The Philadelphia Inquirer: ProQuest Historical Newspapers contains every issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer published from its first issue in 1860 through 2001. From 1934-1969, the newspaper was known as The Philadelphia Inquirer Public Ledger. For more recent content from the Philadelphia Inquirer please use The Philadelphia Inquirer collection, which includes an electronic edition of the newspaper (1981-current) and an image edition (2018-current) [ProQuest]