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Newspaper Collection: US Newspapers by Decade

Newspapers: 1980 - 1989

Country & City Newspaper Name Holdings Location
1980-1989      
Arizona       
Tuscon Coyote [1982, 1983] UM Microfilm A265
  Network 01/1981 UM Microfilm A265
  Newsreal [1980-1984] UM Microfilm A265
  Tuscon Teen [1981-1982] UM Microfilm A265
  Youth Awareness Press [1980] UM Microfilm A265
Whiteriver Fort Apache Scout 04/30/1964-12/18/1987 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Arkansas      
Little Rock Spectrum 06/13/1985-01/23/1986 UM Microfilm A265
California      
Albany Yellow Silk 1984 UM Microfilm A265
Berkeley Berkeley Barb 1980 UM Microfilm A265
  Shmate [1982-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Southeast Asia Chronicle [1976-1982] UM Microfilm A265
    1977/1979-1983 UM DS 501 I55 Per
    1983-1985 Five College Depository
La Jolla The New Indicator [1976-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Los Angeles Los Angeles Times 1940- UM Microfilm A160
  Option 1985 UM Microfilm A265
  Sentinel 01/05/1989- Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Mendocino Big River News [1973-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Oakland The Black Panther 1967-1980 Online: Black Thought and Culture
  Connexions [1981-1985] UM Microfilm A265
    1981-1985 UM HQ 1101 C63 Per
    1985-1995 Five College Depository
  Newsfront International 01/1982-08/1982 UM Microfilm A265
  Oakland Post 09/11/1968-03/31/1981 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Redway Star Root [1979-1982] UM Microfilm A265
Sacramento Mom...Guess What! [1981-1985] UM Microfilm A265
San Diego Punk research 05/1984 UM Microfilm A265
San Francisco Asian Week 01/06/1983-12/22/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  Re/search [1981-1984] UM Microfilm A265
  Search & Destroy [1980] UM Microfilm A265
  The Utopian Classroom [1981-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Utopian Eyes [1975-1981] UM Microfilm A265
San Leandro India-West 11/01/1975-08/25/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara News & Review [1975-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Venice Free Venice Beachhead [1968-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Winters Sipapu [1975-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Connecticut      
Hartford The Hartford Courant 1764-1990 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
Delaware      
Newark Delaware Alternative Press [1979-1984] UM Microfilm A265
District of Columbia Chronicle of Higher Education 1988- Online: Education Complete
    1966- UM Microfilm A401
  The Congress Watcher [1981-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Connections 01/1985-03/1985 UM Microfilm A265
  Critical Mass [1983] UM Microfilm A265
  Critical Mass Bulletin [1983-1984] UM Microfilm A265
  Critical Mass Energy Journal [1981-1982] UM Microfilm A265
  The DC Gazette [1970-1983] UM Microfilm A265
  Education Week 1983/1984- UM Microfilm A877
  Front Line Spring 1981 UM Microfilm A265
  Grass Roots [1980] UM Microfilm A265
  Indochina Issues 1985 UM Microfilm A265
  Liberation News Service [1967-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  MERIP Reports [1978-1985] UM Microfilm A265
    1971-1985 Five College Depository
    1971-1985, 1986-1988 Online: JSTOR
  The New Humanist [1982-1984] UM Microfilm A265
  Off Our Backs [1970-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  People & Taxes [1981-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  The Progressive Review & DC Gazette [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  The Public Eye [1977-1984] UM Microfilm A265
  Re: sources Spring 1983 UM Microfilm A265
  SRA Federation Bulletin [1982, 1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  The Washington Blade [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Washington Informer 03/15/1979-04/06/1988 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch History
  Washington Post 1877-1998 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
    1971- UM Microfilm A888
  The Washington Weekly [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Florida      
Hollywood Seminole Tribune 03/02/1984-12/20/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Jacksonville Both Sides Now [1980] UM Microfilm A265
Miami Miami Herald 1911-1990 UM Microfilm A162
St. Petersburg Come Unity [1973-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Georgia      
Athens Tasty World 1985 undated issues UM Microfilm A265
Atlanta Atlanta Daily World 1931-2003 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  Creative Loafing [1976-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Southern Struggle [1980-1981] UM Microfilm A265
Columbus Columbus Times 02/28/1979- Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Hawaii      
Honolulu Ka Huliau: The Turning Point [1982-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Idaho      
Fort Hall Sho-Ban News 01/03/1979-09/28/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Illinois      
Bloomington Post Amerikan [1976-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Carbondale Southern Free Press [1984] UM Microfilm A265
Chicago Advertising Age 1950- UM Microfilm A12
  Chicago Defender 01/03/1989- Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  Chicago Tribune 1969-1990 UM Microfilm A361
  In These Times [1976-1985] UM Microfilm A265
    1985/1986-2001/2002 UM Microfilm A991
  Industrial Worker [1980-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Rock Island New Times [1974-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Prairie Sun [1977-1983] UM Microfilm A265
Skokie The Journal of the Socialist Party in Illinois [1985] UM Microfilm A265
Springfield Issues in Radical Therapy [1982-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Indiana      
Bloomington The Bloomington Free Ryder [1979-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  Dreamshore [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Real Times [1979-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  Real Times Weekly [1982] UM Microfilm A265
Indianapolis The Alternative Magazine [1983-1984] UM Microfilm A265
  Hot Potato [1979-1983] UM Microfilm A265
  Recorder 01/05/1980-04/26/1980 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Iowa      
Davenport The Spinal Column [1980-1981] UM Microfilm A265
Des Moines Des Moines Register 1946-1989 UM Microfilm A167
  Focus [1980] UM Microfilm A265
Iowa City Free Environment 03/1984-10/1984 UM Microfilm A265
  West Side Story [1973-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Sioux City Missouri Valley Socialist [1981-1984] UM Microfilm A265
Kentucky      
Louisville Courier-Journal (Courier-Journal and Times) 1971-1989 UM Microfilm A205
Louisiana      
New Orleans Broken Barriers [1980] UM Microfilm A265
  Southern Agitator [1980-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  The Times-Picayune 05/13/1914-06/01/1980 UM Microfilm A164
  The Times-Picayune, The States-Item 06/02/1980-1989 UM Microfilm A164
Maryland      
Baltimore Baltimore Afro-American 1893-1988 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  The Sun 1946-1989 UM Microfilm A170
  Women 1969/1970-1983 UM HQ 1101 W6 Per
Seat Pleasant Carpenter 1965-[2002]- UM HD 6350 C2 C3 Per
Takoma Park Talkin' Union [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Massachusetts      
Amherst Amherst Bulletin 1984-06/1990 UM Microfilm A993
  Amherst Morning Record 03/1979-02/1980 UM Microfilm A338
  Massachusetts Daily Collegian 1967- UM Microfilm A334
    1967- UM SCUA Microforms/190/13
    1967- Online: Archive.org
  New Roots [1978-1982] UM Microfilm A265
Boston Boston Globe 1960- UM Microfilm A37
    1960-1983 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
    1980- Online: ProQuest Boston Globe
  The Boston Herald 1982- UM Microfilm A169
  Boston Herald American 1973-1982 UM Microfilm A169
  Boston Phoenix 1973-01/2011 UM Microfilm A955
    [1975-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Christian Science Monitor 1983- UM Microfilm A23
    01/02/1980- Online: Middle East Newsstand
    1980- Onlilne: ABI Inform Complete
    1989- Onlilne: Westlaw Campus Research
  Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) 1960-09/30/1983 UM Microfilm A23
  Gay Community News 01/26/1980-1999 Online: Alt PressWatch
    01/26/1980-1999 Online: GenderWatch
  Progressive Platter [1981-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Cambridge The Old [1981] UM Microfilm A265
Greenfield Greenfield Recorder 11/19/1969-08/1985 UM Microfilm A1203 Reels 252-444
  New Roots [1978-1982] UM Microfilm A265
    1981-1982 Five College Depository
  New Roots for the Northeast 1979-1981 Five College Depository
  The Recorder 09/1985-1999 UM Microfilm A1203 Reels 445-573
Lawrence Preview [1982-1983] UM Microfilm A265
New Bedford The CVN (Cape Verdean News) 05/31/1979-12/31/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Newburyport The Current [1979-1981] UM Microfilm A265
Northampton Daily Hampshire Gazette 1890- UM Microfilm A669
Somerville Radical America [1980-1985] UM Microfilm A265
    [1967-1992] UM HD 4802 R33 Per
    [1983-1984, 1988-1989] UM SCUA Vega 166-169
  Resist [1982-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Springfield BusinessWest 1989-1992 UM Microfilm A1063
  The Morning Union 10/21/1976-05/30/1987 UM Microfilm A161
  New Unity [1980-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  The Republican 1988- Online: Massachusetts NewsBank
  Springfield Republican 1988- Online: Massachusetts NewsBank
  Union-News 06/1987-04/06/2003 UM Microfilm A161
Wayland Tapestry 1985 undated issues UM Microfilm A265
Michigan      
Burton Flint Voice [1979-1982] UM Microfilm A265
  Michigan Voice [1983-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Detroit Fifth Estate [1966-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Labor Notes 05/1985-07/1985, 10/1985-11/1985 UM Microfilm A265
    1959-2004 Five College Depository
Highland Park Michigan Citizen 01/09/1988-12/30/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Lansing The Lansing Star [1975-1981] UM Microfilm A265
Minnesota      
Milaca Alternative Sources of Energy [1981-1985] UM Microfilm A265
    1973-[1987], 1988 Five College Depository
Minneapolis The Heathen Science Monitor [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Minne Ha! Ha! [1981-1982] UM Microfilm A265
  Northern Sun News [1980-1985] UM Microfilm A265
       

Newspapers: 1980 - 1989

State/City Newspaper Name Holdings Location
1980-1989      
Missouri      
Kansas City National Catholic Reporter 1989/1990-2004 UM Miccrofiche 912
St. Louis St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1931-1989 UM Microfilm A159
Montana   1988- Online: Westlaw Campus Research
Missoula Borrowed Times [1980] UM Microfilm A265
  The Western Star [1980] UM Microfilm A265
Nebraska      
Omaha The Jewish Press 01/14/1977-12/22/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
New Jersey      
East Orange Shelterforce [1979-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Paramus Armenian Reporter International 11/02/1967-10/06/1988 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Passaic Aquarian [1974-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Rooseveltown Akwesasne Notes 01/31/1977-06/30/1997 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  AKwesasne Notes (1975-1989) 08/31/1975-11/30/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Totowa Italian Voice 06/03/1982-12/28/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
New York      
Annadale-On-Hudson Observer [1981] UM Microfilm A265
Binghamton Hera 05/1981-1998 Online: GenderWatch
Brooklyn Free Spirit Winter 1984 UM Microfilm A265
  Win [1967-1983] UM Microfilm A265
    1968-1983 UM JX 1953 W5 Per
Buffalo Akwesasne Notes 1961-1992 UM Microfilm A431
    [1969-1985] UM Microfilm A265
    1977-1997 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
    08/31/1975-11/30/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch History
  Polish American Journal (National edition) 12/31/1975-12/31/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Mineola Food Monitor [1979-1983] UM Microfilm A265
New York Alternative Media [1977-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  American Banker 1982-1989 UM Microfiche 237
    1981- Online Westlaw Campus Research
    1987- Online: Accounting and Tax Database
    1987- Online: Banking Information Source
  American Metal Market 1987- UM Microfilm A992
  The Catholic Worker 1972- UM Microfilm A117
  Commercial and Financial Chronicle 04/1978-1987 UM Microfilm A5
  East Village Eye [1979-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Guardian [1977-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  High Times [1974-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  India Abroad 10/02/1987-12/29/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  Inner City Light 03/1981-06/1981, 09/1981-10/1981 UM Microfilm A265
  Israel Horizons 1982-1985 UM Microfilm A265
  The Journal of Commerce and Commercial [1948]-05/2000 UM Microfilm A256
  Liberation News Service [1967-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  New York Amsterdam News 05/26/1962-2004/2005 UM Microfilm A1345
    1922-1993 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
    01/07/1989- Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  New York Edition Newsday 1987- Online: Westlaw Campus Research
  The New York Jewish Week (Manhattan edition) 11/07/1973-08/02/1985 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  New York Times 09/18/1851- UM Microfilm A1
    1851-2012 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  Overthrow [1979-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Peace & Democracy News: The Bulletin... [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Questionable Cartoons 1981 undated issue UM Microfilm A265
  Revolution [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Variety 02/1980-1989 UM Microfilm A362
  Village Voice 1957- UM Microfilm A177
    01/05/1988- Online: Alt-PressWatch
  Wall Street Journal (Central edition) 1984- Online: ABI Inform Complete
  Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) 1889- UM Microfilm A7
    1984- Online: ABI Inform Complete
  Win [1967-1983] UM Microfilm A265
  Youth and Nation [1980] UM Microfilm A265
Oneida Indian Country Today 04/14/1983-12/27/1988 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Rochester Rochester Patriot [1973-1982] UM Microfilm A265
Syracuse Peace Newsletter [1975-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Renewable Energy News [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
North Carolina      
Bakersville RFD [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Chapel Hill The Sun [1975-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Charlotte The Charlotte Observer 1947-1989 UM Microfilm A168
Durham The NC Anvil: a Wkly Newsp of Politics & the Art [1968-1983] UM Microfilm A265
Ohio      
Athens The Athens News [1980-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Cincinnati Catering Industry Employee 1980-[1981]-[1993]-[2000-2001] UM HD 6350 H8 C3 Per Perm Storage
Cleveland Cleveland Call and Post 1934-1991 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  Cleveland Plain Dealer 1887-1989 UM Microfilm A173
Columbus Columbus Free Press [1971-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Subversive Scholastic [1980] UM Microfilm A265
  Testube [1980, 1982-1983] UM Microfilm A265
Oklahoma      
Tehlequah Cherokee Advocate 02/28/1977-03/31/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Oregon      
Eugene Willamette Valley Observer [1975-1982] UM Microfilm A265
Portland The Skanner 10/09/1975-11/09/1988 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Pennsylvania      
Lancaster Lancaster Independent Press [1969-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Philadelphia Gay Insurgent [1979-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  Philadelphia Inquirer 1985-1989 UM Microfilm A905
  Real Fun 1985 undated issues UM Microfilm A265
Pittsburgh The Mill Hunk Herald [1979-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  New Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
Scranton The Metro [1978-1983] UM Microfilm A265
York The Green Revolution [1970-1982] UM Microfilm A265
  Guatemala! 1982  4 undated issues UM Microfilm A265
Rhode Island      
Providence Hurricane Alice Complete 1983-2001 Online: Humanities International
    04/1983-04/2001 Online: GenderWatch
  The New Paper [1979-1985] UM Microfilm A265
South Carolina      
Columbia Harbinger [1981, 1983-1984] UM Microfilm A265
Florence The Southern Libertarian Messenger [1978-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Tennessee      
Memphis Tri-State Defender 01/03/1959-12/27/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  Xex Graphix [1985] UM Microfilm A265
Vermont      
Plainfield Harbinger Fall 1983 UM Microfilm A265
Virginia      
Arlington USA Today 1988- Online: Westlaw Campus Research
Clintwood Mountain Life & Work [1985, 1987-1988] UM F 210 M85 Per
Louisa Communities [1973-1985] UM Microfilm A265
    1977-2010 Five College Depository
Norfolk Norfolk Journal and Guide 1916-2003 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
Washington      
Bellingham Northwest Passage [1969-1985] UM Microfilm A265
Olympia Op [1981-1984] UM Microfilm A265
Seattle Heretic's Journal [1982, 1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  International Examiner 01/31/1976-12/16/1987 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
  The Rocket [1984-1985] UM Microfilm A265
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1986- Online: Westlaw Campus Research
  The Seattle Times 1980- Online: Westlaw Campus Research
Wisconsin      
Hayward News from Indian Country 03/31/1985-12/31/1989 Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
Madison Free for All [1973-1981] UM Microfilm A265
  The Progressive 12/1981 UM Microfilm A265
    [1962-] UM AP 2 P8655 Per
    1962-2010/2011 Five College Depository
    1965-2001 UM Microfilm A503
    1988- Online: Political Science
    1988- Online: Alt-PressWatch
  Take Over [1980] UM Microfilm A265
Wyoming      
Lander Wind River News 12/25/1984- Online: Ethnic NewsWatch
       

Newspapers: 1980 - 1989

Country & City Newspaper Name Holdings Location
Albania The Daily Recorder-Gazette 06/27/1932-01/04/1936 UM Microfilm A1203 Reels 61-76
Australia Franklin Herald 01/1812-08/1822 UM Microfilm A1201 Reels 1-4