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.
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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.