Creator: The Weekly Mail
Title of Collection: The African American Newspaper Collection: The Weekly Mail
Dates: circa 1971-2004; Bulk Dates: 1988-1988
Extent: 1 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract: The Weekly Mail is a weekly newspaper with the tagline, “The Paper for a Changing South Africa” from Johannesburg, South Africa. The publication began as the Weekly Mail, an alternative newspaper, by a group of journalists in 1985 after the closure of two leading liberal newspapers, The Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Express. Weekly Mail was one of the first newspapers to use Apple Mac desktop publishing. The publisher is M&G Media Company.
Biographical Note: The Weekly Mail is a weekly newspaper with the tagline, “The Paper for a Changing South Africa” from Johannesburg, South Africa. The publication began as the Weekly Mail, an alternative newspaper, by a group of journalists in 1985 after the closure of two leading liberal newspapers, The Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Express. Weekly Mail was one of the first newspapers to use Apple Mac desktop publishing. The publisher is M&G Media Company.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by publication title and chronological order by volumes and years of each newspaper.
Identification: UA 0072
Repository: Special Collections/Archives Department, John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University
The Weekly Mail is a weekly newspaper with the tagline, “The Paper for a Changing South Africa” from Johannesburg, South Africa. The publication began as the Weekly Mail, an alternative newspaper, by a group of journalists in 1985 after the closure of two leading liberal newspapers, The Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Express. Weekly Mail was one of the first newspapers to use Apple Mac desktop publishing. The publisher is M&G Media Company.
Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.
Identification: UA 0072
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 Weekly Mail Newspaper Collection, UA0072, 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.
Johannesburg (South Africa)--Newspapers.
Newspapers.
| Box | Title/Description/Date |
| 1 | The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.6 2/19-25/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.8 3/4-10-1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.9 3/11-17/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.15 4/22-28/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.16 4/29-5/4/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.17 5/5-12/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.18 5/13-19/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.19 5/20-26/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.20 5/27-6/6/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.21 6/3-9/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.22 6/10-16/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.23 6/17-23/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.25 7/1-7/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.27 7/15-21/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.29 7/29-8/4/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.30 8/5-11/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.31 8/12-18/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.31 8/19-25/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.32 8/26-9/1/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.34 9/2-8/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.35 9/9-15/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.36 9/16-9/22/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.37 9/23-29/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.39 10/14-20/1988 The Weekly Mail, v.4/no.42 10/28-1/3/1988 |
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