American Newspaper Repository collection, 1852-2004
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Summary
- Creator:
- American Newspaper Repository
- Abstract:
- The American Newspaper Repository was founded in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in order to save a unique collection of original newspapers that would otherwise have been destroyed or dispersed, and to preserve and make available these landmarks of American publishing. Nicholson Baker, author of numerous fiction and nonfiction works, including writings on libraries, founded and served as director of the Repository in conjunction with research for his 2001 release, Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper. The collection consists of approximately five thousand newspaper volumes (plus several thousand unbound newspapers), most of which came, directly or indirectly, from the British Library. There are long runs of major domestic newspapers as well as many foreign language and immigrant papers, such as the Yiddish Forward, the Irish World, and the Greek Atlantis, trade journals, Communist papers such as the Daily Worker, and other political papers. Many of these runs apparently exist nowhere else in the original format.
- Extent:
- 1200 Linear Feet (12,000 items)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.10057
Background
- Scope and content:
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The American Newspaper Repository collection consists of approximately five thousand newspaper volumes (plus unbound newspapers), most of which came, directly or indirectly, from the British Library. There are long runs of major domestic newspapers as well as many foreign language and immigrant papers, such as the Yiddish Forward, the Irish World, and the Greek Atlantis, trade journals, Communist papers such as the Daily Worker, and other political papers. Many of these runs apparently exist nowhere else in the original format.
A number of newspaper titles have been separated from the collection and cataloged individually in the library catalog. To locate these titles, search for "American Newspaper Repository" in the catalog.
- Biographical / historical:
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The American Newspaper Repository was founded in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in order to save a unique collection of original newspapers that would otherwise have been destroyed or dispersed, and to preserve and make available these landmarks of American publishing. Nicholson Baker, author of numerous fiction and nonfiction works, including writings on libraries, founded and served as director of the Repository in conjunction with research for his 2001 release, Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper.
- Acquisition information:
- The American Newspaper Repository collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2003 and 2005.
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Rubenstein Library staff
Accessions described in this finding aid: 2003-0274, 2005-0038
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], American Newspaper Repository Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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