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Historical Virginia newspapers in microform

• Listed below are the historical Virginia newspapers held in microform in the Periodicals/Microforms Room at Alderman Library.
  Titles are listed in alphabetical order, first by name of city or town, then by newspaper title. Each entry also has the following information: Start and end publishing dates (e.g. 1851-1899) and Alderman call number (e.g. Va-45)
• Please note: this list hasn't been updated since 2000, but is still useful for getting a good sense of our historical holdings. Be sure and check VIRGO for titles/holdings that may have been added since then. Or, call our service desk at 924-3516.

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ABINGDON
ABINGDON DEMOCRAT 1851 1899 Va-45
ABINGDON ABINGDON SOUTHWEST EXAMINER 1885 1887 Va-45
ABINGDON ABINGDON STANDARD 1877 1890 Va-45
ABINGDON ABINGDON TRADE JOURNAL 1882 1882 Va-45
ABINGDON ABINGDON VIRGINIAN 1840 1916 Va-45
ABINGDON CITIZEN 1898 1899 Va-45
ABINGDON HOLSTON INTELLIGENCER 1810 1810 Va-45
ABINGDON JACKSONIAN 1842 1847 Va-45
ABINGDON JOURNAL-VIRGINIAN 1906 1941 Va-45
ABINGDON POLITICAL PROSPECT 1811 1819 Va-45
ABINGDON STATES-RIGHTSMAN 1841 1841 Va-45
ABINGDON VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN (1831- 1833 1833 Va-45
ABINGDON VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN (1906- 1907 1924 Va-45
ABINGDON VIRGINIA STATESMAN 1834 1837 Va-45
ABINGDON WASHINGTON COUNTY FORUM 1935 1935 Va-61
ABINGDON WASHINGTON HERALD 1899 1900 Va-45
ALEXANDRIA
ALEXANDRIA ADVERTISER 1797 1799 Va-99
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA ADVERTISER & COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCER 1801 1803 Va-4
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA DAILY ADVERTISER 1800 1808 print Va-7, Va-4
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA DAILY GAZETTE, COMMERCIAL & POLITICAL 1808 1812 Va-118, Va-4
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA EXPOSITOR 1805 1805 Va-101
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA EXPOSITOR AND THE COLUMBIAN ADVERTISER 1802 1805 Va-101
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE 1819 1849 Va-64
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE & DAILY ADVERTISER 1817 1822 Va-118, Va-4
ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, COMMERCIAL & POLITICAL 1812 1817 Va-118, Va-4
ALEXANDRIA COLUMBIAN ADVERTISER & COMMERCIAL, MECHANIC & AGRICULTURAL GAZ... 1802 1802 Va-101
ALEXANDRIA COLUMBIAN MIRROR & ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE 1793 1800 Va-4
ALEXANDRIA DAILY STATE JOURNAL 1865 1866 Va-55
ALEXANDRIA EXPOSITOR 1805 1807 Va-101
ALEXANDRIA TIMES & DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAILY ADVERTISER 1799 1802 Va-99
ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA GAZETTE & ALEXANDRIA ADVERTISER 1789 1793 Va-4
ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA JOURNAL & ALEXANDRIA ADVERTISER 1784 1789 Va-4
BERRYVILLE
CLARKE COURIER 1869 1918 Va-103
BICKLEY'S MILLS
BICKLEY'S MILLS POST 1891 1892 Va-28
BIG STONE GAP
BIG STONE GAP POST 1892 1910 Va-122
BIG STONE GAP BIG STONE POST 1890 1892 Va-122
BRIDGEWATER
BRIDGEWATER HERALD 1894 1906 Va-107
BRIDGEWATER BRIDGEWATER JOURNAL 1883 1884 Va-115
BRIDGEWATER JOURNAL 1884 1885 Va-115
BRISTOL
BRISTOL COURIER 1870 1892 Va-45
BRISTOL BRISTOL HERALD COURIER 1918 1918 Va-45
BRISTOL BRISTOL NEWS 1866 1891 Va-45
BRISTOL BRISTOL TRIBUNE 1899 1899 Va-45
BRISTOL NEWS (BRISTOL) 1859 1860 Va-45
BRISTOL SOUTHERN ADVOCATE 1862 1863 Va-45
BRISTOL STATE LINE GAZETTE 1866 1867 Va-45
CHARLOTTESVILLE
ADVANCE 1893 1893 Va-83
CHARLOTTESVILLE CAVALIER DAILY 1890 current Va-7
CHARLOTTESVILLE CENTRAL GAZETTE 1824 1827 Va-48
CHARLOTTESVILLE CHARLOTTESVILLE ALBEMARLE OBSERVER 1984 1998 Va-102
CHARLOTTESVILLE CHARLOTTESVILLE ALBEMARLE TRIBUNE 1956 1998 Va-100
CHARLOTTESVILLE CHARLOTTESVILLE CHRONICLE 1864 1917 Va-5
CHARLOTTESVILLE CHARLOTTESVILLE OBSERVER 1978 1984 Va-102
CHARLOTTESVILLE DAILY PROGRESS 1893 current Va-6
CHARLOTTESVILLE DECLARATION 1973 current Va-62
CHARLOTTESVILLE JEFFERSONIAN (CHARLOTTESVILLE) 1847 1847 Va-48
CHARLOTTESVILLE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN 1847 1879 Va-48
CHARLOTTESVILLE OBSERVER 1988 2004:Aug Va-102
CHARLOTTESVILLE REVIEW 1860 1861 Va-71
CHARLOTTESVILLE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL 1984 1997 Va-98
CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA ADVOCATE 1827 1860 Va-48
CHARLOTTESVILLE WEEKLY PROGRESS 1893 1895 Va-83
CHRISTIANSBURG
MONTGOMERY MESSENGER 1870 1928 Va-33
CHRISTIANSBURG MONTGOMERY NEWS-MESSENGER 1870 1928 Va-33
CHRISTIANSBURG NEW STAR 1860 1861 Va-45
CLIFTON FORGE
CLIFTON FORGE REVIEW 1890 1897 Va-27
COVINGTON
ALLEGHANY SENTINEL 1890 1890 Va-26
COVINGTON ALLEGHANY TRIBUNE 1879 1883 Va-25
CULPEPER
CULPEPER EXPONENT 1900 1911 Va-111
CULPEPER CULPEPER NEWS 1908 1909 Va-111
CULPEPER EXPONENT 1881 1900 Va-111
FINCASTLE
FINCASTLE WEEKLY ADVERTISER 1801 1801 print Va-3
FINCASTLE HERALD OF THE VALLEY 1820 1823 Va-42
FORT EUSTIS
SKYWATCH 1942 1944 Va-32
FREDERICKSBURG
FREE LANCE 1885 1916 Va-104
FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA HERALD 1788 1836 Va-24
FREDERICKSBURG WEEKLY ADVERTISER 1853 1853 Va-106
FREDERICKSBURG WEEKLY ADVERTISER & CHRONICLE OF THE TIMES 1853 1860 Va-106
GLADES SPRING VIDETTE 1913 1913 Va-80
GREENE COUNTY
GREENE COUNTY RECORD 1914 current Va-97
HARRISONBURG
AMERICAN UNION 1866 1868 Va-39
HARRISONBURG DAILY NEWS RECORD 1901 1993 Va-40
HARRISONBURG HARRISONBURG DAILY TIMES 1906 1912 Va-109
HARRISONBURG ROCKINGHAM DAILY RECORD 1912 1913 Va-52
HARRISONBURG ROCKINGHAM REGISTER 1885 1907 Va-13
LEBANON
NEWS (LEBANON) 1886 1934 Va-45, Va-21
LEBANON VIRGINIA PROTECTIONIST 1885 1885 Va-23
LEESBURG
GENIUS OF LIBERTY 1817 1820 Va-119
LEESBURG LOUDOUN MIRROR 1858 1895 Va-20
LEESBURG TRUE AMERICAN (LEESBURG) 1800 1800 Va-119
LEESBURG WASHINGTONIAN 1810 1902 Va-22
LEXINGTON
GAZETTE (1853- 1853 1860 Va-110
LEXINGTON GAZETTE AND BANNER 1866 1869 Va-110
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON GAZETTE (1835- 1835 1839 Va-110
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON GAZETTE (1841- 1841 1853 Va-110
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON GAZETTE (1871- 1871 1941 Va-110
LEXINGTON ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY NEWS 1884 1962 Va-96
LEXINGTON ROCKBRIDGE INTELLIGENCER 1823 1831 Va-17
LEXINGTON VALLEY STAR 1840 1861 Va-84
LEXINGTON VIRGINIA GAZETTE (1869- 1869 1871 Va-110
LEXINGTON LEXINGTON GAZETTE (1862- 1862 1866 Va-110
LURAY
PAGE COURIER 1869 1911 Va-60
LURAY PAGE NEWS & COURIER 1922 1944 Va-60
LURAY PAGE VALLEY COURIER 1868 1869 Va-60
LYNCHBURG
DAILY ADVANCE 1927 1979 Va-74
LYNCHBURG JEFFERSONIAN (LYNCHBURG) 1828 1829 Va-18
LYNCHBURG LYNCHBURG DAILY VIRGINIAN 1822 1893 Va-19
LYNCHBURG NEWS & ADVANCE 1991 1998 Va-82
LYNCHBURG NEWS (LYNCHBURG) 1980 1986 Va-82
LYNCHBURG NEWS AND DAILY ADVANCE 1986 1998 Va-82
MARION
CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT 1881 1890 Va-81
MARION MARION AMERICAN 1913 1917 Va-79, Va-45
MARION MARION DEMOCRAT (with significant gaps) 1892 1942 Va-81
MARION MARION ENSIGN 1864 1864 Va-45
MARION MARION HERALD 1869 1872 Va-78, Va-45
MARION MARION JOURNAL 1880 1880 Va-80
MARION MARION RECORD 1867 1867 Va-80
MARION MARION TIMES 1887 1889 Va-80
MARION PATRIOT & HERALD 1872 1888 Va-58
MARION SMYTH COUNTY NEWS 1889 1947 Va-77, Va-45
MARION SOUTHERN PATRIOT 1872 1872 Va-45
MARION SOUTHERN STAR 1868 1870 Va-80
MARSHALL CHIEF JUSTICE 1929 1932 Va-64
NEW BALTIMORE
NEW BALTIMORE JOURNAL 1882 1883 Va-64
NEW MARKET
SHENANDOAH VALLEY 1869 1946 Va-44
NEWPORT NEWS
CHESAPEAKE BAY DEFENDER 1941 1942 Va-29
NORFOLK
AMERICAN BEACON AND COMMERCIAL DIARY 1815 1818 Va-34
NORFOLK AMERICAN BEACON AND NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH DAILY ADVERTISER 1818 1818 Va-34
NORFOLK AMERICAN BEACON AND NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH DAILY ADVERTISER (1827- 1827 1835 Va-34
NORFOLK AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BEACON AND NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH DAILY ADVERTI 1818 1827 Va-34
NORFOLK COMMERCIAL REGISTER 1802 1803 print Va-3
NORFOLK JOURNAL & GUIDE (1901- 1939 1975 Va-57
NORFOLK JOURNAL & GUIDE (1977- 1977 1998 Va-57
NORFOLK LEDGER-STAR 1959 1959 Va-53
NORFOLK NEW DAILY PILOT 1895 1897 Va-49
NORFOLK NEW JOURNAL & GUIDE 1975 1977 Va-57
NORFOLK NEW WEEKLY PILOT 1896 1896 Va-49
NORFOLK NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH GAZETTE 1789 1789 print Va-3
NORFOLK NORFOLK & PORTSMOUTH HERALD 1802 1859 Va-36
NORFOLK NORFOLK DAILY PILOT 1895 1895 Va-49
NORFOLK NORFOLK GAZETTE & PUBLICK LEDGER 1804 1816 Va-35
NORFOLK NORFOLK LANDMARK 1873 1901 Va-114
NORFOLK NORFOLK SEABAG 1939 1945 Va-30
NORFOLK NORFOLK VIRGINIAN 1865 1898 Va-50
NORFOLK NORFOLK VIRGINIAN-PILOT 1945 1955 Va-3
NORFOLK NORFOLK WEEKLY LANDMARK 1884 1896 Va-114
NORFOLK TRAINING STATION NEWS 1939 1940 Va-30
NORFOLK VIRGINIA CHRONICLE & GENERAL ADVERTISER 1794 1794 Va-116
NORFOLK VIRGINIA CHRONICLE & NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH GENERAL ADVERTISER 1792 1794 Va-116
NORFOLK VIRGINIA GAZETTE, or NORFOLK INTELLIGENCER 1774 1775 Va-112
NORFOLK VIRGINIAN PILOT & NORFOLK LANDMARK 1912 1933 Va-3
NORFOLK VIRGINIAN-PILOT (1898- 1898 1911 Va-3
NORFOLK VIRGINIAN-PILOT (1955- 1955 1998 Va-3
NORTON CRAWFORD'S WEEKLY 1921 1935 Va-46
PETERSBURG
AMERICAN STAR 1817 1817 print Va-3
PETERSBURG DAILY INDEX-APPEAL 1882 1917 Va-125
PETERSBURG INTELLIGENCER & PETERSBURG COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER 1796 1805 Va-43
PETERSBURG PETERSBURG DAILY APPEAL 1873 1873 Va-125
PETERSBURG PETERSBURG DAILY COURIER 1814 1815 print Va-3
PETERSBURG PETERSBURG INDEX 1873 1873 Va-125
PETERSBURG PETERSBURG INDEX & APPEAL 1873 1878 Va-125
PETERSBURG PETERSBURG INDEX-APPEAL (1878- 1878 1881 Va-125
PETERSBURG PETERSBURG INDEX-APPEAL (1917- 1917 1922 Va-125
PETERSBURG PETERSBURG INTELLIGENCER (SEMI-WEEKLY) 1800 1805 Va-43
PETERSBURG PROGRESS & INDEX APPEAL 1922 1923 Va-125
PETERSBURG RURAL MESSENGER 1872 1884 Va-123
PETERSBURG VIRGINIA GAZETTE & PETERSBURG INTELLIGENCER 1796 1797 Va-43
PORTSMOUTH
PORTSMOUTH DAILY TIMES 1879 1879 Va-38
PORTSMOUTH PORTSMOUTH STAR 1894 1948 Va-37
PULASKI
NEWS REVIEW 1879 1879 Va-45
REMINGTON
REMINGTON BOOSTER 1914 1917 Va-64
REMINGTON TRI-COUNTY HERALD 1923 1929 Va-64
RICHMOND
DAILY RICHMOND WHIG (1861- 1861 1862 Va-47
RICHMOND DAILY RICHMOND WHIG (1865- 1865 1869 Va-47
RICHMOND EVENING DISPATCH 1921 1922 Va-67
RICHMOND EVENING JOURNAL 1876 1920 Va-68
RICHMOND EVENING LEADER 1896 1903 Va-69
RICHMOND EXAMINER 1801 1804 Va-92
RICHMOND RICHMOND AFRO-AMERICAN & THE RICHMOND PLANET 1938 1993 Va-72
RICHMOND RICHMOND DAILY WHIG 1861 1862 Va-47
RICHMOND RICHMOND DAILY WHIG (1843- 1864 1867 Va-47
RICHMOND RICHMOND DAILY WHIG (1869- 1881 1886 Va-47
RICHMOND RICHMOND DISPATCH 1852 1902 Va-65
RICHMOND RICHMOND ENQUIRER 1804 1867 Va-8, 128
RICHMOND RICHMOND EXAMINER 1861 1867 Va-86
RICHMOND RICHMOND NEWS-LEADER 1903 1992 Va-2
RICHMOND RICHMOND PLANET 1890 1938 Va-11
RICHMOND RICHMOND REGISTER 1868 1868 Va-56
RICHMOND RICHMOND TIMES 1865 1867 Va-87
RICHMOND RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH 1903 1998 Va-1
RICHMOND RICHMOND VIRGINIAN 1910 1920 Va-73
RICHMOND RICHMOND WHIG & ADVERTISER 1868 1874 Va-12
RICHMOND RICHMOND WHIG & PUBLIC ADVERTISER 1835 1867 Va-12
RICHMOND RICHMOND WHIG (1862- 1862 1865 Va-47
RICHMOND SENTINEL 1863 1865 Va-105
RICHMOND STATE 1876 1897 Va-66
RICHMOND TIMES (RICHMOND) 1886 1903 Va-88
RICHMOND VIRGINIA ARGUS 1793 1816 Va-89
RICHMOND VIRGINIA GAZETTE & GENERAL ADVERTISER 1790 1809 Va-10
RICHMOND VIRGINIA GAZETTE & WEEKLY ADVERTISER 1787 1795 Va-90
RICHMOND VIRGINIA GAZETTE OR THE AMERICAN ADVERTISER 1782 1786 Va-91
RICHMOND VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE 1786 1790 Va-93
RICHMOND VIRGINIA SUN 1891 1894 Va-41
RICHMOND VIRGINISCHE ZEITUNG 1915 1926 Va-70
ROANOKE
ROANOKE TIMES (1890- 1890 1911 Va-124
ROANOKE ROANOKE DAILY TIMES 1887 1890 Va-124
ROANOKE ROANOKE LEADER 1882 1886 Va-15
ROANOKE ROANOKE TIMES & WORLD NEWS 1911 1993 Va-75
ROANOKE ROANOKE TIMES (WEEKLY) 1890 1894 Va-124
SALEM
ROANOKE TIMES (1866- 1866 1868 Va-14
SALEM SALEM WEEKLY REGISTER 1873 1876 Va-16
SCOTTSVILLE
SCOTTSVILLE COURIER 1861 1861 Va-85
SEDDON SOUTH-WEST 1883 1883 Va-45
STAUNTON
ATHLETIC SPIRIT 1922 1922 Va-31
STAUNTON CAMPUS COMMENTS 1924 1965 Va-31
STAUNTON DAILY NEWS LEADER 1984 1993 Va-76
STAUNTON HERALD OF VIRGINIA 1800 1800 print Va-3
STAUNTON POLITICAL MIRROR 1801 1801 print Va-3
STAUNTON SPIRIT OF THE PRESS 1811 1811 print Va-3
STAUNTON STAUNTON LEADER (evening edition) 1904 1984 Va-76
STAUNTON STAUNTON LEADER (morning edition) 1912 1929 Va-76
STAUNTON STAUNTON OBSERVER 1814 1814 print Va-3
STAUNTON STAUNTON POLITICAL CENSOR 1808 1809 print Va-3
STAUNTON STAUNTON SPECTATOR 1849 1896 Va-113
STAUNTON STAUNTON SPECTATOR & GENERAL ADVERTISER 1836 1849 Va-113
STAUNTON STAUNTON SPECTATOR & VINDICATOR 1896 1913 Va-113
STAUNTON STAUNTON SPY 1793 1794 print Va-3
STAUNTON STAUNTON TRUE AMERICAN 1855 1857 Va-108
STAUNTON TRUE AMERICAN (STAUNTON) 1855 1855 Va-108
STAUNTON VALLEY VIRGINIAN 1866 1894 Va-126
STAUNTON VIRGINIA MESSENGER 1854 1855 VA-127
TAZEWELL
CLINCH VALLEY NEWS 1886 1919 Va-120
WARRENTON
BANNER 1896 1896 Va-64; Va-45
WARRENTON FAUQUIER DEMOCRAT 1907 1949 Va-63, Va-64
WARRENTON FLAG OF '98 1844 1861 Va-64
WARRENTON INDEPENDENT REGISTER 1834 1836 Va-64
WARRENTON JEFFERSONIAN (WARRENTON) 1836 1841 Va-64
WARRENTON NEW YORK NINTH 1862 1862 Va-64
WARRENTON PALLADIUM OF LIBERTY 1817 1821 Va-64,117
WARRENTON TIMES (WARRENTON) 1845 1845 Va-64
WARRENTON TRUE INDEX 1865 1904 Va-64
WARRENTON VIRGINIA GAZETTE (WARRENTON) 1826 1829 Va-64
WARRENTON VIRGINIA SENTINEL 1865 1868 Va-64
WARRENTON VIRGINIA TIMES 1837 1841 Va-64
WARRENTON WARRENTON REPUBLICAN 1851 1851 Va-64
WARRENTON WARRENTON REVIEW 1909 1909 Va-64
WARRENTON WARRENTON TIMES 1916 1924 Va-64
WARRENTON WARRENTON VIRGINIAN 1879 1913 Va-64
WARRENTON WARRENTON WEEKLY WHIG 1853 1860 Va-64
WARSAW
NORTHERN NECK NEWS 1879 1900 Va-121
WILLIAMSBURG
VIRGINIA GAZETTE (1736- 1736 1781 Va-9
WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA GAZETTE (1766- 1766 1776 Va-9
WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA GAZETTE (1775- 1775 1780 Va-9
WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA GAZETTE (1853- 1853 1988 VA-9
WINCHESTER
WINCHESTER REPUBLICAN 1861 1862 Va-54
WYTHEVILLE
PATRIOT-HERALD 1889 1895 Va-58
WYTHEVILLE REPUBLICAN & VIRGINIA CONSTITUTIONALIST 1850 1850 Va-45
WYTHEVILLE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE 1870 1956 Va-59
WYTHEVILLE VIRGINIA ALLIANCE NEWS 1892 1892 Va-95
WYTHEVILLE WYTHEVILLE DISPATCH 1865 1898 Va-45, Va-94
WYTHEVILLE WYTHEVILLE TIMES 1857 1860 Va-45