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American Newspapers and Microforms

1920-Present: Newspaper Titles

The following newspaper titles are available in microformat in the Newspapers and Microforms Department, located on the first floor of Bostock Library.  These titles have runs of three years or more.  Dates in brackets [ ] indicate scattered holdings and the card catalog, located at the rear of Bostock Library first floor, should be consulted for exact holdings.  The resources below are organized alphabetically by state, then by paper.

Alabama

Birmingham World (Birmingham, Ala.)

Call Number: N3908
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1950-1970

California

Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)

Call Number: S105
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1973-to date

District of Columbia

Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)

Call Number: S102
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1946-to date

Florida

St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL)

Call Number: S5353
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1983-1999

Georgia

Atlanta Daily World (Atlanta, GA)

Call Number: S41
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1932-to date

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Call Number: S39
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Jun. 17, 1868-to date (title varies)

Illinois

A.M. Journal (Chicago, IL)

Call Number: S145
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1982-Jan. 1985

Bilalian News (Chicago, IL)

Call Number: S145
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1875-1981

Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, IL)

Call Number: S51
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Jul. 1940-Feb. 16, 1963

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

Call Number: S51
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1963- to date

Muhammad Speaks (Chicago, IL)

Call Number: S145
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Oct. 1961-Oct. 1975

Louisiana

Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)

Call Number: S174
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1932-to date

Maryland

Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)

Call Number: S234
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1893-to date

Sun (Baltimore, MD)

Call Number: S167
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: May 17, 1837-1841
                     1843-Apr. 8, 1844
                     1882
                     1885-Aug. 1893
                     Dec. 1893-1916
                     1918-Jun. 1946
                     1971-to date

Massachusetts

Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA)

Call Number: S52
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1921-to date

Michigan

Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Mich.)

Call Number: S104
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1973-2003

Missouri

St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)

Call Number: S159
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1930-2003

New York

Daily Worker (New York, NY)

Call Number: S5845
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1919-1969 (except Mar. 1936-Sept. 1936)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper (New York, NY)

Call Number: N4771
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Dec. 15, 1855-Jun. 17, 1922

Guardian (New York, NY)

Call Number: S29
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1969/70-1992

Journal of Commerce and Commercial (New York, NY)

Call Number: S138
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1973-May 2000
Note: Title varies: Journal of Commerce

Militant (New York, NY)

Call Number: S38
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1956-to date

Negro World (New York, NY)

Call Number: N1495
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Feb. 24, 1923-Oct. 17, 1933

New York Amsterdam News (New York, NY)

Call Number: S150
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1962-to date

New York Evening Call (New York, NY)

Call Number: S5846
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: May 1908-Nov. 1923

New York Times (New York, NY)

Call Number: n/a  Located on Bostock 1st Floor
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1851-todate

Progressive Labor (New York, NY)

Call Number: S258
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Feb. 1971-Feb./Mar. 1978

Wall Street Journal (New York, NY)

Call Number: n/a  Located on Bostock 1st Floor
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1944-to date

World (New York, NY)

Call Number: N4877
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1861-Feb. 27, 1931

North Carolina

Carolina Israelite (Charlotte, NC)

Call Number: N4741
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Feb. 1944-Feb. 1968

Carolina Times (Durham, NC)

Call Number: S46
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: [May 1937-to date]
Note: 1944-1948, 1951 papers were destroyed by fire and no copies exist for filming.

Carolinian (Raleigh, NC)

Call Number: S6008
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1945-?

Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC)

Call Number: S50
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Mar. 13, 1892-to date

Chronicle (Duke University, Durham, NC)

Call Number: S53
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1905-to date

Durham Morning Herald (Durham, NC)

Call Number: S5133
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1901-to date

Durham Sun (Durham, NC)

Call Number: S5133A
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: [1891-1946]
                       1946-1990
Note: Earlier holdings incomplete; for detailed holdings see N/M staff at the Bostock Help Desk.

Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC)

Call Number: S5269
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: [1906-1984]

Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC)

Call Number: S5269
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1984-May 2008

Leader (Raleigh, NC)

Call Number: S5480
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1966-1989

News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

Call Number: S151
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1880-to date

Public Appeal (Durham, NC)

Call Number: S5563
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: [1957-1963]

Spectator (Raleigh, NC)

Call Number: S5977
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Nov. 15, 1978-Oct. 4, 1989

Ohio

Call and Post (Cleveland, OH)

Call Number: S60
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1934-to date

Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)

Call Number: S156
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1971-Aug. 2006

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

Call Number: S5232
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1943-1946
                      1983-to date

Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, PA)

Call Number: S155
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1923-2002

Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)

Call Number: S5330
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1836-1934

South Carolina

Charleston Courier (Charleston, SC)

Call Number: N4745
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1803-1959
Title Varies: Charleston News & Courier

The State (Columbia, SC)

Call Number: S163
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1891-to date

Tennessee

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Call Number: S66
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Dec. 1945-to date

Texas

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)

Call Number: S5991
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1936-1940
                  1985-2007

The Informer (Houston, TX)

Call Number: S131
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: [1919-1973]

Texas Observer (Austin, TX)

Call Number: S170
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Dec. 1945-to date

Virginia

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, VA)

Call Number: S137
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: Sept. 30, 1916-to date

Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

Call Number: S158
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1903-to date

USA Today (Arlington, VA)

Call Number: S5478
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1983-to date

Washington

Seattle Post Intelligencer (Seattle, Wash.)

Call Number: S160
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: 1973-2003

Stars and Stripes
Unofficial publication of U.S. Occupation Forces in Europe.

Format: Microfilm

Edition: Casablanca Daily
Call Number: S5798
Holdings: May 19, 1943-Nov. 26, 1943
                      Apr. 3, 1944-Jul. 20, 1944

Edition: European edition
Call Number: S5791
Holdings: Apr. 18, 1946-Jan. 3, 1947
                      May 4, 1947-Aug. 31, 1949

Edition: Germany edition
Call Number: S5795
Holdings: Apr. 5, 1945-Apr. 17, 1946

Edition: London edition
Call Number: S5803
Holdings: Apr. 18, 1942-Oct. 15, 1945

Edition: Mediterranean (Naples edition)
Call Number: S5796
Holdings: Nov. 10, 1943-Jun. 12, 1945

Edition: Mediterranean (Rome edition)
Call Number: S5792
Holdings: Jun. 5, 1944-Jun. 2, 1946

Edition: Middle East edition
Call Number: S5793
Holdings: 1943-1945

Edition: North Africa edition
Call Number: S5801
Holdings: May 3, 1943-Nov. 24, 1944

Edition: Paris edition
Call Number: S5800
Holdings: Feb. 8, 1918-Jun. 13, 1919

Edition: Rhine-Main final
Call Number: S5791
Holdings: Jan. 4, 1947-May 3, 1947

Edition: Southern Germany
Call Number: S5799
Holdings: May 8, 1945-Apr. 17, 1946

Edition: Strasbourg edition
Call Number: S5794
Holdings: Dec. 4, 1944-Jan. 20, 1945

Edition: Western Europe edition
Call Number: S5797
Holdings: July 1944-Feb. 1, 1946

Individual Collections

Underground Newspaper Collection, 1963-1985
Alternative Press Collection (later title) -
Currently received

Call Number: S178, S178a, S178b
Format: Microfilm
Holdings: See current guides on 1st floor, Bostock Library.

 

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