Digitized Historic Newspapers from the St. Joseph Public Library!

The St. Joseph Public Library has received a grant to assist with the digitization of historic newspapers beginning with 1862 through 1932.  The newspaper titles include the St. Joseph Morning Herald, the St. Joseph Daily Herald, and the St. Joseph Observer. The project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.  To view the digitized newspapers go to the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Digital Newspaper Project.

                                                          

 


St. Joseph Public Library
Downtown Library
Newspapers on Microfilm

ADVENTURE (also known as Adventurer)
May 5, 1848 to May 20, 1853
COMMERCIAL CYCLE (on same roll as Adventure)
May 27, 1853 to April 21, 1854
FREE DEMOCRAT (on same roll as Weekly West)
August 6, 1859 to April 13, 1861
ST. JOSEPH WEEKLY GAZETTE
April 25, 1845 to September 8, 1848
October 27, 1848 to October 4, 1854
July 9, 1868 to June 27, 1872
July 4, 1872 to December 25, 1873
January 6, 1887 to September 28, 1893
January 3, 1896 to December 30, 1898
ST. JOSEPH DAILY GAZETTE
July 1, 1868 to June 26, 1870
January 3, 1872 to June 30, 1874
December 1, 1874 to December 31, 1894 (pages from 1882 are missing)
January 1, 1896 to June 30, 1953
October 1, 1953 to September 30, 1988 (May 1987-Sept 1988 on News-Press Reels)
ST. JOSEPH GAZETTE-HERALD
January 3, 1899 to December 29, 1899
July 31, 1900 to October 11, 1900
ST. JOSEPH MORNING HERALD
February 13, 1862 to September 30, 1864
ST. JOSEPH MORNING HERALD AND DAILY TRIBUNE
October 1, 1864 to July 24, 1866
ST. JOSEPH MORNING DAILY HERALD
July 25, 1866 to October 8, 1876
ST. JOSEPH DAILY HERALD
October 10, 1876 to July 31, 1900
ST. JOSEPH WEEKLY HERALD
March 20, 1862 to October 27, 1864
January 9, 1890 to December 25, 1890
January 4, 1894 to December 28, 1899
ST. JOSEPH EVENING NEWS
May 3, 1879 to October 19, 1885
 ST. JOSEPH DAILY NEWS
October 21, 1885 to December 31, 1886
May 1, 1888 to September 30, 1901
January 1, 1902 to September 19, 1903
ST. JOSEPH NEWS AND PRESS
September 21, 1903 to February 28, 1905
ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS
March 1, 1905 to December 31, 1935
January 17, 1936 to CURRENT
STANDARD
September 7, 1871 to January 28, 1875
WEEKLY WEST
May 8, 1859 to April 28, 1860 (same roll as Free Democrat)
WINNERS OF THE WEST
December 1923 to December 28, 1944
WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMERCE (Kansas City)
January 3, 1861 to June 23, 1866

The Reference Department has 6 microfilm machines that can be used to view and print articles from microfilm. Two of the microfilm machines have the ability to save images to a flash drive. Printing from the machines is 25 cents per print.