Description
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.
Restrictions
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.