Farrar  Collection of Historical  Newspapers

"Reading old newspapers is both a profitable and an entertaining occupation. . ."  
 - Louis B. Wright, William and Mary Quarterly, 1959.

 

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This is the online index for the Farrar Collection.  Each page in the table of contents represents a different portfolio, bound volume, binder, or drawer of material, as it is organized in Special Collections at Washington and Lee University.  The numbers in front of the content are the call numbers -- useful to know if you come to Lexington to use the material.  Follow the links to view the specific content of each container.

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To download the entire 119-page index in one Word Document, click here --->

Portfolios

 

PF 1           92 American Newspapers 1765-1783

PF 2           50 Historic Newspapers 1779-1865

PF 3           82 American Newspapers 1790-1793

PF 4           81 American Newspapers 1793-1798

PF 5           81 American Newspapers 1798-1801

PF 6           85 American Newspapers 1801-1806

PF 7           94 American Newspapers 1806-1814

PF 8           81 Newspapers 1814-1815

PF 9           74 Newspapers 1815-1822

PF 10         63 Newspapers 1848-1914

 

 

Bound Volumes

 

BV 1          London Chronicle January – June 1762

BV 2          London Chronicle July – December 1762

BV 3          London Chronicle July – December 1771

BV 4          The Morning Chronicle and London  Advertiser 1784

BV 5          The Balance and Columbian Repository (Hudson, NY) 1803

BV 6          The Balance and Columbian Repository (Hudson, NY) 1804

BV 7          91 issues of Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette 1803-1806

BV 8          35 issues of The Salem Register 1806

BV 9          Sunday’s The Examiner (London) 1812

BV 10        The Harbinger 1846-1847

 

 

Binders

 

BI 1           42 Newspapers 1680-1779

BI 2           London Chronicle 1757-February 1760

BI 3           London Chronicle February – May 1760

BI 4           London Chronicle May 1760-1793

BI 5           The Norristown Gazette 1799-1800

 

 

Drawers

 

DR 1         Frederic Farrar’s Original Catalogues of the Collection

DR 2         9 American Newspapers 1769-1790 / 65 American Newspapers 1783-1789

DR 3         30 English Newspapers 1756-1816 / This Common Channel to  Independence:

                        Revolution  and Newspapers 1759-1789

 

For questions, please contact Dr. Doug Cumming 
This page was last updated on Saturday December 16, 2006