As the summer heats up, our backlog of digital newspaper projects is cooling off! A handful of new titles have been added to the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections since May.
Many of these papers are all a product of either digital file donations or a collaborative project with a partnering organization. The Illinois Newspaper Project is continuously thrilled to be able to work so closely with Illinois cultural heritage institutions and newspaper enthusiasts to preserve our state’s print and historical record!
This batch also includes the first Spanish-language newspaper in the IDNC! El Informador de Champaign-Urbana was founded in Champaign-Urbana in 2002 and is still in publication today.
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:
Champaign County:
El Informador de Champaign-Urbana (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.) | Available dates: 2002/03/01 – 2008/09/10 (84 issues) *digital newspaper files were donated by the Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library.
Twin Cities Issue (Champaign, Ill.; Urbana, Ill.) | Available dates: 1908/03/14 – 1910/04/02 (6 issues)
Cook County:
The Woodlawn Observer (Chicago, Ill.) | Available dates: 1966/01/19 – 1967/11/03 (87 issues) [added to Black Newspapers collection]
DeKalb County:
The Weekly Argus (Sandwich, Ill.) | Available dates: 1878/11/09 – 1882/12/16 (215 issues)
The Argus (Sandwich, Ill.) | Available dates: 1882/12/23 – 1885/10/24 (148 issues)
The Sandwich Argus (Sandwich, Ill.) | Available dates: 1885/10/31 – 1918/10/02 (1,621 issues)
The above titles were digitized through a collaborative project with the DeKalb County History Center.
Douglas County:
The Tuscola Review (Tuscola, Ill.) | Available dates: 1918/07/04; 1942/02/19 – 1954/05/06 (457 issues)
Jo Daviess County:
The Stockton Herald (Stockton, Ill.) | Available dates: 1888/05/11 – 1919/04/02 (594 issues)
Stockton Maple Leaf (Stockton, Ill.) | Available dates: 1893/03/05 (1 issue)
The Stockton News (Stockton, Ill.) | Available dates: 1898/01/26 – 1919/11/05 (113 issues)
Stockton Herald-News (Stockton, Ill.) | Available dates: 1920/10/20 – 1988/03/02 (3,147 issues)
Galena Weekly Gazette (Galena, Ill.) | Available dates: 1891/05/14 – 1952/12/04 (2,081 issues)
Galena Daily Advertiser (Galena, Ill.) | Dates of new content: 1856/01/03 – 1857/05/29 (385 issues)
Digital newspaper files for the Stockton newspapers were donated to the INP by an individual donor, and digital newspaper files for the Galena newspapers were donated to the INP by the Galena Public Library.
McLean County:
The Weekly Leader (Bloomington, Ill.) | Available dates: 1868/12/17 – 1897/08/27 (1,474 issues)
St. Clair County:
East St. Louis Daily Journal (1890-1914) (East St. Louis) | Dates of new content: 1898/06/10 – 1905/08/27 (2,227 issues) *digitized through a collaborative project with the St. Clair County Genealogical Society.
Union County:
The Talk (Anna, Ill.) | Available dates: 1915/04/02 – 1923/03/16 (411 issues) *digital files donated by the Stinson Memorial Public Library