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* GN = [https://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive] (free) | * GN = [https://news.google.com/newspapers Google News Archive] (free) | ||
* CMDC = [https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/ Calvin McClung Digital Collection], part of the KCPL (free) | * CMDC = [https://cmdc.knoxlib.org/ Calvin McClung Digital Collection], part of the KCPL (free) | ||
+ | * TEL = [https://tntel.info/ Tennessee Electronic Libary], part of the Tennessee State Library and Archives (free) | ||
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! Newspaper Title !! Year Span !! Source !! Chronicling America<br>Description Link !! Provider Link | ! Newspaper Title !! Year Span !! Source !! Chronicling America<br>Description Link !! Provider Link |
Latest revision as of 10:32, 7 September 2024
Contents
- 1 Purpose
- 2 Key
- 3 Notes
- 4 Other Sites of Note
- 5 Chart
- 6 Newspapers listed in Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory (1877) - University of Texas Digital Library
- 7 Newspapers listed in Norwood's Knoxville Directory (1884) - Google Books
- 8 Knoxville newspapers listed in Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers (1995) - Internet Archive
- 9 Knoxville newspapers listed in Newspapers in Microform (1984) - Library of Congress
- 10 The Black Press of Tennessee, 1865-1980 - A doctoral dissertation at UTK (1982) - by Karen Fitzgerald Brown
- 11 Legalese
Purpose
I wanted to create a linkable chart that focused on Knoxville (Tenn.) newspapers that are available online. I've also added other info about Knoxville area newspapers through the years.
Key
- GB = GenealogyBank.com (pay site, subscription required)
- N = Newspapers.com (pay site, subscription required)
- CA = Chronicling America at the Library of Congress (free)
- KCPL = Knox County Public Library - via NewsBank (must have library card)
- GN = Google News Archive (free)
- CMDC = Calvin McClung Digital Collection, part of the KCPL (free)
- TEL = Tennessee Electronic Libary, part of the Tennessee State Library and Archives (free)
Notes
- This list is current, to the best of my knowledge, as of April 27, 2022.
- Several of the online sites are continuing to update their holdings.
- The Google News archive is dormant.
- Some titles, especially Brownlow's papers, frequently changed their names. I have not done a close study, but they could be considered the same paper.
- Chart columns are sortable.
Other Sites of Note
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Tennessee
- The Ancestor Hunt - Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers Summary
- Library of Congress - Digitized Tennessee Newspapers
- Titles held by Knox County Public Library
- Chronicling America - US Newspaper Directory Search Results - Tennessee
- Tennessee Press Association list of Newspapers Online
- elephind.com search for "Knoxville, Tennessee" - US titles only, 1794-2022
- Tennessee State Library & Archives Catalog - Knoxville records
Chart
Newspaper Title | Year Span | Source | Chronicling America Description Link |
Provider Link |
---|---|---|---|---|
Knoxville Gazette | 1792-93, 1795-96, 1798, 1803, 1806, 1817 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Gazette | 1793-96, 1798, 1806, 1818 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Roulstone's Knoxville Gazette and Weekly Advertiser | 1796-97 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Register. The Genius of Liberty. | 1798 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Register | 1798, 1819-27, 1829-30, 1833-37, 1839-43, 1846-57, 1859, 1863 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Weekly Knoxville Gazette | 1799, 1801, 1803, 1816 | |
− | Newspapers link |
Wilson's Knoxville Gazette | 1808-13 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Gazette | 1812, 1816, 1818 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Register | 1816-17, 1819-20, 1822-39 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville Intelligencer | 1819, 1822-23 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Enquirer | 1824-26 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Enquirer | 1826-28 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The American Whig and Knoxville Enquirer | 1829 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Western Chronicle | 1829-30 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Knoxville Republican | 1832-34 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Register and Weekly Times | 1839-40 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Times | 1840 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Vedette | 1840 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Watch-Tower | 1840 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
The Post | 1841-44 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Flag of the Union | 1844 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville Standard | 1846-49, 1855-56 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Tribune | 1847-48 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig | 1849-56, 1860-61, 1863-69 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Plebeian | 1850, 1852 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Dollar Plebeian | 1851 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Daily Morning Plebeian | 1851-52 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Holston Christian Advocate | 1852-53 | |
− | GenealogyBank link |
The American Statesman | 1853-54 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Knoxville Statesman | 1854 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Independent Journal | 1855 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Independent Journal | 1855 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig | 1855-61 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
American Campaigner | 1856 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
American Campaigner | 1856 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Tri-Weekly True American | 1856 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig | 1856, 1860-61, 1866-69 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
The Knoxville Mercury | 1857 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Southern Citizen | 1858 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Brownlow’s Tri-Weekly Whig | 1859-61, 1864, 1867 | |
− | Newspapers link |
Tri-Weekly Whig | 1860-61 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Tri-Weekly Whig | 1860-61 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Brownlow’s Weekly Whig | 1861 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Brownlow’s Weekly Whig | 1861 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Daily East Tennessean | 1862 | |
− | Newspapers link |
The Daily Register | 1862-63 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Daily Southern Chronicle | 1863 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Holston Journal | 1863 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Knoxville Daily Bulletin | 1863 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Knoxville Daily Bulletin | 1864 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator | 1864 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator | 1864 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville Tri-Weekly Whig and Rebel Ventilator | 1864 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Knoxville Tri-Weekly Whig and Rebel Ventilator | 1864 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
The Army Mail Bag | 1864 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Daily Free Press | 1867 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Daily Herald | 1867-68 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Messenger | 1868 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Daily Press and Herald | 1868-1876 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Weekly Whig | 1869 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Weekly Knoxville Whig | 1869 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Press and Messenger | 1869-70, 1873-75 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Daily Chronicle | 1870-1882 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Knoxville Daily Chronicle | 1870-1882 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville Daily Chronicle | 1870-1882 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Daily Chronicle | 1870-73, 1885-86 | |
CA link | Google News Archive link |
Knoxville Weekly Chronicle | 1870-1875 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Knoxville Weekly Chronicle | 1870-1875 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville Weekly Chronicle | 1870-1875 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Whig and Chronicle | 1870-82 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Press and Messenger | 1873-75 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville Whig and Chronicle | 1875 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
Knoxville Whig and Chronicle | 1875 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
The Examiner | 1876 | |
- | CMDC link |
Holston Methodist | 1876 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville Daily Tribune | 1876 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Daily Tribune | 1876-79, 1881-83, 1887-92 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Negro World | 1877 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
The Republican Chronicle | 1882-86 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Daily Chronicle | 1883-84 | |
CA link | Google News Archive link |
The Daily Chronicle | 1883-85 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Knoxville Daily Journal | 1885-86 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Weekly Chronicle | 1886 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Journal and Tribune | 1886-1903, 1905-24, 1993 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Daily Sentinel | 1887-88 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Journal | 1888-96, 1945 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
The Evening Sentinel | 1889-91 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Weekly Journal | 1891 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Knoxville Sentinel | 1892-93 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Semi-Weekly Knoxville Sentinel | 1892-94, 1898 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Sentinel | 1893-1926 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Republican Leader | 1894 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Weekly Sentinel | 1898-1901, 1903-04 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Chillhowee Echo | 1899 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Chillhowee Echo | 1899-1900 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
The Chillhowee Echo | 1899-1900 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
The Knoxville Independent | 1911-12, 1917-19 | |
CA link | Chronicling American link |
The Knoxville Independent | 1911-12, 1917-19 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville News | 1922-26 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville News-Sentinel | 1922-2024 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville News-Sentinel | 1922-90, 2018-22 | |
CA link | TEL link |
The Knoxville Journal | 1925-64 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
The Knoxville Journal and Tribune | 1924-25 | |
CA link | Newspapers link |
Knoxville Sentinel | 1926 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
Knoxville News-Sentinel | 1926-2018 | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
East Tennessee Enlightener | 2009-20 - Obituaries only | |
CA link | GenealogyBank link |
The Ledger: Knoxville Edition | 2015-current - Obituaries only | |
- | GenealogyBank link |
Newspapers listed in Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory (1877) - University of Texas Digital Library
- CHRONICLE; Every morning except Monday, and WHIG AND CHRONICLE, republican; daily four pages, weekly eight pages; size - daily 24x36, weekly 30x44 subscription - daily $8, weekly $2; established - Whig 1839, Chronicle 1870, Wm. G. Brownlow and Wm. Rule, editors, Whig and Chronicle co., publishers; circulation - daily 1,400, weekly 2,500, estimated.
- TRIBUNE AND AGE; every morning except Monday, and WEEKLY, Thursday: democratic; four pages: daily 24x36, weekly 30x44 subscription - daily $8, weekly $2; established - Press and Herald 1867, Tribune 1876. Tribune and Age consolidated 1877; Tribune Publishing Co., editors and publishers; circulation - daily 1,400, weekly 1,600, estimated; has by far the largest circulation of any daily in East Tennessee; receives Associated Press dispatches, and is the recognized organ of the democratic party in the eastern division of the State.
- HOLSTON METHODIST; - Saturdays; methodist; four pages; size 26x40; subscription $2; established 1872; Rev. R. N. Price, editor; Holston Publishing Co., publishers; circ'n 1728.
- WHIG AND CHRONICLE; (see Chronicle).
- UNIVERSITY MONTHLY; thirty-six pages octavo; subscription $1; established 1874; Literary Societies of the East Tennessee University, editors and publishers; a college paper; issued during the collegiate year; circulation 550 estimated.
Newspapers listed in Norwood's Knoxville Directory (1884) - Google Books
- Chi Delta Cresent - Chil Delta Literary Society, publishers. University paper. Published monthly. Established 1880. Price, $1.00 per annum.
- Knoxville Chronicle - Republican. Issued daily, Monday excepted. Price, $8.00 per annum. Established 1870. The Chronicle Company, publishers. 104 Gay.
- Knoxville Tribune - Daily and Weekly. Democratic. Weekly, $1.50 per annum; Daily, $8.00 per annum. Bean, Summers & Wallace, publishers. 100 Gay.
- Philo Star - University paper. Published monthly. Established 1881. Philomathesian Literary Society, publishers. Price, 75 cents per annum.
- The Republican Chronicle - Weekly, Republican. Established 1839. Issued every Wednesday. $1.25 per annum. The Chronicle Company, publishers. 104 Gay.
- Silent Observer - Semi-monthly. Louis A. Houghton, editor. From School for Deaf and Dumb.
Knoxville newspapers listed in Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers (1995) - Internet Archive
Title | City | State | Freq. | Dates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aurora | Knoxville | TN | monthly | 1886-1953 |
Baptist Family Companion | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1876-1882 |
Daily Monitor | Knoxville | TN | daily | 1949 |
East Tennessee News | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1906-1949 |
Enquirer | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1939-1944 |
Flashlight Herald | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1931-1964 |
Gleanor | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1891-1900 |
Herald | Knoxville | TN | - | 1927-1946 |
Independent Call | Knoxville | TN | - | 19252-1961 |
Keyana | Knoxville | TN | - | 1974 |
Keyana Spectrum | Knoxville | TN | - | 1974-1975 |
Knoxville Examiner | Knoxville | TN | - | 1878-1885 |
Knoxville Times | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1964-1971 |
Messenger | Knoxville | TN | - | 1908-1910 |
Monitor | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1944-1954 |
Negro World | Knoxville | TN | - | 1928 |
Negro World | Knoxville | TN | - | 1887-1895 |
New South | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1887-1895 |
Public Guide | Knoxville | TN | - | 1935-1938 |
Review | Knoxville | TN | weekly | 1904-1910 |
Spectrum | Knoxville | TN | - | 1975 |
Voice | Knoxville | TN | - | 1949 |
Knoxville newspapers listed in Newspapers in Microform (1984) - Library of Congress
Link at archive.org
The Black Press of Tennessee, 1865-1980 - A doctoral dissertation at UTK (1982) - by Karen Fitzgerald Brown
Link at Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange - TRACE