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Sacramento Star newspaper collection
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Related Materials

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
    Title: Sacramento Star newspaper collection
    Identifier/Call Number: MS0171
    Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet (6 volumes)
    Date (inclusive): 1912-1914; 1924

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Acquisition information for this collection is unknown.

    Access

    Collection is open for research use.

    Publication Rights

    All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item and/or item number], Sacramento Star newspaper collection, MS0171, Center for Sacramento History.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Kim Hayden, 2023.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Sacramento Star was a daily (except Sunday) newspaper published in Sacramento from 1904 to 1925. It was founded by William Hempstead Porterfield. In 1925, McClatchy Newspapers purchased it and merged it with the Sacramento Bee.

    Scope and Contents

    The collection contains six bound volumes of issues of the Sacramento Star from 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1924.

    Related Materials

    Accession 1982/004 includes the Aug. 23, 1919, issue.