West Virginia and Regional History Center
Steve Wolfe, Collector, Historical Newspapers
Wolfe, Stephen, II
A&M 4239
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1 Linear Feet
11 and 1/2 in. (3 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 2 1/2 in.)
1666-1995
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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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).
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Presidents -- United States
United States -- Politics and government
Series 1. Dead PresidentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580161826–198111-22Colombian Centinel (Boston) -- Death of President AdamsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580241826 July 811Colombian Centinel (Boston) -- Death of President JeffersonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580251826 July 1211New York Herald -- Lincoln Assassination EditionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580261865 April 1612Harper's Weekly -- F/P Portrait of J.W. Booth - Lincoln Assassination EditionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580271865 April 2913Harper's Weekly -- B/P cartoon, Pres. Lincoln writing "All Is Well With Us" published and dated on the day he diedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580281865 April 1514Harper's Weekly -- F/P portrait President Johnson / Booth captured!Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580291865 May 1315Dubuque (IA) Herald -- Death of President Garfield / black bordered.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580301881 September 2016Watertown (NY) Reformer -- "President McKinley Battling Death" - f/p photo.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580311901 September 1417Watertown (NY) Reformer -- Death of President McKinleyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580321901 October 1918Sandusky (OH) Register -- Death of President Harding / big f/p portrait & headlinesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580331923 August 319San Francisco Examiner -- "FDR Dies" / Huge f/p headlines & photoArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580341945 April 13110Ft. Worth (TX) Press -- "President Kennedy Slain"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580351963 November 22111Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Extra Edition: "Kennedy, Connolly Shot"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580361963 November 22112Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Extra Edition: "Texas Gunman Kills President Kennedy"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580371963 November 22113Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Extra Edition: "Assassin Kills President Kennedy"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580381963 November 22113Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Extra Edition: "JKF Assassin Still Not Apprehended"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580391963 November 22114Charleston (WV) Gazette -- F/P headline: "Man Charged In Assassination"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580401963 November 23115Dallas Morning News -- Kennedy KilledArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580411963 November 22116Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Oswald MurderedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580421963 November 25117Charleston (WV) Gazette -- F/P headline in red: "Oswald Shot"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580431963 November 25118Charleston (WV) Gazette -- President Kennedy BuriedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580441963 November 26119New York Times -- "JFK Lies in White House"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580451963 November 24120Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Death of President Hoover (FSO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580461964 October 20121Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Death of President Truman (FSO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580471972 December 26121Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Ike DiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580481969 March 29121Charleston (WV) Gazette -- LBJ DiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580491973 January 23121Pittsburgh Post Gazette -- "Reagan Shot" (FSO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580501981 March 31122Series 2. United States Political EventsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580171788–197421-29Newport (RI) Herald -- P. 3 report of final ratification of the US ConstitutionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580511788 July 2621Colombian Centinel (Boston) -- Acts of President Washington (signed in print by G.W. & Secretary Jefferson) establishing Washington DC as the "temporary" seat of governmentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580521790 July 2822American Mercury (Hartford, CT) -- Louisiana Purchase TreatyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580531803 November 323New-England Palladium (Boston) -- Aaron Burr trial reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580541807 June 1924New-England Palladium (Boston) -- Aaron Burr trial resultsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580551807 August 1525Boston Independent Chronicle -- Political endorsement - Elbridge Gerry for GovernorArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580561812 March 1926Niles Register (Baltimore) -- US Declaration of War against Britain - signed in type by President MadisonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580571812 June 2027Niles Register (Baltimore) -- Reports of the "Battle of New Orleans"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580581815 January 1427Niles Register (Baltimore) -- Monroe nominated for PresidentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580591816 March 2327Niles Register (Baltimore) -- Final results of the election of 1840Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580601841 January 228Harper's Weekly -- F/P Leak of the US Supreme Court Dred Scott DecisionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580611857 March 2829New York Tribune -- Lincoln Reelection Results on f/pArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580621864 November 9210New York Times -- F/P only - text of Lincoln's second oathArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580631865 March 6211Harper's Weekly -- F/p illustration of Lincoln taking second oath of officeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580641865 March 18212Harper's Weekly -- President Johnson Impeachment Trial coverageArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580651868 April 11213Harper's Weekly -- Inauguration of President GrantArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580661869 March 20214Harper's Weekly -- Thomas Nast cartoons of "Boss" Tweed (inside)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580671871 August 19215New York Times -- F/P Final Electoral Vote Count of the 1876 electionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580681876 November 12216Philadelphia North American -- WV Mine War headlines and coverageArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580691921 September 4217New York Times -- FDR leads BallotingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580701932 July 1218Richmond Times-Dispatch -- "Japs Quit" / f/p huge headlinesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580711945 August 15219Charleston (WV) Gazette -- "Nazis Surrender" / f/p huge red headlinesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580721945 May 7220Walla-Walla (WA) Union-Bulletin -- "Japan Quits" f/p bid red headlinesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580731945 August 14221Chicago Tribune -- "Dewey Defeats Truman" - full editionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580741948 November 3222Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Truman assassination attempts/ G.B. Shaw diesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580751950 November 2223San Francisco Chronicle -- Extra: "Kennedy Wins"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580761960 November 9224Charleston (WV) Gazette -- JFK ElectedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580771960 November 9224Charleston (WV) Gazette -- "Kennedy Orders Cuban Blockade"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580781962 October 23225Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Nixon ResignsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580791974 August 9226Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- "Ford Assumes Presidency"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580801974 August 9227St. Petersburg (FL) Times -- Nixon ResignsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580811974 August 9228Clearwater (FL) Sun -- "Ford Takes Oath" (FSO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580821974 August 9229New York Daily News -- Nixon ResignsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580831974 August 9229St. Petersburg (FL) Times -- Agnew Resigns (FSO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580841973 October 11229St. Petersburg (FL) Times -- Ford Pardons NixonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580851974 September 9229Series 3. Civil WarArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580181860–186531-35Harper's Weekly -- F/P - Lincoln raising flag at Independence Hall / Inside coverage of Jefferson Davis InaugurationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580861861 March 931Harper's Weekly -- F/P - Lincoln introduced to Louis NapoleonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580871861 August 2432Philadelphia Inquirer -- [?] Map of Eastern Virginia War ZoneArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580881862 June 1233Harper's Weekly -- Emancipation Proclamation announcement & text / Antietam coverageArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580891862 October 434Harper's Weekly -- Sherman siege of RichmondArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580901864 May 2135Harper's Weekly -- F/P illustration - Lincoln with his SecretariesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580911864 June 1136New York Semi-Weekly Times -- P. 4 secession coverage and election resultsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580921860 November37New York Semi-Weekly Times -- P. 4 & P. 5 - Lee's surrender / Grant-Lee telegraphic messagesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580931865 April 1138New York Times -- F/P - Lincoln celebration & first secession dispatchesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580941860 November 2139New York Times -- Various f/p secession coverage - Lincoln visits New York CityArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580951861 February 21310New York Times -- F/P follow-up reports on the battle of ManassasArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580961861 July 24311New York Times -- Monitor v. Merrimac coverageArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580971862 March 10312New York Times -- F/P reports of Union victories in the Kanawha ValleyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580981862 May 26313New York Times -- F/P map of Richmond battle zone / reports from armyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580991862 June 5314New York Times -- F/P - map of Richmond & Mac's positions / inside erroneous story of Stonewall Jackson's deathArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581001862 July 4315New York Times -- F/P - Lee marching north / B/P - siege of VicksburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581011863 June 20316New York Times -- F/P - reports Sherman taking AtlantaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581021864 July 25317New York Times -- Final pursuit of Lee / Petersburg fallsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581031865 April 7318New York Times -- F/P - President Johnson resumes free trade / reconstruction policy and assassination trial coverageArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581041865 June 14319New York Tribune -- F/P map: "Seat of War in Eastern Virginia"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581051862 May 16320New York Tribune -- F/P map of the new state of WV / b/p Battle of FredericksburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581061862 December 13321New York Tribune -- F/P map of the new state of WV / b/p Battle of FredericksburgArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581071862 December 13322New York Tribune -- Resignation of General BurnsideArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581081863 January 27323New York Tribune -- F/P headline: "Fall of Vicksburg"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581091863 July 15324New York Tribune -- First Gettysburg reportingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581101863 July 3325New York Tribune -- F/P - Wirtz trial / Suez Canal opensArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581111865 August 31326New York Herald -- F/P map - "War Zone in the Upper Potomac"/ US recognizes loyal government of VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581121861 July 4327New York Herald -- F/P - McClellan's farewell to the troopsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581131862 November 12328New York Herald -- F/P - Lincoln's State of the UnionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581141862 December 2329New York Herald -- F/P map: "Rebel Invasion in MD - Silver Spring"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581151864 July 12330Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P - Antietam Battle reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581161862 September 24331Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P headline: "Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus" / Antietam wrap-up / F/P map "Eastern VA War Zone"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581171862 September 25332Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P Gettysburg Address / text and reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581181863 November 20333Philadelphia Inquirer -- Peace Proclamations / assassination trial reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581191865 May 10334Philadelphia Inquirer -- F/P headline: "Capture of Jefferson Davis" / assassination TrialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581201865 May 15335Series 4. Dead Russian PresidentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580191953 March 4–1953 March 741Charleston (WV) Daily Mail -- Stalin DyingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581211953 March 441Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Malenkov Succeeds Stalin (FSO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581221953 March 741Series 5. SpaceflightArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580201969 July 2142New York Times -- "Men Walk on Moon" - Apollo 11 coverageArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581231969 July 2142Series 6. The Business SectionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580211873–192943-7The Press (Philadelphia) -- F/P - "Wall Street Panic" / Jay Cooke's bankruptcyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581241873 September 1943New York Times -- Wall Street Panic reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581251873 September 2044The World (NY) -- "The Panic in Stocks"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581261873 September 2045The Press (Philadelphia) -- Jay Cooke's bankruptcyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581271873 November 2746New York Times -- F/P - "Stock Market Steadied"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581281929 October 2647Series 7. MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580221806–199548-19Daily Illinois State Journal -- F/P ad: "Lincoln & Herndon", attorneys at lawArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581291856 February 2848The Weekly Register -- American Seamen; Free trade and Sailors' Rights (FP); Events of the War (Inside)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581301813 March 2749American Commercial Daily Advertiser -- Slave ads and runaway rewardsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581311806 December 6410Color map of lower ManhattanArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581321853411Ladies Garland (Harper's Ferry, VA) -- Various newsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581331825 November 12412Life Illustrated (NY) -- F/P scenes of Harper's Ferry & Baltimore Camden StationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581341860 March 24413Boston Evening Transcript -- Various political reportingArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581351860 December 11414Dallas Morning News -- Night Club Man Kills OswaldArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581361963 November 25415NY Times Sunday Supplement -- "LBJ: The Office and the Man"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581371964 June 14416Charleston (WV) Gazette -- Churchill Dies (FSO)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581381965 January 25417Memphis Press-Scimitar -- Elvis DiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581391977 August 17418Baltimore Sun -- F/P: "Cal-Lossal" - Cal Ripken streak record coverageArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581401995 September 7419Series 8. British EditionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/580231666–1919420-25Votes of the House of Commons -- Miscellaneous voting resultsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581411696 February 1420The Tatler (London) -- Miscellaneous local newsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581421709 December 27420London Gazette -- Death of the QueenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581431684 June 12421London Gazette -- French War AppropriationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581441694 February 11421London Times -- German Peace OffersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581451917 May 15422London Times -- Typo in Masthead - Dated "1619" / Special Supplement. "Full text of the Peace Treaty"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581461919 June 28423London Gazette -- Bottom B/P reference to deaths from the "Great Plague"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581471666 March 26424London Gazette -- Miscellaneous local newsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581481694 July 9424The Post Boy -- Miscellaneous local newsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/581491726 October 20425