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 15: Various, 1938-1945

Folder 1: Herald Examiner, September 26, 1938
Folder 2: Herald Examiner, September 29, 1938
Folder 3: Lexington Herald, August 25, 1939
Folder 4: Chicago Daily News, August 31, 1939
Folder 5: Aurora Daily Beacon News, April 11, 1940
Folder 6: Chicago Daily Tribune, May 11, 1940
Folder 7: Chicago Daily Tribune, May 12, 1940
Folder 8: Chicago Daily Tribune, June 18, 1940
Folder 9: Aurora Daily Beacon News, June 20, 1940
Folder 10: Iowa City Press, August 11, 1945
Folder 11: Aurora Daily Beacon News, October 26, 1940
Folder 12: Aurora Daily Beacon News, October 30, 1940
Folder 13: Aurora Daily Beacon News, October 31, 1940
Folder 14: Austin Daily Herald, December 1, 1941
Folder 15: Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, December 7, 1941
Folder 16: Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, December 8, 1941
Folder 17: Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, September 5, 1942
Folder 18: Austin Daily Herald, November 11, 1942
Folder 19: Austin Daily Herald, May 12, 1943
Folder 20: Lexington Herald, June 5, 1944
Folder 21: St. Paul Pioneer Press, July 26, 1945
Folder 22: Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, August 13, 1945
Folder 23: Austin Daily Herald, March 8, 1945
Folder 24: Austin Daily Herald, April 13, 1945
Folder 25: St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 13, 1945
Folder 26: Courier Journal, April 13, 1945