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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.
Some newspapers are not hyperlinked. Please consult Helpful Tip 2 for the major reason for not direct linking to a record.
Off-campus access to newspapers within databases (Nexis Uni, 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.
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.
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)
Central State News (Bellington-Barbour County)?
April 17, 1930-April 22, 1943
Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston-Kanawha Co)?
1977-2001
Charleston Gazette (Charleston-Kanawha Co)
Oct 1964-2013 (Compact Storage); 2017 (current two months in Reading Room
Online Full Text Access
1994- present: Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis Academic)
Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling-Ohio Co) See also Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Nov 12, 1859-June 24, 1865
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
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; Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
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
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
Mineral Daily News and Keyser Tribune (Keyser—Mineral Co.)
Current subscription suspended (Reading Room)
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 subscription suspended (Reading Room)
Morning Journal (Martinsburg--Berkeley Co.) See also: Evening Journal; Journal; Martinsburg Journal; Martinsburg WVa Evening Journal
Aug. 4, 1990-Jan. 1, 1993
National Telegraph (Clarksburg—Harrison Co.) See also: Weekly National Telegraph (Clarksburg)
Jan 3-Dec 5, 1862
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
Review (Romney—Hampshire Co.) See also: Hampshire Review; Hampshire Review and the South Branch Intelligencer
April 1903-Dec 22, 1920
Shepherdstown Chronicle (Jefferson Co.)
Current subscription suspended (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
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
Weekly Examiner (Moorefield—Hardy Co.) See also: Moorefield Examiner; Moorefield Examiner and Hardy County News
Nov 27, 1902; Jan 1903-Aug 1, 1907
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
World (Martinsburg—Berkeley Co.)
Aug 31, 1891-Sept 23, 1893
West Virginia University (WVU) has created a list of state newspapers they have digitized, most of them for the Library of Congress's "Chronicling America" digital newspapers collection.
The list of titles on the WVU site has individual links to the scanned papers while this box's "Chronicling America" link will give access to the titles of all ninety-five currently digitized West Virginia newspapers at the Library of Congress.