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Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues, 1723-1941

Overview of the Collection

Title
Collection of Historical Newspaper Issues
Dates
1723-1941 (inclusive)
1822-1921 (bulk)
Quantity
0.9 cubic feet, (2 map folders)
Collection Number
MSS HistNewsIssues
Summary
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.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Languages
English, French, German, Icelandic, Japanese
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Content Description

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).

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

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

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

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

Acquisition Information

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

Related Materials

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

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Form or Genre Terms

  • Newspapers.

Finding aid prepared by Trevor Sandgathe
2013

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