The Swarthmorean, published weekly since 1893, is a community newspaper serving Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and surrounding communities.

This is our archival site. Please visit our current site to subscribe to the paper, to obtain access to our new e-edition digital replica, to download our iOS and Android apps, manage your account, and more.

Web Archives (2019-2021)

Featured Stories
Letters
Obituaries/Death Notices
Police Blotter
Fire Department
In the Garden with Andrew Bunting
Guess the House with Bill Menke
Briefly Noted
Unscientific Surveys
Poetry
Wildlife Observations
Opinion Pieces
Editorials

Archives Prior to 2019

Retired history professor and former Swarthmore resident Laurie Bernstein has been cataloguing and annotating back issues of The Swarthmorean, beginning in 1929. Her work can be found here.

Surviving issues of The Swarthmore News and The Swarthmorean between 1914 and 2013 have also been microfilmed. Digitization of this collection was funded by the Swarthmore Historical Society, and is available free to review online.