Newspapers & Magazines

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African American Perspectives Northeast Arkansas
The quarterly African American Perspectives Northeast Arkansas magazine was established in Jonesboro (Craighea...
Newspaper front page "Arkansas Banner"
Arkansas Banner
In 1843, Democrats in Little Rock (Pulaski County) sought a new newspaper, as the Arkansas State Gazette (1836...
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Arkansas Business Publishing Group
Arkansas Business, a weekly newspaper and website based in Little Rock (Pulaski County), is the leading source...
Full front page of "The Southern Guardian" newspaper
Arkansas Catholic
The Arkansas Catholic is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock. It began publishing in 1911 as ...
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state’s largest newspaper, is based in Little Rock (Pulaski County), with...
Arkansas Faith
Arkansas Faith was a short-lived newsletter published by the White Citizens’ Council of Arkansas in 1955 and...
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The Arkansas Family Historian (AFH)
The Arkansas Family Historian (AFH) is the official publication of the Arkansas Genealogical Society (AGS). Th...
Full front page of The Arkansas Freeman newspaper
Arkansas Freeman
The Arkansas Freeman, which began publication on August 21, 1869, was the first newspaper in Arkansas printed ...
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Arkansas Gazette
The Arkansas Gazette, Arkansas’s first newspaper, was established in 1819, seventeen years before Arkansas b...
Text "Arkansas Intelligencer" above quote "Let Every Freeman Speak His Thoughts" short passage of poetry titled "To Mary" in column to left the rest of page covered in text describing local events including communication with Native Americans and school elections as well as some national news involving military conflict medicine and agriculture
Arkansas Intelligencer
The Arkansas Intelligencer, published in Van Buren (Crawford County), was an important antebellum newspaper in...
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Arkansas Staats-Zeitung
aka: Staats Zeitung
A German-language newspaper with the moniker Arkansas Staats-Zeitun...
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Arkansas State Press
The weekly Arkansas State Press newspaper was founded in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1941 by civil rights ...
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Arkansas Times
The Arkansas Times is a widely read free periodical known for its liberal political stance as well as being an...
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Arkansas Times and Advocate
aka: Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas Advocate was the second successful newspaper in Arkans...
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Arkansas Traveller [Ku Klux Klan Newspaper]
The Arkansas Traveller was a weekly Ku Klux Klan (KKK) newspaper published in El Dorado (Union County) and Lit...
Newspaper masthead "Arkansas True Democrat"
Arkansas True Democrat
The True Democrat (1852–1857) was first printed on September 7, 1852, in Little Rock (Pulaski County) by own...
Newspaper front page "Arkansaw Traveler"
Arkansaw Traveler [Newspaper]
In 1882, writer Opie Percival Read and his brother-in-law, Philo Dayton Benham, started the Arkansaw Traveler ...
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Batesville Daily Guard
The Batesville Daily Guard has been published continuously since 1877, the only Batesville (Independence Count...
"Baxter County, Arkansas facts pertaining to its mineral and other resources" newspaper clipping
Baxter Bulletin
The Baxter Bulletin newspaper was established in 1901 in Mountain Home (Baxter County) by J. G. “Uncle Jess...
Newspaper front page "Brinkley Argus"
Brinkley Argus
On May 5, 1883, J. C. McKetham and brothers B. F. Kelley and Robert J. Kelley established the Brinkley Argus n...
Newspaper front page "Carlisle Independent"
Carlisle Independent
The Carlisle Independent, based in Carlisle (Lonoke County), began in 1905 under Thomas P. Young. Young worked...
Newspaper front page "Cleveland County Herald"
Cleveland County Herald
In 1888, George H. Tisdale started the Cleveland County Herald at Rison (Cleveland County). It was a Democrati...
Newspaper front page "Constitutional Union"
Constitutional Union
The Constitutional Union was a short-lived newspaper published in 1860–1861 in Des Arc (Prairie County) to r...
Newspaper front page "Courier-Index"
Courier-Index (Marianna)
The Courier-Index, a newspaper based in Marianna (Lee County), is the oldest continuous business operation in ...
Daily Citizen (Searcy)
The Daily Citizen is a newspaper serving Searcy (White County) and the greater White County area. The paper tr...
"The Nevada Picayune" newspaper clipping
Daily Picayune
The Prescott Daily Picayune was the oldest newspaper in Nevada County. For over 140 years, it chronicled the l...
Daily Record (Little Rock) [Newspaper]
The Daily Record is the only daily newspaper in Little Rock (Pulaski County) that focuses primarily on busines...
Daily Siftings Herald (Arkadelphia)
The Daily Siftings Herald was a newspaper based in Arkadelphia (Clark County) that served Clark County and nea...
"Weekly Soliphone" newspaper clipping
Daily Soliphone
The Daily Soliphone was a newspaper at Paragould (Greene County) that was founded in 1893 and existed with var...
Newspaper front page "Arkansas Echo"
Das Arkansas Echo
aka: Arkansas Echo
Das Arkansas Echo was a weekly German-language newspaper published ...
Newspaper front page "De Queen Bee"
De Queen Bee
The De Queen Bee was established by printer Walter A. Boyd and lawyer J. W. Bishop of Nashville (Howard County...
Newspaper front page "Dermott News"
Dermott News
Dermott (Chicot County) did not have its own newspaper until decades after the community was founded in the 18...