The Central Voice newspaper, formerly Alternative Central newspaper, was a bi-monthly publication that ran from July 2003 through August 2020. The title Alternative Central was used from July 2003 through October 2006, when The Central Voice title started to be used and continued use to the end of the publication. Both newspapers prioritized news, events, and stories most relevant to the LGBTQ+ community. Though the geographic scope of the newspaper focused on south-central Pennsylvania, including cities such as Harrisburg, statewide and national news and events were also covered.

The second part of the September / October 2005 issue and the full November / December 2005 issue of Alternative Central are missing and could not be digitized. The Central Voice issues from 2014 onward are born-digital newspapers. The Central Voice also published special issues such as the LGBT Pages (for LGBTQ+-friendly business) and special programs for the central Pennsylvania Pride Fest and the York Pride Fest.

The Alternative Central and The Central Voice are copyrighted publications of the publisher, Press and Journal Inc., which have been provided to the State Library for educational research use.

The Ambler Gazette is a weekly newspaper serving multiple communities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, including Ambler, Plymouth Township, Whitemarsh Township, Lower Gwynedd Township, Horsham Township, and Upper Dublin Township. The newspaper started publication in 1882 as a successor to The Ambler Times. The Gazette has operated under a number of individual proprietors including Irwin S. Weber, Arthur K. Thomas, J. Morris Haywood and his relative Elizabeth Godfrey Haywood, and Bill Strasburg. In 1954, Strasburg started the Montgomery Publishing Company, to whom ownership was transferred. Journal Register Co. purchased the paper in 2001, which is now known as Digital First Media. 

The Blair County Whig was a weekly newspaper that served Hollidaysburg (and for a period, Altoona) Pennsylvania that started publication in 1851, and ceased operations in 1866. This newspaper was the successor publication to the Blair County Whig and Hollidaysburg and Gaysport Telegraph. George Raymond was the first proprietor of the newspaper. The issues presented here are a "New Series" that started over on October 18, 1861 with vol. 1, no. 1, and printed weekly on Saturdays.  John Brotherline published the majority of the issues during this Civil War era.  There is a publication gap between May 6, 1864 and December 9, 1865, which may reflect Brotherline's service in the army. During the Civil War, though the newspaper was usually published in Hollidaysburg, Altoona was the place of publication from November 1862 to May 1864. The Blair County Union Printing Association was the final proprietor of the newspaper in 1866.

The Colonization Herald and General Register was a weekly paper published in Philadelphia starting in 1838, first jointly by both the New York and Pennsylvania Colonization Societies, and then later solely by the Pennsylvania Colonization Society.  Founded in 1835 as the Colonization Herald printed by the Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania to promote the resettlement of freed Blacks in Liberia, Africa as a solution to slavery and interracial strife, the "Back to Africa" movement supported by the publication was controversial among whites and blacks alike.  The "General Register" portion of the title was dropped in 1849, and the newspaper ceased publication in 1865. The issues presented here delve into topics related to colonization around the world as well as issues in the United States at the time.

The Dollar Newspaper was a weekly newspaper from Philadelphia, published in 22 volumes from 1843 to 1864 by A.H. Simmons.  Unlike many other newspapers of the era, it claimed to be "independent on all subjects," rather than supporting a political party. After publication ceased, the newspaper was succeeded by The Home Weekly and Household Newspaper. Current digitized holdings represent volumes 19 through 22, though not all issues from each volume are present.

The Franklin Review was a weekly newspaper that served Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania from May 1895 to 1896. The shortlived newspaper existed under the proprietorship of H.H. Woodal. In 1896, the paper merged into the People's Register newspaper, also from Chambersburg.

The State Library's newspaper holdings include Pennsylvanian German-language newspapers from Berks, Lehigh, Lancaster, Northampton, and Lebanon counties. German immigrants to Pennsylvania passed their language through the generations, which is represented in their print culture. In southeastern and southcentral Pennsylvania, the heart of "Pennsylvania Dutch County," German was commonly-spoken well into the 20th century by everyone of German descent, and a significant number of descendants in the region today retain fluency. The printed German used for the newspapers is High German; however, spelling may vary from modern High German.

The Mapleton Item was a weekly newspaper from Mapleton Depot in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Publication started in April 1889, and continued until about 1920. Proprietors of the newsaper were I.N. Swope & H.A. Thompson.

The Marietta Advocate and Farmers' and Mechanic's Intelligencer was a weekly newspaper from Marietta in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Proprietor William R. McCay published the newspaper from January 1833 through January 22, 1835. The Advocate featured articles of local, national, and internation interest, as well as educational pieces.  It is also a great source of advertisements and notices for genealogical and historical research, including prices current for common commodities such as wheat, whiskey, and lumber. The issues presented contain tears, folds, and other imperfections from the original microfilm.

Our State Army and Navy (frequent subtitle: A Journal for our Volunteer Soldiers) was a monthly magazine published in Philadelphia for service members of the various Pennsylvania volunteer regiments.  This first publication run of the journal was published privately from 1897 to 1928 by Charles Hendler.  The magazine was continued in 1929 as The Pennsylvania Guardsman, published by the Pennsylvania National Guard.  The magazine contains rosters and biographical sketches of officers, as well as information for practicing soldiers.

The Pennsylvania State Council of Defense, also referred to as the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense, was a Commonwealth civilian organization started during World War I, in March 1917. Cooperating with the Federal Council of National Defense and advising the governor, the Council assisted civilian affairs such as business and wartime industry to ensure safety and security in Pennsylvania. The Council also worked to promote war bonds, drafting, Red Cross initiatives, and other aspects vital to wartime efforts. The Council was essential in organizing the Commonwealth's industrial and civilian personnel for wartime preparations in the years preceding and during World War II. The organization was phased out in post-war years in favor of other organizations, such as the State Council of Civil Defense, resulting from federal legislation.

The Pennsylvania Evening Post was a Philadelphia newspaper / periodical from 1775 to 1783 that published advertisements, classifieds, social happenings, and foreign and domestic political news in English to interested Pennsylvania citizens. This newspaper was one of the first sub-weekly newspapers in the United States, being published tri-weekly to start (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), and later daily in 1783. The printer and publisher, Benjamin Towne of Philadelphia, initially had a special relationship with the Continental Congress that allowed him to print numerous pieces for the Congress, often appearing in the Evening Post. The July 6, 1776 issue contained the first newspaper publication of the Declaration of Independence, though this issue is not represented in the collection at the State Library. Likely due to disruptions caused by the Philadelphia Campaign, business was suspended from September 25 through October 9 in 1777, and again from May 22 through June 9 in 1778. The paper later turned towards loyalist sympathies, and after controversy, diminished the paper to irrelevance by the 1780s until closure in 1783 or possibly 1784.

The Pennsylvania Gazette was a Philadelphia newspaper / periodical from 1728 to 1815 that published advertisements, classifieds, social happenings, and foreign and domestic political news in English to interested Pennsylvania citizens. Started in 1728 by Samuel Keimer, the fledging paper was sold the next year to Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith, who turned the Gazette into a successful publication. Franklin soon bought out Meredith to be the sole owner. The famous "Join, or Die" political cartoon was first published in The Pennsylvania Gazette in the May 9, 1754 issue. David Hall purchased Franklin's share of the Gazette outright in 1766, having been his apprentice (and then shop foreman) since 1744, and recognized as a partner since 1747-8. William Sellers joined Hall as a partner a few months later in 1766. The Gazette after Hall's death in December 1772 came under custody of William Sellers and David Hall's sons, David Jr. and William, who published the newspaper during the Revolution and Early Republic eras; the print shop name was thereafter shortened to simply "Hall and Sellers" to recognize Hall's sons. A full text of the Declaration of Independence was printed on the front page of the Gazette in the July 10, 1776 issue. During British General Howe's Philadelphia Campaign, the Gazette was  disrupted in September 1777. The printers moved with the Continental Congress to York, where publication recommenced in January 1778, and remained in York until June 1778, then resuming publication in Philadelphia in January 1779. The text of the "Plan for the New Federal Government", later the Constitution, was published in the September 19, 1787 issue. Operations of the Gazette ceased in 1815.

The Pennsylvania Packet was a newspaper based out of Philadelphia from 1771 to 1839 (and Lancaster from 1777-1778), and became the first successful daily newspaper publication in America. Beginning in 1771 as a weekly newspaper named The Pennsylvania Packet, and General Advertiser by Philadelphia printer and proprietor John Dunlap, the newspaper underwent a number of changes in frequency and name: from Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, or, the General Advertiser (1773-1777), to The Pennsylvania Packet, and General Advertiser (1777-1783), and reverting to The Pennsylvania Packet, and General Advertiser (1783-1784). In 1778, the publication started to be issued bi-weekly, then tri-weekly the same year, later becoming daily in 1784 as The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. David C. Claypoole, another Philadelphia printer, joined as a partner around 1780, and taking over the business by the next year. Dunlap would later rejoin as a partner. The September 19, 1787 issue is notable for printing the full United States Constitution, created two days prior to printing. In 1791, the phrase "Pennsylvania Packet" was removed from the title, and the newspaper went through a series of proprietors and name changes until being bought out at the end of 1839: Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (1791-1793), Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (1793-1795), Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (1795-1800), and Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (after the paper was purchased by Zachariah Poulson, 1800-1839). George Washington's Farewell Address was first published in the September 21, 1796 issue.

The Watch on the Rhine was an American military newspaper, started after World War I when the United States Army Third Infantry Division (also recognized in the newspaper as the Marne Divison) was stationed in the Rhineland. In 1919, the Division was reassigned home to the United States, where the newspaper continued publication as the Division went from base to base. Early issues were published in Andernach, Germany, while the rest were published in Little Rock, Arkansas.

We the People was a semi-monthly (later weekly) magazine with concentrations on workers' rights, unionization, the Works Progress Administration, and Democratic policy in the Commonwealth. The subscription magazine was created and published in Harrisburg with an intended audience across Pennsylvania. The publication was short-lived, likely only running for two volumed runs in 1936 and 1937. The two volumes have different subtitles; the full title for volume one is We the People: A Magazine for Pennsylvanians, and the full title for volume two is We the People: Pennsylvania in Review.