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West Virginia Archive and Shepherd Archive materials must be requested and used in the Archive Reading Room. Please contact Ms. Frances Marshall, the Special Collections Librarian, to set up an appointment to view any papers located in either space.
Off-campus access to newspapers within databases (Lexis-Nexis, EBSCOHost, or ProQuest) is limited to Shepherd University students, faculty and staff. Direct links to newspapers within the databases are not provided, except for the New York Times Historical Newspaper and now the Washington Post.
July 1, 1892
March 27, 1885- 1912; 1942;1946;
1950-51; 1961-2;1967-Nov 8, 1968
Berkeley Union (Martinsburg WV) See also: Martinsburg Independent; Martinsburg Weekly Independent
1868 (holdings incomplete)
Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, SC)
Jan 14-1858-59; Jan 11-Nov 7, 1861;
Dec 19, 1861-Dec 4, 1864
Cavalier (Williamsburg, VA)
June 25, 1862- April 17, 1864
Central State News (Bellington-Barbour County)?
April 17, 1930-April 22, 1943
Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, SC)
Nov 12, 1856-Sept 19, 1866
Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston-Kanawha Co)?
1977-2001
Charleston Gazette (Charleston-Kanawha Co)
Oct 1964-2013 (Compact Storage); 2017 Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Online Full Text Access
1994- present: Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis Academic)
Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)
1860-1866
1960- Oct 3, 2008 (Compact Storage)
Online Full Text Access
1980-present: Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis Academic
Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
1858-1866
Online Full Text Access
1850-1884: Library of Congress: Chronicling America https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024738/
Daily Free Trader (Natchez, MS) See also Natchez Daily Free Trader (1858-1860)
Feb 2-6, 1858
Daily Herald (Wilmington, NC) See also Wilmington Herald (1857-1858)
May 10, 1859-July 16, 1860
Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling-Ohio Co) See also Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Nov 12, 1859-June 24, 1865
Daily Lynchburg Virginian (VA) See also: Lynchburg Daily Virginian (1858-61; 1863; 1865-66) Lynchburg Virginian; and Lynchburg Virginian (Tri-Weekly)
Aug 22, 1861-April 13, 1863
Daily Memphis Avalanche (TN) See also: Memphis Daily Avalanche (1861-62; 1866)
March 6-Nov 2, 1866
Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Dec 15, 1857-March 2, 1866
Daily Richmond Whig See also: Richmond Daily Whig; Richmond Whig; Richmond Whig & Advertiser; Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser
Sept 5, 1861-May 14, 1862; May 1-Dec 1865
Edgefield Advertiser (SC)
Oct 15, 1856-April 22, 1868
Evening Journal (Martinsburg—Berkeley Co.) See also: Journal; Martinsburg Journal; Martinsburg WVa Evening Journal; Morning Journal
May-Oct 1912; 1978-Aug 3, 1990
Farmers Advocate (Charles Town—Jefferson Co.) See also: Spirit of Jefferson; Spirit of Jefferson Farmers Advocate
1897-1930; Oct 25, 1935-1943; 1945-Oct 3, 1947
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper See also: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper; Leslie’s; Leslie’s Weekly
Dec 15, 1855-Nov 28, 1891
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly See also: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper; Leslie’s; Leslie’s Weekly
Dec 5, 1891-June 21, 1894
Frederick News-Post (MD)
Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Online Full Text Access
1995-May 30, 2017: Newspaper Source (EBSCOHost)
Gate-City Guardian (Atlanta, GA)
Feb 12-March 2, 1861
Gerardstown [Gerrardstown ]Times (Berkeley Co.)
Jan 28, 1898- Dec 22, 1905
Good News Paper (Shepherdstown—Jefferson Co.)
1979-20xx Shepherd Archive
Grant County Press (Petersburg—Grant County)
Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Online Full Text Access
Feb 3, 2009-present: Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis Academic)
Greenbrier County Newspapers See also: Greenbrier Independent; Lewisburg Chronicle; Lewisburg Times; Lewisburg Weekly Times; Tocsin of Reform; Valley Messenger; Western Era
1851-1892 (holdings incomplete)
This reel is NOT a newspaper; it is a single-reel repository for all the papers named in the “See Also” list.
Greenbrier Independent (Lewisburg—Greenbrier Co.)
Oct 31, 1867-May 9, 1874 (scattered issues); some issues are on Greenbrier County Newspapers reel
Hampshire Review (Romney—Hampshire Co.) See also: Hampshire Review and the South Branch Intelligencer; Review (Romney)
May 22, 1884-March 25, 1903; Dec 29, 1920-July 1952
Hampshire Review and the South Branch Intelligencer (Romney—Hampshire Co.) See also: Hampshire Review; Review; South Branch Intelligencer
Aug 1952-June 1972; Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Hardy County News (Moorefield, WV)
April 30, 1897-Dec 11, 1902; April 28, 1932-April 16, 1942
Independent (Shepherdstown—Jefferson Co.)
1934-1958
Journal (Martinsburg—Berkeley Co.) See also: Evening Journal; Martinsburg WVa Evening Journal; Martinsburg Journal; Morning Journal
1993-March 2017; Renewed subscription--Current year Sept 1, 2023 start date (Reading Room)
Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly See also: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper; Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper; Leslie’s; Leslie’s Weekly
July 5, 1894-Oct 12, 1901; Jan 17-Dec 26, 1907; Jan 2, 1908-Jan 25, 1912
Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper See also: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper; Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s; Leslie’s Weekly
Feb 26, 1914-Oct 2, 1920
Leslie’s See also: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper; Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Weekly
Feb 1, 1912-Feb 19, 1914; Oct 9, 1920-Oct 22, 1921
Leslie’s Weekly See also: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper; Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper; Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly; Leslie’s
Oct 19, 1901-June 10, 1907; Oct 29,1921-June 17, 1922
Lewisburg Chronicle (Lewisburg—Greenbrier Co.)
Jan 19-June 1, 1861
Lewisburg Times (Lewisburg—Greenbrier Co.)
March 22, 1866-May 25, 1867
Lewisburg Weekly Times (Lewisburg—Greenbrier Co.)
Jan 13, 1866
Liberator (Boston, MA)
1831-1865
Lynchburg Daily Virginian (VA) See also: Daily Lynchburg Virginian; Lynchburg Virginian; Lynchburg Virginian (Tri-weekly)
Aug 3, 1858-Jun 15, 1859;Aug 4, 1859-July 1861 (holdings incomplete); April 17, 1863-Nov 9, 1863; Sept 1865-Aug 1866
Lynchburg Virginian (VA) See also: Daily Lynchburg Virginian; Lynchburg Daily Virginian; Lynchburg Virginian (Tri-weekly)
Nov 10, 1863-Mar 24, 1865
Lynchburg Virginian (Triweekly) See also: Daily Lynchburg Virginian; Lynchburg Daily Virginian; Lynchburg Virginian
Aug 3, 1857-Aug 1, 1859
Martinsburg Gazette (Berkeley Co.) See also: Martinsburg Gazette and Public Advertiser; Martinsburgh Gazette
Oct 17, 1833-March 7, 1855 (holdings incomplete)
Martinsburg Gazette and Public Advertiser See also: Martinsburg Gazette; Martinsburgh Gazette
Jan 1826-Oct 10, 1833
Martinsburgh Gazette (Berkeley Co.) See also: Martinsburg Gazette; Martinsburg Gazette and Public Advertiser
1810-1822 (holdings incomplete); 1823-1825
1881-1913 (holdings incomplete)
Martinsburg Independent See also: Martinsburg Weekly Independent (1874-1876); Berkeley Union
1875-April 3, 1899
Martinsburg Journal (Martinsburg--Berkeley Co.) See also: Evening Journal; Martinsburg WVa Evening Journal; Journal; Morning Journal
1921-1929; 1932-1977
Martinsburg Statesman See also: Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat
1874-Sept 14, 1906
Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat See also: Martinsburg Statesman
Sept 21-Dec 1906; 1908-1913
Martinsburg Weekly Independent See also: Martinsburg Independent;Berkeley Union
Jan 1874-March 27, 1875
Martinsburg W Va Evening Journal See also: Evening Journal; Journal; Martinsburg Journal; Morning Journal; Journal
Feb.1916-April 1920
Some newspaper titles have multiple records associated with them in the catalog. The year will be bold and hyperlinked instead of the newspaper title.
Example:
Hampshire Review (Romney—Hampshire Co.) See also: Hampshire Review and the South Branch Intelligencer; Review (Romney)
May 22, 1884-March 25, 1903; Dec 29, 1920-July 1952
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the current daily print newspapers Shepherd University had access to were and remain suspended.
Below is an example of the status of a suspended subscription.
Mineral Daily News and Keyser Tribune (Keyser—Mineral Co.)
Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Updates on whether subscriptions for daily papers are resumed will be provided when information can be confirmed.
Memphis Bulletin (TN)
July 4, 1862-May 24, 1863
Memphis Daily Appeal (TN)
1857-1866 (holdings incomplete)
Memphis Daily Avalanche (TN) See also: Daily Memphis Avalanche
1861-1862(holdings incomplete); Jan-March 4, 1866
1858; Dec 21, 1859-Dec 5, 1860
Mineral Daily News and Keyser Tribune (Keyser—Mineral Co.)
Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Mobile Advertiser and Register (AL)
June 7-Oct 31, 1861; Jan 18, 1862- June 6, 1863
Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register (AL)
June 9, 1863-May 26, 1864
Feb 17, 1859-June 29, 1860
Moorefield Examiner (WV) See also: Weekly Examiner; Moorefield Examiner and Hardy County News
Aug 8, 1907-1936;1940-Mar 13, 1957
Moorefield Examiner and Hardy County News (WV) See also: Moorefield Examiner; Weekly Examiner
Mar 20, 1957- 1972; Current month (Reading Room)
Morgan Mercury (Berkeley Springs—Morgan Co.) See also: Morgan Messenger
1882-1893 (holdings incomplete)
Morgan Messenger (Berkeley Springs—Morgan Co.) See also: Morgan Mercury
1893-1975 (holdings incomplete); Current month (Reading Room)
Morning Journal (Martinsburg--Berkeley Co.) See also: Evening Journal; Journal; Martinsburg Journal; Martinsburg WVa Evening Journal
Aug. 4, 1990-Jan. 1, 1993
Oct 1857-Sept 1860
Natchez Daily Free Trader (MS) See also: Daily Free Trader (Natchez,MS)
Feb 1859- Sept 28, 1860
National Observer (MD/DC)
Feb 1962-July 11, 1977 (Compact Storage)
National Telegraph (Clarksburg—Harrison Co.) See also: Weekly National Telegraph (Clarksburg)
Jan 3-Dec 5, 1862
New Orleans Bee (LA)
1858-1865
Online Full Text Access
Sept 1827-Dec 1923: Jefferson Parish Library http://nobee.jplibrary.net/index.htm
New Orleans Commercial Bulletin (LA)
1858-June 1862
New York Daily Times (NY) See also: New York Times
Full Text Online Access
1851-1857: The New York Times: Proquest Historical Newspapers
New York Times (NY)
Jan 2008-Dec 2011 (Compact storage); Current print subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Full Text Online Access
1851-2017: The New York Times: Proquest Historical Newspapers
Picket (Shepherd College/University)
Jan 30, 1896-1994 (Microfilm)
Shepherd College Collection (Shepherd Archive)
Jan 30, 1896-April 2015
Full Text Online Access
1896-2000
Post (Berkeley Springs—Morgan Co.)
Feb 14, 1907-Jan 4, 1917
Religious Herald (Richmond, VA)
1858-March 1867
Review (Romney—Hampshire Co.) See also: Hampshire Review; Hampshire Review and the South Branch Intelligencer
April 1903-Dec 22, 1920
Richmond Daily Whig (VA) See also: Daily Richmond Whig; Richmond Whig; Richmond Whig & Advertiser; Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser
1860-Sept 4, 1861
Richmond Enquirer (VA)
1861-1862
Richmond Whig (VA) See also: Daily Richmond Whig; Richmond Daily Whig; Richmond Whig & Advertiser; Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser
May 15, 1862-April 1865
Richmond Whig and Advertiser (VA) See also: Daily Richmond Whig; Richmond Daily Whig; Richmond Whig; Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser
Jan 3, 1868-Jan 5, 1869
Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser (VA) See also: Daily Richmond Whig; Richmond Daily Whig; Richmond Whig; Richmond Whig and Advertiser
1857- June 11, 1861; Jan 24, 1865-Dec 27, 1867
Sentinel (Richmond, VA)
May 11, 1863-Dec 5, 1865
Shepherdstown Chronicle (Jefferson Co.)
Renewed subscription--Current year Sept 1, 2023 start date (Reading Room)
West Virginia Archive (Room 310)
March 1994-2016?
Shepherdstown Register (Jefferson Co.)
1849-Oct 1860; July 15, 1865-Dec 22, 1955
Online Full Text Access
1849-1922 Library of Congress: Chronicling America https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026824/
South Branch Intelligencer (Romney—Hampshire Co.) See also: Hampshire Review and the South Branch Intelligencer
1866-1896
Southern Churchman (Richmond VA)
Nov 22, 1861-Mar 8, 1865
Southern Confederacy (GA)
March 1861-May 23, 1863; Nov 24, 1864-Feb 8, 1865
Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town—Jefferson Co.) See also: Farmers’ Advocate; Spirit of Jefferson Farmers’ Advocate
1852-1948 (except Sept 12-to Dec 26, 1871)
Notes for this paper’s run:
Spirit of Jefferson Farmers Advocate (Charles Town—Jefferson Co.) See also: Farmers Advocate; Spirit of Jefferson
March 1948-June 1984; 1985-2003; Renewed subscription--Current year (Reading Room)
Student Christian (Shepherdstown—Shepherd College)
Shepherd College Collection (Shepherd Archive)
Fall 1966-May 1967
Tocsin of Reform (Lewisburg—Greenbrier Co.)
Oct 1, 1854
Valley Messenger (Ronceverte—Greenbrier Co.)
April 27, 1892
Virginia Free Press (Charles Town—Jefferson Co.)
Jan 10, 1856-June 13, 1861; Aug 24, 1865-Sept 9, 1896
Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, VA)
Sept 3, 1736-Dec 9, 1790; Aug 24, 1853-Oct 18, 1855; Feb 18-July 1, 1869; May 20-Oct 13, 1893
Full Text Online Access
2009-2017 Points of View Reference Center (EBSCOHost)
Also on reel Virginia Gazette (1853) are the following Williamsburg newspapers:
Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond and Norfolk Advertiser See also: Virginia Gazette; Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk and Williamsburg Advertiser; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk and Baltimore Advertiser; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette; Weekly Gazette and Eastern Virginia Advertiser
Mar 18, 1856-Apr 3, 1856
Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk and Williamsburg Advertiser See also: Virginia Gazette; Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond and Norfolk Advertiser; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk and Baltimore Advertiser; Weekly Gazette and Eastern Virginia Advertiser
Oct 25, 1855-Mar 13, 1856
Wall Street Journal (NY)
1973-2008 (Compact Storage); Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Washington Post (DC)
2011- Aug 31, 2016 (Microfilm); 1972-2010 (3rd floor Storage)
Online:Shepherd University Library online subscription
Washington Post, Times Herald (DC)
1972-1973 (3rd floor Storage)
Weekly Examiner (Moorefield—Hardy Co.) See also: Moorefield Examiner; Moorefield Examiner and Hardy County News
Nov 27, 1902; Jan 1903-Aug 1, 1907
Weekly Gazette and Eastern Virginia Advertiser See also: Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk, and Williamsburg Advertiser; Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond, and Norfolk advertiser; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk, and Baltimore Advertiser; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette; Virginia Gazette
1859-1860 (scattered issues)
Weekly National Telegraph (Clarksburg—Harrison Co.) See also: National Telegraph (Clarksburg)
May 27, 1864-Dec 8, 1865; 1868
Weekly Register (Point Pleasant—Upshur Co.)
Mar 6, 1862-1869
Wellsburg Herald (Wellsburg—Brooke Co.)
1858-Jan 1861; 1862-1865
Western Era (Lewisburg—Greenbrier Co.)
Oct 29, 1851-Aug 17, 1853
West Virginia Hillbilly (Richwood, WV)
Nov 3, 1956-Oct 26, 1957; Dec 7, 1959-Dec 8, 1984; 1986-1991
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling—Ohio Co.) See also: Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling)
1858-Nov 11, 1859;Jun 26-Dec 1865
Jan 22, 1877
Williamsburg Weekly Gazette See also: Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk, and Williamsburg Advertiser; Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond, and Norfolk Advertiser; Weekly Gazette and Eastern Virginia Advertiser; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk, and Baltimore Advertiser; Virginia Gazette
April 17, 1856-Aug 11, 1858
Williamsburg Weekly Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk, and Baltimore Advertiser See also: Virginia Gazette, Richmond, Norfolk, and Williamsburg Advertiser; Virginia Gazette, Baltimore, Richmond, and Norfolk Advertiser; Weekly Gazette and Eastern Virginia Advertiser; Williamsburg Weekly Gazette; Virginia Gazette
April 10, 1856
Wilmington Herald (Wilmington, NC) See also: Daily Herald (Wilmington, NC)
April 9, 1857-April 29, 1858
Wilmington Journal (Wilmington, NC)
1860-Feb 20, 1865; Sept 28, 1865-July 14, 1866
World (Martinsburg—Berkeley Co.)
Aug 31, 1891-Sept 23, 1893
Yorkville Enquirer (York, SC)
1856-1866