Historical Newspapers

Newspapers offer a wealth of historical information about communities and the people who lived in them. The following is a guide to accessing newspapers relating to Sarasota County, organized alphabetically by title.

Englewood Sun

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1995 to 2003.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune (and predecessors)

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1918-1978.
• Selby Library offers microfilm access to issues from 1925 to 2010.
• NewsBank (accessible through the library system) offers digital access to issues from 1996 to the present.

Sarasota Journal

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1972 to 1979.
• Google News offers free digital access to issues from 1952 to 1982.

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Sarasota News

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1954 to 1963.

Sarasota Sun

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1913.

Sarasota Times (and Sarasota County Times)

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1910 to 1925.

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Siesta Key Observer

• The Florida Digital Newspaper Library offers free digital access to issues from 2019 to the present.

Tempo News

• The History Center holds print copies of a limited number of issues between 1991 and 2004.
• The Tempo News website provides free digital access to issues from 2015 to the present.

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This Week in Venice

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1926.

Venice Gondolier

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1946 to 1977.
• The Florida Digital Newspaper Library offers free digital access to issues from 1946 to 1949, plus 1964.

Venice News

• NewspaperArchive (accessible at the History Center) offers digital access to issues from 1926 to 1928.

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