Historical Newspapers
R. M. Cooper Library Reference Unit
Historical Newspapers
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On Microfilm in the Reserves Area, 2nd Floor
Early America (Place)/Title Dates
Boston Newsletter 1704-1788 (Charleston) City Gazette Jan-Dec 1789 (Charleston) Columbian Herald June 1787-Oct 1790 Charleston Gazette 1777-1780 (Charleston) South Carolina & American 1764-1781 General Gazette (Charleston) South Carolina Gazette 1732-1782 (Charleston) South Carolina Gazette & Country 1765-1775 Journal (Charleston) Royal Gazette 1781-1782 (Charleston) Royal South Carolina Gazette 1780-1782 Freeman's Journal 1781-1785 Georgia Gazette 1763-1768 Jersey Chronicle (Mt. Pleasant, NJ) May 1795-Apr 1796 (London) Times 1785-present Maryland Journal Aug 1773-July 1797 New Brunswick Guardian Oct 1798-Oct 1813 New Hampshire Gazette 1756-1789 New Jersey Gazette (Trenton) 1777-1786 New Jersey Journal (Chatham) 1779-1783 New Jersey Journal (Elizabeth) 1786-1821 New York Mercury 1752-1783 North Carolina Gazette 1751-1798 Pennsylvania Evening Post 1775-1779 Pennsylvania Ledger 1775-1778 Pennsylvania Packet 1771-1790 (Philadelphia) National Gazette Oct 1791-Oct 1793 Political Intelligencer & New Jersey Advertiser 1783-1786 Rivington's New York Gazette 1773-1783 Sentinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) Oct 1796 – Aug 1826 (Williamsburg) Virginia Gazette 1736-1780 Woods Newark Gazette 1791-1793
South Carolina Newspapers: 19th Century & Later
Anderson Gazette Nov 11, 1843 - Feb 24, 1848 (Anderson) Highland Sentinel Sep 5, 1840 - Oct 13, 1843 Anderson Intelligencer Aug 14, 1860 - Aug, 1906; Jan 1914 - Jun 1916 Anderson Independent-Mail Apr 1929 -- present (Anderson) People's Advocate 1892, 1893, Jan-Oct 4, 1897 Camden Chronicle Nov 6, 1891 - Mar 24, 1960 Charleston Daily Courier 1803 - Apr 5, 1873 Charleston Mercury 1822-1845, 1846:Jan.-1868:Nov.16 Charleston News & Courier Jan 1873 - Sep 30, 1991 Charleston Post & Courier Oct 1991-- present Chester Reporter Mar 7, 1874 - Jun 27, 1906 (Clemson) Messenger Apr 1954 – Sep 1999 (Clemson) Daily Messenger Sep 1999 – present (Clemson University) Tiger 1907 -- present (Columbia) State Feb 1891 -- present Easley Messenger Oct 12, 1883 - Oct 3, 1884 Edgefield Advertiser Oct 15, 1856 - Apr 22, 1868 Georgetown Times Jun 17, 1868 - Dec 31, 1904 Greenville Mountaineer Jan 10, 1829 - Apr 1850 Greenville News 1900 – present* Orangeburg Times-Democrat Aug 15, 1879 - Dec 1974* (Pendleton) Miller's Weekly Messenger Mar 20, 1807 - Jan 19, 1811 Pendleton Messenger May 22, 1813 - Nov 6, 1843* Pickens Sentinel Sep 7, 1876 - Sep 28, 1933* Rock Hill Evening Herald Jan 1880 - Dec 1974 (Spartanburg) Carolina Spartan Jan 14, 1858 - Dec 8, 1864 (Walhalla) Keowee Courier 1849 – 1976* Yorkville Enquirer 1856 – 1889
African American Newspapers
Afro-American (Baltimore) 1893 - 1926 Amsterdam News (New York) 1922 - 1926 Chicago Defender 1909 - 1971 Kansas City Call 1919 - 1954 New York Age 1905 - 1926 Palmetto Leader (Columbia, SC) 1925 – 1957 Pittsburgh Courier 1911 - 1912, 1923 – 1926
Other United States Newspapers
Atlanta Constitution June 17, 1868 - present Boston Daily Advertiser Jan 1862 – Dec 1865 Charlotte Observer 1892 -- present Lynchburg Daily Virginian Aug 3, 1858 – Aug 31, 1866 Memphis Daily Appeal July 18, 1857 – May 4, 1866 Mobile Daily Register Feb 17, 1859 – May 27, 1864 New Orleans Times Picayune Dec 15, 1857 – Mar 2, 1866 New York Times Sept 1851 – present* Richmond Daily Dispatch Jan 1858 – Dec 31. 1866 Richmond Daily Whig Jan 1860 – July 31, 1865 Savannah Republican Dec 26, 1860 – 1865 Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, GA) Feb 12, 1861 – Feb 8, 1865 Wall Street Journal 1849 – present* Washington Post 1877 – present Wilmington (NC) Daily Journal Jan 2, 1860 – July 14, 1866
* Incomplete within this range. For exact holdings, please search the online catalog by title or by journal title using the name of the newspaper, followed by the place name if it is in parentheses.