Evanston Newspaper Archives
Search across all Evanston Newspapers (1872 – Present)
Evanston Review: 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
Daily Evanston Newspapers
- Evanston Daily News, 1912 – 1914
- Evanston News-Index, 1914 – 1927
- Evanston Now, 2007 – Current
- Evanston RoundTable, 2007 – Current*
*Not currently searchable through EPL Historical Newspapers Archive
Additional Weekly Evanston Newspapers
- Evanston Index, 1872 – 1914
- Evanston Press, 1889 – 1914
- Evanston Independent, 1916 – 1917
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)