Chicago newspapers, 1861 - 1948
Scope and Contents
Sunday Times-Herald (5/8/1898); Chicago Record (4/14/1898, 4/21/1898, 4/28/1898); Chicago Sun (08/15/1945); Chicago Sun-Times [September 28, 1964 (Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy)]; Chicago Daily News (1/6/1944, 1/22/1944, 8/30/1945, 11/3/1948); Chicago Herald-American (12/7/1941, 12/30/1943, 5/8/1945); Chicago Sunday Tribune (3/4/1934, 5/23/1948); Chicago Daily Tribune [3/8/1912, 3/11/1912, 04/16/1912 (Titanic sinking), 04/23/1912, 04/25/1912, 04/26/1912]; Sunday Times Rotogravure Pictures (2/12/1933, 12/17/1933, 4/29/1934, 6/10/1934)
Chicago Sunday Tribune, Illinois Centennial Installments (11/17/1918 - one of five; 12/08/1918 - four of five; 12/15/1918 (five of five);
Chicago Daily News, Special Front Page Issues (11/11/1971 - 1/27/1967; 11/15/1971 - 12/11/1936; 11/19/1971 - 7/27/1953; 11/20-21/1971 - 7/6/1876; 11/22/1971 - 11/22/1963; 11/22/1971 - 11/22/1963; 11/24/1971 - 11/25/1963; 11/26/1971 - 5/7/1945; 11/30/1971 - 6/14/1940; 12/1/1971 - 10/24/1931; 12/3/1971 - 6/6/1944; 12/4-5/1971 - 5/14/1948; 8/1/1972 - 7/15/1948);
Chicago Daily Tribune, Special Front Pages Issues (04/19/1912; 04/20/1912;9/1/1939, 12/8/1941, 5/6/1942, 5/9/1942, 6/6/1942, 11/8/1942, 9/3/1943, 6/6/1944, 4/13/1945, 5/8/1945, 8/7/1945, 8/15/1945);
Chicago Daily Tribune, Special facsimiles sixteen historic front pages, published 1933 (4/15/1861, 4/10/1865, 4/15/1865, 10/11/1871, 4/6/1895, 2/16/1898, 5/2/1898, 9/7/1909, 4/16/1912, 4/3/1917, 11/11/1918, 11/12/1918, 6/9/1919, 5/22/1927, 2/16/1933, 11/8/1933)
Dates
- 1861 - 1948
Extent
From the Collection: 179 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Appraisal
Topics on front pages of newspaper include the sinking of the Titanic and the Second World War.
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
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