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Newspapers and Periodicals on Microfilm at the Baltimore County Public Library

Please contact library to confirm availability.  Due to the limited and irreplaceable nature of these collections, BCPL cannot respond to Interlibrary Loan requests for this material.

Last updated July 2009

Title Dates Library
Baltimore City Directory (See City Directories) Towson
Baltimore County Advocate Feb 24, 1850 to Dec 31, 1864

Missing:
Jul 10, 1851 to Feb 21, 1852
Feb 11, 1854 to Feb 1855
Feb 1856 to Jun 7, 1856

Towson
Baltimore County Democrat Nov 9, 1889  to April 15, 1905

Missing:
Aug 6, 1892 toMay 16, 1896
Sept 25, 1897 to Oct 1, 1898
Dec 24, 1898 to Nov 28, 1903

Towson
Baltimore County Democrat & Journal Jan 5, 1907 to Nov 28, 1914

Missing:
Dec 25, 1909 -Jan 22, 1910
Dec 31, 1910 to Jan 21, 1911

Towson
Baltimore County Union
Towson, MD
Jan 1865 to Dec 1890

Missing:
Dec 1866 to Jul 1868
Dec. 1869 to Feb 1870
Oct 1879 to Feb 1880
Nov 1881 to Feb 1882
Dec 1887 to Feb 1888

Towson
Baltimore Gazette Oct 6, 1862 to Jun 30, 1879

Missing:
Jun 30, 1875 to Jan 1, 1876
Dec 31, 1876 to Oct 17, 1877

Towson
Baltimore Republican & Daily Argus
(includes eight title variations)
Feb 15, 1842 to Dec 31, 1861

Missing:
Jun 30, 1843 to Jan 1, 1844

Towson
Baltimore Evening Sun

(Note:  The Baltimore Sun from 1837 to 1985 has also been digitized and is available to BCPL patrons through Proquest's Historic Newspaper Index) Please note that the 1837-1995 collection is still being compiled and will be missing issues (including post 1945) until completed. 

Jan 2, 1960 to Sep 15, 1995 (End of Publication)

Missing:
April 16, 1975 to Apr 30, 1975
Mar 16, 1976 to Mar 31, 1976

Towson
Baltimore Sun (Morning)

(Note:  The Baltimore Sun from 1837 to 1985 has also been digitized and is available to BCPL patrons through Proquest's Historic Newspaper Index) Please note that the 1837-1995 collection is still being compiled and will be missing issues (including post 1945) until completed. 

Jan 1960 to Dec 2008 Catonsville
Jan 1960 to Dec 2008

Missing:
Nov 1, 1990 to Nov 15, 1990

Towson
Carroll Island Ducking Club Minutes 1851 to 1865 Towson
Catonsville Times (and predecessors) Jun 1881 to present Catonsville
City Directories of the United States
(Baltimore, MD)
1861 to 1930 Towson
Community News and Baltimore Countian
Reisterstown, MD
Feb 1, 1929 to Mar 29, 1968

Missing:
Oct 25, 1929 to Jan 3, 1930
Dec 19, 1930 to Jan 2, 1931
Jan to Dec 1932

Towson
Community Times -
Randallstown, MD
April 4, 1968 - Dec 28, 1978 Towson
Community Times -
Reisterstown MD
Jan 4, 1979 to Dec 31, 1986 Towson
The Jeffersonian Jan 1912 to Dec 1986

Missing:
Dec 1912 to Feb 8, 1913
Nov 29, 1913 to Feb 3, 1914
Dec 19, 1914 to Jan 23, 1915
Dec 9, 1916 to Jan 6, 1917
Dec 21, 1918 to Jan 4, 1919
Dec 25, 1920 to Dec 29, 1923
Jan  to Dec 1968

Towson
Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club
Minutes, Correspondence, Scrap Book
1908 to 1984 Towson
Maryland Journal -
Towson, MD
Jan 7, 1865 to May 20, 1905

Missing:
Jan to Dec 1870
Jan to Dec 1872
Jan to Dec 1874
Jan to Dec 1876
Dec 31, 1887 to Jan 14, 1888
Dec 26, 1896 to Jan 16, 1897
Dec 16, 1899 to Jan 6, 1900
Dec 21, 1901 to Jan 11, 1902

Towson
Mt Washington Advocate June 1886
Dec 1893
May 1894
Sept 1894
Nov 1894
Towson
Mt. Washington Item June 1902 Towson
New Era -
Towson, MD
Oct 25, 1913 to Nov 19, 1921

Missing:
Dec 30, 1916 to Jan 13, 1917

Towson
New York Times

(Note:  The New York Times from 1851 to 2001 has also been digitized and is available to BCPL patrons through Proquest's Historic Newspaper Index)

1940 to present Catonsville
Jan 1923 to present

Missing:
Jul 11 to 20, 1930
Dec 11 to 20, 1931
Apr 11 to 20, 1937
Mar 11 to 20, 1946
Jan 1948 to Sep 1, 1948
Sep 10, 1948 to Dec 1948
Sep 1 to 10, 1949
Nov 21 to 30, 1963
Feb 16 to 28, 1974
Nov 11 to 20, 1975
Jul 16 to 31, 1979
Aug 23 to 31, 1981
Feb 19 to 28, 1987
Feb 15 to 28, 1998

Towson
Owings Mills Times Jan 1987 to Dec 1988 Towson
Third Gunpowder Agricultural Club:  History and Minutes 1912 to 1935
 
Towson
Third Gunpowder Agricultural Club:
  
Minutes and Correspondence
1934 to 1967 Towson
Third Gunpowder Agricultural Club:
  
Correspondence, & Pamphlets
1872 to 1970 Towson
Time 1923 to June 1993

Missing:
Dec 1983 to Jul 1984

Towson
Towson Times May 6, 1971 to April 26, 1979 Towson
Union News
Towson, MD
Jan 6, 1900 to Dec 1958

Missing:
Dec 29, 1900 to Jan 4, 1902
Dec 28, 1912 to Jan 13, 1913
Dec 29, 1917 to Oct 1930
Dec 1931 to Jan 1935
Jan 1951 to Dec 1951

Towson
Wall Street Journal

Note:  The Wall Street Journal from 1889 to 1987 has also been digitized and is available to BCPL patrons through Proquest's Historic Newspaper Index)

Jan 1960 to present Towson

Please note that, in addition to microfilm, BCPL is able to offer BCPL customers digital reproductions of: Baltimore Sun Papers  (1837-1985), Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), New York Times: (1851-2001)Wall Street Journal (1889-1987). and the Washington Post (1877-1988)  (ProQuest) through Historical Newspapers

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