Evanston Newspaper Archives
Search across all Evanston Newspapers (1872 – Present)
Search Evanston’s Current News Sources (text only, no images)
- Evanston Now, 2006 – Current
- Evanston Review, 1995 – Current
- Evanston RoundTable, 2007 – Current
Search Evanston’s Historical Newspapers (oldest to most recent)
- Evanston Index, 1872 – 1914
- Evanston Press, 1889 – 1914
- Evanston Daily News, 1912 – 1914
- Evanston News-Index, 1914 – 1927
- Evanston Independent, 1916 – 1917
- Evanston Review, 1925 – 2009
- Evanston Newsette, 1941 – 1950
- Evanston Afro Newsette, 1968
- CCC Newsette, 1971 – 1985
Evanston Review: Historically Evanston’s Primary Weekly Newspaper
- Evanston Review, 1925 – 2009
- Evanston Review, 1995 – Current (no facsimile, full text only)
- Print and microfilm archives also at Main Library
Evanston Newsette: Important News Source for Evanston’s Black Community
- Evanston Newsette, 1941 – 1950
- Evanston Afro Newsette, 1968
- CCC Newsette, 1971 – 1985
- Print archive also at Shorefront and microfilm archive at Main Library
Resources in the Library
Evanstoniana Room is located on the 2nd floor of the Main Library. This room contains many historical materials, including but not limited to:
- City Directories, dating back to 1879 (paper and microfilm)
- City Annual Reports
- ETHS Yearbooks, Evanstonian, & Directories (digitalized example, Directory 1907)
- This Is Evanston: A Guide to History, Government, Education, and Community Services (digitalized example, 1955), select years from 1940s-present
- Historic Real Estate Maps
Evanston’s Black Community
- Shorefront Legacy Center (Legacy Center located at 2214 Ridge Avenue)
- Portraits of Black Pioneers in Evanston
- Unforgettable: Memories of the Emerson Street Branch YMCA, parts 1 & 2, video
- Evanston Newsette newspaper (also published under Afro Newsette and CCC Newsette)
- Chicago Defender newspaper
Women in Evanston
- Evanston Women’s History Project
- The Early Women of Evanston
- Frances Willard House Museum and Archives (Museum located at 1730 Chicago Avenue)