EPS421/SOC421 “Racial and Ethnic Families” Library Assignment #1 Pathfinder

Below is a list of historical newspapers available at U of I that span some or all of the dates the assignment requires. It is not a complete list; please search our Newspaper Database(http://www.library.uiuc.edu/hix/newsform.php) for a complete list. You can limit results to the necessary state.

Newspapers on microfilm can be accessed via the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library, located 246 Main Library.

For current issues, use Access World News. (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258199) You can search individual states for news items relating to your topic, and many newspapers have records dating back to the mid-eighties. We have a few listed below, but there are many more titles that may have information that will help you.

We also have access to several online databases for historical newspapers. The complete list of these is at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/hix/historical.html.

Family Group A:

Delaware:

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News

Florida:

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News

Georgia:

• Atlanta Constitution
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.58231AT62C5
    • Holding Dates: Oct Sep 15, 1881 – Nov 4, 2001
• Atlanta Daily World
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.58231AT62A1
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1934 – Jun 30, 1964
      • Jan 2, 1968 – Mar 31, 1968
      • Jan 1, 1970 – CURRENT
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Format: online, Access World News
    • Holding dates:
      • 1985 – CURRENT

Maryland:

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News

North Carolina:

• News and Observer (Raleigh)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.5655R138N
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1910 – CURRENT

Virginia:

• Journal and guide (Norfolk, Va. : Peninsula ed. : 1943)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.55521N763JP2
    • Holding dates:
      • Sep 11, 1943 – Jan 1, 1944
      • Jan 15, 1944 – Jul 21, 1945
      • Aug 4, 1945 – Sep 22, 1945
      • Oct 6, 1945 – Oct 29, 1945
      • Jan 12, 1946 – Oct 12, 1946
      • Oct 26, 1946 – Jan 25, 1947
      • Feb 8, 1947 – Mar 8, 1947
      • Apr 5, 1947 – Apr 26, 1947
      • May 10, 1947 – Sep 20, 1947
      • Oct 4, 1947 – Jun 25, 1966
      • Apr 5, 1969
      • Jul 17, 1971 – Dec 25, 1971
      • Jan 6, 1973 – Jan 27, 1973
• Journal and guide (Norfolk, Va. : Virginia-Carolina ed.)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.55521N763JV3
    • Holding dates:
      • Oct 11, 1952 – Jul 2, 1955
      • Jul 16, 1955 – Dec 24, 1955
      • Jan 7, 1956 – May 5, 1956
• Journal and guide (Norfolk, Va. : Home ed.)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.55521N763J3
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 9, 1932 – Feb 6, 1932
      • Nov 26, 1932 – May 8, 1943
      • Apr 15, 1944 – Jul 21, 1945
      • Aug 4, 1945 – Sep 22, 1945
      • Oct 6, 1945 – Dec 24, 1955
      • Jan 7, 1956 – Apr 7, 1956
      • Jul 7, 1956 – Jan 27, 1973

West Virginia

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News.

Family Group B:

Alabama

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Kentucky

• Courier-journal (Louisville)
• Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.6944L93L1
  • Holding dates:
    • Mar 7, 1869 – Feb 14, 1949
    • Feb 16, 1952 – CURRENT

Mississippi

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News

Tennessee

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Arkansas

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Louisiana

• Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.6335N471T2
    • Holding dates:
      • May 12, 1914 – Jun 1, 1980

Oklahoma

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Texas

• Dallas Morning News
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.642812D161D
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1940 – CURRENT
• Houston Post (Houston, Tex. : 1932)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.641411H818H
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1940 – Dec 31, 1976

Family Group C:

Connecticut

• Catholic Transcript (Hartford)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM282.7462H253CT
    • Holding dates:
      • Jun 17, 1898 – Dec 31, 1976

Maine

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News

Massachusetts

• Christian Science monitor (Boston, Mass: Atlantic ed.)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.4461B657C1
    • Holding dates:
      • Mar 30, 1925 – Oct 22, 1960
      • Oct 24, 1960 – Oct 31, 1960
• Boston Globe
  • Format: online, Access World News
    • Holding dates:
      • 1980 – CURRENT

New Hampshire

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News

Rhode Island

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Vermont

• Beacon News (Barre)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM331.805BEA
  • Alternate Title: AFL-CIO news: Beacon edition
  • Holding dates:
    • Nov 1, 1954 – Nov 30, 1959
    • Jan 1, 1960 – Dec 31, 1970

New Jersey

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New York

• New York Amsterdam news
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.471N489NA4
    • Holding dates:
      • Apr 3, 1943 – May 19, 1962
• New York Herald Tribune
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.471N489MH7
    • Holding dates: May 31, 1926 – Apr 24, 1966
• New York Times [also available online, see list of Historical Newspapers Online]
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.471N489N1
    • Holding dates:
      • Sep 14, 1857 – CURRENT
• Wall Street Journal [full run also available on microfilm]
  • Format: online, see list of Historical Newspapers
    • Online Holding dates:
      • 1889-1989

Pennsylvania

• Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.4811P53C4
    • Holding dates:
      • Sep 15, 1884 – Nov 10, 1978
• Pittsburgh Courier
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.4886P687PC2
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1955 – Oct 22, 1966

Family Group D:

Indiana

• Indianapolis Star
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7252IN2IS
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1951 – CURRENT
• Indianapolis News
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7252IN2E1
    • Holding dates:
      • May 9, 1876 – Jun 30, 1879
      • Jan 1, 1888 – Dec 31, 1889
      • Jan 1, 1892 – Jun 30, 1892
      • Jan 1, 1959 – Feb 15, 1973

Illinois

• Bement Register
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.73673B423B
    • Holding dates:
      • Oct 15, 1914 – Jun 25, 1959
• Champaign-Urbana Courier
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7366UR1UD6
    • Holding dates:
      • Mar 24, 1946 – Apr 17, 1971
• Chicago Daily News
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.731C433CD
    • Holding dates:
      • Dec 23, 1875 – Apr 4, 1978
• Chicago Daily Sun Times (continued by Chicago Sun Times)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.731C433CS2
    • Holding dates:
      • Mar 26, 1948 – May 3, 1959
• Chicago Daily Tribune (Continued by Chicago Tribune)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.731C433CT5
    • Holding dates:
      • Oct 9, 1872 – Feb 16, 1963
      • 1849 – 1985 available online, see list of Historical Newspapers Online
• Chicago Defender [full run also available on microfilm]
  • Format: online, see list of Historical Newspapers Online
    • Holding dates:
      • 1905-1975
• Illinois State Journal (Springfield)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7356SP84ID7
    • Holding dates:
      • Jun 29, 1889 – Jun 28, 1974
• Illinois State Register (Springfield, Ill. : 1891)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7356SP84DR3
  • Alternate Title: State Journal-Register
    • Holding dates:
      • Dec 26, 1891 – Jun 30, 1974
• News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill. : 1936)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7366C357CD3
    • Holding dates:
      • Jul 19, 1936 – Sep 12, 1965

Michigan

• Detroit Free Press
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7434D484D
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1945 – CURRENT
• Michigan Chronicle (Detroit)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7434D484M
    • Holding dates:
      • Feb 6, 1943 – CURRENT

Ohio

• Cincinnati enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio : Kentucky ed.)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7178C49D8
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1959 – Dec 31, 1968
• Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio : 1872)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7178C49D9
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1969 – Dec 31, 1990
• Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7132C599P
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1972 – Dec 31, 1975
• Akron Beacon Journal
  • Format: online, Access World News
    • Holding dates:
      • 1984 – CURRENT

Wisconsin

• Milwaukee Journal
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7595M648M
  • Alternate Title: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 2, 1959 – Mar 31, 1995

Iowa

• Des Moines Register
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7758D465I3
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1959 – CURRENT

Kansas

Only more recent/current titles via Access World News

Minnesota

• Minneapolis morning tribune
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7657M666MT
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1945 – Sep 12, 1964
• Minneapolis Star
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7657M666MS1
    • Holding dates:
      • Feb 3, 1947 – Jan 31, 1973
• Minneapolis Tribune
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7657M666MT1
    • Holding dates:
      • Sep 13, 1964 – Apr 4, 1982

Missouri

• Kansas City Star
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.78411K133KS
    • Holding dates:
      • Dec 1, 1908 – Dec 31, 1990
• Kansas City Times
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.78411K133KT
    • Holding dates:
      • Dec 1, 1908 – Feb 24, 1931
      • Apr 20, 1931 – Feb 28, 1990
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.7866SA24S2
    • Holding dates:
      • Mar 10, 1879 – CURRENT

Nebraska

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North Dakota

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South Dakota

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Family Group E:

Arizona

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Colorado

• Rocky Mountain News (Denver)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.8883D437D3
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1959 – Dec 31, 1973

Idaho

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Montana

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Nevada

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New Mexico

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Utah

• Utah Digital Newspapers
  • Format: online; http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews/
    • Holding dates:
      • 1881-1985

Family Group F:

Wyoming

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California

• Los Angeles Sentinel
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.9494L896L
    • Holding dates:
      • Mar 21, 1946 – CURRENT
• Los Angeles Times [these dates also available online, see list of Historical Newspapers Online]
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.9494L896LAT
    • Holding dates:
      • Aug 1, 1916 – Aug 31, 1916
      • Jan 1, 1941 – June 2005
• San Francisco Chronicle
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.9461SA52S2
    • Holding dates:
      • Aug 15, 1869 – CURRENT

Washington

• Seattle daily times
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.97772SE18S3
  • Continued by: Seattle times
    • Holding dates:
      • Nov 21, 1896 – Mar 13, 1966
• Seattle Times (Seattle, Wash. : 1966)
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.97772SE18S4
    • Holding dates:
      • Mar 14, 1966 – CURRENT

Oregon

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Alaska

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Hawaii

• Honolulu Star-Bulletin
  • Format: microfilm Call No: FILM071.9691H759H
    • Holding dates:
      • Jan 1, 1962 – Jun 20, 1963
      • Aug 7, 1963 – Aug 31, 1975

Created by Amanda Hartman, February 2007