Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stanford University Libraries
- Abstract:
- Consists of scattered issues of 266 different American newspapers, with a heavy concentration in colonial and early federal newspapers from New England and the middle Atlantic states, as well as a few from the south and the midwest. Also included are 19th & 20th century newspapers from northern California.
- Extent:
- 244 print boxes : ill. ; 60 x 44-81 x 60 cm.
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Consists of scattered issues of 266 different American newspapers, with a heavy concentration in colonial and early federal newspapers from New England and the middle Atlantic states, as well as a few from the south and the midwest. Also included are 19th & 20th century newspapers from northern California.
Most of the newspapers are in print boxes, but the collection also includes 16 bound volumes of newspapers and 1 elephant folder containing the Independent democrat of Concord, N.H.
SPEC-COLL - RARE-BOOKS copy 1 Library has: 244 print boxes Supplement: 16 v., 1 folder
- Acquisition information:
- Various sources of acquisition. Collection was brought together as a whole by the Stanford University Libraries' Department of Special Collections.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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Rare Books Division, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022