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The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR), a project of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, uncovered hundreds of hidden collections held by the many small archival repositories in the five-county Philadelphia area. A significant number of repositories' collections included runs of local newspapers, which often serve as important resources for researchers.
The following is a summary, non-comprehensive listing of newspapers held at repositories that have participated in the HCI-PSAR project. The titles that are included are only local newspapers with a run of at least 5 years.
For more information about a newspaper listed below, please contact the repository directly.
Bucks County
Chester County
Delaware County
Montgomery County
Philadelphia County
Bucks County
| Place of Pub./ Coverage Area | Title | Date span | Repository |
| Bucks County (Pa.) [central and upper] | The Bucks County Herald | 2006-present | Doylestown Historical Society |
| Doylestown (Pa.) | Doylestown Patriot | 1988 to 2008 | Doylestown Historical Society |
| Bristol (Pa.) | Bristol Observer | 3/26/1892 to 3/31/1897 | Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library |
| Bristol (Pa.) | Bristol Pilot | 3/20/1986 to current | Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library |
| Bristol (Pa.); Levittown (Pa.) | Bucks County Courier Times; The Daily Courier (1911-1914); Bristol Daily Courier (Sept 1914-Feb 1920); Bristol Courier (Feb 1920-Jan 1954); Bucks County Courier (Jan-Oct 1966); and, finally, the Bucks County Courier Times (1966-present) | 1911-present | Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library |
| Bristol (Pa.) | The Bucks County Gazette | 08/14/1873-12/31/1926 | Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library |
| Bristol (Pa.) | Bucks County Independent | 4/29/1921 to 2/5/1932 | Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library |
| New Hope (Pa.) | New Hope Gazette | 1948 - 2008 | New Hope Historical Society |
| Bucks County (Pa.) | Pennsylvania Correspondent and Farmers' Advertiser; Bucks County Patriot and Farmer's Advertiser | 1810 - 1821; 1824 - 1826 | Newtown Historic Association |
| Newtown (Pa.) | Newtown Enterprise | 1868 - 1965 | Newtown Historic Association |
| Newtown (Pa.) | Star of Freedom | 1817 - 1818 | Newtown Historic Association |
| Newtown (Pa.); Bucks County (Pa.) | Advance; Delaware Valley Advance; Newtown Advance | Jan 9, 1929 - present | Newtown Historic Association |
| Bucks County (Pa.) | Farmer's Gazette and Bucks County Register | Feb 23, 1807 - Nov 10, 1809 | Newtown Historic Association |
| Newtown (Pa.) | Working Man's Advocate; Newtown Journal and Working Man's Advocate; Newtown Journal and Dollar Weekly; Newtown Journal; Newtown Journal and Native American | 1842 - 1844 | Newtown Historic Association |
| Sellersville (Pa.) | Sellersville Herald | 1897-1943 | Sellersville Museum |
| Springfield Township (Pa.) | Springtown Weekly Times | 1886-1918 (incomplete) | Springfield Township Historical Society [Bucks] |
| Yardley (Pa.); Lower Makefield Township (Pa.); Morrisville (Pa.) | Yardley News; The Advance of Bucks County | 1947 - present | Yardley Historical Association |
Montgomery County
| Place of Pub./ Coverage Area | Title | Date span | Repository |
| Collegeville (Pa.) | The Providence Independent; The Independent; The Independent and Montgomery Transcript | 1876-1984 | Historical Society of Trappe, Collegeville, Perkiomen Valley |
| Lansdale (Pa.); North Penn (Pa.) | The Reporter; The North Penn Reporter | 1870 - present | Lansdale Historical Society |
| Feasterville (Pa.) | Feasterville Spirit | 1975-1985 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Hatboro (Pa.); Southampton (Pa. | Southampton Spirit | 1965-1986 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Hatboro (Pa.); Warminster (Pa.) | Warminster Spirit | 1965-1988 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Ambler (Pa.) | Ambler Gazette | 1894-1994 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Ambler (Pa.); Lafayette Hill (Pa.) | Ambler-Whitemarsh Valley News | 1939-1952 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Regional; Jenkintown (Pa.); Philadelphia (Pa.); Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) | Art Matters | 1981-2012 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Hatboro (Pa.) | Bucks County Spirit; Feasterville Spirit; Spirit of Bucks County | 1971-1993 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Glenside (Pa.); Abington (Pa.); Cheltenham (Pa.) | Easton Road Guide | Feb 1937-Dec 1954, Jun 1960-Jun 1961 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Glenside (Pa.) | Glenside News | 1923-present | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Hatboro (Pa.); Bucks County (Pa.) | Hatboro Public Spirit; Public Spirit; Today's Spirit | 1873-present | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Jenkintown (Pa.) | Jenkintown Journal | 1936-1938 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Montgomery County (Pa.); Philadelphia (Pa.); Rockledge (Pa.); Fox Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Old York Road Post | 1932-37, 1939 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Montgomery County (Pa.); Philadelphia (Pa.); Rockledge (Pa.); Fox Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.) | The Breeze | 1938-1949, 1950 (Jun-Jul), 1958-1970, 1973-1975, 1978-84, 1986-93 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Jenkintown (Pa.) | The Jenkintown Pestle | 1875-1877 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Montgomery County (Pa.); Philadelphia (Pa.); Rockledge (Pa.); Fox Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.) | The Northeast Breeze | 1929-1935, 1939-45, 1949-50, 1975-83, 1985-1992, 1994-2008 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Willow Grove (Pa.); Upper Moreland (Pa. : Township) | The Willow Grove Guide | 1927-present | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Jenkintown (Pa.); Abington (Pa.); Cheltenham (Pa.) | Times-Chronicle; Times Chronicle | 1894-present | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Skippack (Pa.); Worcester (Pa.) | Montgomery Transcript(*The newspaper is currently being digitized and is temporarily unavailable) | 1928-1930, 1937-1942 and 1947-1952 | Worcester Historical Society |
Chester County
Delaware County
For a comprehensive listing of newspapers published in Delaware County (Pa.), please view the following document created by Douglas Humes of the Newtown Square Historical Society: download PDF.
Philadelphia County
| Place of Pub./ Coverage Area | Title | Date span | Repository |
| Chestnut Hill (Pa.) | Chestnut Hill Local | 1958 - present | Chestnut Hill Historical Society |
| Erdenheim (Pa.); Glenside (Pa.); Flourtown, Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, and Germantown (Pa.) | The Herald | 1952 - 1962 | Chestnut Hill Historical Society |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) | Au Courant | Nov 1982 - Sept 1989 | John J. Wilcox, Jr., Library & Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) | Hera | Mar 1975 - Summer 1978 | John J. Wilcox, Jr., Library & Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) | Labyrinth | Jun 1989 - Nov 2000 | John J. Wilcox, Jr., Library & Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) | Philadelphia Gay News; PGN: The Philadelphia Gay News | Jan 1976 - present | John J. Wilcox, Jr., Library & Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) | Wicce | Fall 1973 - Summer 1975 | John J. Wilcox, Jr., Library & Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center |
| Huntingdon Valley (Pa.); Lower Moreland (Pa. : Township); Abington (Montgomery County, Pa. : Township); Bryn Athyn (Pa.) | North Philadelphia Globe (-1960); The Globe; West Oak Lane-Cheltenham Globe (1960-61) | 1939-present | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Oak Lane (Philadelphia, Pa.) | The Leader | 1963, 1979-2008 | Old York Road Historical Society |
| Regional; Montgomery County (Pa); Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) | The Inquirer Roadster | 1898-1900 | Old York Road Historical Society |