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West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Jane LaBarbara
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Steve Wolfe, Collector, Historical Newspapers, A&M 4239, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Original newspapers documenting historical events. Topics include deceased Presidents and political events of the United States, space flight, and the American Civil War, among others. Some of the newspapers were published in West Virginia; some are from the United Kingdom. Abbreviations used in the contents list includes F/P (front page), B/P (back page), and FSO (front section only).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Presidents -- United States
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- Politics and government
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- Politics and government
Container List
Series 1. Dead Presidents
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1-22 1826–1981
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Colombian Centinel (Boston) -- Death of President Adams1826 July 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Colombian Centinel (Boston) -- Death of President Jefferson1826 July 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
New York Herald -- Lincoln Assassination Edition1865 April 16
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Harper's Weekly -- F/P Portrait of J.W. Booth - Lincoln Assassination Edition1865 April 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Harper's Weekly -- B/P cartoon, Pres. Lincoln writing "All Is Well With Us" published and dated on the day he died1865 April 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Harper's Weekly -- F/P portrait President Johnson / Booth captured!1865 May 13
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Dubuque (IA) Herald -- Death of President Garfield / black bordered.1881 September 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
Watertown (NY) Reformer -- "President McKinley Battling Death" - f/p photo.1901 September 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Watertown (NY) Reformer -- Death of President McKinley1901 October 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Sandusky (OH) Register -- Death of President Harding / big f/p portrait & headlines1923 August 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
San Francisco Examiner -- "FDR Dies" / Huge f/p headlines & photo1945 April 13
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Ft. Worth (TX) Press -- "President Kennedy Slain"1963 November 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Extra Edition: "Kennedy, Connolly Shot"1963 November 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Extra Edition: "Texas Gunman Kills President Kennedy"1963 November 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Extra Edition: "Assassin Kills President Kennedy"1963 November 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Extra Edition: "JKF Assassin Still Not Apprehended"1963 November 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- F/P headline: "Man Charged In Assassination"1963 November 23
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Dallas Morning News -- Kennedy Killed1963 November 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Oswald Murdered1963 November 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- F/P headline in red: "Oswald Shot"1963 November 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- President Kennedy Buried1963 November 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
New York Times -- "JFK Lies in White House"1963 November 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Death of President Hoover (FSO)1964 October 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Death of President Truman (FSO)1972 December 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Ike Dies1969 March 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- LBJ Dies1973 January 23
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Pittsburgh Post Gazette -- "Reagan Shot" (FSO)1981 March 31
Series 2. United States Political Events
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1-29 1788–1974
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Newport (RI) Herald -- P. 3 report of final ratification of the US Constitution1788 July 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Colombian Centinel (Boston) -- Acts of President Washington (signed in print by G.W. & Secretary Jefferson) establishing Washington DC as the "temporary" seat of government1790 July 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
American Mercury (Hartford, CT) -- Louisiana Purchase Treaty1803 November 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
New-England Palladium (Boston) -- Aaron Burr trial reports1807 June 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
New-England Palladium (Boston) -- Aaron Burr trial results1807 August 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Boston Independent Chronicle -- Political endorsement - Elbridge Gerry for Governor1812 March 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Niles Register (Baltimore) -- US Declaration of War against Britain - signed in type by President Madison1812 June 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Niles Register (Baltimore) -- Reports of the "Battle of New Orleans"1815 January 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Niles Register (Baltimore) -- Monroe nominated for President1816 March 23
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Niles Register (Baltimore) -- Final results of the election of 18401841 January 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Harper's Weekly -- F/P Leak of the US Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision1857 March 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
New York Tribune -- Lincoln Reelection Results on f/p1864 November 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
New York Times -- F/P only - text of Lincoln's second oath1865 March 6
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
Harper's Weekly -- F/p illustration of Lincoln taking second oath of office1865 March 18
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Harper's Weekly -- President Johnson Impeachment Trial coverage1868 April 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Harper's Weekly -- Inauguration of President Grant1869 March 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Harper's Weekly -- Thomas Nast cartoons of "Boss" Tweed (inside)1871 August 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
New York Times -- F/P Final Electoral Vote Count of the 1876 election1876 November 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
Philadelphia North American -- WV Mine War headlines and coverage1921 September 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
New York Times -- FDR leads Balloting1932 July 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
Richmond Times-Dispatch -- "Japs Quit" / f/p huge headlines1945 August 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- "Nazis Surrender" / f/p huge red headlines1945 May 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21
Walla-Walla (WA) Union-Bulletin -- "Japan Quits" f/p bid red headlines1945 August 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22
Chicago Tribune -- "Dewey Defeats Truman" - full edition1948 November 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Truman assassination attempts/ G.B. Shaw dies1950 November 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
San Francisco Chronicle -- Extra: "Kennedy Wins"1960 November 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- JFK Elected1960 November 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- "Kennedy Orders Cuban Blockade"1962 October 23
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Nixon Resigns1974 August 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- "Ford Assumes Presidency"1974 August 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
St. Petersburg (FL) Times -- Nixon Resigns1974 August 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
Clearwater (FL) Sun -- "Ford Takes Oath" (FSO)1974 August 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
New York Daily News -- Nixon Resigns1974 August 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
St. Petersburg (FL) Times -- Agnew Resigns (FSO)1973 October 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
St. Petersburg (FL) Times -- Ford Pardons Nixon1974 September 9
Series 3. Civil War
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1-35 1860–1865
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Harper's Weekly -- F/P - Lincoln raising flag at Independence Hall / Inside coverage of Jefferson Davis Inauguration1861 March 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Harper's Weekly -- F/P - Lincoln introduced to Louis Napoleon1861 August 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Philadelphia Inquirer -- [?] Map of Eastern Virginia War Zone1862 June 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Harper's Weekly -- Emancipation Proclamation announcement & text / Antietam coverage1862 October 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Harper's Weekly -- Sherman siege of Richmond1864 May 21
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Harper's Weekly -- F/P illustration - Lincoln with his Secretaries1864 June 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
New York Semi-Weekly Times -- P. 4 secession coverage and election results1860 November
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
New York Semi-Weekly Times -- P. 4 & P. 5 - Lee's surrender / Grant-Lee telegraphic messages1865 April 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
New York Times -- F/P - Lincoln celebration & first secession dispatches1860 November 21
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
New York Times -- Various f/p secession coverage - Lincoln visits New York City1861 February 21
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
New York Times -- F/P follow-up reports on the battle of Manassas1861 July 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
New York Times -- Monitor v. Merrimac coverage1862 March 10
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
New York Times -- F/P reports of Union victories in the Kanawha Valley1862 May 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
New York Times -- F/P map of Richmond battle zone / reports from army1862 June 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
New York Times -- F/P - map of Richmond & Mac's positions / inside erroneous story of Stonewall Jackson's death1862 July 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
New York Times -- F/P - Lee marching north / B/P - siege of Vicksburg1863 June 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17
New York Times -- F/P - reports Sherman taking Atlanta1864 July 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18
New York Times -- Final pursuit of Lee / Petersburg falls1865 April 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19
New York Times -- F/P - President Johnson resumes free trade / reconstruction policy and assassination trial coverage1865 June 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20
New York Tribune -- F/P map: "Seat of War in Eastern Virginia"1862 May 16
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21
New York Tribune -- F/P map of the new state of WV / b/p Battle of Fredericksburg1862 December 13
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 22
New York Tribune -- F/P map of the new state of WV / b/p Battle of Fredericksburg1862 December 13
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 23
New York Tribune -- Resignation of General Burnside1863 January 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 24
New York Tribune -- F/P headline: "Fall of Vicksburg"1863 July 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 25
New York Tribune -- First Gettysburg reporting1863 July 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 26
New York Tribune -- F/P - Wirtz trial / Suez Canal opens1865 August 31
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 27
New York Herald -- F/P map - "War Zone in the Upper Potomac"/ US recognizes loyal government of Virginia1861 July 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 28
New York Herald -- F/P - McClellan's farewell to the troops1862 November 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 29
New York Herald -- F/P - Lincoln's State of the Union1862 December 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 30
New York Herald -- F/P map: "Rebel Invasion in MD - Silver Spring"1864 July 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 31
Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P - Antietam Battle reports1862 September 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 32
Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P headline: "Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus" / Antietam wrap-up / F/P map "Eastern VA War Zone"1862 September 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 33
Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P Gettysburg Address / text and reports1863 November 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 34
Philadelphia Inquirer -- Peace Proclamations / assassination trial reports1865 May 10
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 35
Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P headline: "Capture of Jefferson Davis" / assassination Trial1865 May 15
Series 4. Dead Russian Presidents
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 1953 March 4–1953 March 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Stalin Dying1953 March 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Malenkov Succeeds Stalin (FSO)1953 March 7
Series 5. Spaceflight
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 1969 July 21
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
New York Times -- "Men Walk on Moon" - Apollo 11 coverage1969 July 21
Series 6. The Business Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3-7 1873–1929
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
The Press (Philadelphia) -- F/P - "Wall Street Panic" / Jay Cooke's bankruptcy1873 September 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
New York Times -- Wall Street Panic reports1873 September 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
The World (NY) -- "The Panic in Stocks"1873 September 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
The Press (Philadelphia) -- Jay Cooke's bankruptcy1873 November 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
New York Times -- F/P - "Stock Market Steadied"1929 October 26
Series 7. Miscellaneous
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8-19 1806–1995
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
Daily Illinois State Journal -- F/P ad: "Lincoln & Herndon", attorneys at law1856 February 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9
The Weekly Register -- American Seamen; Free trade and Sailors' Rights (FP); Events of the War (Inside)1813 March 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10
American Commercial Daily Advertiser -- Slave ads and runaway rewards1806 December 6
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11
Color map of lower Manhattan1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12
Ladies Garland (Harper's Ferry, VA) -- Various news1825 November 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13
Life Illustrated (NY) -- F/P scenes of Harper's Ferry & Baltimore Camden Station1860 March 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14
Boston Evening Transcript -- Various political reporting1860 December 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15
Dallas Morning News -- Night Club Man Kills Oswald1963 November 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16
NY Times Sunday Supplement -- "LBJ: The Office and the Man"1964 June 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17
Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Churchill Dies (FSO)1965 January 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 18
Memphis Press-Scimitar -- Elvis Dies1977 August 17
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 19
Baltimore Sun -- F/P: "Cal-Lossal" - Cal Ripken streak record coverage1995 September 7
Series 8. British Editions
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20-25 1666–1919
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20
Votes of the House of Commons -- Miscellaneous voting results1696 February 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20
The Tatler (London) -- Miscellaneous local news1709 December 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21
London Gazette -- Death of the Queen1684 June 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21
London Gazette -- French War Appropriations1694 February 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22
London Times -- German Peace Offers1917 May 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 23
London Times -- Typo in Masthead - Dated "1619" / Special Supplement. "Full text of the Peace Treaty"1919 June 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 24
London Gazette -- Bottom B/P reference to deaths from the "Great Plague"1666 March 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 24
London Gazette -- Miscellaneous local news1694 July 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 25
The Post Boy -- Miscellaneous local news1726 October 20