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 22: Various, 1861-1916

Folder 1: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, January 9, 1864
Folder 2: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, April 9, 30, 1864
Folder 3: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, June 18, 25, 1864
Folder 4: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, August 10, 1864
Folder 5: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, November 16, 1864
Folder 6: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, January 11, 1865
Folder 7: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, March 1. 8, 22, 29, 1865
Folder 8: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, April 5, 12, 19, 1865
Folder 9: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, May 3, 10, 17, 1865
Folder 10: The Herald Advertiser, December 11, 1932
Folder 11: The Dixie Highway, April 20, 1916
Folder 12: The Inter-Ocean, June 21, 1903
Folder 13: The Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 23 September 1862
Folder 14: The Winston County Journal, 19 November 1920
Folder 15: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 24 May 1862
Folder 16: Asheville News, 7 April 1864
Folder 17: Radford Advantage, 17 May 1912
Folder 18: New York Tribune, 15 April 1961
Folder 19: Daily Richmond Examiner, 3 June 1862
Folder 20: The Courier Journal, 5 July 1876
Folder 21: Charleston Daily Courier, 26 September 1864
Folder 22: The New York Herald, 11 February 1861
Folder 23: The New York Herald, 20 April 1861