Chronicling America

aid: chronicling-america
name: Chronicling America
description: "Provides access to millions of pages of historic US newspapers from the Library of Congress"
url: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-28'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: "News"
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
  - News
  - Public APIs
apis:
  - name: Chronicling America
    description: "Provides access to millions of pages of historic US newspapers from the Library of Congress"
    humanURL: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
    baseURL: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
    tags:
      - News
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
  - type: PublicAPIsListing
    url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]