Barnstable Patriot and Register Digital Archive
Sturgis Library’s digital newspaper archive of the Barnstable Patriot and the Register newspapers cover Cape Cod and the Islands, with 20th century emphasis on the towns of Barnstable, Dennis, and Yarmouth. The Patriot archive covers the years 1830 to 2017, and the Register covers the years 1836 to 2017.
Our digital archive of The Barnstable Patriot and The Register newspapers is now back online and available for searching, printing, and sharing of articles from 1830 through 2017.
To go directly to our papers, use the following quick links:
Barnstable Patriot titles — brn.stpArchive.com
Register titles — tyr.stpArchive.com
In order to view articles, you will need to set up a free account go to:
https://brn.stparchive.com/subscriptions.php?signup=Y
and complete the “hobby” level access form. You must fill in the coupon code field with the word STURGIS (all caps) to get free full access to the newspapers.
In addition to our newspapers, you can search papers from across the country by browsing by state or title at https://stparchive.com/publication_list_landing.php
Please contact Lucy at 508-362-6636 with questions or email her at director@sturgislibrary.org.
Print Newspaper Holdings
The Library also has complete holdings of the Barnstable Patriot and the Register on microfilm from 1830/1836 to date, and the Patriot in print from 1890 to date. Researchers may come into the library and use the microfilm in person, or may contact library staff at (508) 362-6636 or director@sturgislibrary.org for research assistance.
The Sturgis Library and Falmouth library both own microfilm copies of miscellaneous issues of Cape Cod and Boston newspapers, predominantly from Falmouth. They are held in the microfilm collections. Click here for a complete list of titles.
Other Cape Cod Newspaper Archives
- Falmouth Enterprise
- Provincetown Advocate Live!
- Chatham Monitor
- The digitized Harwich Independent and Cape Cod Republican newspapers are available for in-house use at the Brooks Free Library and at the Brooks Academy Museum, operated by the Harwich Historical Society.
More Cape Cod Newspapers
- Barnstable Patriot Online (Current Issues)
- Cape Cod Times (Current Issues)
- The Register Online [Dennis, Yarmouth, Barnstable] (Current Issues)
- Your CLAMS library card gives you access to newspaper databases that contain full-text articles of the Boston Globe (1980 to present) and the New York Times (1985 to present), through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.
*The digital archive project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the state of Massachusetts. Additional funds were provided by the Lothropp Family Foundation and the Town of Barnstable Community Preservation Committee. The Library is indebted to Vincent Golden, Curator of Newspapers and Periodicals at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester for his assistance with this project.