF Knight Wire, and UCF Report, you may find news reports from the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Engineering & Computer Science, College of Health & Public Affairs, or other organizations on campus.

Abbreviations used in the table above:

CD - CD-ROM - The full text (1985- ) of the Orlando Sentinel is no longer being made available at one of the computers near the Reference Desk in the UCF Library.  The same coverage is now available through the UCF Library's subscription to NewsBank InfoWeb.

DC - Dialog provides the full text of several Florida newspapers. The UCF subscription to the Dialog@CARL database was cancelled and the link to the database has been deleted. Please ask at the UCF Reference Desk for assistance in selecting alternate sources. Access to these Dialog databases may still be available for a fee through the UCF Library's Information Source service.

FS - FirstSearch provides full text for several Florida newspapers in the Business Dateline database.  Abstracts and some full text for several Florida newspapers used to be available in the DataTimes and Business & Industry databases, which are no longer available through FirstSearch.

IN - Index - Selective indexing (1966-1970) of the Orlando Sentinel/Evening Star is provided in a bound volume on the Index shelves in the UCF Library, call number - Index AI 21.O7.

IT - InfoTrac provides full text articles from 5 Florida newspapers, plus over 100 other U.S. & international newspapers.

LN - LexisNexisAcademic (formerly Academic Universe) provides the full text of several Florida newspapers.  Search in U.S. News Topics and Select State: Florida.  To limit your search to a specific newspaper, select the Source tab near the top of the screen, Filter by Country "United States", change "All Regions" to "Florida", select the News folder, select the Newspapers folder, select a specific title or titles to search, and then select the [OK - Continue] button.

MF - Microfilm is available in the UCF Library for several Florida newspapers on the 3rd floor, arranged alphabetically by title.   The Florida Times-Union Index does not include the full text of articles, but you might be able to use the dates to locate related articles in other newspapers, such as the Tampa Tribune (1895-1951) or Charleston Courier (1803-1901).  The UCF Report (Apr 1979-Jun 1986) is available at call number MFLM LD 1772.F91.A18325.  See also Florida newspapers miscellaneous.

NB - NewsBank InfoWeb provides the full text (1985- ) of the Orlando Sentinel.

NL - NewsLibrary provides a searchable archive for many newspapers, including several Florida newspapers.  Searching is free and the results include abstracts.  There is a charge for the full text online, but ask at the UCF Library Reference Desk about possible alternate sources for the full text.

OC - The Orange County Library System provides access to the full text of several Florida newspapers through the NewsBank database.  Users must have a valid OCLS resident library card for remote access.  The following papers are not accessible remotely: Bradenton Herald, Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Tallahassee Democrat.

PA - Paper - Several Florida newspapers are received in paper format only and are usually retained for one or two months in the UCF Library on the 3rd floor.  If back issues are retained, the table above will indicate MF.

SC - Special Collections - Newspaper clippings of a series of articles taken from a handwritten manuscript of Osceola County's history dating back to the 1850s are available in Special Collections - Rare F 317.O7 P9; the series of articles were published in the Osceola Sun from August 13, 1975 through September 23, 1976.

SO - Source - Some newspapers are now providing their own archives online.  Some online archives only cover articles published in their online editions.  In most cases, searching the archives is free and the results frequently include abstracts. There may be a charge for the full text online, but ask at the UCF Library Reference Desk about possible alternate sources for the full text.

WL - WebLUIS provides access to:

• an index (1984-1991) for the University of Florida's student newspaper, the Independent Florida Alligator. 

• selective indexing (1986-1997) of the Florida Times-Union, provided by the University of North Florida Library Reference Department; indexing is limited to Northeast Florida regional news (including Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns Counties), Florida legislative news, and national and state news stories that stir strong local interest.

Florida newspapers miscellaneous

Microfilm is available in the UCF Library on the 3rd floor for several Florida newspapers from the 1800s and early 1900s.  The newspapers are grouped together on reels labeled "Florida newspapers miscellaneous", of which the UCF Library has reels 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, and 22.

NOTE:  For most of the newpapers, only a few issues are available and in many cases only a single daily issue. Some individual titles have issues spread out over several reels. 

The Florida Digital Newspaper Library provides online access to some of the newspapers.

Remember that the number of counties and the county boundaries were significantly different prior to 1925, so the geographic areas covered by these newspapers may not be limited to what is considered their local area today.  For example, in 1830 Alachua County stretched from the Georgia border to Ft. Myers, and Mosquito (Orange) County stretched from Ocala to West Palm Beach.  Also, coverage of Florida news prior to 1900 might appear in newspapers from other states which had major ports or railroad lines connecting to Florida (e.g., Atlanta, Charleston, New Orleans, and Savannah).  One or more of the newspapers listed below cover the following communities:

Alligator Apalachicola (digitized, reels 15, 16) Apopka (2005) Arcadia Bartow Blountstown (2005) Bristol (2005) Bronson (2005, reels 13, 22) Brooksville Canal Point Cedar Key (digitized, reel 22) Chipley (2005) Clewiston (2005) Cocoa Daytona DeLand Eustis Fernandina (digitized, reels 15, 16, 21, 22) Frostproof (2005) Gainesville Green Cove Springs	Hastings High Springs Interlachen Jacksonville (digitized, reels 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22) Jasper Kerr City Key West (digitized, reels 15, 16, 21) LaBelle (2005) Lake Butler (2005) Lake City (digitized, reel 13) Lake Hall Leesburg Live Oak Macclenny (2005) Madison (2005) Magnolia Mayo (2005) Melbourne Miami Micanopy Milton (2005)	New Smyrna (digitized, reel 13) Newnansville Ocala (digitized, reel 15) Orange City Orange Park (2005) Palatka (reels 13, 15, 21) Palm Beach Palatka Pensacola (digitized, other materials and reels 6, 13, 15, 18) Plant City (2005) Quincy (digitized, reels 6, 15) St. Augustine (digitized, other materials and reels 6, 13, 15) St. Marks St. Petersburg Sorrento Starke Tallahassee (digitized, reels 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21) Tampa (digitized, 2005, other materials and reels 18, 21) Titusville Welaka Winter Garden (2005)
Digitized Coverage (1839-1985)
Alligator - Columbia Democrat (1858) Apalachicola  - Apalachicola Courier (1839)  - Apalachicolian (1840)  - Florida Journal (1841, 1844)  - Commercial Advertiser (1843-49, 1851, 1859)  - Star of the West (1848)  - Watchman of the Gulf (1843) Arcadia - De Soto County News (1903) Bartow - Polk County Record (1940) Brooksville  - Hernando News (1891)  - News-Register (1896) Cedar Key  - Cedar Key Gulf-Coaster (1893)  - Gulf Coast News (1925)  - Telegraph (1860) Cocoa - Different Drummer (1968-69) - Brevard JC Fernandina  - East Floridian (1858, 1860)  - Fernandina Observer (1874, 1875)  - Florida Mirror (1882-87, 1891, 1894)  - News (1891)  - Peninsula (1863, 1864) Gainesville  - Alachua Advocate (1883)  - Daily Advocate (1884, 1887, 1888)  - Daily Bee (1883)  - Daily Sun (1896)  - Eye (1970-71)  - Florida Weekly Record (1888)  - Gainesville Times (1878)  - Ledger (1895)  - Military Musings (1886)  - New Era (1867, 1873)  - Twice-a-Week Sun (1899) Hawkinsville - Florida (1881) Interlachen - Florida Ruralist (1894)	Jacksonville  - Daily Florida Citizen (1894, 1895, 1896)  - Daily Florida Standard (1891, 1892)  - Daily Military Review (1890)  - Daily Sun and Press (1880)  - Dixie (1917)  - East Florida Advocate (1839, 1840)  - Florida Agriculturist (1874, 1875)  - Florida Cracker (1902)  - Florida Daily Times (1882)  - Florida Dispatch (1884, 1885, 1888)  - Florida Dispatch & Farmer & Fruit Grower (1889, 1890, 1891, 1893)  - Florida Farmer & Fruit Grower (1887, 1888)  - Florida News (1852, 1858)  - Florida Republican (1851, 1852)  - Florida Sentinel (1919)  - Florida Sun (1876)  - Florida Times-Union (1883, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1894)  - Florida Union (1866)  - Halyard (1974-76) - UNF  - Jacksonville Advocate (1896)  - Jacksonville Courier (1835, 1836, 1837)  - Jacksonville Free Press (1916, 1917)  - Jacksonville Herald (1865)  - Jacksonville Standard (1860)  - Metropolis (1890)  - New South (1875)  - News (1846)  - Phoenix (1976, 1977) - UNF  - Southern Rights (1862)  - Tri-Weekly Union (1872, 1874)  - Tropical Paradise (1885)  - Tropical Plant (1844)  - Weekly Florida Citizen (1894, 1896)  - Weekly Sun & Press (1880) Jasper - Jasper News (1890) Kerr City - Kerr City Advertiser (1884) Key West  - Key of the Gulf (1860, 1876, 1879, 1882)  - Key West Citizen (1913, 1947)  - Key West Dispatch (1880)  - Key West Enquirer (1835)  - Key West Gazette (1845)  - New Era (1862)  - South Floridian (1838)  - Yara (1889) Lake City  - Citizen-Reporter (1912, 1913, 1914)  - Columbian (1863, 1865)  - Florida Index (1913, 1916)  - Lake City Reporter (1884, 1885)	Lake Hall - Leon County Journal (1897) Lakeland  - Florida Christian Advocate (1913) Live Oak  - Banner (1895)  - Florida Dispatch (1876) Magnolia - Magnolia Advertiser (1828) Marianna - Marianna Courier (1876, 1878) Miami  - Miccosukee Everglades News (1984, 1985)  - Seminole Indian News (1961) Micanopy  - Cotton States (1861, 1864)  - Micanopy Gazette (1885)  - Orange Growers' Gazette (1883)  - Tuskawilla News (1891) New Smyrna - Florida Star (1879) Newnansville - Florida Dispatch (1860) Ocala  - Conservator (1851)  - Daily Item (1885)  - East Florida Banner (1867, 1871, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1879)  - Florida Home Companion (1857, 1858, 1859, 1860)  - Florida Semi-Tropical News (1889)  - Marion Free Press (1896)  - New Capitol (1893)  - Ocala Argus (1848)  - Ocala Banner (1896)  - Southern Sun (1854) Palatka - Whig Banner (1846, 1847) Pensacola  - Florida Democrat & Mechanic's & Workingman's Advocate (1848-49)  - Live Oak (1847)  - Pensacola Commercial (1886, 1888)  - West-Florida Times (1857) Quincy  - Quincy Sentinel (1839)  - Quincy Times (1848) St. Augustine  - Ancient City (1854)  - St. Augustine Examiner (1867, 1868, 1869)  - St. Augustine Record (1937, 1943) Sarasota - News (1954) Tallahassee  - Florida Watchman (1838)  - Tallahassee Sentinel (1876) Tampa  - Florida Sentinel Bulletin (1962)  - La Gaceta (1933)  - Sunland Tribune (1879) Welaka - Welaka Independent (1907)
Digitized Coverage (2005)
Apopka - Apopka Chief (2005) Blountstown - County Record (2005) Bristol - Calhoun-Liberty Journal (2005) Bronson - Levy County Journal (2005) Chipley - Washington County News (2005) Clewiston - Clewiston News (2005)	Frostproof - Frostproof News (2005) LaBelle - Caloosa Belle (2005) Lake Butler - Union County Times (2005) Macclenny - Baker County Press (2005) Madison - Madison Enterprise-Recorder (2005) Mayo - Mayo Free Press (2005)	Milton - Santa Rosa Press Gazette (2005) Orange Park - Clay Today (2005) Plant City - Courier (2005) Tampa - La Gaceta (2005) Winter Garden - West Orange Times (2005)

 

See also Florida Microform Sets for East Florida Gazette (St. Augustine) - various issues from 1783; and Pensacola Gazette - various issues from 1824 and 1828.

See also Special Collections for Osceola County history and the listings in the table above for the microfilm of the Tampa Tribune (1895-1951) and the Florida Times-Union index (1899-1968). 

See also Records of the States of the United States of America : Florida [MFLM F311.U5] on reel 1 of section A.1c for some issues of the following newspapers: East Florida Herald (St. Augustine), 1823-1824; The Floridian (Pensacola), 1823; Pensacola Gazette and West Florida Advertiser, 1824-1830.

• Reel 6
  • Florida Democrat and Mechanic's and Workingman's Advocate (Pensacola) - 1848,1849
  • Live Oak (Pensacola) - 1847
  • Neutral: A Weekly Literary Family Journal (Pensacola) - 1848
  • West Florida Times (Pensacola) - 1857
  • Quincy Sentinel - 1839
  • Quincy Times - 1848
  • Ancient City (St. Augustine) - 1854
  • East Florida Herald (St. Augustine) - 1827
  • Florida Gazette (St. Augustine) - 1821
  • News (St. Augustine) - 1845
  • St. Joseph Times - 1839-1840
  • Florida Courier (Tallahassee) - 1831
  • Florida Intelligencer (Tallahassee) - 1826
• Reel 7
  • Florida Sentinel (Tallahassee) - 1841-1843, 1845, 1846-1848
• Reel 8
  • Florida Sentinel (Tallahassee) - 1848-1852
• Reel 9
  • Florida Sentinel (Tallahassee) - 1852-1853
  • Star of Florida (Tallahassee) - 1840-1845
  • Florida Watchman (Tallahassee) - 1838
  • Tallahassee Star - 1839
• Reel 13
  • Pensacola Gazette - 1850
  • Florida Democrat (Pensacola) - 1851, 1856
  • Pensacola Weekly Observer - 1861
  • Pensacolian - 1883
  • Pensacola Commercial - 1883
  • Advance-Gazette (Pensacola) - 1883, 1884
  • Sumter County Advance (Leesburg) - 1878
  • Leesburg Commercial - 1892
  • South Florida Times (Orange City) - 1883
  • Lake City Reporter - 1885
  • Daily Florida Herald (Jacksonville) - 1885
  • Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) - 1886, 1887
  • Daily Florida Citizen (Jacksonville) - 1894
  • Metropolis (Jacksonville) - 1902
  • Florida Highland Press (Sorrento, Orange County) - 1886, 1887
  • Palatka Evening Herald - 1889
  • Palatka Daily Advertiser - 1894
  • St. Augustine Evening News - 1889, 1892, 1893
  • St. Augustine News - 1899
  • St. Augustine Meteor - 1913
  • Levy Times-Democrat (Bronson) - 1894
  • South Florida Home (St. Petersburg) - 1895, 1896
  • Weekly Floridian (Tallahassee) - 1897
  • Florida Record (Tallahassee) - 1916
  • High Springs News - 1900
  • East Coast Advocate (Titusville) - 1902
  • Melbourne Times - 1902, 1921
  • Deland Weekly News - 1904
  • Deland News - 1909, 1919
  • Inlet Advocate (New Smyrna) - 1909
  • New Smyrna Daily News - 1933
  • Eustis Lake Region - 1919
  • Bell Glade News (Canal Point, Palm Beach County) - 1929
  • Everglades News (Canal Point, Palm Beach County) - 1828
  • Volusia County Times - 1929
  • Hastings Hustler - 1932
  • Palm Beach Independent - 1926
• Reel 15
  • East Florida Advocate (Jacksonville) - 1839, 1840
  • Conservator (Ocala) - 1851
  • Ocala Argus - 1848
  • Quincy Times - 1848
  • Quincy Sentinel - 1839
  • Apalachicola Courier - 1839
  • Apalachicolian - 1840
  • Florida Journal (Apalachicola) - 1840, 1843, 1844
  • Star of the West (Apalachicola) - 1848
  • Watchman of the Gulf (Apalachicola) - 1843
  • Peninsula (Fernandina) - 1863
  • Whig Banner (Palatka) - 1846, 1847
  • Magnolia Advertiser - 1828
  • South Floridian - 1838
  • Key West Gazette - 1845
  • Florida Advocate (Tallahassee) - 1827
  • Florida Sentinel (Tallahassee) - 1845, 1861
  • Tallahassee Sentinel - 1876
  • Tallahassee Star - 1839
  • Star of Florida (Tallahassee) - 1840
  • Florida Courier (Tallahassee) - 1831
  • Florida Watchman (Tallahassee) - 1838
  • Floridian (Tallahassee) - 1828, 1837, 1842, 1845
  • West Florida Times (Pensacola) - 1857
  • Live Oak (Pensacola) - 1847
  • Florida Democrat and Mechanic's and Workingman's Advocate (Pensacola) - 1848,1849
  • Pensacola Gazette - 1831, 1835
  • Ancient City (St. Augustine) - 1854
  • Florida Herald and Southern Democrat (St. Augustine) - 1849
  • East Florida Herald (St. Augustine) - 1827
• Reel 16
  • Florida News (Fernandina) - 1858
  • Wakulla Times (St. Marks) - 1858
  • Key of the Gulf (Key West) - 1858
  • Commercial Advertiser (Apalachicola) - 1858
  • Columbia Democrat (Alligator) - 1858
  • Florida Sentinel (Tallahassee) - 1858
  • Florida Weekly Republican (Jacksonville) - 1858
• Reel 18 [issues for each title are included throughout the reel in approximate chronological order]
  • Florida Union (Jacksonville) - 1868-1869
  • Tallahassee Sentinel - 1868-1869
  • Pensacola Observer / Tri-Weekly Observer - 1868
  • West Florida Commercial / Semi-Weekly Commercial (Pensacola) - 1868-1869
  • True Southerner (Tampa) - 1868
  • Jacksonville Tri-Weekly Union - 1869
• Reel 21
  • Key of the Gulf (Key West) - 1856, 1877
  • Daily Equator Democrat (Key West) - 1889, 1890
  • Key West Morning Journal - 1918, 1919
  • Sunday Sentinel - 1919
  • Key West Citizen - 1915, 1919, 1928 [including 1919 hurricane and 1928 opening of Overseas Highway]
  • Mercury & Floridian (Jacksonville) - 1869
  • Eastern Herald (Palatka) - 1869
  • Florida Mirror (Fernandina) - 1887
  • Fernandina Express - 1878, 1882, 1901
  • Nassau County Star (Fernandina) - 1900
  • Fernandina Record - 1908
  • Fernandina News-Record - 1915, 1918
  • Florida-Georgia News (Fernandina) - 1938
  • Fernandina News - 1939, 1940
  • clippings about W.J. Howey's campaigns for governor
    from various newspapers (1928-1932) and his obituary (1938)
  • Tampa Life - 1932
  • The State (Tallahassee) - 1932
  • Florida State News (Tallahassee) - 1930
  • South Jacksonville Herald - 1930
  • Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) - 1929
  • Daytona Halifax Journal - 1917
• Reel 22 [many of the issues are those listing notices of tax sales]
  • Weekly Florida Telegraph (Starke) - 1883, 1885, 1886
  • Bradford County Telegraph (Starke) - 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1906
  • Fernandina Observer - 1873, 1874, 1876
  • Fernandina Express - 1880, 1881, 1882
  • Florida Mirror / Tri-Weekly Florida Mirror (Fernandina) - 1884, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899
  • Fernandina News - 1894, 1896, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1909
  • Nassau County Star (Fernandina) - 1900, 1901, 1904, 1906
  • Fernandina Record - 1907, 1909
  • Fernandina News-Record - 1914, 1915, 1919
  • Bronson Weekly Artery - 1874
  • Levy Enterprise (Bronson) - 1883
  • Levy County Times (Bronson) - 1885, 1886, 1889
  • Levy Times-Democrat (Bronson) - 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905
  • Gulf View (Cedar Key) - 1887, 1888
  • The Spring (Green Cove Springs) - 1883, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1889
  • The Green Cove Spring - 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897
  • Clay County Times (Green Cove Springs) - 1900, 1901, 1903
  • Florida Sun (Jacksonville) - 1876, 1877

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