LibGuides: Split Rock Lighthouse: Newspapers

Newspapers

The Minnesota Historical Society holds the world's largest collection of Minnesota newspapers, with dates ranging from 1849 to the present day.

Past issues of most newspaper titles are available on microfilm in the MNHS library, but there is also digital access to select newspapers.

Use the links to the left to search for newspapers available at MNHS and to search within digitized newspaper collections.

Newspapers:

Dates:

November 28, 1905: Sinking of the Madeira.
June 30, 1906: Congress approves funding for lighthouse construction.
July 31, 1910: Split Rock Lighthouse commissioned.
October 2, 1910: Lighthouse Assistants Sexton and Gill leave the lighthouse via rowboat on a mail run. They never return and are presumed drowned.
January 1, 1969: Coast Guard announces the closing of the lighthouse.
May 2, 1971: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources dedicates its new Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
November 10, 1975: Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
A searchable website of Minnesota newspapers. Contains geographically and culturally diverse papers from 1856 to 1924.
Historical Minneapolis Tribune
Search or browse in the 1867-2001 issues of the Minneapolis Tribune. This database is only available in the library.
Library Catalog-Newspapers
Search by city and title of newspaper (i.e. Granite Falls Tribune) or by the city and "newspapers" (i.e. Granite Falls newspapers).
Newspapers at MNHS
Search various historic newspapers for advertisements and articles about people, events, and activities.
Chronicling America
Access digital historic newspapers from MN and other states through this project by the Library of Congress.
Electronic Library of MN
MN residents can search online magazine, journal, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles and eBooks.