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Newspaper Photograph Morgues in the United States and Canada

States: P-Z

The public institutions listed by state below have at least one newspaper photograph morgue. States included on this page:

Pennsylvania

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Record photograph morgue (ca. 1920-47, bulk) External

Temple University

News Negative Photograph Collection (1936-1997) External
Includes negatives and color transparencies. from Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Daily News,
See also finding aids External containing the words news collection or news photograph collection; these include collections with prints from several newspapers,

York County History Center

Web site External
Includes York Gazette & Daily Negative Collection (ca. , 1950-61) and York Dispatch Negative Collection (1991 - 2009).

South Carolina

Richland Library, Walker Local and Family History Center (Columbia, S.C.)

Columbia Record (1955-1988) & The State (1955-2002) External
The photographs in the archive date from 1955 to 2002 and were taken by staff photographers for The State and The Columbia Record newspapers. A finding aid External for the archive is available

Tennessee

University of Memphis, Special Collections

Special Collections Resources External
Includes: Memphis Commercial Appeal and Press-Scimitar (1930-1984)

Texas

Dallas Public Library, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division

Historic Photograph Collection External
Includes Dallas Times Herald (-1991)

Houston Public Library, Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Texas African American Photography (TAAP) Archive

About the Archive External
Includes Dallas Post-Tribune photograph collection (1953-1993, bulk 1966-1993). In 2014, the Texas African American Photography Archive was gifted to the International Center of Photography (see Documentary Arts, Selections External.)

Texas State University, University Archives

San Marcos Daily Record photographic negatives (ca.1930-2002) External

University of Texas at Arlington

Collections include Fort Worth News Tribune (1970-1989), as well as the following:

University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

New York Journal-American (1895-1966) (collection summary) External

University of Texas at San Antonio

Victoria Regional History Center

Victoria Advocate (1949-1984) External

Utah

Brigham Young University, Perry Special Collections

Daily Herald newspaper photographs (1983-1993) (finding aid) External

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

Herald Journal Newspaper photographs (1969-1996) (finding aid via Archives West) External
Selected items External are available online.

Virginia

Norfolk Public Library, Sargeant Memorial Collection

Virginian Pilot Photograph Collection (1924-2000) (finding aid) External
Includes photographs taken by staff photographers for the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and Virginian-Pilot and The Portsmouth Star.

Washington (State)

Museum of History and Industry

Collections & Research External
Includes Seattle Post Intelligencer photographs.