Historic newspapers, 1877-1957, bulk: 1877-1897
Scope and Contents
The issues held in this collection are available on microfilm in the Heritage Room. There is currently no Box 6 in the collection; it previously held Athens Weekly News, a recent publication that, not having been microfilmed, has been placed in its own subcollection.
Dates
- 1877-1957
- Majority of material found within 1877-1897
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions. This collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Apply in the Heritage Room for access.
Biographical / Historical
The origins of the Athens Banner-Herald date back to 1827, with the founding of the Athenian, which became the Southern Banner in 1832. For much of the nineteenth century, this paper competed with the Southern Watchman. In 1882, the two papers merged. Numerous name changes, for both the daily and weekly editions of the paper, ensued in the next few decades, finally settling on the Athens Banner and the Weekly Banner.
Originally a separate newspaper established in 1912, the Athens Daily Herald combined with the Athens Banner beginning Sunday, June 26, 1921, creating a single operation: the Banner published in the mornings, the Herald in the evenings, with the exception of the consolidated Sunday edition of the paper, now entitled the Athens Banner-Herald instead of the Weekly Banner. Soon enough, more changes were afoot: due to financial struggles, beginning Monday, February 12, 1923, a single newspaper, the Athens Banner-Herald, was published in the afternoons, replacing the dual morning-afternoon editions.
In 1965, a competitor emerged: the Athens Daily News, publishing in the mornings. Only two years later, however, the two papers merged, once again giving Athens two dailies run by the same company. The morning Daily News continued to accompany the evening Banner-Herald until 2001, when a combined version, bearing only the Athens Banner-Herald title, began to be published in the mornings.
Extent
From the Collection: 73.52 Linear Feet (61 document boxes of varying sizes, 10 periodicals cartons, 5 books of bound periodicals. Flagpole: Twenty-seven boxes, 25 of which measure 25 by 19 by 2, two of which measure 22.5 by 17 by 2.75: 42.41 linear feet Historic newspapers: Box 1 measures 15.5 by 10 b 3 (.83 linear feet): Box 2 measures 20.5 by 16.5 by 3.5 (1.38 linear feet); Boxes 3-4 and 7-8 each measure 25 by 19 by 2.5 (6.33 linear feet); Box 5 measures 24.5 by 20 by 3 (1.67 linear feet); Box 9 measures 31 by 23 by 3 (1.92 linear feet): 12.13 linear feet total. American Monthly Magazine and Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine: 4.17 linear feet Rollins M. (Pete) McCommons collection: One half legal document box: .21 linear feet Image Magazine: One half letter document box: .21 linear feet Athens Underground weekly newspaper: .0233 linear feet; one of eighteen folders in a shared box Tasty World magazine: One box measuring 23 by 17 by 3: 1.42 linear feet Scenic South: One half letter document box: .21 linear feet Zebra Magazine: One half letter document box: .21 linear feet Athens Magazine (Official Publication of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce) and This Month in Athens: one shared half letter box; .21 linear feet Athens Weekly News: One box measuring 17.25 by 11.5 by 3: .96 linear feet Vantage (Athens Area Chamber of Commerce newsletter): One box measuring 25 by 19 by 2: 1.58 linear feet Captain Armadillo comic book: One box measuring 10.5 by 8.5 by 1.5: .71 linear feet Highlight Magazine: One half letter document box: .21 linear feet Foxfire magazine: One box measuring 12.5 by 10.25 by 3: .85 linear feet Crop Stories magazine: .0233 linear feet; one of eighteen folders in a shared box Georgia Magazine: One full letter document box: .42 linear feet Georgia Life magazine: One full letter document box: .42 linear feet Thumb Tack Tribune student newspaper: One box measuring 24 by 20.5 by 3; 1.71 linear feet; Schoolhouse Times student newspaper, Chase St. Herald student newspaper, and Advertiser newspaper also included in this box Red and Black student newspaper: 1.5 linear feet Athens Night Life magazine: .0233 linear feet; one of eighteen folders in a shared box Record Plug magazine: One half letter document box: .21 linear feet BoomAthens magazine/ Boom magazine: One half letter document box: .21 linear feet Connections magazine: .0233 linear feet; one of eighteen folders in a shared box Schoolhouse Times student newspaper: See Thumb Tack Tribune Chase St. Herald student newspaper: See Thumb Tack Tribune Odyssey student magazine: Three half letter document boxes: .63 linear feet Iliad student literary magazine: One letter document box: .42 linear feet BluePrints student magazine: One legal document box: .42 linear feet. Athens Tempo magazine: .0233 linear feet; one of eighteen folders in a shared box Georgia Journal magazine: One full legal document box: .42 linear feet Bluegrass Unlimited magazine: Three full legal document boxes: 1.25 linear feet Advertiser newspaper: see Thumb Tack Tribune MSS 010.035-010.047: Each subcollection .0233 linear feet, one of eighteen folders in a shared box.)
Language
English
Overview
Issues of Georgia newspapers, all based in or around Athens, Georgia, except the Georgia Journal (Macon), from the late nineteenth century, again with the exception of the Georgia Journal, the issues of which date from the 1950s.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in a single series.
Case 4: The Iceberg, Winterville, 1897;
Box 2: The Georgia Journal, Macon, 1952-1957; the Athens Banner 1880-1881;
Box 3: The Banner Watchman, 1885;
Box 4: The Athens Daily Banner, September-December 1897; the Tri-Weekly Southern Banner, February 2, 1878
Box 5: The Athens Weekly Banner, January 13, 1880-December 28, 1880; June 4, 1881-August 6, 1881, 1890;
Box 7: The Banner Watchman, 1885
Box 8: The Athens Banner, 1877-1878; the Tri-Weekly Southern Banner, 1878; the Banner Watchman, 1885-1887; the Athens Weekly Georgian, 1877; the Athens Weekly Chronicle, 1889; the Southern Banner, 1878-1879, 1881;
Box 9: The Athens Weekly Banner, 1886-1888.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown
Physical Description
Fair to poor
Repository Details
Part of the Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library Repository
2025 Baxter Street
Athens GA 30606