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Manuscript newspapers

The AAS newspapers collection includes has a significant collection of amateur newspapers, some of which were handwritten manuscript newspapers.

Selected Examples

Eastern Star
(1855)
School Gazette
(1855)
The Academic Star
(1855)
The Voice of the School Room
(1855)
School Oracle
(1856)
The Grafton News
(1856)
The Nutshell
(1856)
The Parsonville Times
(1856)
The Rustic Wreath
(1856)
The Scholar's Garland
(1856)
The Basket of Chips
(1857)
The Casket
(1857)
The Mountain Gleaner
(1857)
The Literary Casket
(1858)
The Maine Reform
(1858)
The Student’s Port-folio
(1858)
Woodside Gazette
(1858)
The Olio
(1859)
Academy Casket
(1860)
Spruce Creek Pioneers
(1860)
The Evening Star
(1860)
The Garland
(1860)
The Literary Wreath
(1860)
Mound City Journal
(1861)
The Evergreen Wreath
(1861)
The Gleaner
(1861)
The Olethian
(1861)
Old New England Annual
(1862)
Our Chip Basket
(1862)
Sabbath School Banner
(1862)
The Chip Basket
(1862)
The Free Thinker
(1862)
The Illustrated News
(1862)
The Pine St. Comet
(1862)
The Scholar's Magazine
(1862)
The Union Harmonist
(1862)
The Casket
(1863)
The Portlandville Observer
(1863)
The Bud of Industry
(1865)
The Little Acorn
(1865)

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