by Jerilyn P. Tinio | Published: February 29, 2020 In 2019, James P. Danky received the American Journalism Historians Association’s Distinguished Service to Journalism History Award for his 40 years spent expanding and diversifying serial collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Danky is editor of the indispensable reference tool, African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography (Cambridge: […]
The INP Wishlist is a list of Illinois newspapers that have existed during some point in the past. INP staff compiled this list using county histories and historical newspaper bibliographies. Though we have had success finding many historical Illinois newspaper titles, we have been unable to find them all. Please contact us if you information […]
To date, the INP has microfilmed the following 471 titles. All film is available via Interlibrary Loan from UIUC Library. Visit our Preserve Newspapers page for more information on INP preservation microfilming. Title City County Dates Microfilmed 1. Abendblatt (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago , IL Cook <1894:10:24-1899:7:27> 2. Abendblatt der Illinois Staats-zeitung Chicago, IL Cook <1893:3:27-12:31> <1894:1:4-10:23> 3. Abingdon […]
Newspapers have played an important role in Illinois history since their introduction four years prior to statehood. In 1813, Matthew Duncan, a friend of Illinois Territorial Governor Ninian Edwards, secured a contract to print the first edition of the Illinois Territorial Laws. In 1814, Duncan began publishing the Illinois Herald at Kaskaskia, subsequently the state’s […]
The Illinois Newspaper Project is thrilled to announce that the advisory board has selected the following newspapers for the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) digitization grant: Canton Weekly register (Canton, Ill.) 1852-1914 The citizen / Irish news and Chicago citizen / The Chicago citizen (Chicago, Ill.), 1882-1928 The Du Quoin tribune (Du Quoin, Ill.), […]
Thank you to everyone who nominated a newspaper for this digitization opportunity. We received over 60 nominations and are amazed by the reception this opportunity received! Our advisory board has selected the following newspapers for NDNP digitization: Canton Weekly register (Canton, Ill.) 1852-1914 The citizen / Irish news and Chicago citizen / The Chicago citizen […]
The Workingman’s Advocate was established in the fall of 1864 by members of the Chicago Typographical Union. At the time, the union was striking against the Chicago Times, and the union felt the strike was receiving unfair coverage in the local press. Even newspapers traditionally hostile to the Times, like the Chicago Tribune, opposed the […]