Minnesota Digital Newspaper Program
Introduction
In 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 the Minnesota Historical Society received two-year grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), contributing digitized newspapers from the Minnesota Historical Society collection. This program is a partnership between the NEH and the Library of Congress to build a national digital resource of newspapers published between 1690 and 1963. The material is full-text searchable and accessible through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, a website developed and hosted by the Library of Congress.
Now Available on Chronicling America
The following Minnesota titles are available on Chronicling America.
Askov
- Askov American (Askov, Minn.) - 1914-1943
Austin
- Mower County Transcript (Lansing, Minn.) - 1869-1915
Bagley
- Farmers Independent (Bagley, Minn.) - 1921-1940
Bemidji
- The Bemidji Pioneer (Bemidji, Minn.) - 1896-1903
- The Daily Pioneer (Bemidji, Minn.) - 1903-1904
- The Bemidji Daily Pioneer (Bemidji, Minn.) - 1904-1922
Duluth
- The Duluth Rip-Saw (Duluth, Minn.) - 1917-1924
- The Labor World (Duluth, Minn.) - 1896-1922
- Narodni Vestnik = National Herald (Duluth, Minn.) - 1911-1914
Ely
- The Ely Miner (Ely, Minn.) - 1895-1943
Fergus Falls
- Fergus Falls ugeblad (Fergus Falls, Minn.) - 1886-1922
- Rodhuggeren (Fergus Falls, Minn.) - 1893-1898
Fertile
- Arbeidsmanden (Fertile, Minn. ; Crookston, Minn.) - 1900-1901
Fort Snelling
- The Fort Snelling Bulletin (Fort Snelling, Minn.) - 1928-1946
Grand Marais
- The Cook County Herald (Grand Marais, Minn.) - 1893-1909
- The Cook County News-Herald (Grand Marais, Minn.) - 1915-1922
Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids Herald-Review (Grand Rapids, Minn.) - 1896-1930
Little Falls
- Little Falls Herald (Little Falls, Minn.) - 1893-1922
- Little Falls Transcript (Little Falls, Minn.) - 1878-1894
- Little Falls Weekly Transcript (Little Falls, Minn.) - 1894-1901
Mahnomen
- The Mahnomen Pioneer (Mahnomen, Minn.) - 1914-1930
Mankato
- The Mankato Free Press (Mankato, Minn.) - 1879-1923
Minneapolis
- The Afro-American Advance (Minneapolis, Minn. ; St. Paul, Minn.) - 1899-1900
- Allarm (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1915-1918
- The American Jewish World (Minneapolis, Minn. ; St. Paul, Minn.) - 1915-1922
- Echo de l'Ouest (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1885-1922
- Felt raabet (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1887-1889
- The Irish Standard (Minneapolis, Minn. ; St. Paul, Minn.) - 1889-1894
- The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1901-1906
- Minneapolis Spokesman (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1934-1963
- Minneapolis tidende (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1914-1922
- Minnesota stats tidning (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1877-1882
- The Northwestern Standard (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1885-1885
- The Public Weal (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1906-1908
- The Saturday Press (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1927-1936
- The Twin-City American (Minneapolis, Minn. ; St. Paul, Minn.) - 1899
- Twin City Observer (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1943-1963
- Twin-City Herald (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1927-1940
- The Twin City Star (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1910-1919
- Voice of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1923
Minneota
- Vínland (Minneota, Minn.) - 1902-1908
Mora
- The Kanabec County Times (Mora, Minn.) - 1884-1930
- The Mora Times (Mora, Minn.) - 1883
Morris
- Morris Tribune (Morris, Minn.) - 1880-1921
- The Sun (Morris, Minn.) - 1882-1894
New Brighton
- Twin Cities Ordnance News (New Brighton, Minn.) - 1942-1945
New Ulm
- Der Fortschritt (New Ulm, Minn.) - 1891-1897
- New Ulm Post (New Ulm, Minn.) - 1914-1922
- New Ulm Review (New Ulm, Minn.) - 1892-1922
- New Ulm Weekly Review (New Ulm, Minn.) - 1878-1892
New York Mills
- Uusi kotimaa (New York Mills, Minn.) - 1906-1922
Nininger
- The Emigrant Aid Journal of Minnesota (Nininger City, Minn.) - 1856-1858
Princeton
- The Princeton Union (Princeton, Minn.) - 1877-1922
Red Lake
- Red Lake News (Red Lake, Minn.) - 1915-1920
Red Wing
- The Goodhue Volunteer (Red Wing, Minn.) - 1862-1864
- The Grange Advance (Red Wing, Minn.) - 1873-1877
- Minnesota posten (Red Wing, Minn.) - 1857-1858
- Red Wing Sentinel (Red Wing, Minn.) - 1856-1861
- Skaffaren (Red Wing, Minn.) - 1878-1882
Redwood Falls
- The Redwood Gazette (Redwood Falls, Minn.) - 1873-1940
St. Cloud
- Der Nordstern (St. Cloud, Minn.) - 1877-1928
- St. Cloud Democrat (St. Cloud, Minn.) - 1858-1866
- The St. Cloud Journal (St. Cloud, Minn.) - 1866-1876
- St. Cloud Visiter [sic] (St. Cloud, Minn.) - 1857-1858
St. Paul
- Afro-Independent (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1888
- The Anti-Monopolist (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1874-1878
- The Appeal (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1889-1923
- Backbone (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1897-1906
- The Call of the North (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1923-1924
- The Catholic Bulletin (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1911-1922
- Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1878-1884
- The Daily Minnesota Pioneer (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1854-1855
- Dakota Tawaxitku Kin, or, The Dakota Friend (St. Paul, Minn) - 1850-1852
- Folkets Röst (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1858
- The Great West (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1889-1894
- Die Minnesota deutsche Zeitung (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1857-1858
- The Minnesota Fiery Cross (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1924
- The Minnesota Pioneer St. Paul, Minn.) - 1849-1854
- Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1858-1872
- Minnesota stats tidning (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1895-1903
- Minnesota Weekly Times (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1854-1857
- The Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1851-1852
- Minnesotské noviny (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1904-1914
- The Negro World (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1892-1900
- The Northwestern Bulletin (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1922-1924
- The Northwestern Bulletin-Appeal (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1924-1925
- The Representative (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1893-1901
- St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1884-1896
- The St. Paul Echo (St. Paul ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1925-1927
- The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1896-1905
- St. Paul Recorder (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1934-1963
- The Saint Paul Sun (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1951-1963
- St. Paul tidende (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1860-1861
- Saint Paul Weekly Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1858-1859
- St. Paul Weekly Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1860-1861
- Skaffaren (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1885-1895
- Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1882-1885
- Der Wanderer (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1867-1889
- The Weekly Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1852-1858
- Weekly Minnesotian and Times (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1859-1860
- The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1855-1865
- The Western Appeal (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1885-1888
Sauk Centre
- The Sauk Centre Herald (Sauk Center, Minn.) - 1886-1941
Sauk Rapids
- The New Era (Sauk Rapids, Minn.) - 1860
- Sauk Rapids Frontierman (Sauk Rapids, Minn.) - 1855-1860
Stillwater
- The Mirror (Stillwater, Minn.) - 1894-1925
- The Prison Mirror (Stillwater, Minn.) - 1887-1894
- The Prison Mirror (Stillwater, Minn.) - 1925-1963
- Saint Croix Union (Stillwater, Minn.) - 1854-1857
Virginia
- The Virginia Enterprise (Virginia, Minn.) - 1894-1909
Wadena
- The Northern Pacific Farmer (Wadena, Minn.) - 1879-1885
Warren
- Warren Sheaf (Warren, Minn.) - 1880-1922
White Earth
- The Chippeway Herald (White Earth, Minn.) - 1902-1909
- The Progress (White Earth, Minn.) - 1886-1889
- The Tomahawk (White Earth, Minn.) - 1903-1926
Willmar
- Willmar Tribune (Willmar, Minn.) - 1895-1931
Winona
- Katolik (Winona, Minn.) - 1893-1894
- Wiarus (Winona, Minn.) - 1886-1893
- Wiarus (Winona, Minn.) - 1895-1919
Worthington
- The Western Advance (Worthington, Minn.) - 1874
- The Worthington Advance (Worthington, Minn.) - 1874-1908
- Worthington Daily Advance (Worthington, Minn.) - 1894
To search newspaper content go to Search Newspaper Pages - Chronicling America.
2007-2009 NDNP Grant
During the 2007-2009 cycle, the Society followed criteria set by the Library of Congress to digitize and submit 100,000 pages of Minnesota newspapers published between 1880 and 1910 to the Chronicling America website. The following titles were selected by the Society and its Advisory Board:
- The Saint Paul Globe (including earlier titles: Daily Globe and St. Paul Daily Globe) - 1880-1905
- The Minneapolis Journal - 1901-1903
2009-2011 NDNP Grant
In 2009, the Society was awarded another two-year grant from the NEH to continue its participation in the NDNP. For the 2009-2011 cycle, the date span for digitization expands to 1860-1922. Minnesota newspaper titles selected for this phase include:
Ojibwe Newspapers:
- The Progress (White Earth)
- The Tomahawk (White Earth)
- Red Lake News (Red Lake)
African American Newspaper from St. Paul:
- Western Appeal
- The Appeal
City Newspapers:
- The Bemidji Pioneer, Daily Pioneer, and The Bemidji Daily Pioneer
- The New Ulm Weekly Review and The New Ulm Review
- The Princeton Union
- The Warren Sheaf
- Daily Globe, 1878-1879 *completes published run of the Globe newspaper
- The Minneapolis Journal, 1904-1906
2011-2013 NDNP Grant
For the 2011-13 grant cycle, the Society focused on digitizing weekly newspapers from geographically diverse regions of Minnesota. The titles selected for this phase include:
- St. Cloud Visiter [sic]
- St. Cloud Democrat
- St. Cloud Journal
- Red Wing Sentinel
- Goodhue Volunteer (Red Wing)
- Grange Advance (Red Wing)
- Willmar Tribune
- Western Advance (Worthington)
- The Worthington Advance
- The Worthington Daily Advance
- Labor World (Duluth)
- Cook County Herald and Cook County News-Herald (Grand Marais)
- The Virginia Enterprise
- Little Falls Transcript and Little Falls Weekly Transcript
- Little Falls Herald
- The Northern Pacific Farmer (Wadena)
- Mower County Transcript (Austin)
- Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (St. Paul)
- Der Nordstern (St. Cloud)
- Der Fortschritt (New Ulm)
2015-2017 NDNP Grant
For the 2015-2017 grant cycle, the Society focused on digitizing ethnic and non-English language newspapers from Minnesota's immigrant communities. The titles selected for this phase include:
Czech
- Minnesotske noviny (St. Paul, Minn.), 1904-1914
Dakota
- Dakota tawaxitku kin, or The Dakota friend (St. Paul, Minn.), 1850-1852
Danish
- St. Paul tidende (St. Paul, Minn.), 1903-1922
English
- The Northwestern standard (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1885-1886
- The Irish standard (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1886-1920 (Red Wing)
Finnish
- Uusi kotimaa (New York Mills, Minn.), 1906-1922
French
- Echo de l'ouest (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1885-1922
German
- New Ulm Post (New Ulm, Minn.), 1914-1922
- Der Nordstern (St. Cloud, Minn.), 1876-1877, 1910-1922
Icelandic
- Vinland (Minneota, Minn.), 1902-1908
Norwegian
- Arbeidsmanden (Fertile, Minn.), 1900-1901
- Rodhuggeren (Fergus Falls, Minn.), 1893-1898
- Fergus Falls ugeblad (Fergus Falls, Minn.), 1886-1922
- Minneapolis tidende (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1914-1922
Polish
- Wiarus (1886) (Winona, Minn.), 1886-1893
- Katolik (Winona, Minn.), 1893-1895
- Wiarus (1895) (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919
Slovenian
- Narodni vestnik, or the National herald (Duluth, Minn.), 1911-1914
Swedish
- Allarm (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1915-1918
- Minnesota posten (Red Wing, Minn.), 1857-1858
- Minnesota stats tidning (1877) (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1877-1882
- Skaffaren (1878) (St. Paul; Red Wing, Minn.), 1878-1882
- Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning (St. Paul; Minneapolils, Minn.), 1882-1885
- Skaffaren (1885) (St. Paul; Minneapolis, Minn.), 1885-1895
- Minnesota stats tidning (1895) (St. Paul; Minneapolis, Minn.), 1895-1903
2017-2019 NDNP Grant
For the 2017-2019 grant cycle, the Society focused on digitizing from an expanded time period, pursuing “Other Voices” from distinctive individuals and communities, and expanded geographic coverage. The titles selected for this phase include:
- Askov American (Askov, Minn.)
- The Redwood Gazette (Redwood Falls, Minn.)
- The Prison Mirror (Stillwater, Minn.)
- The Mirror (Stillwater, Minn.)
- Sauk Rapids Frontierman (Sauk Rapids, Minn.)
- The New Era (Sauk Rapids, Minn.)
- The Emigrant Aid Journal of Minnesota (Nininger City, Minn. Territory)
- The Anti-Monopolist (Saint Paul, Minn.)
- The Representative (St. Paul, Minn.)
- The Great West (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Backbone (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The Public Weal (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Felt raabet (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn. Territory)
- The Weekly Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn. Territory )
- Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Weekly Minnesotian and times (St. Paul, Minn.)
- St. Paul Weekly Minnesotian (St. Paul, Minn.)
- The Minnesota Pioneer (St. Paul, Minn. Territory)
- The Daily Minnesota Pioneer (St. Paul, Minn.)
- The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (St. Paul, Minn. Territory)
- Minnesota Weekly Times (St. Paul, Minn.)
- The Twin City Star (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The Appeal (Saint Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn. ; Chicago, Ill.)
- The Northwestern Bulletin (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The Northwestern Bulletin-Appeal (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The St. Paul Echo (St. Paul ; Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The Tomahawk (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.)
- Voice of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The Call of the North (St. Paul, Minn.)
- The Minnesota Fiery Cross (St. Paul, Minn.)
- The Duluth Rip-Saw (Duluth, Minn.)
- The Saturday Press (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- American Jewish World (St. Paul, Minn. ; Minneapolis, Minn.)
- The Catholic Bulletin (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Der Wanderer (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Stevens County Reporter (Morris, Minn.)
- Stevens County Tribune (Morris, Minn.)
- Morris Tribune (Morris, Minn.)
- The Sun (Morris, Minn.)
2019-2022 NDNP Grant
For the 2019-2021 grant cycle (extended to 2022), the Society focused on digitizing to further expand on themes of diverse communities; immigration; broad geographic and regional coverage; strong editorial voices and "other voices"; and expanding content in the period 1923-1963. The titles selected for this phase include:
- Askov American (Askov, Minn.) - 1923-1943
- The Chippeway Herald (White Earth, Minn.) - 1902-1909
- The Ely Miner (Ely, Minn.) - 1895-1943
- The Mankato Free Press (Mankato, Minn.) - 1879-1923
- Minneapolis Spokesman (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1934-1963
- Die Minnesota deutsche Zeitung (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1857-1858
- Der Nordstern (St. Cloud, Minn.) - 1885-1909
- The Sauk Centre Herald (Sauk Center, Minn.) - 1886-1941
- St. Paul Recorder (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1934-1963
- Twin-City Herald (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1927-1940
2022-2024 NDNP Grant
For the 2022-2024 grant cycle, the Society focused on digitizing to further expand on themes of diverse communities; immigration; broad geographic and regional coverage; strong editorial voices and "other voices"; and expanding content in the period 1923-1963. The titles selected for this phase include:
- The Kanabec County Times (Mora, Minn.) - 1884-1930
- The Mora Times (Mora, Minn.) - 1883
- Twin Cities Ordnance News (New Brighton, Minn.) - 1942-1945
- The Fort Snelling Bulletin (Fort Snelling, Minn.) - 1928-1946
- Grand Rapids Herald-Review (Grand Rapids, Minn.) - 1896-1930
- Der Nordstern (St. Cloud, Minn.) - 1923-1931
- The Mahnomen Pioneer (Mahnomen, Minn.) - 1914-1940
- Farmers Independent (Bagley, Minn.) - 1921-1940
- Willmar Tribune (Willmar, Minn.) - 1923-1931
- Twin City Observer (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1943-1963
- The Saint Paul Sun (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1951-1963
- The Mirror (Stillwater, Minn.) - 1924-1925
- The Prison Mirror (Stillwater, Minn.) - 1925-1963
- Folkets Röst (St. Paul, Minn.) - 1858
- Saint Croix Union (Stillwater, Minn.) - 1854-1857
- The Organized Farmer (Red Wing, Minn.) - 1919-1932
- Midland Cooperator (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 1933-1946
Project Documents
- Grant proposal (October, 2006)
Websites
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- All Minnesota Newspapers in Chronicling America
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Program Information
- National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)
Contact
For more information regarding the project, contact: newspapers@mnhs.org