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MS.R.070
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: California newspaper collection
Creator:
UCI Libraries. Department of Special Collections and
Archives
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.070
Physical Description:
14.8 Linear Feet
(27 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1848-1994
Date (bulk): 1890-1960
Abstract: This intentionally accumulated
collection of scattered issues of newspapers printed in California consists of approximately
100 Orange County titles and approximately 160 titles from other urban, rural, and remote
locations, primarily in Southern California. Significant but chronologically limited
coverage can be found for papers from Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego counties. The
newspapers range from popular weeklies and dailies to more overtly political publications.
Issues documented in these newspapers include the concerns of agricultural, seaport, mining,
and industrial workers; Native Americans; political campaigns; artist communities; and the
military. Coverage of the Antebellum and Civil War periods in American history is
particularly strong in issues of the
Daily Alta California.
Also of interest is the relatively comprehensive coverage of the socialist weeklies
Upton Sinclair's Epic News and
Upton Sinclair's
National Epic News
from the 1930s, in addition to issues of
Utopian News and
Upton Sinclair's End Poverty. The
collection also features scattered, rare issues of Spanish-language weeklies published in
Orange County during the middle of the 20th century, such as
Accion and
Noticias (Fullerton), and
El Anunciador Mexicano,
Latin American,
and
El Nuevo Mundo (Santa Ana). Titles range from those issued
by large publishers to independents. The collection also includes a small number of
German-language publications.
Language of Material:
English .
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
California newspaper collection. MS-R70. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This intentionally accumulated collection was created by Special Collections and Archives
staff to provide more efficient storage of and access to the department's holdings of early
California newspapers from a variety of sources. A significant portion of the newspapers in
this collection were given to the library by Velma Dunlap in 1971 along with the papers of
her husband, John "Sky" Dunlap (MS-R21), who was an Orange County newspaperman. Others were
relocated to this collection from the Don Meadows Papers (MS-R01). Rare issues of
Spanish-language newspapers published in Orange County during the middle of the 20th century
were a gift to the UCI Libraries from Hector Tarango via UCI Social Sciences professor
Gilbert Gonzalez. The remaining newspapers were added by Special Collections staff from a
variety of sources.
Processed by Linda Akatsu, Michael Lee, and William Landis in 1998 and 2000. Guide edited
by Adrian Turner in 2001.
Scope and Content of Collection
This intentionally accumulated collection of scattered issues of newspapers printed in
California consists of approximately 100 Orange County titles and approximately 160 titles
from other urban, rural, and remote locations, primarily in Southern California. Significant
but chronologically limited coverage can be found for papers from Los Angeles, Sacramento,
and San Diego counties. The newspapers range from popular weeklies and dailies to more
overtly political publications. Issues documented in these newspapers include the concerns
of agricultural, seaport, mining, and industrial workers; Native Americans; political
campaigns; artist communities; and the military. Coverage of the Antebellum and Civil War
periods in American history is particularly strong in issues of the
Daily Alta California. Also of interest is the relatively comprehensive coverage
of the socialist weeklies
Upton Sinclair's Epic News and
Upton Sinclair's National Epic News from the 1930s, in addition to
issues of
Utopian News and
Upton
Sinclair's End Poverty
. The collection also features scattered, rare issues of
Spanish-language weeklies published in Orange County during the middle of the 20th century,
such as
Accion and
Noticias
(Fullerton), and
El Anunciador Mexicano,
Latin American, and
El Nuevo Mundo (Santa Ana).
Titles range from those issued by large publishers to independents. The collection also
includes a small number of German-language publications.
The earliest publication is the April 1, 1848 issue of San Francisco's California Star, an
early specimen of the city's first newspaper. The collection contains copies of the earliest
issues of Orange County's first newspaper, the
Anaheim Gazette,
founded by George W. Barter (a partner with Henry Hamilton of the Los Angeles Star).
For further information on several of the newspapers in this collection and their
publication history, see Muir Dawson,
History and Bibliography of
Southern California Newspapers
, 1851-1876 (Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1950)
and Edward C. Kemble,
A History of California Newspapers,
1846-1858 (Los Gatos, Calif.: Talisman Press, 1962).
Special editions of newspapers documenting city events are arranged under the city of their
publication in the Don Meadows Papers (MS-R01).
Extensive coverage of the
Anaheim Gazette is represented in
UCI holdings, both in the original paper copies and on microfilm. For locations of microfilm
holdings (1870-1871, 1874-1964) consult the UCI library catalog.
Related newspapers from the United States and other countries can be found in the
Miscellaneous Newspapers Collection (MS-M17), Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine
Libraries.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- Newspapers.
Socialism -- California -- Newspapers.
Newspapers -- California -- 19th century.
Newspapers -- California -- 20th century.
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Newspapers.
Sacramento County (Calif.) -- Newspapers.
San Diego County (Calif.) -- Newspapers.