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List of Detroit Newspapers
Published history
Celebrating Two Centuries of Michigan Newspapers
A brief history of newspapers in Michigan. link.
On guard, a history of the Detroit free press
Frank Angelo Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Free Press, c1981
The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922
Chapter XXXI: History of the Press. In The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922. Vol 1. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. Pub. 1922. Clarence M. Burton, Editor-in-Chief.
Read it online:
Notes toward a history of the American newspaper, Volume 1
Various references in this title by William Nelson, which covers papers from around the country. 1918.
At the Reuther
Detroit Typographical Union No. 18 Records
- 1897-198 Subjects include: ITU; newspaper industry; strikes; technological unemployment; Detroit Mailers Union; Lansing Typographical Union
Newspaper Guild Collection
Contracts etc. at the Reuter: http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/3200
- The American Newspaper Guild was established as a loose national federation of editorial workers organizations across the country. The objective was to be a professional organization upholding standards of good journalism that also secured the economic goals of its members. Their records reflect the relationships between the national organization and local guilds, as well as the guilds dealings with newspapers, including collective bargaining and strikes. Also included are records from the international organization, particularly pertaining to organizing in Latin America and subsequent CIA involvement. Scrapbooks contain Heywood Broun Award entries.
Newspaper Guild Local 22: Detroit Records
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/3529
- The Detroit Newspaper Guild papers reflect the local's activities and organization, as well as include documentation of the American Newspaper Guild.
Mostly executive board minutes, 1933-1956
Library of Michigan
- List of LoM holdings for Wayne County: Wayne
- Newspaper family histories including relationships, dates published (where known), and frequency. Stored as GIF images
Library of Congress
Chronicling America listing for Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor
- Research guide to newspapers and newspaper history.
- List of holdings, Detroit newspapers
- List of holdings by location
Of specific newspapers and genres
Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/legacy/jobspage/club/fphistearly.htm
Started Thursday, May 5, 1831 as "The Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer"
Had a London edition that had a circulation of around 90,000.
James Scripps' Evening News, first printed on Free Press presses in 1873, became the Detroit News.