Louisiana Newspapers
Most Louisiana newspapers are housed in the Louisiana Room and are available on microfilm. The exceptions are the Advocate (Baton Rouge) and the Times-Picayune (New Orleans), which are housed in Microforms on the 1st floor. Holdings of all titles can be identified through the Dupré Library Catalog or the Louisiana Newspaper Holdings Index.
Some Louisiana newspapers are also available online. One helpful resource is Chronicling America. Other online resources can be found under Microforms.
Contact the Louisiana Room at (337) 482-6031 or speccoll@louisiana.edu for the most current holdings information.
Louisiana Newspaper Holdings Index
Abbeville Meridional
- Published weekly 1907-1971, semiweekly 1971-1979, daily (except Sat. and Mon.) 1979 to present
- Continues: Meridional
- Absorbed: Kaplan Journal, June 13, 1936
- Absorbed: Abbeville Progress, January 4, 1944
- Absorbed: Kaplan Times and Gueydan News, October 1, 1951
- Absorbed: Vermilion Post, 1953
- Library Holdings: January 5, 1907 to December 31, 2006, Film 55, Louisiana Room
Abbeville Progress
- Published weekly, March 1, 1913 to January 1, 1944
- Continues: Vermilion Star
- Absorbed: Vermilion News, 1915
- Absorbed by: Abbeville Meridional, January 1944
- Library Holdings: March 1, 1913 to January 1, 1944, Film 1052, Louisiana Room
The Meridional
- Published weekly, December 1856 to December 29, 1906
- Published in English and French, 1856-1885
- French title: Le Meridional
- Continues: Independent
- Continued by: Abbeville Meridional
- Library Holdings: December 22, 1877 to December 29, 1906, Film 55, Louisiana Room
The Republican Idea
- Published weekly, 1897-1905
- Library Holdings: December 29, 1898 to August 17, 1899, Film 5257, Louisiana Room
Alexandria Daily Town Talk
- Published daily except Sun. 1901 to 1967, daily 1967 to present
- Continues: Daily Town Talk
- Library Holdings: March 17, 1833 to November 22, 1934, Film 648, Louisiana Room
Constitutional
- Published weekly, August 4, 1860 to [1861?]
- Library Holdings: August 4, 1860 to June 1, 1861, Film 1150 Reel 3, Louisiana Room
Louisiana Democrat
- Publication frequency varied, 1845 to 1918
- Library Holdings: July 13, 1859 to April 25, 1860; June 14, 1865 to June 24, 1868, Film 1150 Reel 17, Louisiana Room
Rapides Gazette
- Published weekly, 1869? to ?
- Library Holdings: December 23, 1871 to December 27, 1873; March 11, 187(?) to January 26, 1878, Film 5619, Louisiana Room
Weekly Town Talk
- Published weekly, December 15, 1883 to May 4, 1957
- Library Holdings: May 12, 1892, Collection 190, Archives
News-Digest
- Published weekly, 1935 to July 28, 1993
- Continues: Amite News-Digest
- Merged with Tangi Talk to form Amite Tangi-Digest
- Library Holdings: January 2, 1959 to December 25, 1959, Film 846, Louisiana Room
The Advocate
- Published daily, January 13, 1992 to present
- Continues: Morning Advocate
- Library Holdings: January 1993 to December 2009, Film 647, Microforms Department
Baton Rouge Gazette
- Published weekly, February 6, 1819 to December 20, 1856
- French title: Gazette de Baton Rouge
- Merged with Weekly Morning Comet to form the Weekly Gazette and Comet
- Library Holdings: March 3, 1827 to January 29, 1853, Film 842, Louisiana Room
The Daily Advocate
- Published daily, January 2, 1854 to July 1865
- Continued by: Tri-Weekly Advocate
- Library Holdings: January 2, 1854 to October 31, 1903, Film 645, Louisiana Room
The Daily Advocate
- Published daily, 1874 to January 18, 1882
- Continues: Tri-Weekly Advocate
- Merged with the Daily Louisiana Capitolian to form the Daily Capitolian-Advocate
- Library Holdings: October 26, 1874; October 14, 1876 to January 18, 1882, Film 645, Microforms Department
The Daily Advocate
- Published daily, August 1, 1888 to October 31, 1903
- Continues: Daily Capitolian-Advocate
- Continued by: Baton Rouge Times
- Library Holdings: August 1, 1888 to October 31, 1903, Film 645, Microforms Department
The Daily Capitolian-Advocate
- Published daily, January 19, 1882 to July 1888
- Formed by the merger of the Daily Louisiana Capitolian and the Daily Advocate
- Continued by the Daily Advocate, 1888 to 1903
- Library Holdings: January 19, 1882 to July 1888, Film 645, Louisiana Room
The Daily Comet
- Published daily, 1850 to February 2, 1856
- Continued by: Morning Comet
- Library Holdings: April 1, 1853 to August 31, 1854, Film 193, Louisiana Room
Daily Gazette and Comet
- Published daily, December 28, 1856 to ?
- Formed by the merger of the Baton Rouge Daily Gazette and the Morning Comet
- Library Holdings: January 3, 1860 to December 29, 1860, Film 1150 Reels 10-13, Louisiana Room
Democratic Advocate
- Published weekly, 1842 to June 7, 1855
- Continued by: Weekly Advocate
- Library Holdings: May 28, 1845 to November 24, 1855, Film 984, Microforms Department
Gris Gris
- Published weekly, bi-weekly, July 4, 1973 to December 3/16, 1979
- Library Holdings: January 2, 1978 to December 31, 1978, Film 5625, Louisiana Room
Morning Advocate
- Published daily, July 14, 1925 to January 12, 1992
- Continued by: Advocate
- Library Holdings: July 14, 1925 to January 12, 1992, Film 647, Microforms Department
New Advocate
- Published daily, September 3, 1908 to August 30, 1913
- Absorbed: Daily State Times, July 18, 1910
- Continued by: State Times Advocate
- Library Holdings: September 3, 1908 to May 31, 1909, Film 646, Louisiana Room
State-Times
- Published daily, September 1, 1913 to October 2, 1991
- Continues: New Advocate
- Library Holdings: January 1926 to December 1941, Film 980, Louisiana Room
Tri-Weekly Advocate
- Published tri-weekly, August 2, 1865 to 1874?
- Continues: Daily Advocate, 1854 to 1866
- Continued by: Daily Advocate, 1874 to 1882
- Library Holdings: August 2, 1865 to September 28, 1871, Film 645, Microforms Department
Weekly Advocate
- Published weekly, June 14, 1855 to January 13, 1882
- Continues: Democratic Advocate
- Continued by: Weekly Capitolian-Advocate
- Library Holdings: February 19, 1860 to December 16, 1862, Film 1150 Reels 22-23, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: May 28, 1845 to November 24, 1855, Film 984, Microforms Department
Weekly Gazette and Comet
- Published weekly, December 27, 1856 to June 1865
- Formed by the merger of the Baton Rouge Gazette and the Weekly Morning Comet
- Library Holdings: March 4, 1860 to May 17, 1862, Film 1150 Reel 24, Louisiana Room
Weekly Truth
- Published weekly, June 17, 1882 to 1908
- Library Holdings: November 25, 1893, Collection 190, Archives
Bossier Banner
- Published weekly, July 1, 1859 to September 4, 1952
- Suspended publication September 27, 1862 to July 16, 1865
- Merged with the Plain Dealing Progress to form the Bossier Banner Progress, 1952
- Library Holdings: July 1. 1859 to June 22, 1860; April 7, 1866 to December 28, 1867, Film 1150 Reel 2, Louisiana Room
The Acadian Dispatch
- Published weekly, September 23 to December 30, 1860
- Continued by: Dispatch
- Library Holdings: September 30, 1860 to December 30, 1860, Film 5261, Louisiana Room
Attakapas Sentinel
- See under ST. MARTINVILLE
Bunkie Record
- Published weekly, 1917 to August 1, 1958
- Continues: Bunkie Blade
- Continued by: Record
- Library Holdings: January 2, 1929 to December 25, 1929, Film 1193, Louisiana Room
Church Point News
- Published weekly, 1939? to present
- Library Holdings: August 30, 2000 to present, Microfiche 2227, Louisiana Room
South Louisiana College News
- Library Holdings: September 1991 to October 1991; January 1992 to April 1992, Collection 190, Archives
Acadian-Signal
- Published weekly, January 16, 1930 to May 2, 1946
- Formed by the union of the Crowley Signal and the Acadian
- Continued by: Weekly Acadian
- Library Holdings: January 4, 1930 to June 28, 1945, Film 945, Louisiana Room
Crowley Daily Signal
- Published daily (except Sun.), February 21, 1922 to February 28, 1974
- Absorbed: Daily Progress, February 10, 1922
- Continues: Daily Signal
- Merged with the Crowley Post-Herald to form the Crowley Post-Signal
- Library Holdings: July 1, 1954 to February 28, 1974, Film 945, Louisiana Room
Crowley Mirror
- Published weekly, 1896? to ?
- Library Holdings: June 16, 1900, Collection 190, Archives
Crowley Post-Signal
- Published daily except Sat. and Mon., March 1, 1974 to present
- Formed by the merger of the Crowley Daily Signal and the Crowley Post-Herald
- Library Holdings: March 1, 1974 to December 31, 2004, Film 945, Louisiana Room
Crowley Signal
- Published weekly, 1888? to January 11, 1930
- Title varies: Crowley Signal and Creole-American, July 3, 1897 to April 14, 1900
- Continues: Rayne Signal
- Absorbed: Creole-American, July 3, 1897
- Absorbed: Weekly Progress, February 11, 1922
- Merged with the Acadian to form the Acadian Signal
- Library Holdings: March 10, 1888 to December 31, 2004, Film 945, Louisiana Room
Rice Belt News
- Published weekly, 1896? to ?
- Library Holdings: April 1, 1904; April 8, 1904, Collection 190, Archives
Weekly Acadian
- Published weekly, May 9, 1946 to June 10, 1954
- Continues: Acadian-Signal
- Merged with the Rayne Tribune to form the Rayne Acadian-Tribune
- Library Holdings: July 4, 1946 to June 10, 1954, Film 945, Louisiana Room
The New Era
- Published weekly, semiweekly, October 25, 1919 to October 4, 1951
- Absorbed: Eunice Gall, February 8, 1923
- Merged with the Clarion-News to form the New Era and Clarion-News
- Library Holdings: September 11, 1936 to January 20, 1940, Film 441B, Louisiana Room
Pointe Coupee Democrat
- Published weekly, January 16, 1858 to 1862
- French title: Le Démocrate de la Pointe Coupée
- Library Holdings: January 23, 1858 to January 5, 1861; 1861 to 1862 (scattered issues), Film 1150 Reel 19, Louisiana Room
Planters' Banner
- Published weekly, 1836 to 1872?
- French title: Bannière des Planteurs
- Continued by: Planters' Banner and Louisiana Agriculturalist
- Library Holdings: (scattered issues only) 1838; 1845 to 1854; 1867 to 1872, Film 2989, Louisiana Room
St. Mary Banner
- Published weekly, April 15, 1889 to December 1931
- Merged with the Franklin Tribune to form the Banner-Tribune
- Library Holdings: June 4, 1910, Collection 190, Archives
Weekly Watchman and Vindicator-News
- Published weekly, 1901? to 1918?
- Formed by the merger of the Vindicator-News and the Weekly Watchman
- Library Holdings: June 4, 1910; September 3, 1910, Collection 190, Archives
Gonzales Weekly
- Published weekly, December 11, 1920 to present
- Library Holdings: April 24, 1926, Collection 190, Archives
Greensburg Imperial
- Published weekly, September 20, 1856 to ?
- Running title: The Imperial
- Continued by: St. Helena Echo
- Library Holdings: 1857 to 1861 (scattered issues), Film 1150 Reel 15, Louisiana Room
Gueydan News
- Published weekly, August 4, 1889 to September 1, 1951
- Absorbed by: Abbeville Meridional, September 1, 1951
- Library Holdings: January 1, 1937 to October 28, 1938; January 9, 1948 to August 11, 1951, Film 1055, Louisiana Room
Independent
- Published weekly, 1853 to ?
- Continued by: Catahoula News
- Library Holdings: 1853 to 1861 (scattered issues), Film 1150 Reel 16, Louisiana Room
The Courier
- Published daily, 1992 to present
- Continues: Houma Courier
- Library Holdings: July 2000 to July 2009, Film 5733, Louisiana Room
Houma Ceres
- Published weekly, July 19, 1855 to ?
- Library Holdings: July 19, 1855 to June 27, 1857; December 25, 1858, Film 5397, Louisiana Room
Coast Herald
- Published weekly, 1898? to ?
- Library Holdings: June 4, 1910; June 11, 1910, Collection 190, Archives
Jennings Daily News
- Published daily, November 13, 1970 to June 23, 1976, daily except Sat. and Sun., October 4, 1948 to November 12, 1970, daily, June 24, 1976 to present
- Continues: Jeff Davis Parish News
- Continued by: Daily News
- Library Holdings: January 1, 1959 to June 30, 1969; January 2, 1970 to August 30, 2009, Film 972, Louisiana Room
Jennings Weekly Times-Record
- Published weekly, 1903 to 1925?
- Formed by the union of the Southern Record and the Jennings Times
- Merged with the Daily Times-Record to form the Jennings Semi-Weekly News
- Library Holdings: April 8, 1904, Collection 190, Archives
The Kaplan Herald
- Published weekly, 1965? to present
- Library Holdings: August 30, 2000 to present, Microfiche 2228, Louisiana Room
Acadiana Free Press
- Library Holdings: January 23, 1991 to October 25, 1991, Collection 190, Archives
Cajunear of Lafayette
- Library Holdings: March 1991 to August 1991, Collection 190, Archives
The Daily Advertiser
- Published daily, April 20, 1914 to present
- Library Holdings: not available on microform; issues in paper form from 2011 to present are available in the Louisiana Room; current issues in the paper form up to two months are available at the Reference Desk; electronic resources have full-text available from 2002 to present
- Daily Advertiser Obituary Index (1882-2022)
Daily Press
- Published daily, May 26, 1913? to 1916?
- Library Holdings: May 25, 1915, Collection 190, Archives
Southside Guide
- Published weekly as The Guide, May 23, 1962 to January 31, 1963, weekly, February 7 to February 14, 1963
- Continues: Southside Guide
- Continued by: Lafayette Guide
- Library Holdings: February 7, 1963; February 14, 1963, Microfiche 165, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: October 4, 1962; December 28, 1962; January 4, 1963; February 14, 1963, AN .L845, Louisiana Room
Independent
- Published weekly, August 15, 2003 to present
- Library Holdings: uncatalogued at present, contact Louisiana Room for holdings information
- Available Online: issues from 2011-2018
Lafayette City Business
- Library Holdings: July 1981 to April 1985 (scattered issues), Film 5801, Louisiana Room
Lafayette Democrat
- Published weekly, 1907? to ?
- Library Holdings: July 4, 1908 and July 25, 1908, Collection 190, Archives
Lafayette Gazette
- Published weekly, semiweekly, March 11, 1893 to 1921
- Absorbed by: Daily Advertiser, July 1, 1921
- Library Holdings: March 11, 1893 to February 29, 1908, Film 5395, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: May 30, 1903; May 27, 1905 (Supplement); March 23, 1907, Collection 190, Archives
Lafayette Guide
- Published weekly, February 21, 1963 to July 16, 1964
- Continues: The Guide
- Library Holdings: February 21, 1963 to July 2, 1964, Microfiche 165, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: May 1963 to Jun 1964 (scattered issues), AN .L845, Louisiana Room
Lafayette News Leader
- Published weekly, 1970 to ?
- “The Voice of the Black Community.”
- Library Holdings: May 16, 1971 to March 1, 1973, Film 916, Louisiana Room
Lafayette Pictorial
- Published weekly, December 14, 1947 to January 1, 1950
- Library Holdings: December 14, 1947; February 1, 1948; February 15, 1948; January 15, 1950, AN .L846, Louisiana Room
The Lafayette Progress
- Published weekly, 1939? to February 24, 1962
- Library Holdings: November 16, 1950 to February 24, 1962 (scattered issues), AN .L847, Louisiana Room
Lafayette Target
- Library Holdings: July 1990 to August 1990; October 17, 1990; November 6, 1990 to November 21, 1990; December 4, 1990; January 2, 1991; January 15, 1991 to February 6, 1991, Collection 190, Archives
The Louisiana Cotton-Boll
- Published weekly, December 11, 1872 to 1883?
- Published in English and French, 1872 to 1877?
- French titles: Le “Cotton-Boll” de la Louisiane, 1872 to November? 1873; Le Grabot de la Louisiane, December 31, 1873 to September 12, 1877
- Library Holdings: December 31, 1873 to October 18, 1879 (scattered issues), Film 697, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: April 2, 1873 to August 27, 1873 (scattered issues), AN .L843 v.1, Louisiana Room
Senior Citizens News & Views.
- Published monthly
- Library Holdings: February 1987 to June 1990, Film 5799, Louisiana Room
Southern Consumers' Times
- Published monthly, 1976 to present
- Library Holdings: February 1989 to November 2003 (scattered issues), AN .L8477, Louisiana Room
The Times
- Published weekly, July 15, 1982 to present
- Continues: Times of Acadiana
- Library Holdings: July 15, 1982 to present, Film 1283, Louisiana Room
The Times of Acadiana
- Published weekly, September 10, 1980 to July 8, 1982
- Continued by: Times
- Library Holdings: September 10, 1980 to July 8, 1982, Film 1283, Louisiana Room
The Vermilion
- Published irregularly, weekly, 1903 to present
- Library Holdings: 1904 to 2010 (scattered issues), Film 3063, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: 1919 to 2014, LD 3091 .L6V4, Louisiana Room
Lake Charles American Press
- Published daily, July 19, 1912 to present
- Continues: Lake Charles Daily American-Press
- Absorbed: Southwest Citizen, June 25, 1951
- Library Holdings: September 7, 1933 to August 10, 1934, Film 588, Louisiana Room
Lake Charles Weekly American Press
- Published weekly, July 26, 1912 to 1944?
- Continues: Lake Charles American-Press
- Library Holdings: January 6, 1933 to August 3, 1934, Film 587, Louisiana Room
L'Avant-Coureur
- Published weekly, January 1853 to 1877?
- In French; some notices in English
- Library Holdings: January 29, 1854 to December 30, 1865 (scattered issues), Film 1150 Reel 1, Louisiana Room
Monroe Morning World
- Published daily, October 20, 1929 to June 4, 1978
- Continued by: Morning World
- Library Holdings: July 1, 1933 to September 30, 1934, Film 839, Louisiana Room
Monroe News-Star
- Published daily, June 1, 1909 to February 9, 1979
- Formed by the merger of the Evening News and the Monroe Daily Star
- Continued by: News-Star
- Later merged with Morning World to form News-Star-World, 1980
- Library Holdings: June 1, 1909 to December 31, 1926, Film 961, Louisiana Room
Attakapas Register
- Published weekly, 1868 to 1879?
- Library Holdings: August 26, 1876 to June 15, 1878, Film 1049, Louisiana Room
The Louisiana Populist
- Published weekly, August 24, 1894 to March 9, 1899
- Suspended publication, October 29 to November 12, 1897
- Continues: Montgomory Mail
- Continues: Louisiana Populist
- Continued by: Natchitoches Populist
- Library Holdings: August 24, 1894 to March 10, 1899, Film 966, Louisiana Room
Daily Iberian
- Published daily, August 5, 1946 to present
- Formed by the union of the Daily Iberian and the Jeanerette Enterprise
- Continues: Weekly Iberian
- Continues: Daily Iberian and Jeanerette Enterprise
- Continued in part by: Jeanerette Enterprise
- Absorbed: New Iberia Enterprise, August 4, 1947
- Continued by: Daily Iberian
- Merged with Jeanerette Enterprise to form Daily Iberian and Jeanerette Enterprise
- Library Holdings: August 1946 to October 2008 (scattered issues), Film 834, Louisiana Room
The Daily Progress
- Published daily, July 15, 1901 to ?
- Library Holdings: July 15, 1901 to November 19, 1901, Film 651, Louisiana Room
Iberia Democrat
- Published weekly, February 27, 1892 to ?
- Continues: New Iberia Democrat
- Library Holdings: May 23, 1891 to September 24, 1892, Film 652, Louisiana Room
Louisiana Sugar Bowl
- Published weekly, 1870 to 1884
- French title: Le Sucrier de la Louisiane
- Merged with Farm Journal to form Sugar-Bowl and Farm Journal
- Library Holdings: April 10, 1873 to June 5, 1879; November 3, 1870 to June 5, 1879, Film 767, Louisiana Room
New Iberia Democrat
- Published weekly, May 17, 1890 to February 20, 1892
- Continued by: Iberia Democrat
- Library Holdings: May 23, 1891 to February 20, 1892, Film 652, Louisiana Room
New Iberia Enterprise
- Published weekly, January 26, 1888 to February 22, 1902, semiweekly, February 7, 1885 to February 6, 1886
- French title: L'Enterprise d'Iberie
- Merged with Independent Observer to form New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer
- Library Holdings: 1885 to 1902 (scattered issues), Film 168, Louisiana Room
New Iberia Enterprise
- Published weekly, January 5, 1945 to July 6, 1947
- Continues: New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer
- Absorbed by: Daily Iberian
- Library Holdings: January 1945 to ?, Louisiana Room
New Iberia Enterprise and Independent Observer
- Published weekly, March 1, 1902 to December 1944
- Formed by the union of the New Iberia Enterprise and the Independent Observer
- Continued by: New Iberia Enterprise
- Library Holdings: March 1902 to 1944 (scattered issues); Film 168, Louisiana Room
Weekly Iberian
- Published weekly, July 7, 1900 to July 30, 1946, frequency varied July 7, 1894 to June 30, 1900
- Title varies: Semi-Weekly Iberian, November 29, 1899 to June 30, 1900
- Continues: Daily Iberian
- Continued by: Daily Iberian
- Library Holdings: July 7, 1894 to July 30, 1946, Film 169, Louisiana Room
Llano Colonist
- Published weekly, May 7, 1921 to December 9, 1937
- Library Holdings: October 29, 1927 to December 9, 1937, Film 165, Louisiana Room
L'Abeille
- Published September 1, 1827 to September 18, 1830; frequency varied, three times a week, daily, June 30, 1872 to November 29, 1917, weekly, July 1872 to December 27, 1923
- In French, 1872-1879; in French and English, 1879-1917
- Other title: L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans
- Suspended publication November 28 to December 31, 1829
- Continues: New Orleans Bee
- Continues: New-Orleans Bee, for the country
- Continued by: Bee
- Library Holdings: September 1, 1827 to February 29, 1832, Film 743, Louisiana Room
American Progress
- Published weekly, monthly, August 24, 1933 to October 27, 1936
- Continues: Louisiana Progress
- Library Holdings: December 1935, Collection 190, Archives
L'Ami des Lois
- Published tri-weekly, 1809 to May 1815, daily, May 22, 1815 to February 20, 1819, tri-weekly, daily, February 22, 1819 to September 19, 1822, daily except Sun., September 20, 1822 to April 1824
- In French and English
- French title: Le Louisianais et Ami des Lois
- English title: Friend of the Laws & Commercial Journal
- Continued by: L'Ami des Lois & Journal du Soir
- Continues: L'Ami des Lois
- Continued by: Louisianian and Friend of the Laws
- Continued by: L'Ami des Lois & Journal du Commerce
- Continued by: Argus
- Library Holdings: June 1, 1813 to May 1815; September 20, 1822 to April 15, 1824, Film 5623, Louisiana Room
The Bee
- Published daily, three times a week, September 21, 1830 to October 31, 1835
- In English and French
- Continues: Abeille
- Continued by: New Orleans Bee
- Library Holdings: December 24, 1932 to October 31, 1835 (scattered issues), Film 743, Louisiana Room
The Courier
- Published weekly, bi-weekly, August 10, 1973 to ?
- Continues: Vieux Carré Courier
- Library Holdings: June 1974 to March 1978, Microfiche 164, Louisiana Room
Le Courrier de la Louisiane
- Published tri-weekly, daily, November 23, 1807 to June 8, 1859, daily (Except Mon.), September 18, 1859 to November 24, 1860
- English title: Louisiana Courier
- French title: Le Courrier
- Publication suspended, September 20-22, 1850; June 1-4, 1859
- Continues: Louisiana Courier
- Continues: Courrier de la Louisiane
- Continued by: Courier
- Library Holdings: March 10, 1810 to January 1, 1834; June 13, 1836 to May 31, 1837; January 9, 1840 to October 30, 1841; January 2, 1843 to June 8, 1859; September 18, 1859 to November 24, 1860, Film 968, Louisiana Room
The Daily Crescent
- Published daily, March 4, 1848 to December 20, 1851
- Continued by: New Orleans Daily Crescent
- Library Holdings: June 5, 1849 to December 20, 1851, Film 3022, Microforms Department
Daily Delta
- Published daily (except Sun. and Mon.), May 5, 1857 to February 14, 1863
- Continues: New Orleans Daily Delta
- Continued by: Era
- Library Holdings: January 1, 1860 to December 31, 1861, Film 1150 Reels 7-9, Louisiana Room
The Daily Southern Star
- Published daily, September 2, 1865 to April 15, 1866
- French title: L'Etoile du Sud
- Library Holdings: September 2, 1865 to April 18, 1866, Film 5620, Louisiana Room
Le Dimanche
- Published weekly, January 1861 to 1876
- In French
- Library Holdings: February 10, 1861, Film 1148 Reel 6, Louisiana Room
The Era
- Published daily, February 15, 1863 to January 18, 1865
- Continues: Daily Delta
- Continued by: New Orleans Daily Independent
- Library Holdings: February 15, 1863 to June 30, 1863, Film 844, Louisiana Room
Lafayette City Advertiser [Jefferson Parish]
- Published weekly, 1841? to 1843?
- Library Holdings: January 1, 1842 to November 15, 1843, Film 5618, Louisiana Room
Louisiana Gazette
- Published weekly, semi-weekly, July 24, 1804 to March 30, 1810
- Continued by: Louisiana Gazette and New-Orleans Daily Advertiser
- Library Holdings: July 31, 1804 to October 6, 1806 (some issues missing), Film 533 Reel 48, Louisiana Room
Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer
- Published weekly, 1855 to ?
- Library Holdings: June 4, 1910; December 24, 1920, Collection 190, Archives
The Louisiana Weekly
- Published weekly, September 19, 1925 to present
- Continues: New Orleans Herald
- Library Holdings: January 1941 to September 1942; April 1944 to December 1949; January 2009 to December 2010, Film 2860, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: July 31, 2000 to present, Microfiche 2225, Louisiana Room
The Mascot
- Published Fab. 18, 1882 to February 2, 1895
- Library Holdings: March 18, 1882 to September 17, 1891, Film 5622, Louisiana Room
Modern Sugar Planter
- Published weekly, 1910 to ?
- Library Holdings: June 11, 1910, Collection 190, Archives
Moniteur de la Louisiane
- Published weekly, tri-weekly, daily, March 3, 1794 to 1815?
- First newspaper published in Louisiana
- Library Holdings: August 14, 1802 to July 2, 1814, Film 5621, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: August 14, 1802 to November 26, 1803, Film 533 Reel 48, Louisiana Room
New Orleans Bee
- Published daily, 1867 to 1872; frequency varied, 1835 to 1867
- Published separate edition in French with distinctly different content called L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans
- Continues: Bee
- Continued by: Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans
- Library Holdings: November 2, 1835 to December 27, 1923 (scattered issues), Film 743, Louisiana Room
New Orleans Commercial Bulletin
- Published daily (except Sun.), 1832 to 1871
- Publication suspended July 31, 1862? To October 8, 1866
- Absorbed by: New Orleans Price Current and Commercial Intelligencer, 1871
- Library Holdings: (scattered issues) May 1836 to July 1862; October 1866 to December 1867; January 1869 to June 1869; January 1870 to December 1871, Film 1053, Louisiana Room
New Orleans Daily Crescent
- Published daily (except Sun.), 1851 to November 21, 1866
- Publication suspended May 13, 1862 to October 12, 1866
- Continues: Daily Crescent
- Library Holdings: January 2, 1860 to June 29, 1861, Film 1150 Reels 4-6, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: December 22, 1851 to December 31, 1852, Film 3022, Louisiana Room
New Orleans Price Current and Commercial Intelligencer
- Published weekly, semi-weekly, July 7, 1822 to March 18, 1882
- Suspended publication April 26 to September 1, 1862
- Title varies: 1842 to 1875, New Orleans Price Current, Commercial Intelligencer and Merchants Transcript; 1875 to 1879, New Orleans Price Current, Commercial Intelligencer and Shipping List; 1879 to 1882, New Orleans Price Current, Commercial Bulletin and Shipping List
- Absorbed: New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, 1871
- Continued by: Commercial Bulletin, Price Current and Shipping List
- Library Holdings: January 1, 1859 to December 28, 1861, Film 1150 Reel 18, Louisiana Room
New Orleans Republican
- Published weekly, semi-weekly, daily, April 10, 1867 to November 10, 1878
- Publication suspended June 1877 to September 1878
- Absorbed: National Republican, 1872
- Library Holdings: April 10, 1867 to December 31, 1867; May 1, 1873, Film 835, Louisiana Room
New Orleans States
- Published daily, March 9, 1918 to September 14, 1958
- On Sundays published with Times-Picayune and called: Times-Picayune New Orleans States, July 23, 1933 to September14, 1958
- Continues: Daily States
- Merged with New Orleans Item to form the New Orleans States and New Orleans Item
- Library Holdings: November 4, 1928, Collection 190, Archives
New Orleans Tribune
- Published tri-weekly, daily, July 21, 1864 to March 5, 1870
- Also published in French with distinctly different content titled: La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans
- Library Holdings: July 21, 1864 to February 28, 1869, Film 840, Louisiana Room
The Republican Courier
- Published weekly, July 1, 1899 to 1900
- Library Holdings: January 27, 1900, Film 1148 Reel 4, Louisiana Room
Semi-Weekly Times-Democrat
- Published semi-weekly, June 11, 1895 to January 1912?
- Continues: Weekly Times-Democrat
- Continued by: Weekly Times-Democrat
- Library Holdings: June 18, 1901, Collection 190, Archives
Southern Republican
- Published weekly, 1898 to 1907
- Library Holdings: February 8, 1900, Film 1148 Reel 4, Louisiana Room
The Times-Picayune
- Published daily, January 25, 1837 to June 1, 1980
- On Sundays published with the New Orleans States and called Times-Picayune New Orleans States, July 23, 1933 to September 14, 1958
- Formed by the union of the Times-Democrat and the Daily Picayune
- Continues: Times-Democrat, the Daily Picayune
- Continued by: Daily Picayune
- Continues: Picayune
- Continued by: Times-Picayune
- Merged with States-Item to form Times-Picayune the States-Item
- Merged with Times-Democrat to form Times-Democrat, the Daily Picayune
- Absorbed: New Orleans Delta, May 7, 1893
- Library Holdings: August 22, 1837 to April 30, 1970 (scattered issues), Film 128, Microforms Department
- Library Holdings: September 11, 1935; January 25, 1937; October 14, 1951 (50th Anniversary of Oil), Collection 190, Archives
The Times-Picayune
- Published daily, October 1, 1986 to May 2013; three times a week, June 2013 to present
- Continues: Times-Picayune the States-Item
- Library Holdings: October 1, 1986 to December 31, 2009, Film 128, Microforms Department
The Times-Picayune, the States-Item
- Published daily, June 2, 1980 to September 30, 1986
- On Sunday published as Times-Picayune
- Formed by the union of Times-Picayune and States-Item
- Continued by: Times-Picayune
- Library Holdings: June 2, 1980 to September 30, 1986, Film 128, Microforms Department
L'Union
- Published semi-weekly, tri-weekly, September 27, 1862 to July 19, 1864
- Some issues in French and English
- Library Holdings: October 18, October 25, December 25, 1862; June 16, July 4, 9 and 19, 1863; Film 1148 Reels 6 and 11, Louisiana Room
Weekly Delta
- Published weekly, May 1857 to 1863
- Continues: New Orleans Weekly Era
- Continued by: Era
- Library Holdings: February 16, 1861, Collection 190, Archives
Clarion-News
- Published weekly, January 3, 1929 to October 4, 1951
- Continues Opelousas News and Clarion-Progress
- Merged with: New Era (Eunice, LA) To form: Eunice New Era and Clarion News (later title: Eunice News)
- Library Holdings: January 3, 1929 to Oct 4, 1951, Film 441, Louisiana Room
Clarion-Progress
- Published weekly, November 26, 1921 to December 6, 1928
- Title varies: Opelousas Clarion-Progress
- Formed by the union of the St.Landry Clarion and the Star-Progress
- Merged with the Opelousas News to form the Opelousas News and Clarion-Progress
- Library Holdings: November 6, 1921 to December 6, 1928, Film 441, Louisiana Room
Daily World
- Published daily, December 20, 1939 to November 1, 1953
- Sunday edition entitled Sunday World
- Absorbed: Opelousas Herald, October 7, 1951
- Continued by: Opelousas Daily World
- Library Holdings: 1939 to November 1953, Film 108, Louisiana Room
Daily World
- Published daily (except Mon. and Sat.), November 17, 1955 to October 4, 1970, daily (except Sat.), October 5, 1970 to present
- Continues: Opelousas Daily World
- Library Holdings: November 17, 1955 to December 2009, Film 108, Louisiana Room
The Opelousas Courier
- Published weekly, December 11, 1852 to 1910
- French title: Le Courrier des Opelousas
- Publication suspended, May to July 18, 1863, March 19 to May 7, 1864, April 30 to July 30, 1870, and January 11 to February 8, 1873
- Some issues printed on wallpaper, 1862 to 1864
- Library Holdings: December 11, 1852 to February 5, 1910, Film 443, Microforms Department
- Library Holdings: July 25, 1863 to January 22, 1910 (scattered issues), AN .L874, Louisiana Room
Opelousas Daily World
- Published daily, November 3, 1953 to November 16, 1955
- Continues: Daily World
- Continued by: Daily World
- Library Holdings: 1953 to November 1955, Film 108, Louisiana Room
Opelousas Enterprise
- Published weekly, June 12, 1915 to November 11, 1916?
- Library Holdings: June 12, 1915 to November 11, 1916, Film 439, Louisiana Room
The Opelousas Journal
- Published weekly, January 4, 1868 to January 5, 1878
- French title: Le Journal des Opelousas
- Continues: Southern Sentinel?
- Continued by: St. Landry Democrat
- Library Holdings: January 4, 1868 to January 5, 1878, Film 438, Louisiana Room
Opelousas News and Clarion-Progress
- Published weekly, December 13 to December 27, 1928
- Formed by the union of the Opelousas News and the Clarion-Progress
- Continued by: Clarion-News
- Library Holdings: December 13 to December 27, 1928, Film 441, Louisiana Room
The Opelousas Patriot
- Published weekly, March 3, 1855 to 1863?
- French title: Le Patriote des Opelousas
- Continues: St. Landry Whig
- Library Holdings: March 3, 1855 to October 21, 1861, Film 5399, Louisiana Room
St. Landry Clarion
- Published weekly, October 11, 1890 to November 19, 1921
- Published in English and French, 1890 to May 7, 1892
- French title: Le Clarion
- Merged with: Star-Progress to form: Clarion-Progress
- Library Holdings: October 11, 1890 to December 30, 1893; January 2, 1897 to December 30, 1916; January 26, 1918 to November 19, 1921, Film 441, Louisiana Room
St. Landry Democrat
- Published weekly, January 19, 1878 to February 24, 1894
- French title: Le Democrat de St. Landry
- Continues: Opelousas Journal
- Library Holdings: January 19, 1878 to February 24, 1894, Film 442, Louisiana Room
Gazette and Sentinel
- Published weekly, semi-weekly, February 27, 1858 to September 3, 1862
- Formed by the merger of the Iberville Gazette and the Southern Sentinel
- Title varies: Semi-weekly Gazette and Sentinel, May 15 to June 8, 1861
- Library Holdings: January 7, 1860 to July 27, 1861, Film 1150 Reel 14, Louisiana Room
Sugar Planter
- Published weekly, January 5, 1856 to 1925
- Continued by: Port Allen Observer
- Library Holdings: January 7, 1860 to January 4, 1862, Film 1150 Reel 21, Louisiana Room
Acadia Sentinel
- Published weekly, 1886 to 1892?
- Each issue has a half-page in French with title La Sentinelle Acadienne, January 29 to September 10, 1887
- Library Holdings: October 23, 1886 to September 10, 1887, Film 946, Louisiana Room
Rayne Acadian Tribune
- Published semi-weekly, weekly, June 18, 1954 to present
- Formed by the merger of the Rayne Tribune and the Weekly Acadian
- Library Holdings: June 18-25, 1954; January 1, 1959 to present, Film 1051, Louisiana Room
Rayne Signal
- Published weekly, March 13, 1886 to 1888
- Continued by: Crowley Signal
- Library Holdings: March 20, 1886 to February 26, 1887, Film 945, Louisiana Room
The Rayne Tribune
- Published weekly, semi-weekly, November 3, 1894 to June 11, 1954
- Merged with Weekly Acadian to form Rayne Acadian-Tribune
- Library Holdings: November 28, 1903 to October 28, 1905; October 18, 1924 to June 24, 1954, Film 1051, Louisiana Room
Ruston Daily Leader
- Published daily (except Sat. and Sun.), May 3, 1932 to present
- Continues: Daily Leader
- Library Holdings: January 3, 1949 to December 30, 1949, Film 967, Louisiana Room
Attakapas Gazette and St. Mary, St. Martin and Lafayette Advertiser
- Published weekly, ? To 1849?
- French title: Gazette des Attakapas et Feuille d'Avis des Paroisses Ste. Marie, St. Martin et Lafayette
- Continues: Attakapas Gazette
- Library Holdings: March 14 and 21, 1829; May 15,1830; November 2, 1833; April 26, May 3, 10 and 17, July 5 and 12, 1834; December 19, 1840, Film 843, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: May 15, 1830; November 2, 1833; April 26, 1834; May 3, 1834; May 10, 1834; May 17, 1834; July 5, 1834; July 12, 1834; December 19, 1840; n.d., Collection 190, Archives
Attakapas Sentinel
- Published weekly, 1873? To 1880?
- Published in Breaux Bridge, LA, June 4, 1874 to September 1875
- French title: Le Sentinelle des Attakapas
- Library Holdings: January 8 and June 4, 1874; November 6, 1875, Film 843, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: January 8, 1874; June 4, 1874; November 6, 1875; June 4, 1874; June 11, 1874; English and French editions, Collection 190, Archives
Courier of the Teche
- Published weekly, 1849? To 1872?
- French title: Courrier du Teche
- Printed on wallpaper, January 3, 1863
- Library Holdings: April 19, 1851; April 2, 1859; January 13, 1863, Film 843, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: April 19, 1851; April 2, 1859; January 3, 1868, Collection 190, Archives
Le Créole
- Published weekly, October 17, 1840? to ?
- Continued by: Creole de St.-Martinville
- Library Holdings: June 19, 1841, Film 843, Louisiana Room
Le Créole de St. Martinville
- Published weekly
- Continues: Créole
- Library Holdings: October 14, 1848, Film 843, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: October 14, 1848; June 19, 1841; November 6, 1841; Août 25, 1849 (in French), Collection 190, Archives
Le Démocrate de St. Martin
- Published weekly, 1858 to 1865
- English title: St. Martin Democrat
- Printed on wallpaper, May 28, 1863, and April 15 and May 13, 1865
- Continued by: Démocrate de St. Martinville
- Library Holdings: Mai 13, 1865 (in French), Collection 190, Archives
The Echo
- Published weekly, 1872 to 1878
- Library Holdings: October 26, 1872 [Coll 7, 3-29]; March 15, 1873; July 12, 1873 [Coll 7, 3-29], Collection 190, Archives
The Evangeline
- Published weekly, 1893 to 1906?
- Library Holdings: June 16 and July 7, 1894; July 27, 1895, Film 843, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: June 16, 1894; June 27, 1895, Collection 190, Archives
Messenger
- Published weekly, February 27 to March 13, 1886
- Continued by: Weekly Messenger
- Library Holdings: February 27, 1886 to March 13, 1886, Film 56, Louisiana Room
St. Martin Banner
- Published weekly, 1904 to ?
- Library Holdings: May 23, 1908 (p.1 only), Film 843, Louisiana Room
St. Martin Reveille
- Published weekly, 1885? to 1893
- French title: Le Reveille
- Continues: Observateur de St. Martin
- Library Holdings: March 13 (part), April 10, 1886, Film 843, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: April 10, 1886; April 6, 1889 [Collection 7, 3-29], Collection 190, Archives
The Teche News
- Published weekly, September 10, 1948 to present
- Continues: Weekly Messenger
- Library Holdings: September 10, 1948 to December 31, 2003; January 5, 2005 to December 28, 2005, Film 56, Louisiana Room
The Weekly Messenger
- Published weekly, March 20, 1886 to September 3, 1948
- Continues: Messenger
- Continued by: Teche News
- Library Holdings: March 20, 1886 to December 31, 1927; January 2, 1932 to September 3, 1948, Film 56, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: April 26, 1890 and May 17, 1930, Film 843, Louisiana Room
- Library Holdings: August 22, 1903 [Collection 7, 3-29], Collection 190, Archives
The Daily Shreveport Times
- Published daily, November 28, 1871 to August 30, 1877
- Continues: Gazette and Flag
- Continued by: Shreveport Daily Times
- Library Holdings: December 16, 1871 to August 30, 1877, Film 962, Louisiana Room
The Semi-Weekly Shreveport News
- Published semi-weekly, January 28, 1862 to 1864
- Continues: Shreveport Semi-Weekly News
- Continued by: Shreveport News
- Library Holdings: January 28 to November 7, 1862; June 26, 1863; November 10, 1863 to February 26, 1864, Film 5258, Louisiana Room
Shreveport Daily News
- Published daily (except Sun. and Mon.), April 13 to November 6, 1861
- Merged with Shreveport Weekly News to form the Shreveport Semi-Weekly News
- Library Holdings: April 13, 1861 to November 6, 1861, Film 5258, Louisiana Room
The Shreveport Daily Times
- Published daily (except Mon.), August 31, 1877 to April 27, 1889
- Continues: Daily Shreveport Times
- Continued by: Shreveport Times
- Library Holdings: August 1, 1878 to September 15, 1889, Film 962, Louisiana Room
Shreveport Journal
- Published daily, January 1902 to March 30, 1991
- Continues: Shreveport Evening Journal
- Absorbed by: Times (Shreveport, LA)
- Library Holdings: August 16, 1933 to September 30, 1933; May 16, 1934 to June 30, 1934, Film 766, Louisiana Room
Shreveport Semi-Weekly News
- Published semi-weekly, November 11, 1861 to January 24, 1862
- Formed by the union of the Shreveport Daily News and the Shreveport Weekly News
- Continued by: Semi-Weekly Shreveport News
- Library Holdings: November 11, 1861 to January 24, 1862, Film 5258, Louisiana Room
Shreveport Semi-Weekly News
- Published semi-weekly, June 13, 1865 to ?
- Continues: Shreveport News
- Library Holdings: July 1, August 8 to 26, September 2 to 19, September 30 to October 28, December 23, 1865, Film 5258, Louisiana Room
The Shreveport Times
- Published daily, April 28, 1889 to June 16, 1979
- Continues: Shreveport Daily Times
- Continued by: Times (Shreveport, LA)
- Library Holdings: September 17, 1889 to March 11, 1908, Film 962, Louisiana Room
Shreveport Weekly News
- Published weekly, April 22, 1861 to November 4, 1861
- Merged with the Shreveport Daily News to form the Shreveport Semi-Weekly News
- Library Holdings: April 22, 1861 to November 4, 1861, Film 5258, Louisiana Room
Shreveport Weekly News
- Published weekly, March 25, 1866 to ?
- Library Holdings: March 25, 1866 to April 29, 1866, Film 5258, Louisiana Room
South-Western
- Published weekly, 1852 to 1870
- Continued by: Weekly South-Western
- Library Holdings: January 5, 1859 to December 30, 1866, Film 1150 Reel 20, Louisiana Room
The Times
- Published daily, June 17, 1979 to present
- Continues: Shreveport Times
- Absorbed: Shreveport Journal, March 31, 1991
- Library Holdings: January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2009, Film 962, Louisiana Room
Commercial Journal
- Published weekly, 1903? to ?
- Continued by: Thibodaux Commercial Journal
- Library Holdings: February 15, 1905 to January 31, 1906, Collection 190, Archives
Thibodaux Minerva
- Published weekly, 1845? to 1858?
- Continues: Minerva
- Library Holdings: April 2, 1853; June 11, 1853 to June 7, 1856, Film 5398, Louisiana Room
Concordia Eagle
- Published weekly, October 1873 to 1890
- Library Holdings: October 2, 1875; March 3 and April 7, 1877; March 27, 1879; April 8 and 12, 1880, Film 1148 Reel 3, Louisiana Room
Gazette
- Published weekly, July 3, 1941 to January 10, 1985
- Continues: Weekly Gazette
- Continued by: Ville Platte Gazette
- Library Holdings: July 3, 1941 to December 27, 1945, Film 5625, Louisiana Room
Ville Platte Gazette
- Published semi-weekly, January 14, 1985 to present
- Continues: Gazette
- Library Holdings: August 24, 2000 to present, Microfiche 2226, Louisiana Room
The Weekly Gazette
- Published weekly, 1914? to June 26, 1941
- Continued by: Gazette
- Library Holdings: January 6, 1917 to December 25, 1941, Film 5625, Louisiana Room
Washington Enterprise
- Published weekly, 1876 to ?
- Library Holdings: June 28, 1900, Collection 190, Archives
Washington Progress
- Published Weekly, July 1908? to ?
- Library Holdings: July 16, 1910 to July 1, 1911, Film 5800, Louisiana Room
Rice Belt Journal
- Published weekly, June 1900? to 1948?
- Library Holdings: August 10, 1900 to November 5, 1943, Film 241, Louisiana Room
Sugar Planter
- See under PORT ALLEN
Sgt. Dalton's Weekly
- Published weekly, December 1922 to ?
- Library Holdings: March 10, 1923, Collection 190, Archives