Newspaper Collection, 1770-1992 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Jackie Couture

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Collection Overview

Title: Newspaper Collection, 1770-1992

Extent: 10.22 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 05/16/2006

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Newspaper Collection is an artificial collection compiled from donations of various volumes and issues. The collection consists largely of newspapers from Madison County, Kentucky, but also includes scattered issues from other Kentucky counties and other states. This collection represents the most complete collection of newspapers from Madison County in existence.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Physical Access Note: The New Hampshire Gazette, and Historical Chronicle, Portsmouth, NH (19: 698; Mar 2, 1770) [2000-005] - photocopy must be used before original will be paged.

Acquisition Source: N/A

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[Box 7],
[Box 8],
[Box 9],
[Box 10],
[Box 11],
[Box 12],
[Box 13],
[Box 14],
[Box 15],
[Box 16],
[Box 17],
[Box 18],
[Box 19],
[Box 20],
[Box 21],
[Box 22],
[[information restricted]],
[Box 23],
[Box 24],
[Box 25],
[Box 26],
[Box 27],
[Box 28],
[Box 29],
[Box 30],
[Box 31],
[Box 32],
[Box 33],
[Box 34],
[All]

Box 25

Folder 1: Miscellaneous Kentucky

Item 1: The Kentucky Tribune Danville, KY, 1854: (6:52. Aug 11, 1854)
Item 2: The Weekly Kentucky Tribune Danville, KY, 1860: (17:39. Jun 22, 1860); Acquisition Information: 2000-005
Item 3: American Republic Frankfort, KY, 1811: (1:44. Apr 26, 1811)
Item 4: American Republic Frankfort, KY, 1811: (2:58. Aug 2, 1811); Acquisition Information: [1993-016]
Item 5: The Capital Frankfort, KY, 1886: (2:47. Jun 26, 1886)
Item 6: The Frankfort Ledger, 1897: (1:18. Apr 26, 1897)
Item 7: The Frankfort News, 1908: (1:01. Oct 1908)
Item 8: The Kentucky Yeoman Frankfort, KY, 1848: (Nov 30, 1848 partial copy)
Item 9: The Weekly Kentucky Yeoman Frankfort, KY, 1874: (24:51. Dec 16, 1874)
Item 10: The Weekly Kentucky Yeoman Frankfort, KY, 1878: (39:49. Nov 19, 1878)
Item 11: Tri Weekly Kentucky Yeoman Frankfort, KY, 1879: (27:118. Sep 16, 1879)
Item 12: The Minerva Press Georgetown, KY, 1815: (4:04. Oct 27, 1815)
Item 13: The Georgetown Times, 1904: (38:28-29. Jul 12-20, 1904)

Folder 2: Miscellaneous Kentucky

Item 1: The Henderson Gleaner, 1886: (1:50. Jun 24, 1886)
Item 2: Estill Eagle Irvine, KY, 1892: (4:30. Jun 23, 1892)
Item 3: Estill Tribune Irvine, KY, 1912: (1:06. Oct 16, 1912)
Item 4: Silver Creek Courier, ca 1899: Publications (X: ?) Mostly testimonials for various patent medicines.
Item 5: The Woodford Sun Versailles, KY, 1887: (Jan 14, 1887 partial copy)
Item 6: The Woodford Sun Versailles, KY, 1889: (11:03, 06. Jan 25, 1889 partial copy, Feb 8, 1889)
Item 7: The Woodford Sun Versailles, KY, 1890: (21:01. Jan 3, 1890)
Item 8: The Woodford Sun Versailles, KY, 1913: (44:36. Sep 4, 1913)
Item 9: The Winchester Sun, 1897: (20:31. Mar 25, 1897)
Item 10: The Wolfe County News, 1948: (4:19, 7 May 1948)

Folder 3: Miscellaneous Kentucky

Item 1: Journal of Labor Louisville, KY, 1937: (37:13. Nov 27, 1937)
Item 2: Louisville Daily Courier, 1857: (24:140. Jun 12, 1857)
Item 3: Louisville Daily News, 1896: (1:04. Apr 7, 1896); Acquisition Information: 2000-005
Item 4: Daily Louisville Commercial, 1872: (5:88. Apr 12, 1872)
Item 5: Weekly Louisville Commercial, 1873: (4:27. Jul 2, 1873); Acquisition Information: 2000-005
Item 6: The Louisville Commercial, 1883: (Jul 7, 1883); Acquisition Information: 2000-005
Item 7: The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY, 1876: (51:2740. Jul 5, 1876)
Item 8: The Evening Post Louisville, KY, 1893: (26:98. Oct 24, 1893)
Item 9: The Evening Post Louisville, KY, 1895: (34:194. Jun 6, 1895); Acquisition Information: 2000-005
Item 10: The Evening Post Louisville, KY, 1914: (73:98. Aug 24, 1914)

Folder 4: Miscellaneous Kentucky

Item 1: Herald and Leader Lexington, KY, 1979: (11:24. Jun 13, 1979 Bicentennial Edition)
Item 2: Blue Grass Blade Lexington, KY, 1897: (6:52 Oct 3, 1897)
Item 3: The Daily Leader Lexington, KY, 1901: (Mar 27, 1901)
Item 4: The Lexington Dollar Weekly, 1871: (1:01. Jan 21, 1871)
Item 5: The Kentucky Statesman Lexington, KY, 1862: (new series 1:01. Sep 17, 1862) This issue has information from the Civil War Battle of Richmond.
Item 6: The Kentucky Statesman Lexington, KY, 1869: (3:06. Feb 10, 1869)
Item 7: The Lexingtonian, 1915: (1:01. Jan 23, 1915)
Item 8: The Morning Herald Lexington, KY, 1899: (29:131. May 21, 1899); Acquisition Information: 2000-005
Item 9: The Morning Herald Lexington, KY, 1900: (30:32, 156. Feb 1, 1900, Jun 5, 1900); Acquisition Information: 2000-005
Item 10: The Morning Herald Lexington, KY, 1902: (32:173. Jun 22, 1902)
Item 11: The Morning Herald Lexington, KY, 1903: (33:46. Feb 15, 1903)
Item 12: The Western Monitor Lexington, KY, 1817: (3:141. Apr 11, 1817); Acquisition Information: [1993-016]