“No single publication, website, or other entity will be able to provide the location for ALL of the newspapers that are out there.” from Pinick, Timothy N. Finding and Using African American Newspapers, p. 21f
March 4, 2009
March 1, 2009
African American Newspapers
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century. Accessible Archives. Location: Library Databases
Access available to those who are affiliated with the University of Delaware or who are in the library.
Full text searchable database of selected issues of important African American newspapers. Provides digital images of the pages.
Included: The Christian Recorder, The Colored American (Weekly Advocate), Douglass Monthly, Frederick Douglass’ Paper, Freedom’s Journal, Liberator, The National Era, The North Star, Provincial Freeman (Ontario)
Afro-American (Baltimore). Location: Morris Library Microfilm S 151 (Lib. has: 1893-1968)
Article about the Afro-American (PBS).
The Chicago Defender. Location: Library Databases (In: Black Studies Center) Full text 1910 to 1975.
Access available to those who are affiliated with the University of Delaware or who are in the library.
Includes social columns from a large number of small communities, both in Illinois and in other states. Included were some communities as far away as Connecticut and California. For a partial listing of places, see Pinick, Timothy N. Finding and Using African American Newspapers.
Article about the Chicago Defender (PBS).
The Colored American (Washington, D.C.). Location: Internet in: Chronicling America project
Freeman (Indianapolis, Indiana). Location: Morris Library Microfilm S 2239 (Lib. has:1888-1916)
Published 1884-1927.
Norfolk Journal and Guide. Location: Morris Library Microfilm S 154 (Lib. has: 1916-1917,1921-1966)
Article about the Journal and Guide (PBS).
Pittsburgh Courier. Location: Morris Library Microfilm S 182 (Lib. has: 1911-1912,1923-1950)
Article about the Pittsburgh Courier (PBS).
Richmond Planet. (Richmond, Va) 1883-1938. See description in Chronicling America project
The Washington Bee (Washington, D.C.). Location: Internet in: Chronicling America project
More Information
ProQuest Historical Newspapers—Black Newspapers collection.
Not available at the UD Library.
Provides full text of: Atlanta Daily World (1931–2003); The Baltimore Afro-American (1893–1988); Chicago Defender (1910–1975); Cleveland Call & Post (1934–1991); Los Angeles Sentinel (1934–2005); New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993); The Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921–2003); The Philadelphia Tribune (1912–2001); Pittsburgh Courier (1911–2002)
The Black Press Held By The Library Of Congress.
Caution: created in 1991, so the holdings information is not current. Still useful for titles.
October 6, 2008
Newspapers
Newspapers are a rewarding and frustrating source in historical and genealogical research. It’s extremely difficult to find out that there was a newspaper and to find issues of newspapers for the place and time you need. And it is rare that there will be an index.
Identifying a Newspaper
Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Location: Internet (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)
Directory of all known newspapers, their publishing histories, library locations and holdings. Can display listings by state.
Digitization projects are underway. The site provides access to over 680,000 newspaper pages from 9 states and the District of Columbia.
Union List of Newspapers in Delaware. Newark, DE: Delaware Newspaper Project, 1990.
Location: Morris Library – Reference (Ref Z6952 .D3 U54 1990) At Reference Desk
Lists detailed holdings of newspapers in libraries in Delaware, including the Delaware papers filmed for the Delaware United States Newspaper Program (USNP). Also see the Chronicling America: Delaware page (Library of Congress). The University of Delaware Library has no index to historic Delaware newspapers.
Digital Collections
Richmond Daily Dispatch (1860 – 1865)
More Information
Delaware Newspapers: A Research Guide (UD Library).
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/news.htm)
Delaware Newspapers in the University of Delaware Library (UD Library).
Location: Internet http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hist/resguide/delnews/)
Has listings of microfilmed newspapers at the UD Library by title, date, and place.
New Castle County TipCat Libraries
The public libraries subscribe to the America’s Obituaries database (NewsBank).
