Alaska historic newspapers: 55,314 free digitised pages
Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Alaska in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.
Titles with the most digitised pages
| Newspaper | Years | Pages online |
|---|---|---|
| The Daily Alaska Empire (Juneau, Alaska) | 1926–1964 | 7,737 |
| The Daily Alaskan (Skagway, Alaska) | 1904–1924 | 4,990 |
| The Alaska Daily Empire (Juneau, Alaska) | 1912–1926 | 4,339 |
| The Nome Nugget (Nome, Alaska) | 3,857 | |
| Seward Daily Gateway (Seward, Alaska) | 1923–1933 | 3,215 |
| The Nome Daily Nugget (Nome, Alaska) | 1906–1918 | 2,463 |
| The Wrangell Sentinel (Wrangell, Alaska) | 2,450 | |
| The Cordova Daily Times (Cordova, Alaska) | 1914–1947 | 2,409 |
| Valdez Daily Prospector (Valdez, Alaska) | 1905–1918 | 1,733 |
| Douglas Island News (Douglas City, Alaska) | 1898–1921 | 1,174 |
Counties
- Nome 8,943 pages
- Juneau 7,737 pages
- Seward 5,529 pages
- Anchorage 31 pages
Cities
- Juneau 12,362 pages
- Nome 9,809 pages
- Seward 6,850 pages
- Skagway 6,139 pages
- Wrangell 2,733 pages
- Cordova 2,409 pages
- Valdez 2,197 pages
- Palmer 1,531 pages
- Ketchikan 1,471 pages
- Douglas 1,292 pages
By decade
- 1890 to 1899 234 pages
- 1900 to 1909 5,786 pages
- 1910 to 1919 18,566 pages
- 1920 to 1929 11,065 pages
- 1930 to 1939 7,570 pages
- 1940 to 1949 6,669 pages
- 1950 to 1959 4,261 pages
- 1960 to 1969 1,304 pages
Languages
- English 55,314 pages
Ethnic press: Indians of North America
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