2 boxes, 4.5 linear feet. Special Collections & Archives J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library Loyola University New Orleans.

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1 19 th and Early 20 th Century Newspapers 2 boxes, 4.5 linear feet Special Collections & Archives J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library Loyola University New Orleans Collection 48

2 19 th and Early 20 th Century Newspapers Reference Code Collection 48 Name and Location of Repository Special Collections and Archives, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans Title 19 th and Early 20 th Century Newspapers Date , bulk Extent 2 boxes, 4.5 linear feet Subject Headings New Orleans (La.)--Newspapers Administrative/Biographical History This is an artificial collection informally collected over time at the Loyola University New Orleans Archives and Special Collections. Scope and Content Although the majority of the newspapers in this collection are from New Orleans, including the bilingual L Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans, or The New Orleans Bee, also included are two editions of a Civil War era newspaper from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and an 1896 newspaper from Bayern, Germany. The collection also contains a copy of a famously reprinted newspaper edition, Vol. II, No.88 of The Ulster County Gazette. The edition, dated January 4, 1800, was one of the most reprinted newspapers in the 19 th century. Special to The Ulster County Gazette that day was a commemorative poem, On the Death of General Washington (by a young lady). A favored collectible, it is speculated that this edition was reprinted for the 25 th anniversary of Washington s death. It was a known popular keepsake at the festivities

3 surrounding the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876, and over the years proliferated upwards to perhaps a million copies from its earliest days into the 1920s. The Vicksburg Daily Citizen editions in the collection are believed to have been printed in 1862 during General Ulysses S. Grant s Vicksburg Campaign. Due to the scarcity of printing materials during the Civil War, six editions were printed on wallpaper. A southern American phenomenon the wallpaper newspaper editions in the collection are dated June 30 and July 2, At the conclusion of Grant s campaign, the Union troops included a note to the July 2, 1863 edition, printed two days later that noted, This is the last wall paper edition, and is, excepting this note, from the types as we found them. It will be valuable hereafter as a curiosity. System of Arrangement The collection is arranged alphabetically by name of the newspaper and thereafter chronologically. Conditions Governing Access Restricted due to the fragile nature of the documents. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use Physical rights are retained by the J. Edgar and Louis S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright Laws. Language and Scripts of the Material Collection is in English, French, and German Notes Complete title listing, including alternative titles for publications included, is as follows: L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans, LA) o Alternative Titles: Abeille de la Nouvelle Orléans New Orleans Bee Augsburger Abendzeitung (Munich, Bayern, Germany) o Translated: Augsburg Evening Newspaper Daily Citizen (Vicksburg, MS) Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) The Daily States (New Orleans, LA) The Mascot (New Orleans, LA) The Morning Star (New Orleans, LA) The Native American (New Orleans, LA)

4 The New Delta (New Orleans, LA) The New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA) The New Orleans Price Current (New Orleans, LA) New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA) New-Orleans Times (New Orleans, LA) New-Orleans Weekly Times (New Orleans, LA) New York Herald (New York, New York) Picayune (New Orleans, LA) La Propagateur Catholique (New Orleans, LA) o Translation: The Catholic Propagateur Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA) Truth (Baton Rouge, LA) Ulster County Gazette (Kingston, NY) Sources Used A New Series: Famous Fakes. The Ulster County Gazette, January 4, Archival Chronicle, Vol. 20, No.1 (March 2001). Retrieved from: Campion, Susan. Wallpaper Newspapers of the American Civil War. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer, 1995), pp Processing Information Finding aid written by Christine P. Horn & Katherine Rivet, 2013

5 Container List Box Folder Description 1 1 L Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans, November 17, L Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans, November 19, L Abeille de la Nouvelle, September 15, 1874, [partial] 4 L Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans, September 16, 1874, [partial] 5 L Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans, June 7, 1914, 3 copies [poor condition] 6 Augsburger Abendzeitung, City, Monday, August 3, The Daily Citizen, Vicksburg, MS, July 2, The Daily Citizen, Vickburg, MS, Tuesday, June 30, The Daily Picayune, December 16, The Daily Picayune, September 15, The Daily Picayune, October 24, 1875, 2 copies 12 The Daily Picayune, March 31, The Daily Picayune, May 6, 1881, 2 copies 14 The Daily Picayune, July 20, The Daily Picayune, February 21, The Daily Picayune, November 14, The Daily States, January 7, The Daily States, March 15, 1891, [partial]

6 19 The Daily States, June 25, 1896, Battle Abbey Edition 20 The Mascot, January 10, The Morning Star, December 8, The Morning Star, September 12, The Morning Star, November 7, The Morning Star, December 25, The Morning Star, July 24, The Morning Star, December 18, The Morning Star, January 1, The Morning Star, January 22, The Morning Star the Pallium Edition, No Date 5 The Native American, New Orleans, Saturday Morning, March 29, The New Delta, March 15, The New Orleans Bulletin, April 19, The New Orleans Bulletin, September 15, The New Orleans Bulletin, October 24, The New Orleans Item, February 16, The New Orleans Price Current, April 8, The New Orleans Republican, June 7, The New Orleans Republican, June 21, The New Orleans Republican, July 5, The New Orleans Times, September, 15, 1874

7 15 The New Orleans Times, September, 15, The New Orleans Times, October 24, 1875, 2 copies 17 The New Orleans Weekly Times, December, 22, The New York Herald, April 15, The Picayune, January 25, 1837 (reproduction) 20 La Propagateur Catholique, February 22, 1851 (reproduction) 21 The Times-Democrat, March 15, The Times-Democrat, February 16, The Times-Democrat, November 14, 1910, 2 copies 24 Truth, July 3-4, Ulster County Gazette, January 4, 1800 (reprint of original)