NEWSPAPERS OF ESSEX COUNTY: PUBLISHING BEFORE 1960

(updated: Katharine Ball: 2015/01/06)

Please note that the non-UW holdings are incomplete and may be inaccurate.

Title(s) of Newspaper Place(s) of Dates of Publication Frequency UW Holdings Other Essex Co. Holdings Other Holdings Notes Publication ?Name Unknown Sandwich 1844 Weekly None Published by Thomas Ireland Advance Essex Centre 1882 - 1885 Weekly None Established by John Stafford; merged with the Chronicle to become the Argus Ahbarijiet Ta' Malta Windsor 1954: Apr. - 1965: Nov. Monthly None McMaster University: 1954 - Published in Maltese and English; Malta News (v. 2: no. 4) 1965 (microfilm) – missing 1965: founded and edited by George May/June Bonavia; published by the Ethnic Publishing Co.; Albert Bajona was National Library: 1954 - 1965 associate editor (microfilm) - Ethnic Newspaper Microfilming Simon Fraser University: 1954- Project of OCUL 1972/1973 1965 (microfilm) Amherstburg Courier Amherstburg 1849: March 10th - Weekly 1849: no. 1 - Windsor Public: 1849: March- Metro Toronto Library: Baldwin Published on Saturdays; Publisher: Western District Advertiser 1854? 1850: No. 48 1850: Feb. 9th (microfilm: Room: 1850: Nov. 23rd (v.2: no. James A. Reeves; office on Dalhousie Courier (microfilm: incomplete) 37) Street, opposite the British North incomplete?; American Hotel; John Richmond and AN.A55) Windsor's Community Museum: Archives of Ontario: 1851: July 5th Colin Fox were later editors 1850: Aug. 31st National Library: 1849: March 10th - 1850: Feb. 9th (microfilm: incomplete) Amherstburg Echo Amherstburg 1874: Nov. 20th - 2012 Weekly 1874: Nov. 20th - Essex County Public: 1969: Jan. St. Thomas More College Established by Hon. William D. Balfour Echo 1982: Dec. 29th - 1984: Dec. 26th (microfilm); (Sask.), Shannon Library: 1880?: and Mr. John A. Auld (microfilm; current issues Oct. 22nd AN.A56) Windsor Public: [1896] - 1918; Archives of Ontario: 1874: Nov. [1935] - 1939; 1969 - 20th; 1880: Oct.22nd; 1908: Oct. 15th; 1910: July 8th, July 15th, Dec. 10th; 1914: Aug. 14t h- Sept. 18th, Oct. 1st, Oct. 9th, Nov. 20th, Dec. 11th; 1915: Jan. 22nd, Jan. 29th, Feb. 12th - Feb. 23rd, Mar. 5th, June 4th, Aug. 20th, Sept. 24th, Oct. 22nd, Oct. 29th, Nov. 5th, Nov. 19th - Dec. 3rd, Dec. 17th - Dec. 31st; 1918: Dec. 13th; 1923: Aug. 31st, Oct. 5th - Dec. 28th; 1924: Jan. 4th - Sept. 19th, Nov. 28th; 1934: no. 23; 1938: Apr. 29th, June 17th

University of Western Ontario: 1927: May 13th (v.53: no. 25); 1934: Nov. 23rd; 1966: July 21st

National Library: 1923: Nov. 23rd Amherstburg Leader Amherstburg 189?-189? Weekly None Conservative paper; Henry Clay was editor; later George M. Winn Amherstburg Observer And Amherstburg 1860?-1861? Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: John Richmond was publisher in 1861; Agricultural Record For the County 1860: July 20th; 1861: Feb. 22nd was a 7 column, 4 page paper; its of Essex slogan: Improvement, improvement, Observer improvement

Amherstburg Telegraph Amherstburg 1855-1856? Weekly None Archives of Ontario: 1855: Dec. Telegraph 7th (v.1: no. 32)

National Library: 1856: July 25th Argus Essex Centre 1885 Weekly None Published Fridays; Source: Butcher's; formed by the merger of the Chronicle and the Advance; owned originally by John Stafford and George Laing; in December, 1885 was bought by Dr. James Brien and became the Essex Liberal (Source: A brief sketch of the County of Essex)

Beaver Windsor 1886-188? Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: "Published in the interests of labor"; 1886: Dec. 18th published Saturdays; office: Dougall Block, Windsor Border Cities Era Windsor 1918-192? Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: "Devoted chiefly to Patriotic 1918: Aug. 24th-1919: Aug. Organizations"; editor and publisher: C. 16th L. Barker; also contains within: The Collegiate Era (1918: Nov. 30th - 192?) Border Cities Star Windsor 1918:Sept. 3rd - 1935: Daily 1918: Sept. 3rd - Windsor Public: 1918 - 1935 British National Library: 1918: Continued by the Windsor Star; June 28th 1935: June 28th (microfilm) Sept. 3rd (new ser. v.1 : no. 1) - supersedes Evening Record and Essex (microfilm; 1918: Nov. 11th Record AN.W54) Windsor's Community Museum: 1919: Dec. 31st Archives of Ontario: 1918: Sept. 3rd - 1919: Dec. 31st (microfilm); Windsor Star Office: 1917 - 1922: Mar. 4th, July 28th; 1925: 1935 Sept. 5th, Dec. 31st; 1926: Mar. 30th; 1927: June 18th; 1928: Feb. 25th, Nov. 10th, Dec. 8th; 1929: Nov. 9th, Dec. 28th; 1931: Apr. 4th, Apr. 6th, Apr. 9th, Apr. 10th; 1934: Mar. 10th; 1935: May 4th, May 18th, May 25th (paper)

Halton Region Museum: [1918: Aug. 24th - 1919: Aug.]

University of Western Ontario: [1918 - 1935] (microfilm)

Willoughby Historical Museum: 1921: [Feb. 19th]; 1930: [no. 1] Border Cities Sun Windsor 1920: Sept. 8th - 1920: Daily None Evening Edition Sun Dec. 31st British Canadian Sandwich 1857-1858? Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: Published by W. H. Wilson & Co.; 1858: Feb. 18th motto: "Our country's welfare first, and then, we stand by honest party men" Canada Oak Sandwich 1850 - 1856? Weekly None Windsor's Community National Library: 1855: Dec. Published by D. A. McMullen; in the issue: May 13th, Museum: 1853: June 24th 15th 1853, the motto read: "Holding Fast ToThe Mother Soil"

Archives of Ontario: 1854: Mar. 3rd, Mar. 10th

Canada Roumanian Ford City 1924 - 1925? Semi- None Published in Roumanian by "Committee 35" monthly Canadai Hatarvarosok Hiradoja Windsor 1929 - 1930 Weekly None Primarily a Hungarian language publication Canadian Border Cities Herald Canadian Emigrant and Western Sandwich 1831-1837 Weekly [1831 - 1836] Windsor Public: [1831: Dec. Metro Toronto Library: Suspended publication: 1832: June 29th - Sept. 22nd; District Advertiser (1831 - 1834: (microfilm CS; 1st - 1834: Feb.] Newspapers Microform: 1831: 1832: no. 3 - 1833: June 29th; 1833: Dec. 28th - 1834: Feb.) damaged; Dec. 1st (v.1: no.3) - 1836: Jan. 25th; published Thursday mornings, later Saturday Canadian Emigrant and Western AN.C274) Windsor's Community Sept. 20th (microfilm) mornings, then Thursday mornings again; published by District Weekly Advertiser (1834: Museum: [1831 - 1836] John Cowan of Sandwich; the office was in the ware- Mar. 8th – 1835: June 20th) (microfilm) Archives of Ontario: 1832: rooms of the late John McGregor, Esq. - at the corner of Canadian Emigrant and Western [1835-1836] (print) Apr. 28th, Oct. 13th; 1833: Russell and Mill streets (from paper itself); edited by District Commercial and General Sept. 28th; 1834: June 14th; James M. Cowan? (Township of Sandwich, 1901) Advertiser (1835: June - 1837?) 1835: Aug. 8th, Sept. 12th Sandwich Emigrant (1831?) (paper); [1831: Dec. 1st - 1836: Sept. 20th] (microfilm)

University of Guelph: 1831 - 1836 (microfilm)

University of Western Ontario: 1852: Mar. 13th (v.1: no. 13) (paper); [1831 - 1836] (microfilm)

+ others with 1831 - 1836 microfilm

Canadian Workman Essex Centre 1881?-1883? Monthly; None Published by the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Semi-Monthly Canada; published out of the Essex Chronicle office; its circulation in 1882 was 3,000 (Ayer Newspaper Annual); may also have been published in Orillia at some point Canadien Windsor 1891-189? Weekly 1891: juillet 25 National Library: 1891: Sept. French language publication; published by Telesphore (microfilm; 5th St.-Pierre (76 Lewis St., Detroit) AN.C325) Churchman Sandwich 1856 Monthly None Published by the Reverand E. H. Dewar, rector of St. John's, Sandwich Clairon Windsor no. 1 (1913: sept. Weekly 1913: no. 1, Windsor's Community Universite Laval: Bibliotheque French language publication; published by the Windsor Windsor Clairon 25) – no. 15 (1914) no. 2, no. 5 Museum: 1913: Sept. 25, Generale: 1913: Sept. 25th - Publishing Co.; publisher: Mr. Lavergne (microfilm; Oct. 2nd, Oct. 23rd Oct. 2nd (microfilm) AN.C524) University of Ottawa: 1913: no.1 - 1914: no. 15 (microfilm)

National Library: 1913-1914 (microfilm) Clarion Windsor 1885 - 1915? Weekly None Windsor's Community Archives of Ontario: 1886: Published Saturdays; published and edited by Charles Windsor Clarion Museum: 1885: Nov. 27th; Jan. 9th D. Clark (1888); had a popular column called "The 1887: July 9th; 1888: Dec. Corner Loafer"; office at the corner of Ouellette Avenue 29th; 1891: Dec. 12th and Pitt Street Coiled Spring Walkerville 189? - 189? Monthly None Archives of Ontario: 1894: Sept. 15th Collegiate Era Windsor 1918: Nov. 30th - Weekly None Windsor's Community Contained within the newspaper: Border Cities Era; has 192? Museum: Border Cities Era own numbering scheme; is the newspaper of Windsor 1918: Aug. 24th-1919: Aug. Collegiate Institute 16th Comber Herald Comber 1890-1967 Weekly None Essex County Public: 1892: Archives of Ontario: 1943: Established by Charles Clark; was absorbed by the Herald Jan. - 1894: Dec.; 1897: Jan. Mar. 4th Tilbury Times in 1967 - 1899: Dec.; 1900: Jan. - 1902: Dec.; 1906: Jan. - 1917: Dec.; 1920: Jan. - 1964: Dec. (microfilm) Comber Independent Comber 1883: Aug. 9th – Weekly None Published Thursdays (source: Butcher’s); A. Ed 1890 Lovelace was owner/publisher in late 1880s (source: Detroit Free Press 1889-1890); Alfred Mellish is named as the founder (source: Comber Herald 1894) Courrier Windsor 1908 - 1909? Weekly 1908: v. 1: no. National Library: 1908: avril 2 French language publication; published by W. T. 1 - 1908: v.1: (v. 1: no. 1) Jacques and edited by F. X. Chauvin; 1908 office was in no. 2; the White Block, 15 Sandwich St. W., room 2: phone 68; 1908/1909: Archives of Ontario:1908: April 1909: moved to the Thompson Building, Pitt St.; Paul v.1: no. 40 - 2nd, April 9th, Dec. 31st; 1909: Caty became editor v.1: no. 41 Jan. 7th (v.1: no. 41) (microfilm; (microfilm) AN.C68)

Courrier De L'Ouest Windsor 1885 - 1886? Weekly 1885: v. 3: Archives of Ontario: 1885: French language publication; continues Courrier Detroit no.3 - v.3: June 27th, July 4th, Dec. 18th; D'Essex no.4; 1886: Jan. 29th-May 7th 1885/1886: (microfilm) Published Fridays; office was at 13 Ouellette Ave., v.4: no. 10, no. Windsor; also offices at 50 Larned St., Detroit and 34 23 (microfilm; Davenport St., Detroit AN.C6832) Courrier D'Essex Windsor 1884: aout 8 - 1885 Weekly 1884: v. 1: no. Archives of Ontario: 1884: French language publication; continued by Courrier De 1 - 1885: v. 2: Aug. 8th; 1885: Jan. 17th L'Ouest; published at 13 Oullette Avenue and edited by no. 8 (microfilm) A. Bodard (microfilm; AN.C683 University of Ottawa: 1884 - Published Saturdays 1885 (microfilm) Daily Dominion Windsor 1865?-1876? Daily/Weekly None Windsor's Community May have started in the mid to late 1860s (Evening Dominion Sandwich Museum: 1875: Jan. 19th Record 1904/01/23 p. 3); was still publishing Jan. 13th, 1872; established by Messrs. John Richmond (from Colchester) and White, in Windsor; then purchased by Messrs. McKee and John L. Murdoch who moved the plant to Sandwich (lot 5, West Bedford St., then lot 8, West Bedford); John L. Murdoch(k) was owner/publisher until 1874; then moved back to Windsor and run as a weekly and daily by James C. Murdoch(k) and Brothers; at some point was owned by Major John Lewis; had a conservative political viewpoint

Daily Herald and Windsor Windsor 1901: Dec. 11th - Daily None National Library: 1901: Dec. Review 190? 11th Defense Windsor 1918: Mar. 7th - Weekly 1918: mars 7 Essex County Public: 1918: Listed in Vernon’s 1919/1920: published by The Franco- 1920: Sept 2nd? (v.1) - 1920? July 19th - 1920: Apr. 2nd Canadian Printing Co.; owner: Antonio Lussier; (microfilm; (microfilm) Address: 16 Pitt St. W. ; Phone: 478 AN.D3583) Windsor Public: 1918: Mar. 7th - 1920: Sept. 2nd (microfilm) Drapeau National Windsor 1891 - 1892? Weekly 1891: no. 1 - National Library: 1891: nov. 20 French language publication; published and edited by 1892: no. 9 G. Vekeman (microfilm; Universite Laval: 1892: avr. 29 AN.D72) (microfilm) 1891: nov. 20 (no. 1) online at French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (Library and Archives Canada): http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian- newspapers-french/index-e.html

Essex Advocate Sandwich 1851? - 1853? Weekly None Windsor's Community Publisher: A.C. Morton Canada Advertiser and Essex Museum: 1851: no. 20; Advocate 1853: Jan. 20th, Feb. 3rd Essex Centre Chronicle Essex Centre 1879: May - 1885 Weekly None Windsor's Community Archives of Ontario: 1882: Published firstly by Robert Fair; address: 16 Talbot St., Chronicle Museum: 1880: Aug. 27th Feb. 17th Essex Centre; merged with the Advance to become the Essex Chronicle Argus (Source: http://oldtimecorner.ca/archives/essex_free_press.html); later published by John Milne (Garden Gateway to Canada, p. 92) Essex County Standard Windsor 1900? - 1910? Weekly None National Library: 1903: Dec. Started by Joseph McKee and Charles L. Barker; Oscar Daily Standard 15th E. Fleming then became the largest shareholder; then Windsor Daily Standard Mr. George M. Winn became editor and manager; then F. J. Hughes (Township of Sandwich, 1909) Essex Free Press Essex 1892 - present Weekly 1895 - 1922; Essex County Public: National Library: 1901: Nov. 1895 – 2009 digitized at: Free Press 1924 - 1968 current issues; 1969: Jan. - 22nd; 1967: June 30th, July 7th http://ink.ourontario.ca (microfilm CS; 1984 (microfilm) AN.E75) First owners: Henry and Frank Walters. For history: see Windsor Public: 1969 - http://oldtimecorner.ca/archives/essex_free_press.html present (microfilm)

Essex Journal Sandwich 1862? -187? Weekly None Windsor's Community Was still publishing Jan. 13th, 1872; started by James Museum: 1862: Apr. 29th Woodbridge (Sandwich); was bought out by the Essex Record; moved to Windsor in March 1865 (Garden Gateway to Canada, p. 110) Essex Liberal Essex Centre 1885 - 1892 Weekly None Windsor's Community Published Fridays; Butcher’s says established 1885; Essex Centre Liberal Museum: 1886: Mar. 5th; continues the Argus; first owner: Dr. James Brien; Liberal 1886: Aug. 27th: continued by the Essex Free Press (Source: A brief Supplement sketch of the county of Essex) Essex Record Windsor 1860? - 1918? Weekly 1871: Nov. 16th Essex County Public: [1871: Archives of Ontario: 1870: Dec. Continued by Border Cities Star; see Windsor Record (mainly), Semi- - 1882: Nov. 9th Nov. 16th - 1882: Nov. 9th] 5th?; 1884: Jan. 9th; 1886: Jan. 9th also Evening Record (which was the Essex Record And Journal Weekly, Tri- (microfilm CS; (microfilm) daily edition) Record and Essex County Chronicle Weekly, Daily incomplete?; McGill University: McLennan: Weekly Record AN.E83) Windsor Public: [1871 - 1882] 1865: Mar. 7th From Windsor, Ontario, 1913: Tri-Weekly Record 1892 - 1918: Aug. (microfilm) Windsor Record And Essex County University of Western Ontario: 1860-1869: Publisher: Mr. P. G. Laurie Chronicle Windsor's Community Museum: 1879: Jan. 2nd, Jan. 16th, May 15th 1863-1864: tri-weekly Daily Record 1864: May 29th; 1865: May 30th, 1864-1865 there were 2 editions: a June 6th, July 15th; 1876: May Universite Laval: 1894: Jan. 5th weekly edition published on Saturday 26th - 1881: Dec. 29th; 1882: and a tri-weekly edition published Feb. 2nd - Mar. 23rd, June 29th - Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays Sept. 21st, Nov. 2nd - Dec. 7th; 1869-1870: Publisher: Alexander 1883: May 17th; 1884: June 14th, Cameron Dec. 13th; 1885: Apr. 11th, Apr. 1870: Newspaper office burned down 15th, July 22nd, Dec. 26th; 1886: 1870: re-established by Stephen Lusted Jan. 2nd, Jan. 23rd, Feb. 5th, Feb. 1877: tried to have an additional daily 19th, Feb. 26th, July 2nd; 1894: edition; failed after 2 months-> back to Apr. 20th weekly only 1882-1890: Publishers: Robert Barr, then his sons (William, John, and James), then Mr. Wallace Graham 1890-: Archibald McNee and John A. McKay ran both the Weekly Record and the Evening Record (see below) 1915: both the daily and the weekly were still being published in 1915 (at 36 Sandwich W.) (Vernon’s 1915) 1918: daily

May have started October 1861 (Garden Gateway to Canada, p. 110) Essex Review Essex 1878? - 1899? Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: University of Western Ontario: Called Essex Review until 1890? and Windsor Review Windsor 1885: Dec. 25th; 1899: July 28th 1885: Nov. 13th (v. 8: no. 1) published in Essex; afterwards Review published in Windsor Windsor Public: 1885: June - National Library: 1889: Feb. 15th 1886: Feb. (microfilm); 1895: Butcher's: says started 1878; published Jan. - 1896: Feb. (microfilm) Archives of Ontario: 1885: Jan. Fridays 16th; 1886: Jan. 8th; 1893: Feb. 16th Established by C. Cliff; then purchased by T. M. White; then F. H. Macpherson; conservative leaning/interests (Township of Sandwich 1909) Essex Times Windsor 1876-1878 Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: Publishing Oct. 26th, 1876; published on 1876: Oct. 24th Sandwich St.; conservative leaning/interests (Township of Sandwich, 1909); published Wednesdays; John Lewis was editor and publisher; circulation 1,000; 4 pages: 28x44 inches; subscription: $1.50 L'Etoile Canadienne Sandwich 1870? - 1881? Weekly None Published by Thomas McKee?; established by Mr. Truax; published by Joseph A. Ouellette; last edition printed from the Free Press office in Detroit Evening Record Windsor 1890: April - 1918: Daily 1893: Jan. 3rd - Windsor Public: 1893-1918 Metro Toronto Library: Baldwin Continued by Border Cities Star, later Daily Record Aug. 31st 1918: May 31st Room: 1904: June 1st (v.15: no. Daily Star Windsor Record (microfilm; Windsor's Community Museum: 56) - 1917: May 23rd? Windsor Evening Record AN.W53) 1902: Jan. 31st From Windsor, Ontario, 1913: Windsor Daily Record National Library: 1917: May 23rd Record Windsor Star Office: 1897 - 1890- Archibald McNee and John A. 1918 Archives of Ontario: 1895: Dec. McKay ran both the Evening Record 10th - 1918: Aug. 31st (microfilm) and the Weekly Record (see above); Mr. McNee retired in 1906 McMaster University: [1893 - 1918] (microfilm) - both the daily and the weekly (see above) were still being published in 1915 (at 36 Sandwich W.) (Vernon’s 1915) Feuille D'Erable Tecumseh 1931: Jan. 29th – 1958 Weekly None Windsor Public: 1931: Jan. - National Library: 1949: mai 26; Suspended publication from 1954: juin Maple Leaf (v. 28) 1958: Dec. (microfilm?) [1953: jan. 2 - 1954: dec. 30] 18 - dec. 22; in French and English; founded and published by the Hon. University of Western Ontario: Gustave Lacasse 1953: dec. 24 (v. 23: no. 51)

Welland Public: 1931: janv. – 1958: dec. (microfilm)

Assemblee Nationale du Quebec. Bibliotheque – 1944: janv. 13 – 1957: dec. 26 Free Lance Windsor 188?-1893? Weekly None Edited by James McCallum Glas Kanadskih Srba Windsor 1944: Jan. 6th - Weekly None Windsor Public: current issues Metro Toronto Library: [1966: Jan. Serbian language publication with an Voice of Canadian Serbs Toronto present - present] English section since 1965: Sept.; published in Windsor since 1945: Nov. National Library: [1944: Jan. 6th - 15th; continues Glas Kanade/Voice of present] Canada which was published in Toronto; the official organ of the Serbian Archives of Ontario: 1981: Jan. 7th National Shield Society since 1945 – 1987: Dec. 31st Harrow News Harrow 1954 – present Weekly None Essex County Public: 1954 – present (microfilm) Harrow Sentinel Harrow 1900-1907? Weekly None Archives of Ontario: 1907: Mar. 7th Independent Canada Windsor 1895: Dec. 23rd - Weekly None National Library: 1895: Dec. 23rd 1896? Independent du Canada Windsor 1891: fevr. 1? - 1892? Weekly? 1892: mars 25 Universite Laval: Bibliotheque French language publication; (microfilm; Generale: 1892: Mar. 25th agriculture, commerce, industry, politics AN.I38) Kingsville Reporter Kingsville 1876 - present Weekly 1893 - 2001: Essex County Public: current Metro Toronto Library: Baldwin Known as the Essex County Reporter Essex County Reporter Dec. 18th issues; 1969: Jan. - 1984: Dec. Room: 1944: Apr. 10th from 1939 – 1947 Reporter (microfilm; (microfilm) FC3099.K56 National Library: [1952]; 1967: Published Fridays K55) Windsor Public: 1893 – 1902; June 29th, Nov. 23rd 1904 – 1951; 1953 – 1984 1904: W. H. Hellems was editor (microfilm); 1985 – (microfiche) Archives of Ontario: 1941: Oct. 9th; 1944: Apr. 10th, April 13th?, Windsor's Community Museum: Nov. 9th ; [1951 – 1952] 1891: Feb. 20th University of Toronto: 1944: Apr. 10th

University of Western Ontario: [1952]; 1953: Sept. 17th

Leamington News Leamington 1896?-1911 Weekly None Publisher: E. McKay Leamington Post Leamington 1874 - present Weekly 1907 - 1995: Essex County Public: current Archives of Ontario: 1896: Jan. 7th The Leamington Post, founded in 1874, Post And News Dec. (microfilm; issues; 1969: Jan. - 1984: Dec. (Erie Post); [1878 – 1908] (Post); purchased the Leamington News, Post AN.L45) (microfilm) [1939, 1953, 1965] (Post and (founded in 1896?), in 1911 (Murray); Erie Post News) News Leamington Public: 1985 - ; Published Thursdays Leamington Post And News 1907 - 1984 (microfilm) University of Western Ontario: 1876: July 13th (v.3: no. 10 or no. Windsor Public: 1907 – 1984; 114); 1878: Jan. 17th, July 18th; 1998 – present (microfilm); 1879: Mar. 27th; 1885: Dec. 10th; 1985 – 1997 (microfiche) 1890: Sept. 11th; 1893: Aug. 3rd

Post and News Office: 1906 to National Library: 1907 – 1912 present (microfilm); 1899/1900 Christmas/New Year Suppl. (Leamington Post); 1911: June – 1912: Dec.; 1967: Sept. 14th, Sept. 21st (paper)

Archives of Ontario: 1939: Mar. 23rd

University of Toronto: 1927: June 23rd

University of Western Ontario: 1953: Sept. 17th, Oct. 15th; [1966] Leamington Times Leamington 1891 Weekly None National Library: 1891: no. 12 Times Leamington Tribune Leamington 188?-188? Weekly None Information from the Windsor Evening Record 1904: Jan. 23rd, p. 7 Maple Leaf Sandwich 1856 - 1861 Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: University of Western Ontario: Published by James H. Wilkinson in a Sandwich Maple Leaf Amherstburg [1856 - 1858]; 1860: Nov. 20th, 1857: June 4th (v.2: no. 15) brick office on lot 2, east Bedford St.; Amherstburg Maple Leaf Dec. 26th; [1861] later published by John Cowan? My Som Tu Windsor 1941: May 25th - Monthly v.1: no. 1 (1941) Polish language publication; some We Are Here 1941:June? - no. 22 (1942) English?; published by the recruiting (Leddy Rare; station of the Polish Armed Forces in D731.O37) Canada; continued by Odsiecz/Fighting Poland New Eve Success Windsor 1899: Mar. 31st? - Weekly None National Library: 1899: May 5th 1899? North Essex News Belle River 1947: July - present Weekly; None Essex County Public: 1970 – Archives of Ontario: 1949: May 6th Semi-monthly: 1947-1949 Belle River North Essex News Semi- 1984 (microfilm); current issues Lakeshore News Monthly National Library: 1967: Apr. 13th, News Windsor Public: 1969 – 1984 Sept. 7th, Sept. 14th; 1968: Oct. (microfilm); 1986 – 1999 3rd (microfiche)

Odsiecz Windsor 1941: July - 1942: Apr. Weekly v.1: no. 1 (1941) In Polish and English; Continues My Fighting Poland - no. 22 (1942) Som Tu; contains reports from Polish (Leddy Rare; military camps in Windsor and Owen D731.O37) Sound Presse - Frontiere Windsor 1921 - 1922? Weekly None Windsor Public: 1921: Nov. National Library: 1921: Nov. 10th – French language publication; published Tecumseh 10th - 1922: June 22nd 1922: June 22nd (microfilm) by Seguin Freres (microfilm) Progres Windsor 1881: juin 1. - 1920? Weekly 1888: sept. 6; Windsor's Community Museum: St. Thomas More College: French language publication; founded Progress 1890: juill. 24, 1887: Oct. 27th; 1889: June 20th; Shannon Library: 1881: July 6th by Aurele Pacaud and edited by juill. 31; 1891: 1901: May 23rd (v.1: no. 6) Gaspard Pacaud mars 12; 1897: juin 3 (microfilm; Windsor Public: 1881:juin- Archives of Ontario: 1881: July 7th Published Thursdays AN.P76) 1890:juin Universite Laval: Bibliotheque Still publishing in 1919/1920 at 16 Pitt Generale: 1897: Jan. 3rd St. W. (Vernon’s 1919/1920) (microfilm)

Musee de la Civilisation. Bibliotheque du Seminaire de Quebec. Fond Ancien: 1888: janv. 5 – 1891

National Library: 1888: sept. 6 – 1897: Juin 3 (microfilm) Provincial Freeman Windsor 1853: Mar. 24th - 1857: Weekly 1854: v. 1 - Archives of Ontario: [1853 - 1857] Published in Windsor from 1853 - 1854: Provincial Freeman and Weekly Toronto Sept. 20th? 1857: v.4 (microfilm) Mar.; published in Toronto from 1854: Advertiser (microfilm; Mar. - 1855: June; published in HT851.P76) University of Toronto: [1853 - Chatham from 1855: Aug. 22nd - 1857; 1857] (microfilm) anti-slavery, temperance newspaper; Samuel R. Ward was first editor University of Waterloo: [1853 – 1857] (microfilm) Not published?: 1855: July – Aug. 15th, Oct. 27th, Dec. 15th; 1856: Jan. 12th, University of Pennsylvania Aug. 3rd – Nov. 18th, Dec. 20th; 1857: Library: 1853: Mar. 24th; 1854: Jan. 17th, May 23rd Mar. 25th; 1857: Sept. 12th? Provincial Freeman: 1853 – 1855: Feb. Chatham Public: 1853: Mar. 24th; Online at: http://ink.ourontario.ca [1854: Mar. 25th - 1857: Sept. 20th] (microfilm)

National Library: 1854: Mar. 24th (v.1: no. 1) – 1857: Sept. 6th (v.3: no. 51) (microfilm)

Toronto Public Main Reference: 1854: Nov. 18th; 1856: July 31st (paper); 1855 – 1857 (microfilm) Riverside News Riverside 1946 - present Weekly None Essex County Public: [1948: News Windsor Mar. 11th - 1973: Dec. 21st] (microfilm)

Windsor Public: [1948] - 1973 (microfilm) Royal Forester Amherstburg 1854?-185? None Sandwich Courrier Sandwich 1924: Apr. 4th - 1930? Weekly None Essex County Public: [1924: From Vernon’s 1924/1915: “the fastest Apr. 4th - 1930: Apr. 18th] growing weekly newspaper in Western (microfilm) Ontario”; editor: F. Dean VanLuven; address: 7 Sandwich St. E.; phone: Windsor Public: 1924: Apr. 4th - Seneca 5203M 1930: Apr. 18th] (microfilm) Slovensky Hlas Windsor 1949: Apr. - present Monthly/ None National Library: [1949: Apr. - Published in Slovak and English; Slovak Voice Toronto Semi-Monthly present] published in Windsor from 1949 - 1951; published in Toronto from 1951 onwards; usually monthly but semi- monthly from 1950: May 10th - 1951: Sept.?; official organ of the Canadian Slovak Benefit Society Tecumseh Tribune Tecumseh 1959: Jan. - 2012: Weekly None Essex County Public: 1959: Jan. 19th Jan. 30th - 1980: Mar. 27th

Windsor Public: 1972: Jan. 27th - 1977: Dec. 15th Tilbury Herald Tilbury 1884 Weekly None It was printed in Ridgetown by E. McKay (of the Ridgetown Plaindealer); lasted only 3 months (first half of 1884) (Essex Record 1904/01/23 p.7) Tilbury News Tilbury 1894-190? Weekly None Established by F. Monroe (of Orangeville); still publishing in 1904; for an early history, see the Evening Record (1904/01/23 p. 7) Tilbury Times Tilbury 1884: July – present Weekly None Archives of Ontario: [1898: Mar. Established by W. A. Shaw; for an early 11th – 1930: Dec. 25th; 1938: history, see the Evening Record May 10th] (1904/01/23 p. 7)

Essex County Public: 1960 – 1984 (microfilm)

Chatham-Kent Public: [1898 – 1971]; 1973 – 1975; 1978 – 1983 (microfilm); 1984 (paper); 1985 – present (microfiche) True Royalist and Weekly Windsor 1860? - 1861? Weekly 1860: v.1: no. 4; Fort Malden National Historical Universal liberty and temperance paper; Intelligencer 1861: v.2: no. 10 Park (Amherstburg): 1860: May published and edited by the Rev. A. R. (microfilm CS; 10th (v.1: no. 4); 1861: June 21st Green of the British Methodist Episcopal AN.T78) (v. 2: no. 10) Church Twin City Quill Windsor 1890-1891? Weekly Published and edited by James Quill McCallum; continued by the Windsor Sentinel (Windsor Evening Record: 1904: Jan. 23rd, p. 7) Voice of the Fugitive Windsor 1851: Jan. 1st - 1852 Semi- 1851 - 1852 Windsor Public: [1851 - 1852] National Library: [1851: Jan. 1 - Anti-slavery paper; abolitionist paper Sandwich Monthly (microfilm; (microfilm) 1852: Dec. 16th] (paper); [1851: founded by Henry Bibb, a fugitive incomplete?; Jan. 1st - 1852: Apr. 8th] American slave. After 1852: June 17th AN.V6) (microfilm) the paper was published and edited by Bibb and J. T. Holly Archives of Ontario: [1851: Jan. 1st – 1852: Dec. 16th] (microfilm) 1851: Jan. 1st – 1852: Dec. 16th digitized at: http://ink.ourontario.ca American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Mass): 1851: July 2nd (v.1: no. 14)

University of Western Ontario: 1851: Mar. 12th (v. 1 :no. 6), Oct. 22nd, Nov. 5th; 1852: Feb. 26th, Sept. 9th

Various other libraries have same microfilm holdings

Walkerville Gazette Walkerville 1913?-191? Weekly None None None Publishing in 1913 according to Vernon’s 1913/1914; published by Morrey Publishing Co. Ltd. At 29 Sandwich St. (ss. Walkerville) – behind the Wyandotte Hotel?; William H. Morrey: Vice President; Edward B. Morrey: Secretary, Treasurer, Manager; Jas. F. Morrey also worked for the company Walkerville Herald Walkerville 1890: April 19th – Weekly None Established by S. Stephenson; edited Herald 1913? and published by John E. Dobie; still publishing until at least 1913 (Vernon’s 1913/1914) at north side of Assumption, opposite Kildare Road; published by Herald Press Ltd.; in 1904 was run by H. M. Sharpe Walkerville Mercury Walkerville 1890: Apr. 19th – Weekly 1890/1891: v.1 Windsor Public: 1890: Apr. - National Library: 1890 – 1891 Mercury 1891: Apr. 11th? (microfilm; 1891: Apr. (microfilm) (microfilm) AN.W23)

Walkerville News Walkerville 1922? – 1936 Weekly [1934: v.15 - Essex County Public: 1934: Archives of Ontario: 1928: Feb. Publisher and manager: Charles Clark; News 1936: v.17] Dec. 6th - 1936: Dec. 31st 9th; 1936: Aug. 6th, Aug. 13th address: 67 Lincoln Road. (microfilm CS; (microfilm) AN.W25 Windsor Public: 1934: Dec. - 1936: Dec. (microfilm) Western Express Sandwich 1843 - 1844 Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: Metro Toronto Library: Baldwin Western Express And General 1844: Oct. 12th Room: 1843: Sept. 30th (v.1: Advertiser no.17) Western Herald Amherstburg 1883?-1886? Weekly None Established by C. H. Fuller and Thomas W. Leigh; N. A. Coste and his son D. A. Coste were also involved; only lasted a couple of years

Was still publishing June 18th, 1886; possibly owned by Solomon and Theodore Wigle of Kingsville; Mr. Robert Golden was briefly an employee; Essex Free Press: 1926: 04/30, p. 1: in 1886, Henry Beresford Gahan was editor for the late N. A. Coste Western Herald Sandwich 1838: Jan.3rd – 1842? Weekly 1838: Jan. 3rd - Windsor Public: 1838 - [1842] Metro Toronto Library: Baldwin Publisher: Henry C. Grant Western Herald And Farmers' 1842: Oct. 6th (microfilm) Room: 1842: June 16th (v.5: no. 9) Magazine (microfilm CS; - June 23rd, July 18th, Oct. 15th AN.W42) Windsor's Community Museum: [1838: Jan. 3rd - 1840: Mar. British Newspaper Library 14th]; 1840: no. 18, Dec. 2nd, (London, England): 1838: Jan. 3rd Dec. 9th, Dec. 16th, Dec. 23rd; (v.1: no.1) - 1839: Feb. 21st [1841: Mar. 31st - 1842: Oct. 6th] Archives of Ontario: 1839: May 2nd (paper); [1838 - 1842] (microfilm)

University of Western Ontario: [1838: Jan. 3rd - 1842: Oct. 6th] (microfilm)

Various other libraries have same microfilm holdings

Western Mercury Sandwich 1858? - 1859? Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: National Library: 1858: Apr. 22nd; Township of Sandwich 1909 says it Western Mercury And Great 1858: Feb. 18th, Feb. 25th, Mar. 1859: July 30th began in 1858 Southwestern Railway Advocate 25th, Apr. 15th Western Standard Sandwich 1843 - 1848? Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: National Library: 1846: June 20th Issued by Col. Arthur Rankin; slogan: Western Standard And Western 1847: Sept. 18th “Pro rege, lege, aris et focis” District General Advertiser Archives of Ontario: 1848: Sept. 16th

University of Western Ontario: 1846: Mar. 7th (v. 3: no. 40) Wheatley Journal Wheatley 1900?-190? Weekly None Still publishing in 1904 Whizz - Bang Leamington 1916: July 1st – 1916: Monthly None Archives of Ontario: 1917: July (v. - published in the interests of the 207th Ottawa Nov. 18th?; 1917: July 1) Battalion

University of Western Ontario: - only 1917: July appears to have been 1917: July published in Leamington

Canadian War Museum. Library: 1916: July 1st – 1916: Nov. 18th

Ottawa Public: 1916: 1916: July 1st (no. 1) – 1916: Nov. 4th (no. 19)

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace: 1917 Windsor Eclipse and Essex Windsor 1872 - 1880 Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: Archives of Ontario: 1878: Feb. Published by Joseph P. Conway; Advertiser 1872: Sept. 13th 16th published every Friday in the Curry Eclipse Block Essex Advertiser Windsor Herald Windsor 1855: Jan. 6th - 1861 Weekly 1855 - 1856 Windsor Public: [1855: Jan. 6th - National Library: 1855: May 26th, "Ever watchful over Commerce and Herald Sandwich (microfilm; 1856: Dec. 26th] (microfilm) June 2nd, June 30th, July 7th; 1857: Agriculture" AN.W52) May 9th, Oct. 30th; 1859: July 28th Windsor's Community Museum: Published every Saturday morning at 10 [1855 - 1856]; 1857: Feb. 6th, Archives of Ontario: 1855: Jan. 6th o'clock Feb. 13th; 1858: Aug. 12th, Dec. - 1856: Dec. 26th (microfilm) 9th, Dec. 16th, Dec. 23rd; 1859: Founded by John McEwan; continued Mar. 17th; 1860: Dec. 27th; 1861: University of Western Ontario: by his son James P. McEwan Jan. 11th, Jan. 18th, Aug. 9th 1856: Jan. 4th (v.2: no.1), Feb. 1st, (paper); [1855 - 1856] Aug. 29th (paper); [1855 - 1856] In 1860, the paper was purchased by (microfilm) (microfilm) Mr. Robinson and Mr. Wade – who moved the paper to Detroit (Township of + others have same microfilm Sandwich, 1909)

Windsor Herald Windsor 1901:Dec. - 192? Weekly None Was started by Whalley and Craig, the Herald same people who owned the Windsor Review, at this time (Detroit Free Press 1901: Dec. 1st p.6); was published from the old Review office for a few months in 1901 (Evening Record 1904/01/23 p.7); was mentioned in the Border Cities Era in 1918: Oct. 19, p. 7; in 1918 was published by A. W. Jackson Windsor Independent Windsor 1891: Feb. 16th - Weekly None National Library: 1891: Feb. 16th Only one issue published? Independent 1891?

Windsor Journal Windsor 186?-186? Weekly None Founded by James Woodbridge (of Sandwich); did not publish long; sold printing press (the “plant”) to P. G. Laurie of the Essex Record Windsor Review Windsor 1878-1903 Weekly None Windsor's Community Museum: Established by Mr. Cliff; later purchased 1899: July 28th: Special Edition by T. M. White who ran it for many years; due to failing health he sold the paper to Mr. F. H. Macpherson who managed the paper until c.1898; it then changed hands many times and finally closed in 1903 (Evening Record 1904/01/23 p.7) Windsor Sentinel Windsor 1891? - 1893? Weekly None Started by James McCallum Windsor Standard Windsor 1879 Semi-Weekly None Publishers: Murdoch and Neal; published Wednesdays and Saturdays; slogan: “Independent in everything, neutral in nothing” Windsor Standard Windsor 1902: Nov. 29th - Weekly/Daily None Established by Joseph McKee and 190? Charles L. Barker who bought the “plant” from the Windsor Review when it closed?? On Dec. 15th, 1903, the paper became a daily under the editor: Mr. James Weir (of Hamilton) (Evening Record 1904/01/23 p. 7); the weekly version was published on Saturday at 22 Sandwich St. West; “Conservative party organ for Essex County” Windsor Star Windsor 1935: June 30th - Daily 1935 - present Windsor Public: current issues; Archives of Ontario: 1935: June Continues Border Cities Star Windsor Daily Star present (microfilm; 1935 - present (microfilm) 29th; 1936: May 16th, Dec. 31st; Star complete?; [1937: July 3rd - 1938: Dec. 3rd]; Daily Star AN.W55) Windsor Star Office: 1935 - 1939: May 20th, June 8th; [1940]; present 1941: Jan. 11th, Feb. 14th, Feb. 15th, Feb. 22nd, Aug. 9th; 1943: Feb. 27th; 1967: Feb. 13th

Lambton County Public: [1940 - 1947]; 1953: May 22nd, May 23rd

University of Western Ontario: [1893 - 1980] (microfilm)

Various other libraries have misc. holdings Windsor Telegram Windsor 1922-1923? Daily? None Listed in Vernon’s 1922/1923; published Telegram by Windsor Telegram Publishing Co. Ltd.; “Popular evening paper serving the border municipalities and Essex County”; address: 127 Ferry St.; phone: 1420; William H. Adams: President and General Manager; Owner: Albert F. Healy (MP for area); in HC Debates, 1923, p. 2630 he says he invested $167,000 in the paper; mentions dispute with Canadian Press wire service. Windsor Times Windsor 1891? - 1893 Weekly None Published and edited by James McCallum Windsor World Windsor 1893 - 190? Daily/Weekly None Still publishing in 1904 (Evening Record 1904/01/23 p.7); established by James Dickinson; it published as a daily from 1893-1894; then as a weekly Sources:

Amicus: Online Catalogue http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus/

Detroit Free Press, 1831-1922 from ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Gardner, H. W. (1913). Windsor, Ontario, 1913. Windsor: Evening Record. Leddy Rare Books & Special Collections: FC3099.W55 G27 1913

Gilchrist, J. Brian. (1987). Inventory of Ontario Newspapers, 1793 - 1986. Toronto: Micromedia. Leddy Reference: Z6954.C2 I57

Johnson, J. E. (1889). A Brief Sketch of the County of Essex in the Province of Ontario, Canada. Essex, Ontario: J. E. Johnson. http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_04418

McLaren, Duncan. (1973). Ontario Ethno-Cultural Newspapers, 1835 - 1972. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Leddy Circulating Books: Z6954.C2 M3

Morrison, Neil F. (1954). Garden Gateway To Canada. Windsor: Herald Press, 1954. Leddy Book Collection: FC3095.E8 M67

Murray, Elsie McLeod. (1947). A Check-List of Early Newspaper Files Located in Local Newspaper Offices in Western Ontario. Leddy Circulating Books: F5460.L6W4 no. 12

Neal, Frederick. (1901). Township of Sandwich: Past and Present. Windsor: Frederick Neal. Leddy Rare Books & Special Collections: FC 3095.E8 N43

N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual: 1882 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vols/loc.gdc.sr.sn91012091.00123398749/pageturner.html

Original and Microfilmed Newspaper Collections in the Archives of Ontario (Dec. 2003) http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/guides/pdf/l23_newspapers.pdf

T. F. Woods & Co.’s Canadian Newspaper Directory: 1876 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/t_f_wood.htm

University of Windsor Online Catalogue http://windsor.concat.ca/opac/en-CA/skin/uwin/xml/advanced.xml?l=106&d=1

Vernon’s City of Windsor Directories. Leddy Serials: FC3099.W55 A35

Vlodarchyk, Paul. Essex Free Press http://oldtimecorner.ca/archives/essex_free_press.html

W. W. Butcher’s Canadian Newspaper Directory: 1886 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/butchers.htm