By Finding aid prepared by Trevor Sandgathe
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]
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).
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.
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