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: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/chronicling-america-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/chronicling-america-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com