Guides

Latin American Newspapers in United States Libraries: A Union List, compiled by Steven Charno (Conference on Latin American History Publications, University of Texas Press, 1968).

This resource remains one of the best reference works for publishing information and newspaper holdings related to Latin America. No subsequent publication has superseded it in terms of comprehensiveness. Long out of print, this resource presents detailed holdings data on approximately 5,500 Latin American newspapers in U.S. libraries. Though published nearly 40 years ago, "Charno" as it is known, is still viewed as an essential guide for the analysis of holdings for the many Latin American newspaper collections in the U.S.

Historia de la Prensa en Iberoamerica (History of the Press in Latin America), Antonio Checa Godoy (Ediciones Alfar, Seville, 1993)

(In Spanish) A comprehensive look at the history of press in Latin America. Titles covered begin in the 18th century and continue through the late 20th century. Godoy includes titles from Europe and the Phillipines as well, though the majority of coverage is focused on Central and South America. Discussions of the political and societal climates of the countries are interweaved with lengthy statistical charts and images of important titles.

Colonial British Caribbean Newspapers, compiled by Howard S. Pactor (Bibliographies and Indexes in World History, Number 19, Greenwood Press, 1990).

A bibliography and directory which organizes the known information about 677 newspapers published in the former British colonies of the Caribbean. The listings are arranged by colony in chronological order, with previously unreported papers identified with an asterisk. Also included is a bibliography of selected sources, a newspaper index and an editor index. Users of this digitized version may link to the appropiate colony listing by using the table of contents. Once at the colony's heading page, there is a link from the main heading to the ICON database.

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Selected pages showing brief descriptions and images of many of the prominent newspapers from the early to mid twentieth century era when Pakistan was establishing itself as an independent state.

(In French) A look at the history of the colonial press in present day Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a close analysis of newspapers from Leopoldville (Kinshasa) (Le Courrier d'Afrique & L'Avenir), Elisabethville (Lubumbashi) (L'Essor du Congo & L'Echo du Katanga), Jadotville (Likasi) (La Feuille de Chou), Bukavu (Centre Afrique), and Stanleyville (Kisangani) (L'Echo de Stan.)

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The Black Press in South Africa and Lesotho : a descriptive bibliographic guide of African, Coloured and Indian newspapers, newsletters and magazines 1836-1976, Les Switzer and Donna Switzer (G.K. Hall & Co. Boston, MA. 1979.)

For almost thirty years now, Africana librarians and bibliographers around the globe have concurred that Switzer is the foremost authoritative guide to historical Black South African media. This volume comprehensively lists all printed press publications by general topic and/or audience. Completely annotated.

A history of the press in South Africa, by Theo Edward Gurney Cutten. Cape Town, National Union of South African Students, 1935.

An historical abstract summarizing the movement for freedom of the press in South Africa. The author includes an extensive examination of the press in the Transvaal as well as a chapter on important legislation affecting the press in the country.

(In German) A thorough examination of the press in German East Africa during the period 1899-1916.”

This unique resource reported on the ongoing developments in the preservation, location, and bibliographic control of newspapers and foreign gazettes. It began publication as the Foreign Newspaper Report in 1973. In 1974 it changed its title to Foreign Newspaper and Gazette Report. In 1976, reflecting the increasing activity in the domestic newspaper preservation area, the title became Newspaper and Gazette Report. In 1979, a new publication, National Preservation Report continued the title, but its focus expanded to include "books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, and government documents..." A valuable guide to the history of newspaper preservation efforts during the decade of the 1970's.

Lists U.S. and foreign newspaper titles in microformat housed in U.S. and foreign libraries or commercial vendors. Alphabetical by country. Includes index of contributors and index by title.

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