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Virginia African American Newspapers

Alexandria to Hampton

ALEXANDRIA

People's Advocate – Film 397, Film 1362, and Virginia Chronicle

Film 397: May 6, 1876; July 29 1876

Film 1362: Apr. 22–Sept. 9, 1876; Apr. 19, 1879–Apr. 9, 1881; Apr. 23–Dec. 17, 1881; Dec. 31, 1881; Jan. 7–Apr. 1, 1882; Apr. 14, 1883–Apr. 12, 1884; July 31, 1886 (published in Washington, D.C. Apr. 19, 1879–Apr. 12, 1884)

BRUNSWICK COUNTY

The Trail and Scroll (Civilian Conservation Corps) – Film 2494, Boxed, and Virginia Chronicle

Feb. 1936

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY

Informant – Film 1489 and Boxed

Film 1489: June 1987–Dec. 1991; Jan.–June, Aug.–Dec. 1992; Jan.–Dec. 1993; Jan.–Oct., Dec., 1994; Jan.–Dec. 1995; Jan.–Aug., Oct.–Dec. 1996; Jan. 1997–Jan. 2007

Boxed: June 1987–Dec. 1991; Jan.–June, Aug.–Dec. 1992; Jan.–Dec. 1993; Jan.–Oct., Dec., 1994; Jan.–Dec. 1995; Jan.–Aug., Oct.–Dec. 1996; Jan. 1997–Jan. 1998

CHARLES CITY COUNTY

Charles City Times – Film 2481, Boxed, and Virginia Chronicle

Film 2481: July 11, 1966; July 28, 1966;  Aug. 30, 1966; Sept. 17, 1966;  Nov. 6, 1966

Boxed: July 11, 1966; July 28, 1966;  Aug. 30, 1966; Sept. 17, 1966;  Nov. 6, 1966

CHARLOTTESVILLE

African American Reflector – Boxed

Apr. 14, 2004

Charlottesville Albemarle Tribune – Film 2061

Summary holdings: Aug. 10, 1956–Aug. 20, 1992 (see complete holdings)

Tribune – Film 2061 and Boxed

Summary holdings: Aug. 27, 1992–Dec. 18, 2002 (see complete holdings)

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY

Campus Review – Film 2550 and Virginia Chronicle

1929: Feb. 15, 23; Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Oct. 5

Virginia Statesman – Film 2520, Film 2520A, and Virginia Chronicle

Film 2520: Oct. 19, 1929–May 23, 1936; Oct. 15, 1938–May 23, 1942; Oct. 14, 1953–Apr. 29, 1959; Nov. 12, 1963–Apr. 2008

Film 2520A: Oct. 10, 1936–June 5, 1939; Oct. 24, 1942–May 22, 1943; Nov. 3, 1945–May 25, 1946

CLARKE COUNTY

People's Journal – Film 510A and Virginia Chronicle

Mar. 1899; June 1910; Jan. 1912; May 1913; Feb. 1914; Aug. 1921; Apr., Oct–Dec. 1924; Jan–Apr., June 1925; July 1926; Jan., Aug. 1927

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Voice of 1367 (Civilian Conservation Corps) – Fiche 144, no. 1367 and Virginia Chronicle

Feb.–Mar., May, Nov. 1939; Feb.–Mar. 1940

FAUQUIER COUNTY

Circuit – Film 2481, Boxed, and Virginia Chronicle

Film 2481: Feb. 2, Mar. 1, 1940; Dec. 4, 1942; May 4, 1945; Aug. 2, 1946

Boxed (reproductions): Feb. 2, Mar. 1, 1940; Dec. 4, 1942; May 4, 1945; Aug. 2, 1946

HAMPTON

Fort Monroe CCC Bulletin (Civilian Conservation Corps) – Fiche 144, no. 3321 and Virginia Chronicle

Dec. 9, 1937

Hampton Roads Voice – Film 2021

Aug. 4, 1994–June 19, 2014

Southern Workman (1872), Southern Workman and Hampton School Record, Southern Workman (1900) – Film 1608 and Virginia Chronicle

1872–1939

Southern Workman and Hampton School Record – Boxed

Apr. 1895

True Southerner – Film 232 and Virginia Chronicle (published for but not by African Americans)

Nov. 24, 1865–Feb. 15, 1866; Mar. 8–Apr. 19, 1866