This goal of this lesson is to introduce you to historical newspapers published in Arizona that you will use in your research for this course.
These borderlands newspapers have been digitized and made available through the Library of Congress national database of newspapers, Chronicling America . The newspaper data set includes:
- Newspapers published by African Americans in Phoenix
- Spanish-language newspapers published for the Mexican American community in Tucson and Phoenix
- Newspapers from predominantly white English-speaking communities in Nogales, Bisbee, and Tucson
The newspaper data set focuses on two time periods, 1915-1922 and 1941-1959. Significant events and issues during these time periods include:
- 1915-1922: Women’s suffrage, the Mexican Revolution, the Bisbee Deportation, immigration, and the 1918 flu pandemic.
- 1941-1959: World War II, U.S. immigration policies, and the early Cold War.
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The Border Vidette
a white-owned newspaper published from 1894 to 1934 in Nogales, Arizona, on the border with Nogales, Mexico. The Vidette was a weekly Democratic newspaper that covered border issues, as well as mining, ranching, and railroad news.
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The Bisbee Daily Review
began as a weekly publication in 1896 under a different title, the Weekly Orb, and later became a daily paper, The Bisbee Daily Review, in 1902. Also a white-owned newspaper, the Phelps Dodge mining company owned the newspaper for several years.
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El Tucsonense
was a Spanish-language newspaper published in Tucson from 1915 until about 1959. El Tucsonense was an influential newspaper in the Mexican American community in Tucson and Southern Arizona. It was founded by Francisco S. Moreno, who was from Sonora, Mexico. Moreno’s wife, Rosa Elias de Moreno, took over the paper in 1929 upon Moreno’s death. The newspaper carried local, national, and international news. For most of its run, it was published twice a week.
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Phoenix Tribune
was the first newspaper in Arizona published by and for the African American community. It was started in 1918 by Arthur Randolph Smith, who managed the paper during its whole run. It was published weekly until 1923, when its frequency varied from every other week, to monthly, and then every few months until it ceased publication by 1931. The Tribune included stories about the local community, as well as national and international news.
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El Sol
was a Spanish-language newspaper published in Phoenix. El Sol was started in 1939 by husband and wife, Jesús Franco and Josefina Carrascoso, who were very involved in the Mexican American community in Phoenix. The weekly newspaper, published until 1998, focused on local issues, but also carried national and international news.
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Arizona Sun
was a newspaper published by and for the African American community in Phoenix, started by Doc F. Benson and Howard H. Pullins in 1942. Between 1943 and 1958, it was the only African American newspaper published in Phoenix. The weekly paper, which featured issues of local and national importance, ceased publication by 1965.
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The Apache Sentinel and Post Script of the Apache Sentinel
were published by African American soldiers stationed at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. The Sentinel started in 1943 and was published weekly on and off until 1946, with the Post Script appearing during the Sentinel’s hiatus.
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Arizona Post
started in 1946 and was published every other week for the Jewish community in Tucson. The community-focused newspaper also included national and international news and is still being published today as the Arizona Jewish Post.
In the Newspapers as Data: Context lesson you will learn about important factors to take into account when using newspapers in research.
