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Finding Aids: PVAMU Special Collections and Archives : The Prairie View Standard

The Prairie View Standard

Creator: The Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College

Title of Collection: The Prairie View Newspaper Collection: The Prairie View Standard

Dates: 1913-1977

Extent: 1 Linear Feet (15 boxes)

Abstract: The Prairie View Standard Newspaper Collection is a part of the University Archives Newspaper collection. The newspaper publication has 15 boxes of each copy that were preserved by the Special Collections and Archives staff.

Biographical Note: The Prairie View Standard newspaper was a student publication started at The Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College and was devoted to the educational and general improvement of negros in Texas. The publication was published weekly by the Prairie View College, Prairie View, TX. The earliest copy, in 1913, the managing editor was E. L. Blackshear and the principal of Prairie View State College. The newspaper stopped publishing in the late 1970s.

Sources: Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College. (1913). The Prairie View Standard - June 7th 1913 - Vol. III No. 17., Vol. III No. 17 Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pv-newspapers/1

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by publication title and chronological order by volumes and years of the newspaper. The box numbering is not consistent and currently is housed by the years only on Range One in Room 505B.

Identification: UA 0079

Repository: Special Collections/Archives Department, John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University

 Complied by: Evelyn Davis August 2023

 

The collection includes Newspaper copies of the student publication, “The Prairie View Standard” produced at Prairie View A&M University. The collection has over 15 boxes of newspapers listed in chronological order. Additionally, the box numbering is not consistent since the collection duplicates of the Prairie View Standard newspaper for preservation purposes.

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Identification: UA 0079

Use Restrictions: Written permission must be obtained from the Special Collections/ Archives Department and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts, or images from any materials in this collection.

Language: English

Repository: Special Collections/Archives Department, John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University

Preferred Citation: The Prairie View Standard Newspaper Collection, UA0079, Special Collections/Archives Department, John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University.

African Americans.
African American newspapers.
African American newspaper editors.
African American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.
African American newspapers--Southern States--History.
African American newspapers--Texas--Newspapers.
African Americans—Texas. 
African Americans--Texas--Newspapers.
African Americans--Texas--Waller County.
Newspapers. 
Waller County (Tex.)
Waller County (Tex.)--Newspapers

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