Digitized Searchable Full Text

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (New York Collection) includes the Poughkeepsie Eagle and the Poughkeepsie Journal.

Poughkeepsie Journal, full text from 1999 to the present.

The Brooklyn Eagle (1841-1902). This searchable full text archive (provided by the Brooklyn Public Library) is a rich source on travel, recreation, and industry in the Hudson Valley.

America's Historical Newspapers

Microfilm

Poughkeepsie newspapers frequently started and ended, overlapped, merged and were renamed from 1785 through the 20th century. We have many Poughkeepsie newspapers available online and in microfilm. 

The microfilm reels of Poughkeepsie newspapers are located in the the Microfilm Room, and are organized in chronological order under the numbers 4269 and 4270 (the last drawers in the array).  

These publications include:

The Country Journal and the Poughkeepsie Advertiser (1785-1795)

Poughkeepsie Telegraph (1831-1883)

Poughkeepsie Eagle (1850-1867)

Poughkeepsie Eagle-News (1915-1942)

Poughkeepsie New Yorker (1941-1960)

Poughkeepsie Journal (1960-) 

Polk's Directories have been published for various cities since the mid-19th century.  Their format has changed through the years.  They list residents, professions, and businesses, and contain advertisements for local businesses.

Vassar has Polk's Directories for Poughkeepsie and its vicinity for 1843-1988.

1843-1870 Microfilm #182
1871-1899 Special Collections
1900-1988 Main F129.P9 P72