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KDNP TITLE SELECTION

KDNP was built on the back of seventy-eight historic newspaper titles digitized from 2005-2013 as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Those titles were chosen to represent the six distinct geographic regions of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

We expand the collection everyday through various partnerships with historical societies, libraries, archives, and individuals, as well as by our own means. We've also partnered with the Kentucky Press Association to gather and preserve contemporary newspaper issues in print-ready PDF form. KDNP allows both historic and contemporary content to be viewed and searched side by side.

Digitization of historic newspapers, whether from microfilm or source documents, is a laborous and expensive task. If there is a title you would like to see added to KDNP, please see our contribution page for more information on how you can help.

There are over 260 Kentucky Newspaper Titles currently available through KDNP and we're adding more everyday.

A Titles

adair county community voice
adair progress (the)
the adair county news
the afro-american mission herald.
american baptist (louisville, ky.)
american citizen (the)
anderson news (the)
appalachian news-express

B Titles

bardstown herald (bardstown, ky. : 1851)
the bardstown saturday gazette
beattyville enterprise (the)
bee (earlington, ky.)
berea citizen (the)
big sandy news (the)
blue-grass blade (lexington, ky.)
blue-tail fly
booneville sentinel
bourbon news
bourbon news (paris, ky. : 1895)
bracken county news (the)
the breckenridge news
breathitt county news
bulletin (the) (louisville, ky.)

C Titles

carlisle mercury. (the)
carlisle weekly
casey county news (the)
the central dispatch (stanford, ky.)
central kentucky news-journal
central record (lancaster, ky.)
christian observer (louisville, ky.)
christian observer and free christian commonwealth
citizen (berea, ky.)
citizen voice & times
clay city times (clay city, ky.)
climax (richmond, ky.)
the climax madisonian (richmond, madison county, ky.)
the climax-madisonian (richmond, ky.)
clinton county news
colored democratic voice (louisville, ky.)
courier-journal
crittenden press (marion, ky. : 1879)
the crittenden press (marion, ky.)
crittenden press (the)
crittenden record-press (marion, ky. : 1909)
crittenden record-press (marion, ky.)
crittenden record=press (marion, ky. : 1907)
the crittenden record (marion, ky.)
the crofton courier (crofton, ky.)
cumberland county news (the)
cynthiana democrat (the)
cynthiana news (cynthiana, ky. : 1854)

D Titles

the danville tribune
daily commonwealth (frankfort, ky.)
daily evening bulletin (maysville, ky. : 1881)
daily evening bulletin (maysville, ky.: 1883)
daily kentuckian (hopkinsville, ky. : 1898)
daily kentuckian (hopkinsville, ky. : 1918)
daily louisville democrat
daily louisville times
daily public ledger (maysville, ky.)
daily racing form
daily south kentuckian (hopkinsville, ky.)
dawson springs progress (the)
dollar weekly bulletin (maysville, ky.)
drummer (lexington, ky.)

E Titles

the eagle post
echo (the)
edmonson news
the elizabethtown democrat
the elizabethtown news
elkton gleaner (elkton, ky.)
evening bulletin
evening bulletin (louisville, ky.)
evening bulletin (maysville, ky. : 1882)
evening bulletin (maysville, ky.: 1887)
evening post (louisville, ky. : 1893)
examiner (louisville, ky.)

F Titles

the fairview favorite (fairview, ky.)
falmouth outlook (the)
farmers' chronicle (richmond, ky. : 1838)
farmers' home journal
the frankfort commonwealth
frankfort roundabout
frankfort weekly news and roundabout
free christian commonwealth
free press

G Titles

gallatin county news (the)
georgetown herald
gleaner (the)
grant county news (the)
greensburg record-herald
guardian of freedom (frankfort, ky.)
the guthrie commercial (guthrie, ky.)

H Titles

hancock clarion (the)
hartford herald (hartford, ky.)
the hartford republican
the hazard herald
hazel green herald (the)
henry county local
herald news
hickman county gazette (the)
hickman courier (hickman, ky.)
hopkinsville banner (the)
hopkinsville kentuckian (hopkinsville, ky.)

I Titles

the idea of university of kentucky
the idea: the state university of kentucky
interior journal
interior journal (stanford, ky. : 1872)
interior journal (stanford, ky. : 1905)
semi-weekly interior journal
interior journal (stanford, ky. : 1912)
it (lawrenceburg, ky.)

J Titles

jackson county sun
the jackson purchase
the jackson republican
jeffersonian (jeffersontown, ky.)
jessamine journal (the)

K Titles

kentuckian (frankfort, ky.)
kentuckian (hopkinsville, ky.)
kentucky advocate (danville, ky. : daily)
kentucky advocate (shelbyville, ky.)
the kentucky age
the kentucky farmer and breeder
kentucky gazette (lexington, ky. : 1789)
kentucky gazette (lexington, ky. : 1809)
kentucky gazette and general advertiser
the kentucke gazette
kentucky irish american (louisville, ky.)
the kentucky kernel
kentucky leader (lexington, ky.: daily)
kentucky live stock record
kentucky mountaineer
kentucky new era
kentucky rebel (the)
kentucky register (richmond, ky. : 1907)
kentucky reporter (owensboro, ky.)
kentucky sentinel (mount sterling, ky.)
the kentucky standard
the kentucky state flag
kentucky statesman (lexington, ky. : 1849 : semiweekly)
kentucky statesman (lexington, ky.: 1849 : weekly)
the kentucky tribune
the kentucky vindicator
kentucky whig (lexington, ky. : 1825)
kentucky whig (lexington, ky.)
kentucky whig (mount sterling, ky.)

L Titles

the lafayette times (lafayette, ky.)
the lake news
the lebanon post
the ledger independent
the lexington morning democrat
lexington observer and reporter (lexington, ky. : semiweekly)
lexington observer and reporter (lexington, ky. : weekly)
lexington press (lexington, ky. : 1890 : daily)
the lexington record (lexington, ky.)
lexington standard (lexington, ky.)
lexington times (lexington, ky.)
lexington weekly news (lexington, ky. : 1912)
lexington weekly press (lexington, ky.)
lexington weekly transcript (lexington, ky. : 1882)
lexingtonian (lexington, ky.)
liberty (la center, ky.)
licking valley courier
lincoln=grant herald (covington, ky.)
louisville anzeiger (louisville, ky. : weekly)
louisville courier-journal (louisville, ky. : daily)
louisville courier-journal.(the)
louisville daily courier (louisville, ky. : 1851)
louisville daily courier (louisville, ky. : 1861 : evening ed.)
louisville daily democrat (louisville, ky. : 1843)
louisville daily democrat (louisville, ky. : 1862)
louisville daily express (louisville, ky. : 1862)
louisville daily express (louisville, ky. : 1869)
louisville daily journal (louisville, ky. : 1833)
louisville daily union press
the louisville examiner
louisville industrial and commercial gazette
louisville weekly courier
louisville weekly journal
luminary (richmond, ky.)

M Titles

madisonian (richmond, ky.)
maysville weekly bulletin (maysville, ky.)
messenger (lexington, ky.)
morning democrat (lexington, ky.)
morning herald (lexington, ky.)
the mt. sterling advocate
mount vernon signal
mountain advocate (barbourville, ky. : 1904 : weekly)
mountain eagle (whitesburg, ky.)
mountain signal (mount vernon, ky.)
mt. sterling democrat

N Titles

national union (winchester, ky.)
new voice (louisville, ky.)
the news democrat
the news enterprise
the news journal
the news-herald
news=leader.(the)

O Titles

observer and reporter (lexington, ky. : 1870 : semiweekly)
ohio valley worker
oil world (lexington, ky.)
the oldham era
omnibus. : ([louisville, ky.])
owingsville outlook (owingsville, ky.)

P Titles

paducah daily sun (paducah, ky. : 1896)
the paducah evening sun
paducah sun
paducah sun (paducah, ky. : 1898)
paducah sun (paducah, ky. : weekly ed.)
the paducah weekly sun
the pembroke journal (pembroke, ky.)
ploughboy (harrodsburg, ky.)
post (lebanon, ky.)
presbyterian herald (louisville, ky.)
public ledger (maysville, ky.)

Q Titles

There or no titles in Q digitized at present.

R Titles

record (greenville, ky.)
the reporter
richmond climax (richmond, ky. : 1897)
richmond climax (richmond, ky. : 1917)
richmond daily register (richmond, madison county, ky.)
richmond herald (richmond, ky.)

S Titles

the sandy valley advocate
semi-weekly bourbon news
semi-weekly interior journal
semi-weekly south kentuckian (hopkinsville, ky.)
shelby sentinel (shelbyville, ky.)
the south kentuckian (hopkinsville, ky.)
the spencer magnet
springfield sun (the)
the spout spring times
the stanford banner (stanford, ky.)
the stanford interior journal
star (the) (frankfort, ky.)
the state college cadet
the sunday chat
that same old coon (new york, ny)

T Titles

thoroughbred record
the tompkinsville news
the trenton exponent (trenton, ky.)
tri-weekly commonwealth
tri-weekly kentucky yeoman
the tri-weekly maysville eagle
the trimble banner
twice-a-week record-press
true american (lexington, ky. : 1845)

U Titles

There or no titles in U digitized at present.

V Titles

voice of masonry and tidings from the craft

W Titles

weekly dollar democrat
weekly louisville democrat
the weekly kentucky messenger
the weekly kentucky tribune
the weekly louisville times
the weekly maysville eagle
weekly messenger (richmond, ky.)
weekly reporter
weekly reporter (henderson, ky.)
the weekly roundabout
the weekly shelby news
western citizen (paris, ky.)
western monitor
western presbyterian (danville, ky.)
winchester news (winchester, ky.)
the winchester sun
woodford sun

X Titles

There or no titles in X digitized at present.

Y Titles

young's spirit of the south and central american

Z Titles

There or no titles in Z digitized at present.

THEMATIC COLLECTIONS

Thematic collection lists provide a view of KDNP's unique newspaper groupings. These lists are not exhaustive by any means. Please see Thematic Lists to discover KDNP's African American newspapers, labor newspper titles, politcal titles, university newspapers, and more.

CITATIONS & COPYRIGHT

U.S. Copyright law is complex. All newspapers prior to 1924 are in the public domain and free of copyright restrictions. Newspapers published after December 31, 1923 may fall under copyright (but not always). Kentucky newspapers prior to 1923 in the Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program are free of copyright restrictions. Any print use of Kentucky newspapers published after 1923 require the permission of their respective publishers. KDNP cannot grant use on the publisher's behalf. If you have any questions concerning copyright, please visit the informative copyright resource Copyright for Historic Newspapers from our friends at Oregon Digital Newspaper Program or visit the U.S. Copyright website.

The use and reprinting of our pre-1923 newspaper page, article, or photo images are freely available. We ask only that you credit the University of Kentucky Libraries where applicable. There are a few exceptions.

The Courier Journal is a joint effort between University of Kentucky Libraries (UK) and the University of Louisville and should be credited as such.

The True American shares credit among three entities: UK, Lexington Public Library (LPL), and the Wisconsin Historical Society.

The Kentucke Gazette; Kentucky Gazette; and Kentucky Gazette and General Advertiser are credited to UK and LPL.

The Afro-American Mission Herald shares credit between UK and the Congregational Library of Boston, Massachusetts.

The Jeffersonian should be credited to Jeffersontown Historical Museum and Voice-Tribune of Louisville.

The Mountain Eagle should be credited to UK and The Mountain Eagle. NOTE The use of any page or article image beyond the public domain date of December 31, 1922 must recieve copyright clearance from The Mountain Eagle publisher.

The use and reprinting of post-1923 materials require the permission of the newspaper title publisher, and should be cited as "Newspaper, Publisher, accessed through Kentucky Digiatl Newspaper Program, University of Kentucky Libraries."

MORE INFORMATION

Check this listing for the historic Kentucky newspapers available in Chronicling America.

The U.S. Newspaper Database from the Library of Congress offers catalogue records for every U.S. Newspaper from 1690 to present. There are more than 2,100 Kentucky newspepr titles represented in this incredible resource.

The UK Libraries Microfilm Database provides a comprehensive list of our newspaper master microfilm holdings at the University of Kentucky Libraries. This database does not include service or user copy microfilm housed with the Peridicals and Microforms division in Young Library. Please see our Resource Guide for that inventory.

You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries. If you find description with problematic language that you think SCRC should review, please contact us at SCRC@uky.edu.