Are Tennessee Newspapers available for Interlibrary loans?

The Tennessee State Library and Archives will loan microfilmed Tennessee newspapers to libraries in Tennessee. The Library and Archives does not loan newspaper microfilm to libraries outside of Tennessee. The index Newspapers on Microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives is available on our website.

The Library and Archives will loan newspaper microfilm to a library in Tennessee if we hold the negative of the microfilm reel. The listed date ranges for the newspapers below are not available for loan to libraries inside or outside of Tennessee.

City
Newspaper
Dates Not Available for Loan
Bartlett
Shelby Express Shopper
Jan. 1986 – Dec. 1988
Bristol
Bristol Herald Courier
Jan. 1952 - present
Bristol
Evening Herald Courier
Jan. 1950 - Mar. 1950
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Daily Times
1869 - 1998
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Free Press
July 1933 - present
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Herald
Feb. 1872 - Dec. 1872
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Times-Free Press
Jan. 1952 - present
Clarksville
Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle
Nov. 2001 - present
Clinton
Anderson County News
1905 - 1939
Clinton
Clinton Gazette
1888 - 1904
 
Jackson Sun
July 1945 - present
 
Johnson City Press
Jan. 1943 - present
Kingsport Kingsport Times May 1916 - Sept. 1980
Kingsport Kingsport Times-News Sept. 1980 - present
Knoxville Knoxville Journal And Tribune July 1898 - Feb.1925
Knoxville Knoxville News Sentinel May 1961 - present
Memphis Memphis Commercial Appeal Jan. 1946 - present
Nashville The Tennessean Jan. 1949 - present
Nashville  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Colored Tennessean & Misc Papers
This reel includes the following:
The Tennessee Star
Nashville News Star
Nashville Clarion
Nashville World
Nashville Defender
The Block Bulletin
The Nashville Sun
The City Examiner
The Nashville Independent

[1865 -1866]

 


1887
1960 & 1961
1913
1933 & 1935
1938
1950
1950 & 1951
1962
1931 & 1932