The St. Louis Mercantile Library offers an extensive collection of newspapers, journals, and magazines, including:
- Colonial and early federal-era papers
- 18th and 19th century Missouri and Illinois papers
- St. Louis papers from the city's first in 1808, The Missouri Gazette, to the present day
- Local and national African American papers
- Local and national LGBTQ+ newspapers and magazines
- Local and national women's newspapers and magazines
Below is a guide to the newspapers and other periodicals available through the Mercantile's online, archival, and print collections. Print and archival collection use is restricted to the reading room, and the library may not own all editions within the listed years. Contact the St. Louis Mercantile Library for assistance with accessing and using historic newspapers.
Archival Collections
Online Resources and Databases
| Years | Title | Library Catalog Call Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1840 | Daily commercial bulletin | AN1 .D25 |
| 1835 | Daily evening herald | AN1 .D33 |
| 1860 | The daily express | AN1 .D34 |
| 1857-1868 | The daily Missouri Democrat | AN1 .D36 |
| 1847-1868 | Daily Missouri Republican | AN1.S2 M57 |
| 1844 | The Daily Missourian | AN1.S2 D24 |
| 1852-1857 | Daily Saint Louis intelligencer | AN1.S2 I51 |
| 1850-1852 | Daily St. Louis times | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1862-1869 | Journal of commerce | TS1 .J863 |
| 1855-1856 | The leader | AN1.S2 L3 |
| 1844-1845 | Mill boy | AN1 .M55 |
| 1837-1841 | Missouri Argus | AN1 .M8 |
| 1868-1872 | The Missouri democrat | AN1 .D36 |
| 1837-1838, 1842 | Missouri reporter | AN1 .M8 |
| 1869-1873, 1876-1888 | The Missouri Republican | AN1.S2 M57 |
| 1827-1830 | Missouri Republican | AN1.S2 M57 |
| 1861 | The Missouri state journal | AN1 .M87 |
| 1852 | The Morning signal | AN1.S2 M67 |
| 1844 | The people's organ | AN1 .P36 |
| 1854 | Revue de l'ouest | F351 .F48 |
| 1857-1859 | The Saint Louis daily evening news and intelligencer | AN1.S2 I5 |
| 1852-1857 | The Saint Louis daily evening news | AN1.S2 I5 |
| 1864-1873 | The Saint Louis dispatch | AN1.S2 .P58 |
| 1856-1858 | Saint Louis leader | AN1.S2 L3 |
| 1859-1860 | St. Louis daily bulletin | AN1 .S24 |
| 1859 | St. Louis daily evening bulletin | AN1 .S24 |
| 1860-1862 | St. Louis daily evening news | AN1.S2 I5 |
| 1847-1863 | St. Louis daily evening union | AN1.S2 D22 |
| 1872-1875 | St. Louis daily globe | AN1.S2 G52 |
| 1851 | St. Louis daily intelligencer | AN1.S2 I51 |
| 1866-1869, 1873-1877, 1878 | St. Louis daily times | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1869-1870 | St. Louis daily tribune | AN1.S2 S88 |
| 1873-1875 | The St. Louis Democrat | AN1 .D36 |
| 1878-1879 | St. Louis evening post | AN1.S2 P59 |
| 1875-1900 | St. Louis globe-Democrat | AN1.S2 G54 |
| 1850-1851 | St. Louis intelligencer | AN1.S2 I5, AN1.S2 I51 |
| 1840-1850 | St. Louis new era | AN1.S2 N39 |
| 1878-1879 | St. Louis post and dispatch | AN1.S2 P59 |
| 1879-1898 | St. Louis post-dispatch | AP1.S2 P6 |
| 1873-1876, 1888-1890 | The St. Louis Republic | AN1.S2 M57 |
| 1879 | St. Louis times-journal | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1830-1832 | St. Louis times (Steine & Miller) | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1869-1872, 1877 | The St. Louis times (St. Louis Times Co.) | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1880 | The St. Louis times (J.H.R. Cundiff) | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1973 | St. Louis today | AN1.S2 S89 |
| 1846-1847 | St. Louis tri-weekly union | AN1.S2 S98 |
| 1861-1863 | St. Louis weekly legal record | AN1.S2 S9 |
| 1877-1878, 1880 | St. Louis weekly times | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1844-1847 | Weekly reveille | AN1.S2 R48 |
| 1879 | Weekly times-journal | AN1.S2 S8 |
| 1846-1860 | The western watchman | BX6201 .W48 |
| Years | Title | Library Catalog Call Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1850-1862 | The Valley farmer | S1 .V26 |
| 1868-1869 | Colman's rural world | S507 |
| 1871-1873 | Illustrated journal of agriculture | S507.M5 I66 |
| 1872-1874 | The Central magazine | AP2 |
| 1877-2025 | The Waterways Journal | HE623 .W3 |
| 1880-1892 | The Spectator | AP2 .S93 |
| 1818-1819 | Charless' Missouri & Illinois magazine almanac | AY286.P6 C7364 |
| 1822 | Cummins' Missouri and Illinois almanac | AY286.P6 C7364 |
| 1859-1860 | Lettres icariennes | HX656.I2 L48 |
