Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues, 1723-1941

Collection Overview

Title: Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues, 1723-1941

Predominant Dates: 1822-1921

ID: MSS HistNewsIssues

Extent: 0.9 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: All materials are arranged alphabetically by publication title and chronologically by date.

Languages of Materials: English [eng], French [fre], German [ger], Icelandic [ice], Japanese [jpn]

Abstract

The Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues is comprised of single issues of newspapers dating from 1723 to 1941. The collection includes issues printed in Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, Scotland, Siberia, and the United States and includes English, French, German, Icelandic, and Japanese-language materials. Areas of emphasis include U.S. military serials, newspapers from the northeastern and northwestern United States, and materials published in the 1910s.

Scope and Content Notes

The Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues is comprised of newspapers dating from 1723 to 1941 and includes English, French, German, Icelandic, and Japanese-language materials. The collection is composed predominately of U.S. newspapers from Massachusetts (Boston Evening Transcript, Boston Gazette and Country Journal, New England Courant); Connecticut (Christian Secretary, Connecticut Courant, Hartford Weekly Times, Litchfield Enquirer); New York (Cazenovia Republican, The Combined New York Morning Papers, The Sun); Oregon (Deutsche Zeitung, The Morning Oregonian, Oregon Journal, Oregon Statesman, The Philomath Journal); and other regions of the United States. The collection also includes several U.S. military titles including The Hatchet, printed on the U.S.S. George Washington during World War I, Here and There With the 31st, published by U.S. forces assigned to the Trans-Siberian railroad during the Russian Civil War, and Trench and Camp, an Army YMCA publication.

Also included are several publications from the United Kingdom (The Arbroath Guide; The Bournemouth Daily Echo; Branksome and East Dorset Herald); Japan (The Japan Advertiser, Hochi Shimbun); Canada (Lögberg--an Icelandic-language paper); France (Le Figaro); and Germany (Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Presse).

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 2 map folders

Statement on Access: The collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: Newspapers were accessioned into Oregon State University's McDonald Rare Book Collection beginning in the 1930s. These materials were separated from the McDonald Collection in 2013 and now comprise the Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues of the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center.

Related Materials: Other historical newspapers can be found in the Eva Blackwell and William A. Frater Family Collection (MSS BlackwellFrater), Hope Chamberlin Newspaper Columns (MSS Chamberlin), Donald G. Jefferys Collection (MSS Jefferys), Ulysses Grant McAlexander Collection (MSS McAlexander), Harvey L. McAlister Collection (MSS McAlister), and the History of the Pacific Northwest Rare Book Collection (RB HistPNW). Microfilmed issues of The Oregonian, Oregon Journal and Statesman Journal are held by the Oregon State University Libraries.

Preferred Citation: Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues (MSS HistNewsIssues), Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Newspapers, 1723-1941

Box-Item 1.1: The Arbroath Guide, no. 3577, October 8, 1910
Box-Item 1.2: Boston Evening Transcript, vol. CXII, no. 101, April 30, 1941
Box-Item 1.3: The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, no. 779, March 12, 1770
Box-Item 1.4: The Bournemouth Daily Echo, no. 3368, July 8, 1912
Box-Item 1.5: Branksome and East Dorset Herald, no. 4328, June 20, 1912
Box-Item 1.6: Cazenovia Republican, vol. XX, no. 8, June 19, 1873
Box-Item 1.7: Cazenovia Republican, vol. XX, no. 9, June 26, 1873
Box-Item 1.8: Cazenovia Republican, vol. XX, no. 16, August 14, 1873
Box-Item 1.9: Cazenovia Republican, vol. XXI, no. 9, June 25, 1874
Box-Item 1.10: The Censor, vol. 1, no. 1, November 27,1880
Box-Item 1.11: September 14, 1901
Box-Item 1.12: September 17, 1901
Box-Item 1.13: September 18, 1901
Box-Item 1.14: September 20, 1901
Box-Item 1.15: Christian Secretary, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2, 1822
Box-Item 1.16: Connecticut Courant, vol. LVIII, no. 3014, October 29, 1822
Box-Item 1.17: Daily Appeal, vol. 2, no. 283, circa 1860
Box-Item 1.18: Daily News and Reader, no. 20695, July 11, 1912
Box-Item 1.19: Daily News and Reader, no. 20672, July 8, 1912
Box-Item 1.20: 1907
Box-Item 1.21: Deutsche Zeitung, no. 47, November 23, 1911
Box-Item 1.22: Le Figaro, yr. 57, ser. 3, no. 357, December 23, 1911
Box-Item 2.1: Hartford Weekly Times, vol. XXXIII, no. 1678, February 17, 1849
Box-Item 2.2: The Hatchet, ser. 2, vol. 3, no. 7, February 21, 1919
Box-Item 2.3: Here and There with the 31st, vol. 1, no. 1, February 22, 1919
Box-Item 2.4: Hochi Shimbun, no. 12456, November 12, 1911
Box-Item 2.5: The Japan Advertiser, no. 6396, November 18, 1911
Box-Item 2.6: Litchfield Enquirer, vol. VI, no. 45, April 19, 1832
Box-Item 2.7: Lögberg, no. 44, November 2, 1911
Box-Item 2.8: Lögberg, no. 45, November 9, 1911
Box-Item 2.9: Lögberg, no. 48, November 30, 1911
Box-Item 2.10: Lögberg, no. 50, December 14, 1911
Box-Item 2.11: Lögberg, no. 51, December 21, 1911
Box-Item 2.12: Lögberg, no. 52, December 28, 1911
Box-Item 2.13: September 14, 1901
Box-Item 2.14: The New England Courant, no. 80, February 11, 1723
Box-Item 2.15: The Combined New York Morning Papers, vol. LXXXIII, no. 28068, September 19, 1923
Box-Item 2.16: The Combined New York Morning Papers, vol. LXXXIII, no. 28070, September 21, 1923
Box-Item 2.17: The Morning Oregonian, vol. XXII, no. 6487, February 10, 1882
Box-Item 2.18: April 20, 1919
Box-Item 2.19: February 18, 1921
Box-Item 2.20: The Philomath Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, February 21, 1896
Box-Item 2.21: The Philomath Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, April 3, 1896
Box-Item 2.22: The Sun, no. 3385, July 29, 1844
Box-Item 2.23: The Times, Part I & II, July 5, 1898
Box-Item 2.24: Trench and Camp, vol. 1, no. 16, March 2, 1918
Box-Item 2.25: Trench and Camp, vol. 1, no. 31, May 5, 1918
Box-Item 2.26: Trench and Camp, vol. 1, no. 32, May 12, 1918
Box-Item 2.27: Trench and Camp, vol. 1, no. 34, May 26, 1918
Box-Item 2.28: Trench and Camp, vol. 2, no. 2, October 2, 1918
Box-Item 2.29: Trench and Camp, vol. 2, no. 3, October 9, 1918
Box-Item 2.30: Trench and Camp, vol. 2, no. 4, October 16, 1918