Durham County, N.C. Newspapers

Durham was formed in 1881 from Orange and Wake. ... Durham is the county seat. (North Carolina Manual, 1991-1992, edited by Julie W. Snee. Raleigh, North Carolina Secretary of State, n.d.)

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Durham, N.C. Newspapers

Carolina Labor News (1964)
Began in 1964
Earliest known issue: May 7, 1965
Ended in 1966
Last known issue: June 10, 1966
OCLC #16978827
Continues: Durham Labor Journal
Continued by: Labor News

Carolina Labor News (1974)
Began in 1974
Earliest known issue: Nov. 1, 1974
Last known issue: May 1, 1978
OCLC #16980376
Continues: Labor News

Carolina Plain Dealer
Began in 1970
Earliest known issue: February 1, 1972
Last known issue: October 1, 1972
OCLC #14117266
Currently published

Carolina Times
Began in 1919
Earliest known issue: May 1, 1937
Last known issue: December 18, 1982
OCLC #2259007
Currently published

Daily Record
Began in 1898
Earliest and last known issue: Aug. 8, 1898
OCLC #24293452

Daily Reporter
Began in 1882
Earliest known issue: June 5, 1885
Last known issue: Oct. 17, 1885
OCLC #24293285

Daily Tobacco Plant
Began in 1888
Earliest known issue: June 2, 1888
Ended in 1889
Last known issue: Aug. 2, 1889
OCLC #24350422
Merged with: Durham Daily Recorder, to form: Durham Daily Globe

Durham County Republican
Began and ceased in 1884
Earliest known issue: July 15, 1884
Last known issue: Oct. 30, 1884
OCLC #24417676

Daily Daily Dispatch
Began in 1880
Earliest and last known issue: June 1, 1880
OCLC #24293424

Durham Daily Globe
Began in 1889
Earliest known issue: Oct. 6, 1889
Ended in 1894
Last known issue: Nov. 12, 1894
OCLC #24350439
Formed by the union of: Durham Daily Recorder, and: Durham Tobacco Plant
Merged with: Morning Herald (1894), to form: Globe-Herald

Durham Daily Recorder
Began in 1886
Earliest known issue: May 7, 1886
Ended in 1888?
Last known issue: Feb. 29, 1888
OCLC #24473829
Merged with: Durham Tobacco Plant, to form: Durham Daily Globe

Durham Daily Sun
Began in 1889
Earliest known issue: Mar. 2, 1889
Ended in 1913?
Last known issue: Aug. 21, 1913
OCLC #20859005
Continued by: Durham Sun

Durham Globe
Began in 1895
Earliest known issue: July 11, 1895
Last known issue: June 4, 1896
OCLC #24350414
Continues in part: Globe-Herald

Durham Herald
Began in 1876
Earliest known issue: Mar. 22, 1876
Last known issue: Oct. 24, 1876
OCLC #24293413

Durham Labor Journal
Began in 1944
Earliest known issue: July 1, 1945
Ended in 1964
Last known issue: Aug. 31, 1955
OCLC #16978794
Continued by: Carolina Labor News (1964)

Durham Messenger
Began in 1938?
Earliest and last known issue: May 19, 1938
OCLC #41401402

Durham Morning Herald
Began in 1919
Earliest known issue: Oct. 5, 1919
Ended in 1990
Last known issue: Dec. 31, 1990
OCLC #9519676
Continues: Morning Herald (1896)
Merged with: Durham Sun, to form: Herald-Sun
Issued with The Chapel Hill Herald (Chapel Hill, N.C.) June 6, 1988 - Dec. 31, 1990

The Durham Recorder
Began in 1879
Earliest known issue: July 2, 1879
Ended in 1911?
Last known issue: Dec. 29, 1911
OCLC #11474429
Continues: Hillsborough Recorder (Hillsborough, NC)
Published in Hillsborough, N.C. Aug. 7 - Dec. 19, 1895
Published as: The Hillsboro Recorder Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 1895
Published as "Recorder and North Carolina Tobacco Journal" Apr. 18, 1883

Durham Sun
Began in 1913?
Earliest known issue: Dec. 18, 1914
Ended in 1990
Last known issue: Dec. 31, 1990
OCLC #9534658
Continues: Durham Daily Sun
Merged with: Durham Morning Herald, to form: Herald-Sun

Durham Tobacco Plant
Began in 1872
Earliest known issue: Feb. 14, 1872
Ended in 1886
Last known issue: Oct. 13, 1886
OCLC #10460185
Continued by: Tobacco Plant

Durham Weekly Globe
Began in 1889
Earliest known issue: Oct. 15, 1889
Ended in 1894?
Last known issue: June 8, 1892
OCLC #24350400

Globe-Herald
Began in 1894
Earliest known issue: Dec. 1, 1894
Ended in 1895
Last known issue: Dec. 11, 1894
OCLC #40597246
Formed by the union of: Durham Daily Globe and, Morning Herald (1894)
Split into: Durham Globe and, Morning Herald (1896)

Herald Sun
Began in 1991
Earliest known issue: Jan. 1, 1991
OCLC #40597246
Currently published
Formed by the union of: Durham Morning Herald and, Durham Sun
Issued with The Chapel Hill Herald (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Jan. 1, 1991 - present

The Hillsboro Recorder
See: Durham Recorder

Home, Farm and Forest
Began in 1932
Earliest and last known issue: Apr. 21, 1933
OCLC #24293315

Illustrated Southern Educator
Began in 1886?
Earliest and last known issue: Oct. 31, 1893
OCLC #27312407

Independent
Began in 1985
Earliest known issue: Mar. 1, 1985
Ended in 1989
Last known issue: Apr. 20, 1989
OCLC #13222854
Continues: North Carolina Independent
Continued by: Independent Weekly

Independent Weekly
Began in 1989
Earliest known issue: Apr. 27 1989
OCLC #31091307
Continues: Independent
Currently published

Labor News
Began in 1966
Earliest known issue: July 22, 1966
Ended in 1973?
Last known issue: June 29, 1973
OCLC #16979378
Continues: Carolina Labor News (1964)
Continued by: Carolina Labor News (1974)

Messenger
Began in 1929
No filmed issues
OCLC #27782016

Morning Herald (1894)
Began and ended in 1894
Earliest and last known issue: Oct. 18, 1894
OCLC #40597160
Merged with: Durham Daily Globe, to form: Globe-Herald

Morning Herald (1896)
Began in 1896?
Earliest known issue: Mar. 24, 1896
Ended in 1919
Last known issue: Oct. 4, 1919
OCLC #27694456
Continues in part: Globe-Herald
Continued by: Durham Morning Herald

News Journal and the Durham Messenger
Earliest known issue: Jan. 1, 1942
Last known issue: July 20, 1944
OCLC #27004392

North Carolina Anvil
Began in 1967
Earliest known issue: Apr. 15, 1967
Ended in 1983
Last known issue: Aug. 11, 1983
OCLC #1760553

North Carolina Independent
Began in 1983
Earliest known issue: Apr. 15, 1983
Ended in 1985
Last known issue: Feb. 15, 1985
OCLC #9461031
Continued by: Independent

Picture Press and Progress
Earliest and last known issue: Feb. 2, 1932
No filmed issues
OCLC #27468960

Public Appeal
Began in 1857?
Earliest known issue: Nov. 13, 1857
Ended in 1963
Last known issue: July 17, 1963
OCLC #24293357

Recorder and North Carolina Tobacco Journal
See: Durham Recorder

Saturday Night
Began in 1893
Earliest and last known issue: May 20, 1893
OCLC #24293378

Sun
Began in 1896
Earliest known issue: Feb. 12, 1897
Last known issue: Sept. 16, 1898
OCLC #27694610

Tobacco Plant
Began in 1886
Earliest known issue: Oct. 20, 1886
Ended in 1889?
Last known issue: Dec. 21, 1888
OCLC #24350333
Continued by: Durham Tobacco Plant

Truth
Began in 1884
Earliest known issue: Mar. 1, 1884
Last known issue: July 1, 1884
OCLC #24293389

Union Advocate
Began in 1939
No filmed issues
OCLC #27783685

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Leader
Began in 1979
Earliest known issue: April 12, 1979
Last known issue: Dec. 27, 1984
OCLC #4988776
Continues: North Carolina Leader

North Carolina Beacon
Began in 1990
Earliest known issue: Sept. 20, 1990
Ceased in 1995
Last known issue: July 27, 1995
OCLC #26295902

North Carolina Leader
Began in 1966
Earliest known issue: Sept. 15, 1966
Ceased in 1979
Last known issue: April 5, 1979
OCLC #4988676
Continued by: Leader

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