Collection of Old Newspapers, 1798-

Rod Library--Special Collections

University of Northern Iowa


Manuscript Record Series:  MsC-24

Collection of Old Newspapers.  3 linear feet.

Collection

The library has acquired these miscellaneous newspapers by gift and purchase in several small transactions since about 1975. The newspapers tend to record significant historical events but they have no particular subject orientation.

The Time Piece, 1798

The Woman's Journal, May 14, 1870; June 4, 1870; June 25, 1870; December 3, 1870; February 11, 1871; February 25, 1871; March 4, 1871; June 24, 1871; July 8, 1871; July 29, 1871; November 18, 1871;

Gleason's Pictorial, 1851 & 1853

Mason City Express, December 8, 1870

Chicago Weekly Journal, September 28, 1881

Supplement, paper unknown, date unknown (an account of the death of President Garfield)

The Youth's Companion, December 18, 1890

The New York Herald, April 15, 1865 (assassination of Lincoln)

Charleston Daily Courier, January 17, 1863

The Daily Express, April 28, 1865

The Franklin Repository, April 19, 1865

Chattanooga Daily Gazette, October 12, 1864

The Log Cabin, September 12, 1840

The Cape Argus, April 28, 1868

The Bangor Daily Evening Times, April 9, 1863

Weekly Gazette and Comet, January 28, 1863

The Stars and Stripes, January 24, 1919; March 22, 1918; January 3, 1919; October 25, 1918;

The Japan Times, December 1, 1966

The Evening Post, March 7, 1865; March 10, 1865; March 17, 1865; March 21, 1865; March 24, 1865; April 7, 1865; April 11, 1865;

Boston Gazette and Country Journal, March 12, 1770 (late 19th century facsimile)

Chicago Daily Tribune, November 3, 1948

The Little Corporal, January, March, June, November, 1866; January, 1867

The Cedar Falls Record, August 13, 1983 (final issue of this paper)  (2 copies)

The Cedar Falls Citizen, December 8, 1984 (first issue) (2 copies)

The Stars and Stripes (Mediterranean), April 15, 1944; July 29, 1944

The Record, January 23, 1976 (Progress edition)

The Record, January 20, 1978 (Progress edition)

Waterloo Courier, January 22, 1978 (Progress edition)

Insight '88, February 23, 1988 (Supplement to the Telegraph Herald)

The Christian Science Monitor, April 22, 1937 (Coronation issue, King George VI of England)

The Illustrated London News, June 26, 1858

The Press, Philadelphia, Monday, November 17, 1862; Saturday, November 22, 1862; Thursday, November 27, 1862; Saturday, December 27, 1862; Saturday, October 20, 1863

The Independent Whig, September 3, 1809

Ruthven Free Press, Ruthven, Iowa, Saturday, October 27, 1883

United States Saturday Post, April 6, 1844

The Saturday Evening Post, August 25, 1849

The Saturday Evening Post, December 21, 1861

Des Moines Register Centennial Edition, July 24, 1949 (2 copies)

Cedar Falls Record Centennial Edition, June 27, 1952 (1 copy plus 2 copies of Section 2)
Cedar Falls Record State Centennial Edition, June 27, 1946 (2 copies of Section 2 only)

Los Angeles Examiner, April 13, 1945 (F. D. Roosevelt death)

The Stars and Stripes, August 2, 1918; September 27, 1918; December 27, 1918; January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1919; February 7, 14, 21, 28, 1919; March 7, 14, 1919; May 8, 1945

The Washington Post, June 8, 9, 1944; May 8, 9, 1945

The Daily Mail, June 6, 1944; May 7, 9, 1945; August 11, 13, 14, 15, 1945; December 31, 1945

                     John F. Kennedy -

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