Historical Newspapers Collection, 1856-1970 | Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog

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Collection Overview

Title: Historical Newspapers Collection, 1856-1970

Primary Creator: Hutchins Library

Extent: 22.0 Boxes (General)

Arrangement: The newspapers were collected over a period of time from various sources by Hutchins Library staff.

Subjects: Newspapers.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Historic Newspaper Collection currently includes more than 450 issues of papers from 72 individual newspaper titles published in the United States from 1856 to 1995. The collection primarily includes newspapers printed in the 1850’s and 1860’s, during World War I and World War II, and during times of significant world events.

Subject/Index Terms

Newspapers.

Administrative Information

Repository: Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog

Access Restrictions: Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Use Restrictions: There are no known restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations—most items are in the public domain.

Preferred Citation: [Item Identification], Historical Newspaper Collection, Berea College Special Collections & Archives, Berea, KY.

Processing Information: The finding aid was created and box list updated in July 2013 by Lori Myers-Steele, Collection Archivist.

Other Note: Collection Number: BCA 0210 HC 35

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Various, 1856-1882],
[Box 2: Detroit Tribune, 1865],
[Box 3: Detroit Tribune, 1865-1866],
[Box 4: Detroit Free Press, 1862-1866],
[Box 5: Various, 1865],
[Box 6: Various, 1861-1865],
[Box 7: Various, 1865],
[Box 8: Various, 1866-1868],
[Box 9: Various, 1865],
[Box 10: Detroit Tribune, 1866-1868],
[Box 11: Various, 1866-1870, 1906],
[Box 12: Various, 1836-1876],
[Box 13: Various, 1914-1918],
[Box 14: Various, 1898-1995],
[Box 15: Various, 1938-1945],
[Box 16: Courier Journal, 1964],
[Box 17: Courier Journal, 1964],
[Box 18: Courier Journal, 1965-1968],
[Box 19: Courier Journal, 1968-1970],
[Box 20: Various, 1855-1868],
[Box 21: Various, 1860-1888],
[Box 22: Various, 1861-1916],
[All]

Box 11: Various, 1866-1870, 1906

Folder 1: Daily Post, April 4, 1866
Folder 2: Daily Post, May 4, 17, 1866
Folder 3: Daily Post, June 8, 1866
Folder 4: The New York Times, September 12, 1866
Folder 5: New York Principia, February 22, 1866
Folder 6: New York Principia, March 8, 1866
Folder 7: Chicago Times, July 25, 1866
Folder 8: The Independent, September 6, 1866
Folder 9: The Independent, October 11, 1866
Folder 10: The Evening Post, March 6, 1868
Folder 11: American Traveler, January 9, 1869
Folder 12: New York Tribune, April 24, 1870
Folder 13: New York Tribune, June 26, 1870
Folder 14: New York Tribune, August 17, 1870
Folder 15: New York Tribune, September 28, 1870
Folder 16: Boston Evening Transcript, June 26, 1906