Hi George and Everyone--I do not know about all of these papers, but Frederick Douglass's paper is widely available both on microfilm and in a searchable CD-ROM version (which many university libraries have available). This version also includes the COLORED AMERICAN and two or three other African American newspapers. Best, Judy Wellman > From: George Thompson <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: "A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State > history." <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:25:44 -0400 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: black newspapers on microfilm > > Judith Wellman writes to ask about the availability of several antislavery > newspapers from before the Civil War. On this and related themes, I will add: > > Bobst Library, NYU, bought 2 reels of microfilm from the Library of Congress > containing Frederick Douglass' Paper between 1851 and 1855. Is the paper from > 1856 to 1860 available on film? > > We bought the film produced by the NYPL of the New York Age, covering from > 1905 to its end. Are the years 1887 -1904, or any part of them, available on > film? > > We bought the NYPL's film of the New York Amsterdam News, from 1922 and after. > Are the years 1919-1921 available on film? > > We bought the NYPL's film of The Negro World, from 1923 to its end. Are the > years 1917-1922, or any part of them, available on film? > > If these papers have not been microfilmed for the years in question, do they > exist anywhere in paper? It's particularly hard to believe that FD's Paper > isn't around. > > GAT > > George A. Thompson > Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. > Pr., 1998.