Amateur newspapers

in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society that have not been cataloged.

September 2004

? / ? / Cynic / 1896: Feb.
? / ? / Little Acorn / 1865: Nov.
? / ? / Quarterly Echo / 1878: June
AK / Batesville / Amateur Banner (m) / 1884: Apr., May
AK / Batesville / Batesville Bee (m) / 1883: Aug. 30
AK / Heckatoo / Olla Podrida (m) / 1886: Mar., Apr.
AK / Heckatoo / Vade Mecum (oc) / 1883: Jan., Mar – Aug., Oct.
AK / Hot Springs / Argus (m) / 1882: Aug.
AK / Hot Springs / La Mascotte (oc) / 1883: Oct, Nov.
1884: Feb. Apr.
AK / Hot Springs / Vanity Fair (ir) / 1885: June – Oct.
AK / Judsonia / Amateur Journal (m) / 1882: Aug. – Dec.
1883: Jan. – June
AK / Judsonia / Blade (m) / 1883: Jan., Oct.
AK / Judsonia / Calendar (?) / 1883: Oct. – Dec.
AK / Judsonia / Chronicles of Amateurdom (?) / 1883
AK / Judsonia / Exchange Journal (m) / 1883: July, Dec
1884: Jan. – July
AK / Judsonia / Judsonian (bm) / 1883: Oct., Dec.
AK / Judsonia / Kinney’s Squibs (S-O as Squibs) / 1883: Sept, Oct, Nov. Dec.
1884: June
AK / London / American Puzzler (ir) / 1886: May
AK, CA / Hot Springs, Little Rock, Hollywood / Spider (oc) / 1882: Aug – Sept./ Oct. Dec.
1883: Sept – Dec.
1884: Jan. – Aug.
AL / [Amateur newspaper directory] / 188-? 16p.
AL / Birmingham / Acorn (m) / 1892: Aug. 11
AL / Birmingham / Dixie Amateur (m) / 1900: Aug.
AL / Birmingham / Southern Journal / 1900: Dec.
AL / Decatur / Decatur Herald (m?) / 1879: Oct.
AL / Decatur / Southern Meteor (m) / 1876: May-Nov
1878: Apr.
AL / Marion Junction / Press (?) / 1876: Apr.
AL / Marion Junction / Southern Amateur (m) / 1877: Jan.
AL / Mobile / Televox (oc) / n.d.
AL / Tuskaloosa / Meteor (q.) / 1872: July 4
1873: Oct. 1
1876: Apr.
AL, TX / Hargroove, Dallas / Hot Shot (oc) / 1898: Jan. – Nov.
AZ / Tucson / Current Century (m) / 1885: Apr. Nov.
AZ / Tucson / Moonbeams (m) / 1884: Dec.
CA / Alameda / Bumble Bee (m, ir) / 1882: Aug. – Dec.
1883: Jan. – Apr., July – Nov.
1884: Jan. – Dec.
1885: Jan. – Sept., Dec
1886: Jan.
1888: Jan. –Feb.
1890: Mar.,, Apr., Aug. –Dec.
CA / Alameda / Golden State Amateur / 1900: Oct.
CA / Baird / Columbia (?) / 1896: Apr.
CA / Baird / McCloud River Salmon Fly / Prospectus
1896: Apr. 2
CA / Berkeley / Chic (m) / 1884: Mar. 17
1885: Jan., Feb., July
1886: Jan. 15
CA / Chico / Chico Amateur (?) / 1885: June
CA / Coronado / Jeunesse (m) / 1889: July
CA / East Oakland / Alter Ego (?) / 1898: May 26
CA / East Oakland / Amateur Bohemian (oc) / 1896: Jan. – June, Aug.-Dec – winter 1897/98
CA / East Oakland / Boys’ Journal (m) / 1878: Feb. – June
CA / East Oakland / Bull-Frog (m) / 1877: Sept., Nov., suppl.
CA / East Oakland / Jug (m) / 1895: May
CA / East Oakland / Jug (m) / 1877: Aug.
CA / Los Angeles / Sun (oc) / 1897: Dec.
CA / Oakland / Elf (?) / 1882: Oct.
CA / Oakland / Oakland Amateur (m) / 1879: Aug., Sept.
CA / Oakland / Observer (m) / 1883: Jan.
1884: Mar.
CA / Oakland / Pen (w) / 1883: Nov. 16, Dec. 1
1884: Apr. 16, May 1
1885: Mar. 15
CA / Oakland / Pine and Palmetto (?) / 1884: Aug, Nov.
1885: Jan. 15, 30, Mar. 30, Oct.
CA / Oakland / Ship / 1879: May 14
CA / Oakland / Spectator (?) / 1881: Sept. 1
CA / Oakland / Sunbeam (w) / 1895: July 8
CA / Oakland / Oakland Amateur / 1880: Feb.
CA / Oakland / Scholar’s Gazette / 1880: Jan.
CA / Oroville / Rising Star (m) / 1886: Apr. 1- Dec.
1887: Jan. – Mar., May/June, July/Aug.
1888: Dec.
CA / Oroville / Star (m) / 1885: Oct. 1 – Dec.
1886: Jan. – Mar. 1
CA / Petaluma / Bugle / Apr. 1899
CA / Petaluma / Petaluma Weekly Amateur (w) / 1887: Feb. 19
CA / Petaluma / Starlight / 1899: Mar.15
CA / Reclamation / Pen (q) / 1899: June
CA / Sacramento / Comet (m) / 1886: Feb., Mar.
CA / Sacramento / Sacramento Press (bm) / 1885/1886: Dec./Jan.
1886: Feb./Mar.
CA / Sacramento / Stylus (?) / 1885: July, Sept.
1886: Jan./Feb.
CA / Sacramento / Sun (m) / 1885: Dec.
1886: Jan, Feb.
CA / Sacramento / Western Amateur Press (q) / 1884: Oct. – Dec.
1885: Jan. – Aug.
CA / Sacramento / Western Collector (?) / 1884: Sept.
CA / Selad Valley / American Headlight (sm) / 1886: Sept. 15- Oct. 1
CA / Salinas City / Triumph (sm) / 1880: Oct. 1- Nov. 16
CA / San Diego / Voice of the West (m) / 1886: June, July
CA / San Diego / West American Scientist (?) / 1885: Nov.
CA / San Francisco / Amateur Emblem (m) / 1883: Oct., Nov.
1884: mar.
CA / San Francisco / Baby Elephant (?) / 1878: Jan. 8
CA / San Francisco / Boys of California (m) / 1878: Jan., Jan. suppl., - Apr.
CA / San Francisco / Budget (sm) / 1878: Feb. 18
CA / San Francisco / California Herald (m) / 1878: Jan, Feb.
CA / San Francisco / California Lion (m?) / 1872: Sept./Oct., - Dec. 15
CA / San Francisco / Campaigner (sm) / 1873: May
CA / San Francisco / Chrysalis (m?) / 1886: Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Clarion (m) / 1897: Oct., Nov.
CA / San Francisco / Critic (m) / 1878: Sept.- Oct/Nov.
CA / San Francisco / Critic (ir) / 1882: Sept/Oct. – Nov.
1883: Mar. – Nov.
CA / San Francisco / Cub (m) / 1871: Aug. – Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Dew Drops (m) / 1878: Jan., Feb. Apr., May
CA / San Francisco / Eagle (sm) / 1877: Dec. 17
1878: Jan. 21, Mar. 4, Apr. 1
CA / San Francisco / Eschscholtzia (m) / 1895: Apr.
CA / San Francisco / Eurekan (m) / 1893: Nov., Dec.
1894: Jan. – June, Aug., Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Fact & Fancy (m) / 1883: Jan. – Dec.
1884: Jan. – Dec.
1885: Jan. – Dec.
1886: Jan. – Mar.
CA / San Francisco / Far West (m) / 1871: Sept. – Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Friend (m) / 1897: June - Oct/Nov.
1898: Mar. – July
CA / San Francisco / Golden Crescent (m) / 1883: Jan. – Apr., Oct., Nov.
CA / San Francisco / Golden Gate (m) [Jennie M. Lee, ed] / 1878: Aug, Oct., Nov.
1879: Feb. – May
CA / San Francisco / Golden Gate (m) [David Hollub, ed] / 1882: Nov., Dec.
1884: Apr., Dec.
1886: Feb. Aug.
CA / San Francisco / Golden Occident (?) / 1885: Winter
CA / San Francisco / Golden State (oc) / 1894: June
1895: May
1897: Oct.
1898: Mar.
CA / San Francisco / Golden State Official (?) / 1884: Apr.
CA / San Francisco / Golden State Puzzler (m) / 1884: July
CA / San Francisco / Graphic (?) / 1885: Apr., May/June, July
CA / San Francisco / Hornet (m) / 1878: May 1
CA / San Francisco / Idle Moments (oc) / 1898: Mar.
CA / San Francisco / Index (m) / 1884: Oct. 6, Nov. 10, Dec. 1
1885: Jan. – June, Aug. 5
1886: June, July, Aug.
1887: Jan. 15 – Mar. 15
1889: May/Aug
CA / San Francisco / Jonah’s Wail (m) / 1884: Apr.
CA / San Francisco / Journal (m) / 1883: Nov., Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Life (bm) / 1894: May – Oct.
CA / San Francisco / Literary Companion (m) / 1884: Mar.
CA / San Francisco / Mail Bag (?) / 1874: Nov.
CA / San Francisco / Mazy Masker (?) / 1877: Nov.
1878: Apr. – June, Aug- Nov.
1879: Mar.
CA / San Francisco / Microgram (ir) / 1882: Dec. 25
1883: May 14 – Dec.
1884: Jan.
1886: Jan. – Dec.
1887: Jan./Feb.
CA / San Francisco / Mirror (m) / 1886: Oct.
CA / San Francisco / Monarch (ir) / 1899: Aug., Dec.
1900: May, Aug. - Oct.
CA / San Francisco / Monthly Critic (m) / 1878: June – Aug.
CA / San Francisco / Monthly Globe (q) / 1878: Sept., Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Moquito (m) / 1885: Nov. 15, Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Mystic Argonaut (m) / 1884: Mar. – May
CA / San Francisco / New Moon (ir) / 1882: Nov., Dec.
1883: Nov., Dec.
1884: Jan. – July, Oct
1885: Mar, June/July, Sept./Oct., Nov.
1886: Jan. – Dec.
1887: Jan. – Dec.
1888: Jan. – June
CA / San Francisco / New Planet (m) / 1872: Apr. – Aug., Oct.
1873: Jan.
CA / San Francisco / News (sm) / 1895: Apr. 20- May 5, 30
CA / San Francisco / Newsboy (bm) / 1894: Oct.
1895: Jan, Feb. Apr.
1896: Feb.
CA / San Francisco / Nut Shell (m) / 1884: Feb., May - Oct.
CA / San Francisco / Observer (m) / 1884: Dec.
1885: Jan. – June, Aug. – Dec.
1886: Jan. – Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Ocean Waves (m) / 1894: Oct. – Dec.
1895: Jan. – Nov.
1896: Mar., July – Dec.
1897: July, Aug.
1898: Apr. – June, Aug.
1899: Jan. – Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Official Organ (q) / 1895: Feb.
CA / San Francisco / Our Head Light (m) / 1878: May
CA / San Francisco / Our Literary Youth (?) / 1877: June 15
CA / San Francisco / Pacific Amateur Journal (m) / 1876: Aug. 15
CA / San Francisco / Pacific Courant (bm) / 1884: Mar. – July, Dec.
1886: July – Sept.
1887: July – Sept.
1888: Jan. – Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Pacific Guest (m) / 1872: Mar. – Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Pacific Journal (m?) / 1876: Nov. – Dec.
1877: Jan. – Feb. 15
CA / San Francisco / Pacific Monthly (m) / 1874: Apr.
CA / San Francisco / Pacific Puzzler (m) / 1880: June 15, Aug. 15
CA / San Francisco / Pasquinade (ir) / 1888: Dec.
1889: Jan. – May
CA / San Francisco / Patriot (m) / 1887: Aug.
1889: Oct.
CA / San Francisco / Peanut (bw) / 1878: May 6
CA / San Francisco / Pencilings (bm) / 1894: Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Phantasy (m) / 1897: Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Price’s Grit (m) / 1889: Mar.
CA / San Francisco / Progress (?) / 1878: Feb. 18
CA / San Francisco / Quartz (?) / 1885: Nov.
1886: Feb./Mar.
CA / San Francisco / Quill (m) / 1898: Aug. – Oct.
CA / San Francisco / Quill (oc) / 1899: Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Ranger (m?) / 1873: Mar. – Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Rough on Rats (oc) / 1889: Apr.
CA / San Francisco / San Franciscan (m, bm) / 1886: Sept. 15 – Dec.
1887: Jan. 15, Oct. 15
CA / San Francisco / Souvenir (m) / 1886: Aug/Sept.
CA / San Francisco / Spark (m) / 1883: Dec. 25
CA / San Francisco / Star of the West (m) / 1872: Apr./May
CA / San Francisco / Starry Flag (m) / 1886: Apr., May
CA / San Francisco / Sunbeam (m) / 1877: Dec.
1878: Jan. – Aug.
CA / San Francisco / Sunset (m) / 1895: June, July
CA / San Francisco / Tangled Threads (m) / 1876: Dec.
1877: Feb.
CA / San Francisco / Thoughts (m) / 1894: Oct. – Dec.
1895: Jan, Mar.-May
1897: Dec.
CA / San Francisco / Three (oc) / 1887: Apr. – Oct.
CA / San Francisco / Tribune (m) / 1894: Aug.
CA / San Francisco / Truth (?) / 1886: Aug. 27
CA / San Francisco / Ubiquitous (m, oc) / 1879: Aug. – Oct.
1880: Jan. – Mar., May/June
1886: Nov., Dec.
1887: Jan. – June
CA / San Francisco / Whale (m) / 1882: Dec.
1883: Mar., Apr.
CA / San Francisco / Willow Dale Press / 1879: Jan.
CA / San Francisco / The Critic / 1878: Sept. – Nov.
CA / San Francisco and Oakland / Idler (?) / 1886: July
CA / San Jose / Comet (w) / 1886: Oct. 9, 16, 23
CA / San Jose / Hatchet (m) / 1887: Feb.
CA / San Leandro / Suburban Monthly (oc) / 1898: Sept.
CA / Santa Barbara / Coster (m) / 1887: Sept./Oct., Dec
1888: Jan.
CA / Santa Clara / Modern Sphinx (m?) / 1879: Apr. – Nov.
CA / Santa Cruz / Red Hot (?) / 1873: May – Aug.
CA / Santa Cruz / Wide West (m) / 1873: July – Aug., Nov.
CA / Shellville / Shellville Ray / 1892: Aug. 27, Sept. 10, 24, Oct. 10, 26, Nov. 5, 24, Dec. 10
CA, IN / Alameda, Indianapolis / Dilettante (ir) / 1890: Apr. – Aug.
1891: Jan. – Nov.
1892: Jan. – Aug., Dec.
1893-1900
Canada / Boom (N.S.) / Boomerang (?) / 1886: May
Canada / Colborne (On) / Carrier Dove (m) / 1885: Sept. – Dec.
Canada / Edmonton / The Bulletin (w) / 1880: Dec. 6
Canada / Englishtown (N.S.) / Monthly Echo (m) / 1883: Mar., Apr.
Canada / Fort Hope (On) / Agent’s Gazette (?) / 1877: Mar.
Canada / Halifax / Maple Leaf (q) / 1886: Mar. – June
Canada / Halifax / Tablet (?) / 1880: Oct. 15
Canada / Halifax / Young Blue Nose (m) / 1878: Mar., Apr., June/July
Canada / Hamilton (On) / Scarifier (m) / 1881: Sept.
Canada / Montreal / Amateur Star (m) / 1879: Feb., Mar.
Canada / Montreal / Bric-a-Brack (oc) / 1885: Feb., Mar./Apr., June, July
1886: Jan. – Mar., June, Sept. – Dec.
1887: Jan.
Canada / Montreal / Canada First (?) / 1886: Jan.
Canada / Montreal / Pilot (bm) / 1886: Jan, Mar.
Canada / Montreal / Quadriga (bm) / 1886: June
Canada / Montreal / Scraps (m) / 1885: Nov., Dec.
1886: Jan. – May/June & suppl.
Canada / Montreal / Voice (q) / 1877: Oct.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Bluenose Amateur (m) / 1880: Dec.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Boys’ Ensign (m) / 1880: Oct. – Dec.
1881: Jan. – Mar.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Boys’ Folio (ir) / 1879: May – Dec.
1880: May – Sept., Dec.
1881: Oct.
1883: Nov., Dec.
1885: Jan. – July, Sept. – Dec.
1886: Jan., Feb.
1895: Jan.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Canada (m) / 1886: Apr. – June, Aug. – Dec.
1887: Dec.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Claymore (?) / 1886: Mar.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Firefly (m) / 1884: May
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Gunner (m) / 1886: Apr.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Javelin (?) / 1886: Mar.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Mug (m) / 1884: Mar.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / New Period (m) / 1883: Apr. – June, Aug., Sept.
1885: Sept.
1886: May
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Nuggett (ir) / 1881: May
1882: Apr. extra
1883: Nov., Dec.
1884: Jan. – Aug.
1885: Jan. – Nov.
1886: Apr. – Sept.
1888: Nov., Dec.
1889: Jan. – May, July, Sept., Nov.
1890: Jan. – Dec.
1891: Jan. – Dec.
1892: Jan. – Apr.
1896: May
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Our Standard (m) / 1880: Oct., Nov.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Our Standard (m) / 1883: Feb., Mar., June
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Pearl (m) / 1886: Feb./Mar. – June
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Punching Judy (m) / 1879: Jan., Feb., Apr.
Canada / New Glasgow (N.S.) / Thistle (ir) / 1884: Apr.
1889: Dec.
1890: Jan., Feb.