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Lake Superior Maritime Collection: Newspaper Clippings Files

A guide to resources for the study of shipping history on the upper Great Lakes.

Newspaper Clippings Files

Contains maritime clipping files for the lower lakes and the Duluth/Superior region, drawn from historic newspapers. Clippings date from 1854 to 1945.


Duluth-Superior 1880 - 1888

  • Duluth Weekly Tribune Sept. 1880 - Sept. 1888
  • Duluth Daily Tribune Sept. 1880 - Mar. 1887
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette, MI] Jan. 1887 - Sept. 1888
  • Duluth Daily News June 1887- July 1888[Duluth] Daily Democratic Paragraph
  • June 1887- Sept. 1888Duluth Saturday Evening Journal June 1887- July 1888
  • Duluth Evening Herald Aug. 1888 - Sept. 1888

Duluth-Superior 1890 - 1895

  • Duluth Daily Tribune Jan. 1890 - June 1890
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette, MI] Jan. 1890 - Dec. 1890; Jan. - Mar. 1892; July - Dec. 1892
  • Duluth Daily News Jan. 1890 - Oct. 1892
  • Duluth Evening Herald Jan. 1890 - Dec. 1895
  • Duluth Weekly Herald Jan. 1890 - Oct. 1894; Jan. 1895 - Dec. 1895
  • Duluth Times July 1890 - Dec. 1890
  • Lake Superior Review & Weekly Tribune [Duluth] Nov. 1890 - Oct. 1892
  • Duluth Evening Post Jan. 1891 - June 1891
  • Duluth Daily Short Line Jan. - Mar. 1892; July 1892 - Oct. 1892
  • Duluth Commonwealth Sept. 1892 - Aug. 1893; Jan. 1894 - Dec. 1895
  • Duluth Daily Commonwealth June 1893 - June 1894
  • Duluth News Tribune Nov. 1892 - Dec. 1895
  • Duluth Press Sept. 1893 - June 1894; Sept. 1894 - Oct. 1894; Jan. 1895 - Dec. 1895
  • Duluth Weekly Tribune Nov. 1894 - Dec. 1894
  • Duluth Daily Commonwealth Record Jan. 1895 - Dec. 1895

Duluth-Superior 1896 - 1899

  • Duluth Commonwealth Jan. 1896 - April 1896
  • Duluth Evening Herald Jan. 1896 - Dec. 1899
  • Duluth News Tribune Jan. 1896 - Dec. 1899
  • Duluth Press Jan. 1896 - July 1896
  • Duluth Weekly Herald Jan. 1896 - Dec. 1899
  • Duluth Daily Commonwealth Record May 1896 - Dec. 1896; April 1897 - Dec. 1898; Mar 1899 - Dec. 1899
  • West Duluth Sun July 1897 - Sept. 1897; Aug. 1899 - Oct. 1899
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette, MI] July 1897 - Dec. 1897
  • Duluth Weekly Tribune Oct. 1897 - March 1898
  • New Weekly News Tribune Jan. 1898 - March 1898
  • Duluth Weekly News Tribune June 1898 - Dec. 1899
  • Duluth Weekly Tribunal Aug. 1899 - Oct. 1899

Duluth-Superior, 1889

  • Duluth Daily Tribune Jan. 1889 - Dec. 1889
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette, MI] Jan. 1889 - Sept. 1889
  • Duluth Evening Herald Jan. 1889 - Dec. 1889
  • Duluth Weekly Herald Jan. 1889 - Dec. 1889
  • West Duluth Sun Jan. 1889 - Sept. 1889

Duluth-Superior 1900 - 1905

  • Duluth Evening Herald Jan. 1900 - Dec. 1905
  • Duluth Weekly Herald Jan. 1900 - Dec. 1900
  • Duluth Tribunal Jan. 1900 - June 1900
  • Duluth Labor World [Weekly] Jan. 1900 - Dec. 1905
  • Sun & Metcalfe's X-Ray [Weekly] Jan. 1900 - Dec. 1902
  • West Duluth Sun July 1903 - Dec. 1903
  • Duluth News Tribune Sept. 1904 - Dec. 1904; Nov. - Dec. 1905
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette, MI] Dec. 1903 - Dec. 1905

Duluth-Superior 1906 - 1910

  • Duluth Evening Herald Jan. 1906 - June 1910
  • Duluth Labor World [Weekly] Jan. 1906 - Sept. 1908; Jan. 1909 - June 1910
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette, MI] Jan. 1907 - Dec. 1909
  • Duluth Weekly Herald Jan. 1907 - Dec. 1907
  • Duluth News Tribune Jan. 1908 - June 1908
  • Duluth Herald Jan. 1909 - May 1909; Jan. 1910 - Dec. 1910

Duluth-Superior 1911-1945

  • Duluth Evening Herald February 1911 - July 1911; Jan. 1913 - July 1913
  • Duluth Herald February 1911 - Dec. 1915
  • Duluth Labor World [Weekly] February 1911 - July 1912; Jan. 1913 - July 1913; Jan. 1914 - Dec. 1915
  • Duluth News Tribune February 1911 - July 1911
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette MI] Jan. 1912 - Dec. 1912
  • Duluth Herald Jan. 1916 - Dec. 1918
  • Duluth Labor World [Weekly] Jan. 1916 - Dec. 1918
  • Duluth Herald Jan. 1920 - Dec. 1920; Feb. 1921 - Oct. 1921
  • Duluth Labor World [Weekly] Jan. 1920 - Dec. 1920; Feb. 1921 - Oct. 1921 [incomplete]
  • Daily Mining Journal [Marquette, MI] Jan. 1922 - Dec. 1924; March 1925 - Dec. 1926
  • Duluth Labor World [Weekly] Jan. 1922 - Dec. 1924 [incomplete]; March 1925 - Dec. 1945

Lower Lakes 1854-1877

  • June 1, 1853 - Feb. 28, 1854: Buffalo Daily Republic
  • March 1, 1854 - July 31, 1854: Buffalo Daily Republic
  • January 1, 1855 - June 1, 1855: Buffalo Daily Courier
  • January 1, 1856 - June 30, 1856: Buffalo Daily Courier
  • January 1, 1858 - June 30, 1858: Buffalo Daily Republic & Times
  • June 1, 1861 - Dec. 30, 1861: Buffalo Daily Courier
  • January 1, 1862 - June 30, 1862: [Buffalo] Evening Courier & Republic
  • January 1863 - June 30, 1863: [Buffalo] Daily Courier
  • January 1, 1865 - Dec. 31, 1865: Buffalo Daily Courier
  • March 1, 1866 - Dec. 30, 1866: Buffalo Daily Post
  • January 2, 1877 - June 30, 1877: Detroit [MI] Tribune