Newspapers

Bibliographies, historical surveys and union lists:
Selected sources

• African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography
  A guide to more than 6500 titles with several useful indexes: subject and feature, editor, publisher and geographic region. Alderman Reference Z 6944 .N39 A37 1998. See also Extended Bibliography for the Black Press from PBS.
  
  
• American Antiquarian Society's information about their newspaper collection
  
  
• American Journalism: a History of Newspapers in the United States Through 250 years, 1690-1940
  Alderman Reference and Alderman Stacks PN4855 .M63 1941
  
  
• American Newspapers:1821-1936: A Union List of Newspapers Housed in the United States and Canada
  Newspapers in over 5000 libraries, county courthouses and other collections: arranged by state and city. Alderman Reference Z 6945.A53. See also U.S. Newspaper Program for links to information about historical newspaper collections in all 50 states.
  
  
• Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers
  Alderman Reference Z 6944 .N39 H46 1995
  
  
• The Black Press in Mississipi, 1865-1985
  A directory and bibliography. Alderman Stacks. Z1361.N39T52 1993
  
  
• Black Studies Index: An Electronic Resource UVA only
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  Includes the catalog of the holdings of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the annual Index to Black Periodicals (1988 through 1998), covering a wide range of scholarly and popular journals with articles by and about people of African descent worldwide.
  
  
• Center for Research Libraries: Newspapers
  See titles in the CRL's collections of Black, U.S. Ethnic and U.S. general circulation newspapers. UVA affiliates may request materials through Interlibrary Services.
  
  
• Chronological Tables of American Newspapers, 1690-1820; being a tabular guide to holdings of newspapers published in America through the year 1820. Alderman Reference Z6951 .L3
  
  
• Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace : the Role of Newspaper Syndicates, 1860-1900
  Covers "... A.N. Kellogg Company, the American Press Association, S.S. McClure's Associated Literary Press, and the Bacheller Syndicate. Authors whose works and careers figure prominently include Stephen Crane, Mary E. Wilkins (Freeman), Henry James, Sara Orne Jewett, Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Jack London, and Frank Norris. " Alderman Stacks PN4864 .J64 1997
  
  
• History and Annotated Bibliography of American Religious Periodicals and Newspapers Established From 1730 Through 1830 with Library Locations and Microforms Sources
  Alderman Stacks. PN4888.R4A43 1994 (2v)
  
  
• History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820
  Descriptions and holdings information for individual titles. Useful for locating titles in Early American Newspapers,a microfil set located in Alderman Periodicals/Microforms Room. Alderman Reference Z 6951.B86 1947 (2v)
  
  
• A History of Newspaper Syndicates in the United States, 1865-1935, by Elmo Scott Watson
  Alderman Stacks, PN4888.S9 W3 1936
  
  
• Native American Periodicals and Newspapers, 1828-1982 : Bibliography, Publishing Record, and Holdings
  Alderman Reference and Alderman Stacks Z 1209.2 .U5 D36 1984
  
  
• Newspapers: A Reference Guide
  This bibliography covers history of newspapers and newspaper production, "references and periodicals about newspapers" and major research collections. Alderman Stacks Z6951 .S35 1987
  
  
• Newspapers in Microform: United States
  A Library of Congress publication: a union list of newspapers. Dates (1948/83) represent dates cataloging of newspapers was done, not necessarily the dates of the newspapers indexed. - Alderman Reference Z 6951.N625 (1948/83). See also the US Newspaper Project for information about historical newspapers in all 50 states.
  
  
• A Reference Guide to Afro-American Publications and Editors, 1827-1946
  Alderman Reference. Z6944 .N39P63 1993
  
  
• Information about the Underground Newspaper Collection 1963-1986 (microfilm) held in Alderman Periodicals/Microforms
  
  
• Virginia Newspapers 1821-1935; A Bibliography with Historical Introduction and Notes. (also known as "Cappon", the name of the author) The standard reference source for Virginia newspapers of this period. Periodicals/Microforms Room Z 6952.V8C24. Held behind public service desk