SELECTED AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS: 1850-1900
The following is a list of newspapers on microfilm held by the Auburn University Libraries. This list is not a complete listing of newspaper titles owned by the library from the period of 1850-1900, but is representative of the holdings.
Note that several of the titles listed below are filmed with other newspapers and are all filed under one title. Students/researchers can also find scattered issues of various newspapers from this period filed under: Florida Papers, Wisconsin Afro-American, Wide Awake, The Colored Visitor, The American Negro, The Union, Western Cyclone... as well as others. Check at the service desk (Microforms and Documents), first floor, Draughon Library and the Special Collections and Archives Department, ground floor, Draughon Library, for other titles and assistance.
Select a letter to identify newspapers whose titles begin with that letter.
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Please be aware that this is only a representative sample of the various newspapers held by the Libraries.
Remember: Just select the appropriate letter on the bar to navigate from section to section.
No newspapers whose titles begin with the letters Q, T, U, V, X, Y, and Z are included.
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Title: Abbeville Democrat
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: June 29, 1894-Jan.4, 1895
Title: The Abbeville times
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Jan 4,1884-Aug 1,1884; Apr 9,1886-Mar 16,1888;
Mar 23,1888-Mar 13 1891; Mar 20,1891-Dec 23,1898
4 reels
Title: Afro-American
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: COMMONWEALTH.
LIBRARY HAS: 1893: April 29
1895: Aug. 3, 10, 17, 31, Sept. 7, Oct. 19, 26, Nov.
2, 30, Dec. 14, 21
1896: Feb. 22, April 18, May 9, 16, 30, June 13, 27
1897: March 27, April 17
1898: March 26
Title: The Afro-American advance
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: UNION.
LIBRARY HAS: 1899: May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1, 8, 22, 29,
Aug. 5, 12, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, Oct. 7, 14,
21, 28, Nov. 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
1900: Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March
3, 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4,
11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13,
20, Nov. 3, 10, 17
Title: Alabama Baptist
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED IN NEWSPAPER COLLECTION.
LIBRARY HAS: 1843-1981, 1983-1993
1865/66-1873/74 Missing.
Title: Alabama State journal
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Oct. 1, 1868-Feb. 24, 1877
Title: The Aliened American
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: UNION.
LIBRARY HAS: April 9, 1853
Title: American citizen
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: July 26, 1889-Dec. 25, 1903,Jan. 27, 1905-Aug. 2, 1907
Title: The Auburn gazette
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v. 2, no. 14 (May 27, 1853), v. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 17,
1854)
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Title: Black republican and office-holder's journal
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COL. UNDER TITLE: BULLETIN (LOUISVILLE,
Title: The broad axe
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Sept. 17, 1891-April 11, 1903
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Title: The Calera journal
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Oct.30, 1891-Apr.12, 1893 (1 reel)
Title: The Chambers tribune
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper. LIBRARY HAS: June 25-30, 1863
Title: Charleston courier
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Jan. 10, 1803-June 30, 1852
Title: The Charleston Mercury
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1825-1868
Title: The Colored American
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COL. UNDER TITLE: BULLETIN (LOUISVILLE,
Title: The Columbus enquirer
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: Some filed under COLUMBUS WEEKLY ENQUIRER.
Title: The Concordia eagle
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
STATUS: Check Shelf
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: RACE STANDARD.
LIBRARY HAS: 1875: Oct. 2
1877: March 3, April 7
1879: March 27
1880: April 8
1883: April 12
Title: Concordia intelligencer
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Apr. 1843-July 1858 (Scattered Issues)
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Title: The Dadeville banner
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v. 2, no. 11 (Jan. 3, 1861)-v. 2, no. 46 (Oct. 4, 1861)
Title: The Dadeville banner & times
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v. 5, no. 1 (Feb. 4, 1864)
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Title: The Emancipator
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED UNDER: EMANCIPATOR AND REPUBLICAN.
LIBRARY HAS: Aug. 1835-Apr. 23, 1840
Title: The Eufaula Democrat
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: July 8, 1846-June 11, 1850 (scattered issues)
Title: The Eufaula times
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1874-1875 (scattered issues)
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Title: Flag of the union
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v. 10, nos. 2-52 (1842-1843 Inc.)
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LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED UNDER: MOBILE COM. REGISTER AND PATRIOT
LIBRARY HAS: 1835 (scattered issues)
Title: Frederick Douglass' paper
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: UNION.
LIBRARY HAS: 1856: Feb. 1
1858: Sept. 26
1859: July 8
1860: Feb. 17
Title: The Free man's press
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: COLORED VISITOR
LIBRARY HAS: 1968: Aug. 1, 15, 22, Sept. 5 & 12, Oct. 24
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Title: The Gazette
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COL. UNDER TITLE: BULLETIN (LOUISVILLE,
LIBRARY HAS: 1893: Dec. 16; 1894: May 19 : 1896: Oct. 31, Nov. 21; 1897: Aug. 7
Title: The Grit
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Dec. 21, 1883-Oct. 18, 1884
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Title: The Headland progress
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1884-Feb. 10, 1886
Title: The Huntsville confederate
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Oct. 8, 1862-May 28, 1863
Title: Huntsville weekly Democrat
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1866-1868 (3 scattered issues), 1870-1882, 1896-1900 (6 scattered issues)
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Title: The Illinois record
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Nov. 6, 1897-April 23, 1899
Title: The Independent
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Jan. 21, 1888 on reel with The Selma Cyclone v. 4, no. 38 (Jan. 21, 1888)
Title: The Independent
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1858-1865 (scattered issues)
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Title: The Jeffersonian
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: No. 1 (Nov. 17, 1893)-no. 48 (Oct. 26, 1894) (1 reel)
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Title: The Knoxville Negro world
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: STATE JOURNAL.
LIBRARY HAS: 1887: Oct. 15, Nov. 26
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Title: The Livingston journal
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v.7, no.43 (May 3, 1872)-v.14, no.52 (Dec. 27, 1878)
Title: The Loyal Georgian
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER TITLE: RACE STANDARD.
LIBRARY HAS: 1866: Jan. 20 & 27, Feb. 3, 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, Oct. 13; 1867: April 10, May 9 &16, July 6, Aug. 10 & 24: 1868: Feb. 15
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Title: The Macon mail
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Apr. 5 -Dec. 20, 1876, Jan. 2, 1878-Dec. 17, 1879, Jan. 5, 1881-Sept. 20, 1882 (inc.)
Title: Marion commonwealth
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 9 no. 48 (Dec. 10, 1858)
Title: (Weekly) Mississippian
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Ja 6,1843-Jy 9,1852 (2 reels)
Title: Mobile advertiser and register
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED UNDER: MOBILE REGISTER.
LIBRARY HAS: June-Oct. 1861, Jan. 1862-June 1863
Title: Mobile register and journal
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED UNDER: MOBILE REGISTER
LIBRARY HAS: Dec. 2, 1841-Jan. 15, 1851
Title: Montgomery daily advertiser
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED under MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER (DAILY)
LIBRARY HAS: 1850-1885
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LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED UNDER: ADVERTISER AND STATE GAZETTE (MONTGOMERY, ALA.)
Title: The Mobile watchman
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v. 3, no. 4 (Apr. 26, 1874)
Title: The Montgomery advertiser
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1885-1973, 1975-1982
STATUS: Nov. 1-Dec. 31, 1919 Lost (Feb.-May 1979 Lost)
Title: Montgomery daily advertiser
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED under MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER (DAILY)
LIBRARY HAS: 1850-1885
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LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED UNDER: ADVERTISER AND STATE GAZETTE (MONTGOMERY, ALA.)
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Title: The Union L'union
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COL. UNDER TITLE: WISCONSIN AFRO-AMERIC
LIBRARY HAS: 1862: Sept. 27, Oct. 1 & 18, Nov. 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 26, Dec. 6, 10, 17, 20, 23, 25, 30
1863: Jan. 6, 13, 15, 29, Feb. 24 & 28, March 14, April 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 25, 28, May 5, 7, 14,
16, 19, 30, June 2, 4, 30, July 14, Aug. 1, 20, Sept. 19, 22, 26, Oct. 1, Nov. 28, Dec. 1 & 3
1864: Jan. 5, 12, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, Feb. 11,
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Title: The Daily picayune
Previous title: Picayune.
Notes: Filed under: New Orleans Times-picayune.
Merged with: Times-democrat, to form: Times-picayune.
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Jan. 25, 1837-Apr. 5, 1914
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Title: The New York times
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1857-Feb. 28, 1994
Title: North Alabamian and times
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1870-1874
LIBRARY HAS: Oct. 6, 1870-Mar. 28, 1872
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Title: Opelika observer
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: LIBRARY HAS SCATTERED ISSUES FROM OCT. 17, 1872-DEC.
24, 1881.
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Title: The Race standard
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
Notes: Jan. 2, 16, 1897 called also Emancipation ed.
Filmed with eight other titles.
LIBRARY HAS: Jan. 2, 1897
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Title: Selma (dollar) times
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: Jan. 12, 1875-Dec. 29, 1880
Title: The South Alabamian
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v. 1, no. 4 (May 15, 1869)-Aug. 5, 1876 (Inc.)
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LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED UNDER: GREENVILLE ADVOCATE.
LIBRARY HAS: 1870-1876 (scattered issues)
Title: Southern aegis
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: 1873-75, 1877-78, 1883-86, 1889-90, 1892, 1895-1902,
1905-09, 1913, 1916-18, 1920-21, 1923-24, 1927-33
Title: The Southern argus
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH: SELMA PRESS.
LIBRARY HAS: June 16, 1869-June 4, 1874
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Title: The Watchman
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
LIBRARY HAS: v.1 no.16 (July 19, 1873),v.1 no.22-24 (Aug.30, 1873-
Sept.13, 1873) v.1 no.43-44 (Jan.24,1874-Jan.31,1874)
Title: Wisconsin Afro-American
LOCATION: MADD Newspapers on Microfilm Collection
CALL NUMBER Filed under TITLE of newspaper.
OTHER INFO: FILED WITH NEWSPAPER COLLECTION UNDER THIS TITLE
LIBRARY HAS: 1892: Aug. 13 & 20, Oct. 8, 22, 29, Nov. 5 & 19, Dec. 3 & 14 1893: Jan. 14
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