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Historical Archive Location Listing

Thanks to the diligent efforts of many local libraries and historical societies, all of our newspapers have been historically archived since their beginnings. Below is a listing of their archives locations, as well as their ancestors’ archives.

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*Please note, all of these archives are missing various issues, especially older ones. If a year isn’t listed as having an archive, then all of the issues from that year are missing. Additionally, the newspaper archival process is very complicated and many of our newer editions haven’t been archived yet. Please visit our E-Edition site to read our most recent issues


Albion Recorder (1868-Present)

Albion District Library: 1868-Present

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Albion Weekly Recorder (1868-1882)
Albion Daily Recorder (1882)
Albion Republican (1884)


Allegan County News (1842-Present)

Allegan District Library: 1856-Present
Kalamazoo Public Library: 1882-1975

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Allegan County News & Gazette (1966-1994)
Allegan News-Gazette (1955-1966)
Allegan News (1899-1955) 
Allegan Democrat (1880-1899)
Allegan Weekly Newsmagazine Gazette (1882-1953)
Allegan Gazette (1882-1953)
Allegan Journal and Tribune (1883-1888)
Allegan Tribune (1880-1882)
Allegan Journal (1856-1882, 1888-1897)
Allegan Record (1852-1862)
Allegan and Barry Record (1842-1852)
Allegan County Democrat (1842)


Fennville Herald (1892-1995) – Merged with the Allegan County News in 1995
Fennville District Library: 1892-1894, 1905-1906, 1911-1926, 1931-1933, 1939-1995


Clare County Review (1947-Present)

Surrey Township Public Library: 1947-Present
SmallTownPapers: 1989, 1994, 2004, 2006-2009, 2014-2017
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1953-71 – As the Farwell News

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Review (1988-1990)
News and Review (1972-1984)
Farwell News (1947-1971)


Commercial Record (1868-Present)

Saugatuck-Douglas District Library: 2015-Present
Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society: 1978-2018
commercialrecord.org: 1868-1977 

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Saugatuck Commercial (1868-1870, 1898-1902)
Lakeshore Commercial (1870-1898)
Douglas Weekly Record (1890’s to 1902)


Courier-Leader (1968-Present)

epaper.wilcoxnewspapers.com: 2020-Present
Google Drive: 2019-2020
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1969-2018
Webster Memorial Library: 1968-2011


COURIER ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Courier-Northerner (1920-1968)
True Northerner (1873-1920)
Free Press and Courier (1914-1920)
Paw Paw Free Press and Courier (1877-1914)
Paw Paw Courier (1873-1877)
Van Buren County Press (1859-1876)
Paw Paw Free Press (1843-1859, 1876-1877)

Webster Memorial Library: 1846-1968
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1920-1968 – As the Courier-Northerner
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1873-1920 – As the True Northerner
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1914-1920 – As the Free Press and Courier
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1913 – As the Paw Paw Free Press and Courier
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1861-1870 – As the Van Buren County Press
Digital Michigan Newspapers: 1853-1856 – As the Paw Paw Free Press


Lawton Leader (1887-1968) – Merged with the Courier-Northerner in 1968
Webster Memorial Library: 1887-1868
Kalamazoo Public Library: 1887-1968


Lawrence Times (1875-1957) – Merged with the Courier-Northerner in 1957
Webster Memorial Library: 1875-1876, 1890-1956


LaFayette Sun (1841-Present)

Known as the Alabama Standard from 1841-1881

epaper.wilcoxnewspapers.com: 2020-Present
Newspapers.com: 1882, 1884, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900-1964
LaFayette Sun Office: 1938-2019 (1938-1939 are in poor condition)
AL Department of Archives: 1882, 1884, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900-2008


Marion Press (1889-Present)

Marion Public Library: 1903-Present

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Northern Osceola Press until (1917-1922)
Marion Dispatch and Leader (1899-1917)
Marion Dispatch (1889-1900)
Marion Leader (1899-1900)


Morning Star (1940-Present)

The Morning Star is a weekly shopper’s guide, not a newspaper; and because of such, no archives are kept. Please look to the Albion Recorder for archives of an Eastern Calhoun County newspaper.


Paw Paw Flashes (1930s-Present)

The Paw Paw Flashes is a weekly shopper’s guide, not a newspaper; and because of such, no archives are kept. Please look to the Courier-Leader for archives of a Paw Paw Area newspaper.


Penny Saver (1983-Present)

The Penny Saver is a weekly shopper’s guide, not a newspaper; and because of such, no archives are kept. Please look to the Three Rivers Commercial-News for archives of a Three Rivers Area newspaper.


Sturgis Sentinel (2023-Present)

We are actively searching for a library or site to house these archives

* PLEASE NOTE * This newspaper began in June 2023, and no archives exist before that point. Please look to the Three Rivers Commercial-News for archives of a St. Joseph County newspaper from earlier times.


Three Rivers Commercial-News (1895-Present)

epaper.wilcoxnewspapers.com: 2022-Present
Three Rivers Public Library: 1895-Present

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Three Rivers Commercial (1906-1907, 1925-1984)
Daily Commercial (1912-1925)
Daily Commercial-Hustler (1910-1912)
Three Rivers Evening Commercial (1907-1910)
Daily Hustler (1907-1910)
Three Rivers Daily Hustler (1895-1907)


St. Joseph County News (1845-1982) – Merged into the Commercial in 1982
Constantine Township Library: 1891, 1924-1982
White Pigeon Township Library: 1974-1981

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Advertiser-Record (1927-1972)
Constantine Advertiser-Record (1900-1927)
Advertiser (1879-1900)
St. Joseph County Advertiser and Constantine Mercury (187?-1879)
St. Joseph County Advertiser and Constantine Weekly Mercury (1874-187?)
Weekly Mercury and St. Joseph County Advertiser (1861-1874)
Constantine Weekly Mercury and St. Joseph County Advertiser (1860)
Constantine Weekly Mercury (1850-1860)
St. Joseph County Advertiser (1845-1860)

White Pigeon Post (1946-1972) – Merged into the St. Joseph County News in 1973
White Pigeon Township Library: 1953-1973


Portage Headliner-News (1958-1983) – Merged into the Commercial in 1983
Portage District Library: 1958-1983

OTHER NAMES and ANCESTORS – Be sure to include these in your search
Portage Herald-Headliner (1969-1980)
Portage Headliner (1967-1968)
Portage Herald (1958-1968)


Union Enterprise (1974-Present)

epaper.wilcoxnewspapers.com: 2014-Present
Ransom District Library: 1974-Present
Otsego District Public Library: 1974-2011


Otsego Union (1875-1974)
(Known as the Otsego Weekly Union from 1875-1888)
Otsego District Public Library: 1875-1974
Kalamazoo Public Library: 1875-1888, 1897-1922


Plainwell Enterprise (1886-1974)
Ransom District Library: 1886-1974
Kalamazoo Public Library: 1886-1974


Martin Star (1915-1963) – Merged with the Plainwell Enterprise in 1963
● No known archives exist