Introduction
The library subscribes to over thirty newspapers. The current newspapers are kept opposite the Circulation Desk. Older newspapers in paper copy are kept adjacent to the current periodicals. Most of the newspaper back issues are stored with periodicals in microfilm in 35mm reels arranged alphabetically by title in cabinets to the right of the Circulation Desk. Identify titles, dates, and locations in the database below.
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The price for mailing copies of obituaries/marriage announcements from area newspapers is $2.00/each.
The Underground Press
Also known as the Underground Newspapers, this series is described below by its publisher, UMI.The radical movements of the 1960s spawned a multitude of underground newspapers. The causes they espoused or opposed were as diverse as the issues they confronted. It was the era of the Vietnam War, of opposition to corporate America and its power, of questioning and rejecting traditional values.This unparalleled microfilm collection allows students and researchers access to more than 550 underground newspapers dating from 1963 to 1985 . . .
It is supplemented by materials from the Hoover Institution and the University of Missouri.
Title |
Microfilm Series |
Number of Reels |
Index |
---|---|---|---|
Underground Press Collection | 748 | 476 | Ref PN 4784.U53 U53 1986 |
Underground Press Collection Hoover Institution Supplement |
748UH |
16 |
Ref PN 4784.U53 U532 1986 |
Underground Press Collection University of Missouri |
748UM |
9 |
Ref PN 4784.U53 U533 1986 |
Columbia County Name Indexes
The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society have created databases for genealogical research linked from Newspaper Notices of Marriages and Deaths Found in the Columbia Democrat, Columbian, and Columbia County Republican.
Newspaper Articles Online
Newspapers available in full text electronically may be identified and accessed using Serials Solutions. Few papers are available electronically prior to 1980.