New year, new titles! This batch of new IDNC material includes a few temperance newspapers published in Alton, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri, and several Black newspapers donated to us by the Library of Congress, which have been added to our Black Newspapers collection.
Here’s a list of all new titles added to the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Available dates (for new titles) and dates of new content (for existing IDNC titles) are formatted as YYYY/MM/DD. New titles include, by county:
Adams County:
Western Catholic | Available dates: 1908/10/17 – 1942/12/25 (1,860 issues)
Champaign County:
Central Illinois Gazette (1858-186?) | Available dates: 1858/03/10 – 1862/02/26 (200 issues)
Central Illinois Gazette (186?-1866) | Available dates: 1864/03/23 – 1866/04/06 (75 issues)
The Times | Available dates: 1880/12/11 – 1886/06/26 (8 issues)
Wings | Available dates: 1943/03/12 – 1945/02/24 (103) [Military newspaper from Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill.]
Cook County:
The Chicago Live Stock World | Dates of new content: 1905/09/30 (1 issue) [Farm, Field, and Fireside Collection]
The Chicago World | Available dates: 1900/01/27 (1 issue) [Black newspaper]
The Conservator | Available dates: 1882/11/18-1886/12/18 (4 issues) [Black Newspapers Collection]
North Riverside Star | Available dates: 1926/02/18 – 1959/07/31 (1,453 issues) [digital newspaper files donated by the North Riverside Public Library]
North Riverside Star-Citizen | Available dates: 1959/08/07 – 1962/06/29 (150 issues) [digital newspaper files donated by the North Riverside Public Library]
Madison County:
Alton Daily Courier | Available dates: 1858/06/01 – 1859/05/31 (307 issues)
Alton Daily Morning Courier | Available dates: 1852/05/29 – 1854/05/31 (617 issues)
Alton Democratic Union | Available dates: 1846/02/14 (1 issue)
Alton Spectator | Available dates: 1833/04/09 – 1834/11/05 (32 issues)
The Alton Telegraph (1861-1866) | Available dates: 1861/03/27 – 1862/12/26 (21 issues)
Alton Weekly Democrat | Available dates: 1879/01/31 – 1879/08/08 (3 issues)
Illinois Temperance Herald | Available dates: 1836/02/01 – 1836/09/01 (5 issues)
Missouri and Illinois Temperance Herald | Available dates: 1840/09/01 – 1841/10/01 (3 issues)
Missouri and Illinois Temperance Herald and Washingtonian | Available dates: 1842/01/01 (1 issue)
Rock Island County:
The Rock Island Daily Argus (1872-1873) | Available dates: 1872/11/29 – 1873/12/06 (315 issues)
Sangamon County:
Illinois Daily Journal | Dates of new content: 1848/11/13 (1 issue)
The State Capital | Available dates: 1891/03/28-1899/01/13 (50 issues) [Black Newspapers Collection]
St. Clair County:
East St. Louis Daily Journal (1918-1932) | Dates of new content: 1924/06/12 – 1926/05/14 (593 issues)
East St. Louis Gazette | Available dates: 1866/06/28 – 1913/12/26 (1,924 issues)
Wabash County:
Mount Carmel Democrat | Available dates: 1861/03/29 – 1875/01/16 (27 issues)
The Wabash Democrat | Available dates: 1866/03/01 – 1867/06/07 (14 issues)
Whiteside County:
Republican and Gazette | Available dates: 1858/09/25 (1 issue)
The Sterling Republican | Available dates: 1856/07/04 (1 issue)
Whiteside Times | Available dates: 1878/05/24 (1 issue)
New Non-IL Newspapers in the Farm, Field, and Fireside Collection:
Wallaces’ Farmer (Des Moines, Iowa) | Dates of new content: 1899/07/07 – 1899/12/29 (9 issues)
New Non-IL Newspapers in the Black Newspapers Collection:
The American Eagle (St. Louis, Mo.) | Available dates: 1905/12/17 (1 issue)
The Freeman (Indianapolis, Ind.) | Available dates: 1886/12/02 – 1892/01/30 (173 issues)
The Guide (Oklahoma City, Ok.) | Available dates: 1898/10/06 – 1903/08/01 (169 issues)
The Gazette (Cleveland, Ohio) | Available dates: 1923/01/06 – 1945/05/19 (1,006 issues)
The Kansas State Ledger (Topeka, Kan.) | Available dates: 1892/07/22 – 1895/10/11 (166 issues)
Washington Grit (Washington, D.C.) | Available dates: 1883/12/21 – 1884/10/18 (36 issues)