Historical Newspaper Collection

Plainfield Public Library holds a broad collection of newspapers in print and microfilm. This Local History finding aid is organized by title and date. The guide details coverage within our collection including the start and end dates of publications held and the frequency of each. There are gaps in our collection that are noted in the table at the bottom of the page. The Local History department welcomes the donation of even single issues of newspapers that would add to the breadth of its collection. The Library provides online access to searchable full text newspaper databases. Our collection of early local newspapers, dating from 1837 to 1918, are searchable online. Contact a Local History librarian if you have further questions.

Collection Arranged by Title

Periodical Name	Start	End	Frequency	Notes
Central New Jersey Times This newspaper has been digitized.	9/24/1868	12/30/1880	weekly
	6/21/1888			paper only
City News	6/20/1990	2/3/1993	weekly	missing issues
The Constitutionalist This newspaper has been digitized.	1/2/1868	10/3/1872	weekly
	4/16/1874			paper only
	1/6/1876	5/31/1900	weekly
	12/5/1901	12/28/1911	weekly
Courier News	1/24/1961	continuing	daily
Plainfield Courier	10/5/1891	11/3/1894	daily
Plainfield Courier-News A portion of this newspaper has been digitized: 1894 issues and 1917 issues	11/5/1894	10/7/1916	daily
	11/15/1916	1/23/1961	daily
Plainfield Courier-News & Daily Press	10/9/1916	11/14/1916	daily
Daily Press This newspaper has been digitized.	5/10/1887	12/30/1911	daily
Plainfield Daily Press This newspaper has been digitized.	1/2/1912	10/7/1916	daily
Evening News This newspaper has been digitized.	6/2/1884	2/28/1885	daily
Plainfield Evening News This newspaper has been digitized.	3/2/1885	6/30/1894	daily
Locale	Nov-1949	Dec-1949	monthly	paper only
Mid-State Press (Plainfield) This newspaper has been digitized.	05/14/1928	05/23/1928	daily	microfilm only
North Plainfield Times	7/9/1975	9/13/1978	weekly	missing issues
North Plainfield Weekly Review	1/10/1903	12/26/1903	weekly
Plainfield Chamber of Commerce Magazine	Mar-1922	Oct-1924	semi-monthly	view index
Plainfield Gazette	12/21/1848	9/11/1851	weekly
Plainfield Gazette	12/23/1858			paper only
Plainfield Journal	3/15/1929	3/22/1929		2 issues filmed with Courier.
Plainfield Record This newspaper has been digitized.	10/27/1916	6/27/1918	weekly	incl. on Courier film
The Plainfield Times	12/14/1972	9/6/1978	weekly	missing issues
Plainfield Today	9/22/1983	5/28/1987	weekly	missing issues
Plainfield Today City News	6/28/1989	11/29/1989	weekly	missing issues
Plainfield Union, various names This newspaper has been digitized.	1/12/1837	1/11/1841	weekly
	4/18/1842			paper only
	1/16/1843	12/29/1845
	1/12/1847	12/24/1847
	1/7/1851	12/28/1852
The Suburbanite This newspaper has been digitized.	April 1903	June 1912	monthly	missing issues view partial index
The Times	8/14/1974	3/3/1976	weekly	missing issues
The Voice	6/22/1968	3/20/1974	bi-weekly/weekly	missing issues

Collection Arranged by Date

Start		End		Periodical Name	Frequency	Notes
1837	12-Jan	1841	11-Jan	Plainfield Union, various names	weekly
1842	18-Apr			Plainfield Union		paper copy
1843	16-Jan	1845	29-Dec	Plainfield Union	weekly	missing issues
1847	12-Jan	1847	24-Dec	Plainfield Union	weekly
1848	21-Dec	1851	11-Sep	Plainfield Gazette	weekly
1851	7-Jan	1852	28-Dec	Plainfield Union	weekly	missing issues
1858	23-Dec			Plainfield Gazette		paper copy
1868	2-Jan	1872	3-Oct	The Constitutionalist	weekly
1868	24-Sep	1880	30-Dec	Central New Jersey Times	weekly
1874	16-Apr			The Constitutionalist		paper copy
1876	6-Jan	1900	31-May	The Constitutionalist	weekly
1884	2-Jun	1885	28-Feb	Evening News	daily
1885	2-Mar	1894	30-Jun	Plainfield Evening News	daily
1887	10-May	1911	30-Dec	Daily Press	daily
1891	5-Oct	1894	3-Nov	Plainfield Courier	daily
1894	5-Nov	1916	7-Oct	Plainfield Courier-News	daily
1901	5-Dec	1911	28-Dec	The Constitutionalist	weekly
1903	10-Jan	1903	26-Dec	North Plainfield Weekly Review	weekly	issues missing
1903		1912		The Suburbanite	monthly	index available; 1910-1912 paper copies only
1912	2-Jan	1916	7-Oct	Plainfield Daily Press	daily
1916	9-Oct	1916	14-Nov	Plainfield Courier-News & Daily Press	daily
1916	27-Oct	1918	27-Jun	Plainfield Record	weekly	filmed on Courier reels
1916	15-Nov	1961	23-Jan	Plainfield Courier-News	daily
1922	Mar	1924	Oct	Plainfield Chamber of Commerce Mag.	varied
1928	05-May	1928	23-May	Mid-State Press	daily	microfilm
1938	Oct	1979	May	The Monday Afternoon Club Mag.	varied	paper copies, missing issues
1949	Nov	1949	Dec	Locale	monthly
1961	24-Jan	ongoing		Courier News	daily
1968	22-Jun	1974	20-Mar	The Voice	bi-weekly, weekly	missing issues; 1968-1971 paper copies only
1972	14-Dec	1978	6-Sep	The Plainfield Times	weekly	missing issues
1974	14-Aug	1976	3-Mar	The Times	weekly	missing issues
1975	9-Jul	1978	13-Sep	North Plainfield Times	weekly	missing issues
1983	22-Sep	1987	28-May	Plainfield Today	weekly	missing issues
1989	28-Jun	1989	29-Nov	Plainfield Today City News	weekly	missing issues
1990	20-Jun	1993	3-Feb	City News	weekly	missing issues

Coverage Not Available for the following dates

Start		End
1841	12-Jan	1842	17-Apr
1842	19-Apr	1843	15-Jan
1845	30-Dec	1847	3-Jan
1852	29-Dec	1858	22-Dec
1858	24-Dec	1868	1-Jan
The above represents gaps in the newspaper holdings of Plainfield Public Library. Newspaper coverage for these time periods is not present in original Library holdings or available commercially. Plainfield Public Library would welcome the donation of missing issues of local newspapers that would add to the breadth of its collection.

updated 2/20/2007

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