Inventory of the Northern Ireland newspaper collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff, Simon Ertz, Sarah Cassone
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2019
434 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu
Title: Northern Ireland newspaper collection
Date (inclusive): 1975-2001
Collection Number: 2019C126
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
189 oversize boxes
(411.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The newspapers in this collection were originally collected by the Hoover Institution Library and transferred to the Archives
in 2019. The Northern Ireland newspaper collection (1975-2001) comprises two English-language titles of publication. The titles
within this collection have been further analyzed in Stanford University Libraries catalog.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
Due to the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across its scope. Copyright is assumed to be held
by the original newspaper publications, which should be contacted wherein public domain has not yet passed. The Hoover Institution
can neither grant nor deny permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2019 from the Hoover Institution Library
Preferred Citation
The following information is suggested along with your citation: [Title/Date of Publication], Northern Ireland newspaper collection
[Box no.], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
The Hoover Institution's collecting history regarding newspapers spans over 80 years. Newspapers became an integral core component
of the "Hoover War Collection" soon after it was established in 1919 as a repository of materials on World War I and the states
and societies involved in it. The subsequent widening of focus to cover the themes of "War, Revolution, and Peace" caused
the collection to grow further in scope and volume into a variety of directions.
As a result, over the course of 80 years, thousands of newspaper titles from close to a hundred different countries were collected.
They document major political and historical events, such as military conflicts and wars, the collapse of political systems,
states, and empires, the establishment of radical and revolutionary regimes, and the corollaries of all these developments,
including economic crises, famines, and migration for political reasons.
In 2000-2001, the Hoover Library's newspaper collection activities came to an almost complete halt. Around that time, the
"realignment" of library activities and collections at Stanford saw the transfer of more than 2,000 newspaper titles from
specific (mostly non-European) countries from the Hoover Library to other libraries at Stanford. Moreover, prior to the realignment,
a significant but unknown volume of paper copies of newspapers (including many Russian/Soviet titles) were discarded after
being microfilmed.
In totality, the remaining paper copies of newspapers at Hoover - excluding microfilm holdings - comprise more than 5,000
unique titles, of which at least many hundreds can be considered rare or very rare. These remaining newspaper collections
at Hoover contain materials dating from all periods of the 20th century, with some titles reaching back into the 19th century.
While the variety and diversity of papers is considerable, most titles fall into one of three groups: 1) general daily and
weekly newspapers; 2) party and propaganda newspapers; 3) newspapers addressing national or ethnic minorities, émigré newspapers,
veterans' papers, professional and union papers.
The largest number of newspaper runs include copies from the first half of the 20th century. Newspapers from this period illuminate
in particular the two world wars and their consequences as well as political, social, and economic developments in Europe
and beyond, including the rise of Socialist, right-wing, and Fascist ideologies and movements. Among the late 20th century
holdings, a significant number of papers reflect political change in various regions, most prominently the end of Socialist
and Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, but also revolutionary or radical political movements in non-European states, e.g.
in Latin America.
Very few holdings of individual newspaper titles possess complete or near-complete runs. However, in cases of gaps, supplementation
can sometimes be found in the form of microfilm copies available at the Hoover Library or holdings at Stanford University
Libraries.
Scope and Contents
The Northern Ireland newspaper collection (1975-2001) comprises two (2) English-language titles of publication. Analyzed title
information can be found in Stanford University Libraries catalog
here
Arrangement Statement
The Northern Ireland newspaper collection has been organized into two (2) series, for the titles within the collection: 1.
Belfast telegraph. (Belfast: Belfast Telegraph Newspapers Ltd., 1979-2001); and 2. The republican news. (Belfast, 1975-1978).
You will also notice a string of numbers within the series information. These numbers represent the library catalog ID for
that particular newspaper title. If input into Stanford's library catalog you will be directed to the full catalog record.
We have preserved this information within our finding aid for both the benefit and ease of the researcher, as well as our
intention to utilize it via automated linking in the future.
The materials in this collection are part of an Offsite Move Project spanning 2018-2019. The items were acquired from the
Hoover Institution Library as "news collections" and were originally housed, unboxed, on shelves via their call number (normally
a country) and ordered alphabetically by title. In some cases, newspapers were not assigned a particular country, but instead
a language designation.
Upon transfer to the Archives, the collection's materials were housed in archival boxes according to size, and afforded item
level descriptive information. Intellectual arrangement was then imposed to each collection both alphabetically by title and
chronologically by date. When searching for a title alphabetically it is important to remember that all initial articles,
particularly ones used in varying languages, are excluded in alphabetical arrangement, and the title is organized based on
the first word (despite the initial article still remaining at the beginning of the title). The formatting of the dates preserves
the packet title holdings information, which was the format used by Hoover Library Staff for decades. As a result, some dates
may appear out of order by month. In the 1980s, Hoover grew less detailed in their capturing of holdings information, resulting
in generalized statements of "many issues missing" or sometimes not recording a missing issue at all.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Irish newspapers -- Northern Ireland
Belfast telegraph. (Belfast: Belfast Telegraph Newspapers Ltd., 1979-2001) 13282952
box 144
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:Apr
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 16, 24, 27
box 143
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:May
Scope and Contents
Missing:May 7
box 145
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jun 19
box 144
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:Jul
box 146
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:Aug
Scope and Contents
Missing:Aug 8
box 145
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:Sep
Scope and Contents
Missing:Sep 11, 13, 14, 21, 27, 29
box 143
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:Nov
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 20, 29
box 142
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1979:Dec
box 154
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Jan
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 25
box 146
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Feb
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 29
box 154
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Mar
Scope and Contents
Missing:Mar 7, 26, 27
box 147
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Apr
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 7, 9, 16, 23, 28-30
box 147
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:May
Scope and Contents
Missing:May 1-3, 5-10, 12
box 148
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jun 28
box 148
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Jul
box 149
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Aug
box 149
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Sep
box 150
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Oct
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 4, 20, 22, 25, 31
box 151
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Oct
Scope and Contents
Missing:Oct 7, 27
box 150
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Nov
box 156
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1980:Dec
box 151
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Jan
box 152
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Feb
Scope and Contents
Missing:Feb 10
box 152
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Mar
box 155
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Apr
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 13, 20
box 153
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:May
Scope and Contents
Missing:May 4, 21
box 153
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Jun
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jun 4
box 167
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Jul
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 7, 27, 31
box 166
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Aug
box 160
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Sep
box 160
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Oct
box 159
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Dec
box 159
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1981:Nov 2-30
box 162
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Feb
box 161
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Mar
box 165
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Mar
box 161
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Apr
box 163
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:May
box 162
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Jun
box 164
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Jul
box 163
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Sep
box 165
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Oct
box 164
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Nov
box 164
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Dec
box 189
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Aug
Scope and Contents
Missing: Aug 1
box 162
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1982:Jan 2-30
box 166
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Feb
box 168
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Apr
box 169
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Jun
box 168
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Aug
box 171
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Sep
box 172
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Oct
box 170
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Nov
box 170
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Dec
box 166
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Jan 3-31
box 169
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:Jul 1-30
box 169
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1983:May 2-31
box 171
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Feb
box 173
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Mar
box 172
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Apr
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 1, 4, 8, 15, 22-25, 29
box 173
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:May
box 168
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Jun
box 167
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Aug
box 175
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Oct
box 174
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Nov
box 174
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Dec
box 171
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Jan 3-31
box 167
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Jul 2-31
box 175
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1984:Sep 1-29
box 175
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1985:Feb
box 176
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1985:Jan 2-31
box 3
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Jan
box 2
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Feb
box 19
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Mar
box 18
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Apr
box 3
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:May
box 2
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Jun
box 4
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Jul
box 4
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Aug
box 5
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Sep
box 5
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Oct
box 6
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Nov
box 6
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1986:Dec
box 10
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Jan
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 17
box 16
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Feb
box 11
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Mar
box 12
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Apr
box 13
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:May
box 12
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Jun
box 13
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Jul
box 27
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Aug
box 20
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Sep
box 14
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Oct
box 26
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Nov
box 14
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Dec
box 94
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1987:Mar 1-30
Scope and Contents
Missing:Mar 6
box 24
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Jan
box 23
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Feb
box 22
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Mar
box 21
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Apr
box 25
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:May
box 7
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Jun
box 7
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Jul
box 8
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Aug
box 8
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Sep
box 9
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Oct
box 9
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Nov
box 17
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Nov
box 10
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1988:Dec
box 31
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Jan
box 31
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Feb
box 30
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Mar
box 33
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Apr
box 32
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:May
box 38
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Jun
box 37
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Jul
box 41
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Aug
box 40
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Sep
box 39
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Oct
box 29
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Nov
box 28
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1989:Dec 1-30
box 47
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Jan
box 49
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Feb
box 48
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Mar
box 36
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Apr
box 35
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:May
box 34
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Jun
box 176
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Jul
box 43
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Aug
box 42
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Sep
box 45
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Oct
box 44
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Nov
box 46
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1990:Dec
box 70
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Jan
box 177
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Feb
box 71
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Mar
box 180
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Apr
box 178
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:May
box 182
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Jun
box 179
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Jul
box 177
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Aug
box 180
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Sep
box 181
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Oct
box 183
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Nov
box 179
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1991:Dec
box 51
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Jan
box 50
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Feb
box 53
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Mar
box 52
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Apr
box 55
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:May
box 54
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Jun
box 56
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Jul
box 55
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Aug
box 57
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Sep
box 58
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Oct
box 156
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Nov
box 155
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1992:Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Dec 21, 28
box 121
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Jan
box 157
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Feb
box 65
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Mar
box 158
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Apr
box 64
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:May
box 61
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Jun
box 62
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Jul
box 63
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Aug
box 59
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Sep
box 60
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Oct
box 74
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Nov
Scope and Contents
Missing:Nov 7, 28
box 73
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1993:Dec
Scope and Contents
Missing:Dec 26, 28
box 68
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Jan
box 69
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Feb
box 66
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Mar
box 67
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Apr
box 186
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:May
box 185
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Jun
box 188
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Jul
box 184
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Aug
box 72
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Sep
box 187
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Oct
box 83
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Nov
box 75
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1994:Dec
box 81
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Jan
box 82
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Feb
box 79
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Mar
box 80
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Apr
box 76
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:May
box 77
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Jun
box 78
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Jul
box 84
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Aug
box 86
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Sep
box 85
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Oct
box 89
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Nov
box 90
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1995:Dec
box 93
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Jan
box 100
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Feb
box 99
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Mar
box 87
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Apr
box 88
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:May
box 91
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Jun
box 92
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Jul
box 107
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Aug
box 96
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Oct
box 95
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Nov
box 98
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Dec 2-31
box 106
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1996:Sep 2-30
Scope and Contents
Missing:Sep 5
box 97
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Jan
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jan 3, 16
box 101
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Feb
box 103
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Apr
Scope and Contents
Missing:Apr 20-27
box 102
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:May
Scope and Contents
Missing:May 6
box 104
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Jul
Scope and Contents
Missing:Jul 13, 20, 27, 29
box 110
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Aug
Scope and Contents
Missing:Aug 3, 10, 17, 24, 27
box 112
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Oct
box 113
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Dec
box 105
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Jun 2-30
Scope and Contents
Missing Jun 22, 29
box 118
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Nov 1-29
box 111
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1997:Sep 1-29
box 109
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1998:Jan
box 117
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Mar
box 120
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Apr
box 116
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:May
box 108
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Jun
box 124
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Jul
box 123
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Aug
box 125
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Sep
box 119
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Oct
box 114
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Nov
box 115
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
1999:Dec
box 131
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Jan
box 130
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Feb
box 122
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Mar
box 15
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Apr
box 141
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:May
box 127
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Jun
box 126
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Jul
box 129
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Aug
box 128
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Sep
box 132
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Oct
box 137
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Nov
box 136
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2000:Dec
box 134
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2001:Jan
box 135
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2001:Feb
box 140
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2001:Mar
box 139
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2001:Apr
box 138
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2001:May
box 133
Belfast telegraph (Belfast)
2001:Jun
The republican news. (Belfast, 1975-1978) 2471170
box 1
The republican news (Belfast)
1975:Apr 30, 1976:Dec 18, 1977:Jun 4-Sep 10, Oct 22-Dec 25, 1978:Jan 7-Dec 23
Scope and Contents
Some Missing
