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Newspaper Collection: US Newspapers by Historical Event

Newspapers: World War II, 1939 - 1945

State & City Newspaper Name Holdings Location
1939-1945      
California      
Hollywood Hollywood Citizen-News 12/1941-01/1944 UM Microfilm A1178
Los Angeles California Eagle 1941-03/1943 UM Microfilm A1175
  Los Angeles Times 1940- UM Microfilm A160
  Los Angeles Tribune 09/06/1943-02/14/1944 Online: CRL 
    02/19/1945-03/09/1946 Online: CRL
  Opinion 12/02/1940-01/30/1945 UM Microfilm A1172
Colorado      
Denver National Union Farmer 07/1943-1968 UM Microfilm A683
District of Columbia Labor 1919-1973 UM Microfilm A663
  Washington Post 1877-1998 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
Florida      
Miami Miami Herald 1911-1990 UM Microfilm A162
Georgia      
Atlanta Atlanta Constitution 1881-1978 UM Microfilm A559
  Atlanta Daily World 1931-2003 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
Illinois      
Chicago  Chicago Defender 1910-1975 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
    1910-1975 Online: Black Studies Center
    1909-1945 UM Microfilm A1343
    [1938-1941] Online: CRL
  Chicago Defender (Saturday edition) 1910-1975 Online: Black Studies Center
Louisiana      
New Orleans The Times-Picayune 05/13/1914-06/01/1980 UM Microfilm A164
Maryland      
Baltimore Baltimore Afro-American 1893-1988 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
Massachusetts      
Amherst Amherst Record 05/1868-1953 UM Microfilm A338
  The Massachusetts Collegian 09/15/1914-05/05/1967 UM Microfilm A334
    09/15/1914-05/05/1967 UM SCUA Microforms/190/13
    09/15/1914-05/05/1967 Online: Archive.org
Boston Boston Daily Evening Transcript 1872-04/07/1960 UM Microfilm A37
  Boston Daily Globe 1925-06/1943 UM Microfilm A400
  Boston Globe 1872-1979 Online: Historical Boston Globe
  The Boston Herald 1919-07/09/1967 UM Microfilm A154
  Christian Science Monitor (Atlantic edition) 1925-10/22/1960 UM Microfilm A23
Greenfield Greenfield Recorder-Gazette 01/06/1936-1966 UM Microfilm A1203 Reels 76-234
Northampton Daily Hampshire Gazette 1890- UM Microfilm A669
Springfield  Springfield Republican 1887-09/26/1946 UM Microfilm A36
Missouri      
St. Louis St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1931-1989 UM Microfilm A159
New York      
New York ACA News 1938-1971 UM Microfilm A658
  Amerikaner Familien Magazine un Gazeten... 07/1929-03/1945 UM Microfilm A890
  The Catholic Worker 1933-1961 UM BX 801 C36965 1970 Oversize Per
    1933-01/1946 UM Microfilm A117
  Commercial and Financial Chronicle 1909-09/17/1976 UM Microfilm A5
  Justice 1919-1977 UM Microfilm A644
  Labor Action 05/1940-09/1958 UM HX 1 L26 Oversize
  New York Amsterdam News 09/03/1938-01/04/1941 UM Microfilm A1345
    04/03/1943-05/19/1962 UM Microfilm A1345
    01/1940-11/16/1940 Online: CRL
    1922-1993 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  New York Amsterdam Star-News 02/08/1941-03/27/1943 UM Microfilm A1345
    1941-1943 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  New York Star & Amsterdam News 01/11/1941-02/01/1941 UM Microfilm A1345
    1941 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  New York Times 09/18/1851- UM Microfilm A1
    1851-2012 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  New-Yorske Listy 1942-1943 Online: CRL
  PM  06/18/1940-06/22/1948 UM Microfilm A1171
  UE News 1939-1977 UM Microfilm A667
  La Vara 12/07/1923-02/13/1948 UM Microfilm A1199
  Variety 1905-1959 UM Microfilm A362
  Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) 1889- UM Microfilm A7
  Workers Age 1932-1941 UM HX 1 W72 Oversize
Ohio      
Cleveland Cleveland Call and Post 1934-1991 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  Cleveland Plain Dealer 1887-1989 UM Microfilm A173
Pennsylvania      
Philadelphia The Hosiery Worker 1920-05/1965 UM Microfilm A678
Pittsburgh New Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
  Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
    1942 Online: CRL
South Carolina      
Charleston Columbia The State 05/1936-1941 UM Microfilm A39
  News and Courier 12/15/1932-03/15/1942 UM Microfilm A38
Virginia      
Norfolk Norfolk Journal and Guide 1916-2003 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers