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WR150: Rhetoric of Freedom in America (Underwood)

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Mugar Memorial Library has a film collection of newspapers from the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Papers in this collection, unless otherwise noted, are arranged alphabetically in the left-hand cabinets (Mugar Mfilm) that face the front of the Microforms Room. The collection includes papers from both northern and southern states.

    

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From the New York Times pg 1 Mar 5th 1861

 

 

  • Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) February 16, 1857 - May 21, 1867

  • Atlas & Argus (Albany, New York) January 1, 1860 - December 3, 1865

  • Burlington Daily Hawkeye (Burlington, Iowa) January 1860 - December 1865

  • Cairo City Weekly Gazette (Cairo City, Illinois) February 1861 - February 1862

  • Cairo War Eagle & Daily Evening Extra (Cairo City, Illinois) November 18, 1864 - April 21, 1865

  • Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 1849 - 1901, 1957 - present.
    Note: The location for the Chicago Tribune is Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER.

  • Chicago Weekly Democrat (Chicago, Illinois) November 26, 1833 - July 27, 1861

  • Cincinnati Daily Commercial (Cincinnati, Ohio) April 12, 1861 - December 30, 1865

  • Cincinnati Daily Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio) November 1, 1859 - December 30, 1865

  • Columbia City News (Columbia City, Indiana) January 6, 1859 - February 23, 1864

  • The Constitution (Keokuk, Iowa) March 6, 1862 - February 17, 1866

  • La Crosse Daily Union and Democrat (La Crosse, Wisconsin) October 15, 1859 - December 30, 1865

  • Daily Alta Californian (San Francisco, California) January 4, 1849 - December 31, 1865

  • Daily Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) December 14, 1857 - March 23, 1866

  • Dubuque Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) January 1, 1860 - December 31, 1865

  • Easton Argus (Easton, Pennsylvania) March 19, 1857 - December 21, 1865

  • Easton Free Press (Easton, Pennsylvania) June 2, 1859 - December 27, 1866

  • Easton Sentinel (Easton, Pennsylvania) April 27, 1849 - December 30, 1869

  • Evening Day Book (New York, New York) January 19, 1852 - August 29, 1861

  • The Evening Star (Washington, DC) September 29, 1859 - April 30, 1866

  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (New York, New York) December 15, 1855 - December 1900

  • Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) March 18, 1861 - December 25, 1868

  • Hartford Daily Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) January 1858 - December 1865

  • Hartford Weekly Times (Hartford, Connecticut) January 2, 1847 - December 31, 1884

  • Haverhill Gazette (Haverhill, Massachusetts) July 26, 1851 - December 31, 1869

  • Joliet Signal (Joliet, Illinois) January 1, 1861 - December 22, 1864

  • Mahoning Sentinel (Youngstown, Ohio) April 19, 1860 - November 3, 1864

  • National Era (Washington, DC) 1847 - 1860

  • National Principia (New York, New York) 1859 - 1866

  • New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire) November 3, 1827 - December 1957

  • New York Herald (New York, New York) January 1860 - December 1865

  • The New York Times (New York, New York) 1851 - present.
    Note: The location for The New York Times is Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER.

  • New York Tribune (New York, New York) January 1857 - December 1866

  • The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) September 21, 1859 - January 19, 1866

  • Sunday Mercury (New York, New York) October 10, 1841 - September 15, 1867

  • True American and Mahoning Register (Youngstown, Ohio) February 14, 1855 - August 23, 1866

  • Washington Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) 1800 - January 16, 1866

  • Wilmington Daily Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) January 2, 1860 - July 14, 1866

  • Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) June 17, 1868 - December 31, 1894

  • Camp Kettle (Beaufort, South Carolina) January 7, 1862 and May 1, 1862
    Note: This is on the reel for the Free South. Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) December 5, 1864 - April 5, 1873 Charleston Mercury (Charleston,
    South Carolina) January 1, 1822 - November 16, 1868 Daily Southern Guardian (Columbia, South Carolina) April 6, 1858 - May 10, 1870 Note: These reels are filed under "Southern Guardian".

  • Free South (Port Royal, South Carolina) January 17, 1863 - November 19, 1864
    Note: This reel also contains the New South, the Palmetto Herald, the Camp Kettle, and the Hospital Transcript.

  • Hospital Transcript (Hilton Head, South Carolina) July 8, 1865
    Note: This is on the reel for the Free South.

  • Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) July 18, 1857 - December 30, 1877

  • New Orleans Bee (New Orleans, Louisiana) January 1, 1858 - December 30, 1865

  • New Orleans Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) January 25, 1837 - October 6, 1876

  • New South (Port Royal, South Carolina) March 15, 1862 - September 29, 1866; and issue for March 7, 1895
    Note: This is on the reel for the Free South.

  • Palmetto Herald (Port Royal, South Carolina) March 17, 1864 - December 24, 1864
    Note: This is on the reel for the Free South.

  • Richmond Daily Whig (Richmond, Virginia) January 1860 - December 1865

  • Southern Confederacy and Gate City Guardian (Atlanta, Georgia)

    • Gate City Guardian: February
      12, 1861 - March 2, 1861

    • Southern Confederacy: March 4,
      1861 - February 8, 1865

  In the basement of Mugar you will find Microfilm readers, which can now make free digital copies in multiple formats. If you chose, you can also make print copies for a small charge.

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