LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws.

If you have troubles downloading files, please try again later. Technical problems usually resolve themselves quickly. If the problem lasts longer than 24hrs, please contact us.

Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1

by Various

Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length vary greatly. This collection is a sampling of twenty such articles including one from the Journal de Paris. Although some of the works on the Librivox catalog such as the Federalist Papers were published in newspapers, this is the first collection of newspaper articles. (Summary by James Smith).

• LibriVox’s Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book - 61.5MB
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 2:07:57

mp3 and ogg files

• 1784-04-26 Letter to the authors of the Journal de Paris: Daylight Savings Time from Journal de Paris - 00:10:50
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 10.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.5MB]
  Read by: ML Cohen
• 1859-10-28 The Tragedy at Harper’s Ferry from The Liberator - 00:05:16
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 5.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.5MB]
  Read by: ML Cohen
• 1861-02-18 Inauguration of the President of the Southern Confederacy from The New York Times - 00:04:55
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.6MB]
  Read by: roolynninms
• 1861-03-08 The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln from The Farmer’s Cabinet, Amherst, NH - 00:28:18
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 27.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 20.9MB]
  Read by: Karen Savage
• 1865-02-01 From Washington: Abolition of Slavery from The New York Times - 00:02:11
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by: Betsie Bush
• 1888-09-01 A Terribly Brutal Murder in Whitechapel from The New York Times - 00:01:33
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.9MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-09-09 Whitechapel Startled by a Fourth Murder from The New York Times - 00:03:22
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.8MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-10-01 Dismay in Whitechapel from The New York Times - 00:05:32
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 5.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.0MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-10-02 London’s Awful Mystery: The Whitechapel Murderer Still Untracked from The New York Times - 00:02:45
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.5MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-10-03 Another Mysterious Murder Brought to Light from The New York Times - 00:04:38
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.5MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-10-05 The Whitechapel Murders from The New York Times - 00:00:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 0.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.5MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-10-06 The Murders in London from The New York Times - 00:01:04
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.9MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-11-10 The Parnell Inquiry and Another Butchery from The New York Times - 00:04:19
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.4MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-11-13 Sir Charles Warren Resigns from The New York Times - 00:01:06
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.6MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-11-19 The Same Tumblety: His Arrest in London not His First Experience from The New York Times - 00:02:29
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.4MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-11-22 Whitechapel Again Excited from The New York Times - 00:01:35
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.9MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1888-11-23 Something About Dr. Tumblety from The New York Times - 00:01:20
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 1910-03-22 Mark Twain is Dead at 74 from The New York Times - 00:38:22
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 18.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 36.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 20.1MB]
  Read by: Esther
• 1910-02-22 Mark Twain (obituary) from The New York Times - 00:04:10
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
  Read by: Linda Leu
• 1914-07-29 Austrian Emperor to Take Command at Vienna Headquarters from The New York Times - 00:03:19
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.8MB]
  Read by: James Smith

Cataloged on April 16, 2007