Creator: Afro-American Newspaper
Title of Collection: The African American Newspaper Collection: The Afro American
Dates: circa 1971-2004, Bulk Dates: 1988-1990
Extent: 1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract: The miscellaneous newspapers collection contains a series of publications from the Waller County and Texas areas and other state publications. Each newspaper publication has inconsistent volumes and numbers with different page numbers as well.
Biographical Note: The African American Newspaper Collection is a series of 40 publications that were collected and circulated in the Periodicals department during the late 1980s and early 1990s. There are some well-known Texas newspaper publications, but also out-of-state publications primarily in the southern region only. In addition, we have a few international publications from Lagos, Nigeria, and Nassau, Bahamas which are centered around Black culture, arts, and delivering news about Black people. The biographical contents of each publication separately as follows in aphetic order:
Arrangement:
Identification: UA 0033
Repository: Special Collections/Archives Department, John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University
The collection includes Newspapers copies of different publications received by the Prairie View A & M University’s John B. Coleman Periodical and Serials Department. The collection has sixteen boxes of newspapers listed in alphabetical order. For each publication, the arrangement of newspapers is placed in separate boxes by each induvial title, and the smaller editions are housed in a phase box for long-term preservation. The majority of newspapers are black-owned and operated publications except for the “Mexican American Sun”, which has a target audience of Hispanic culture and heritage.
Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.
Identification: UA 000
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: E
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