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Founded by Arunah Shepherdson Abell in 1837. Read a brief history of the Baltimore Sun at http://www.baltimoresun.com/about/bal-about-sun.htmlstory. See als Harold A. Williams. 1987. The Baltimore Sun, 1837-1987. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Eisenhower Stacks P6899 .B3 S93 1987 Access to the Baltimore Sun is available in a variety of formats depending on the time period. See the options below for more information about available formats. Baltimore Sun. Last 60 days only.
Paper
Eisenhower Current Periodicals, M-Level September 1990 - . September 1990 - .
Provides searchable, full text of most articles dating backto September, 1990.
Baltimore Sun. 1837 - .
Microfilm
Eisenhower AV Center Film no. A .S96, A-Level
baltimoresun.com. Most recent two weeks.
Web
Limited indexing of the Baltimore Sun is availalbe at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in the Maryland Department. See below for details. From 1837-1890, only death notices have been indexed. | From 1891-1951, there is a microform index located in the Periodicals Department based on cards created by Sun staff. | From 1952-1959, there is a card file index in the library's Maryland Department. | From 1960-1983 there is no indexing of the Baltimore Sun. | From 1983-1986, the paper was indexed on cards by the staff of the Pratt's Maryland Department. | | From June 1986-1989, there are computer-based bound indexes in our Maryland Department. | | For 1988-89 only, there are computer-based bound indexes in the Periodicals Department. | | For 1990, the Maryland Department prepared a computer-based index which is still available in that department only. |
Contact the Maryland Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library:
Address: 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201-4484
Phone: (410) 396-5430
E-mail: mdx@mail.pratt.lib.md.us
Web: http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/slrc/md/
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Founded in 1892 by John Henry Murphy, the Baltimore Afro-American is the flagship of the Afro-American newspaper chain. Read more about the Baltimore Afro-American at http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/afroamerican.html.
Access to the Baltimore Afro-American is available in a variety of formats depending on the time period. See the options below for more information about available formats.
Baltimore Afro-American. Last 60 days.
Paper
Eisenhower Current Periodicals, M-Level 1992 - .
Includes the searchable, full-text of the Baltimore Afro-American and the Baltimore Jewish Times. Baltimore Afro-American. April 29, 1893 - .
Microfilm
LSC Film no. A .A258
Request film at the Eisenhower Audio Visual Center on A-Level. Homewood campus students, faculty may use the online request form. The Maryland Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore has a print index to the Baltimore Afro-American for 1987-1992. Contact the Maryland Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Return to Contents Founded by David Alter in 1919, the Baltimore Jewish Times is Baltimore's oldest Jewish publication. Baltimore Jewish Times. Last 60 days only.
Paper
Eisenhower Current Periodicals, M-Level, AP 92.B35
Baltimore Jewish Times.com. 1999 - .
Web
http://www.Jewishtimes.com/
The online archive is selective and updated weekly.
Ethnic NewsWatch. Sept. 1991 -
Searchable, full-text access. Note: The Enoch Pratt Free Library (http://www.epfl.net) has a microfilm copy of The Jewish Times (Baltimore) from September 24, 1919 - April 27, 1962, and the Baltimore Jewish Times from 1962 through the present.
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The Baltimore Business Journal began publication June 20, 1983.
Baltimore Business Journal. Current issue.
Web
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/
Baltimore Business Journal. Current three months.
Print
Eisenhower Current Periodicals, M-Level, HC 108 .B2B32 Baltimore Business Journal. 1987-1997.
Print
Eisenhower Stacks, Non-Circ HC 108 .B2B32 Not complete. Baltimore Business Journal. Microfilm, 1989-1996
LSC Film no. E 931
Request film at the Eisenhower Audio Visual Center on A-Level. Homewood campus students, faculty, and staff may use the online request form. Baltimore Business Journal Archive. June 1996 - .
Web
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/search.html
The Web archives include materials posted on the Web site since it was started in June 1996. You will need to register to see the full-text of archived articles. Registration is free.
Note: The Enoch Pratt Free Library (http://www.epfl.net) has a microfilm copy of the Baltimore Business Journal from 1983 - present.
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http://www.examiner.com (select Baltimore as your city)
Baltimore Examiner was launched in 2005. Baltimore City Paper
Web
http://www.citypaper.com/default.asp
Since 1977, BALTIMORE CITY PAPER has worked to give the Baltimore metropolitan area an alternative source of news and opinions on local politics, communities, culture, and the arts. The paper is published every week, and from 1997 is accessible at City Paper Online. The Enoch Pratt Free Library has the current papers at all the branches. The Central Branch has the paper in microfilm back to 1979. There is no index. Baltimore Guide
Web
http://www.ebguide.com/index.html
“The Baltimore Guide” began in 1927 as a Shoppers Guide. Several years later news content was added and then over the years, there have been name changes. Now there are two editions that serve Southeast Baltimore and South Baltimore. They have their own, individual, editorial content, while the two editions share classified, service directory and real estate advertising sections. There has been an online edition since 1997. Enoch Pratt Free Library has microfilm copy of the paper from 2/14/1929-2/8/40,1/10/1957-12/25/69, 1/8/98-12/28/2000. There is no index. Urbanite
Web
http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/UrbaniteMagazine.html
Includes an online archive since January 2004. Return to Contents Enoch Pratt Free Library (EPFL)
http://www.epfl.net
EPFL has extensive holdings of Maryland newspapers on microfilm. Choose one of the following links to see complete list with holdings information.
Maryland Newspapers by Title
http://www.epfl.net/slrc/per/titlenews.html Maryland Newspapers by County
http://www.epfl.net/slrc/per/countynews.html Maryland Newspapers by Place of Publication (town/city)
http://www.epfl.net/slrc/per/townnews.html
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http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/newspapers/cfm/index.cfm
Hosted by the Maryland State Archives, the Guide to Maryland Newspapers is an excellent source for finding the print history of Maryland newspapers. You can view lists by title or county. Contact the Maryland State Archives: Maryland State Archives
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (800) 235-4045 or 410-260-6400
Fax: 410-974-3895
E-mail: archives@mdarchives.state.md.us
Web Site: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us
Return to Contents Baltimore News American Photograph Collection. University of Maryland Libraries.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/MarylandCollection/NewsAmerican/Index.html
The University of Maryland Libraries has custody of the newspaper's collection of over 1.5 million photographic images, dating roughly from 1906 to 1986. | 
