Online Bibliography and Global Guide to Handwritten Publications
July 22, 2011
1832, Alphabetical Order, New York, R, Uncategorized, United States Leave a comment
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Rye, New York
Frequency: Two numbers just two days apart
Volume and Issue Data: July 11 and July 13, 1832
Size and Format: July 11, two pages; July 13, four pages
Editor/Publisher: Unknown
Title Changes and Continuation: Unknown
General Description and Notes:
None
Information Sources:
Bibliography: None
Locations: Manuscript Collection, New York Public Library, New York, NY (NY [Box] Rye)
July 22, 2011
Alphabetical Order, Massachusetts, No Date, R, Uncategorized, United States Leave a comment
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Frequency: Unknown
Volume and Issue Data: Unknown
Size and Format: Unknown
Editor/Publisher: Unknown
Title Changes and Continuation: Unknown
General Description and Notes:
None
Information Sources:
Bibliography: None
Locations: American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
July 22, 2011
1876, Alphabetical Order, Frontier Papers, Images, R, United States, Wyoming Leave a comment
Rock Springs Exposer (WY, 1876)
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory
Volume and Issue Data: “Vol. XIX, No. 318″ (unclear whether this is fictitious or genuine numbering) Nov. 10, 1876
Size and Format: Two sided, 14″ x 9”
Editor/Publisher: Unknown
Title Changes and Continuations: None
General Description and Notes:
The editor boasts, “Our Circulation exceeds any other HAND printed Newspaper in Wyoming Ty.” Paper contains political and election news, advertisements, an editorial and news briefs.
Information Sources:
Bibliography: None
Locations: Wyoming Department of Commerce, Division of Parks and Cultural Resources, Historical Research and Publications Unit, Cheyenne, WY (microfilmed)
July 22, 2011
Alphabetical Order, No Date, R, Uncategorized, United States Leave a comment
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Denver, CO
Frequency: Unknown
Volume and Issue Data: Unknown
Size and Format: Unknown
Editor/Publisher: Unknown
Title Changes and Continuation: Unknown
General Description and Notes:
None
Information Sources:
Bibliography: None
Locations: American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
July 22, 2011
1863, Alphabetical Order, Military Papers, New York, Prison Papers, R, United States, US Civil War-Era Papers Leave a comment
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Fort-La-Fayette, Union Prison Camp at the Narrows of New York Bay, New York
Frequency: Unknown; possibly weekly
Volume and Issue Data: 1863-1864
Size and Format: Pen and ink
Editor/Publisher: Unknown; Confederate officers
Title Changes and Continuation: None
General Description and Notes:
The Right Flanker is the only known manuscript newspaper published by Confederate prisoners confined in the North during the Civil War. The paper was written in pen and ink, and after its staff was released, copies were taken to England and printed in book form (1865).
The introductory issue said the purpose of the paper was “to relieve the monotony of prison life, by calling into action the taste and faculties of those who are capable of contributing to its columns; instructing and amusing those who cannot, and to furnish to all who are to share the spice of excitement, which the risk of such a contraband undertaking affords, something of which it is hoped, reference can be pleasantly made by them in after years.” The editors then introduced themselves and their personal histories prior to imprisonment, but used no names, apparently to avoid punishment for the production of “contraband.”
The printed “transcript” of The Right Flanker runs 90 pages, but it unclear how faithful the printed version is to the handwritten originals.
The printed version depicts a paper devoted largely to an analysis of the war (based on New York newspaper reports), life in the prison camp, and the arrival of new prisoners. Humor or light features are infrequent.
Information Sources:
Bibliography: “Fort-La-Fayette Life, 1863-1864: In extracts from the ‘Right Flanker,’ a manuscript sheet circulating among the Southern Prisoners in Fort-La-Fayette,” The Magazine of History, Extra No. 13, 197-246.
Locations: Fort-La-Fayette Life, 1863-1864: In extracts from the “Right Flanker,” a manuscript sheet circulating among the Southern Prisoners in Fort-La-Fayette (London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1865; New York: William Abbatt, 1911) [reprinted in The Magazine of History, Extra No. 13]
July 22, 2011
1851, Alphabetical Order, Children Papers, Connecticut, R, School Newspapers, United States Leave a comment
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Granby, CT
Frequency: Unknown
Volume and Issue Data: 1851, several issues
Size and Format: Over 50 pages
Editor/Publisher: “School boy editors”, William C. Case and Daniel E. Holcomb.
Title Changes and Continuation: Unknown
General Description and Notes:
Written by students and includes several issues all written in a ledger.
Information Sources:
Bibliography: None
Locations: Salmon Brook Historical Society, Granby, CT
July 22, 2011
1886, Alphabetical Order, Images, Kansas, Organization Newspapers, R, United States Leave a comment
Redwing Carrier-Pigeon (KS, 1886)
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Barton County, Kansas
Frequency: Weekly
Volume and Issue Data: Vol. 1, No. 2, Dec. 2, 1886
Size and Format: Single column; masthead includes motto: “Justice and Impartiality”
Editor/Publisher: H.C. Banke (1886); Dec. 2, 1886 paper identifies two women and one man as part of the “editorial staff,” and refers to the Redwing Literary Society, as if it were a primary sponsor and/or publisher
Title Changes and Continuation: Unknown
General Description and Notes:
The second number of this paper, signed by H.C. Banke, complains about the lack of news around town and urges contributions. The editor writes:
“Owing to the fact that but few contributions have arrived during the past week, and some of those that have arrived have been very dull, we have not such a large and interesting paper to present as we did last week. But believing that, what little we have will be cheerfully accepted by the members of the lyceum, this, No. 2 of our Lines, will be dedicated. Invitation is extended to all the members of the Redwing Literary Society to contribute something towards making the Red-wing (sic) Carrier-Pigeon interesting, which will also add to the well fare of our Society and to individual pleasure. All contributions which are not disrespectful or too personal in their nature will be cheerfully excepted (sic), and if they arrive before Wednesday will be published in the current issue of the paper. However, everything of a personal or disrespectful nature will be avoided from obvious reasons.
“The editorial staff is now composed of Mrs. H.E. Smith, Mr. B.C. Cofer and Mrs. L.J. Gifford. Contributions sent to either of the before mentioned ladies will reach the editor-in-chief safely. Contributors are requested to send their contributions and to them will be most convenient.”
Information Sources:
Bibliography: Robert F. Karolevitz, Newspapering in the Old West: A Pictorial History of Journalism and Printing on the Frontier (New York: Bonanza Books, 1969), p. 87; Bob Karolevitz, “Pen and Ink Newspapers of the Old West,” Frontier Times, 44:2 (Feb.-March 1970), 30, 62
Locations: KSHi-Topeka; front page, Vol. 1, No. 1, Dec. 3, 1886, reproduced in Karolevitz (1969), p. 87, and Karolevitz (1970), p. 30.
July 22, 2011
1863, Alphabetical Order, Images, R, South Carolina, United States, US Civil War-Era Papers, Youth Papers Leave a comment
The (Carolina) Rebel (SC, 1863)
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Columbia, SC
Frequency: Unknown (monthly?)
Volume and Issue Data: Two extant copies: Vol. 1, No. 1, January 28, 1863; Vol. 1, No. 4, April 23, 1863
Size and Format: Four pages
Editor/Publisher: “Liliput”
Title Changes and Continuation: No. 1 is titled The Rebel; No. 4 is titled The Carolina Rebel (though the first column says, “The Rebel, published at Columbia, So Ca, Whenever the Editor is in the right mood by Liliput, Editor and Proprietor.”
The (Carolina) Rebel (SC, 1863)
General Description and Notes:
Although The Rebel was produced during the middle of the Civil War (No. 4 was written four months after the Emancipation Proclamation and just days before the Southern Army’s victory at Chancellorsville), the editor makes only minimal references to the conflict. Page four of the April issue has a brief report on the war gathered during the editor’s trip to Charleston. Most of the stories deal with domestic matters (teaching children, food prices, first year of marriage, etc.). This suggests that the paper was most likely the editorial work of a young woman.
According to the South Carolina Historical Society catalog, the Rebel is a “Handwritten newspaper (4 p.). ‘Vol. 1, No.1, published at Columbia, So. Ca., whenever the Editor is in the right mood.’ Includes humorous articles, letters to the editor, articles concerning Confederate officers and officials, and advertisements for ‘T.H. Egan, Portrait Painter’ and others.”
Information Sources:
Bibliography: Short article in The South Carolina Historical Magazine (1963), page unknown; “The Rebel: A Handwritten 1863 Columbia Newspaper,” Carologue: A Publication of the South Carolina Historical Society, 9:1 (Spring 1993 ), pp. 14-18.
Locations: Both extant copies are held by the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC: Vol. 1, No. 1, is part of the manuscript collection donated by P.W. Gruenwald: The Rebel, 1863 Jan. 28. (43/435) ; No. 4 is in the Balzano Collection.
July 22, 2011
1885, Alphabetical Order, Images, Oregon, Organization Newspapers, R, United States Leave a comment
Rattlesnake Blizzard (OR, 1885)
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Frequency: One issue
Volume and Issue Data: Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1885
Size and Format: Ledger sheets, 13 pp.
Editor/Publisher: Anonymous (Pleasant Hill Literary Society?)
Title Changes and Continuation: Succeeded by the Pleasant Hill Popgun (See Pleasant Hill Popgun)
General Description and Notes:
A handwritten newspaper on old ledger sheets, Dec. 30, 1885; succeeded by the Pleasant Hill Popgun, Dec. 13, 1901, in the same ledger. Edited anonymously. Contains brief news items, jokes and anecdotes.
The opening story-editorial states:
“From the ranks of this society your humble servants have been given the unpleasant and difficult task of editing this paper which we shall call the Rattlesnake Blizzard.
“As this office was forced upon the editors and items are hard to get, and when obtained it takes all the constructive power, and a little more than the writer has, to put them together, the members need not be astonished at the end of this term to see two shattered invalids, or raving maniacs roaming about the country in wild despair [sic], seeking lost health and long forgotten happiness. Of course those whose sterling worth, honesty, mental and other qualities exceeds those of others are called upon to fill the honorable, now paying position of editors . . . .”
The paper contains sections labeled “Conundrums,” “Stuff & Nonsense,” and “Advertisements.”
Information Sources:
Bibliography: Martin Schmidt, Catalogues and Manuscripts, University of Oregon Library, Special Collections, Vol. I, 1971, item 888.
Locations: Special Collections, Knight Library, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
July 22, 2011
1864, Alphabetical Order, Military Papers, R, United States, US Civil War-Era Papers, Virginia Leave a comment
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Somewhere in Virginia
Frequency: One known extant copy
Volume and Issue Data: January 1, 1864
Size and Format: 1 sheet
Editor/Publisher: Unknown
Title Changes and Continuation: Unknown
General Description and Notes:
Handwritten newspaper (1 sheet) created by a Confederate soldier (probably from South Carolina) serving in Virginia. Newspaper contains articles about army life, Virginia, furloughs, and other topics as well as jokes, poems, and illustrations (from SC Hist Soc catalog)
Information Sources:
Bibliography: None
Locations: Teague, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Hammet), 1846-1921. B.H. Teague family and collected papers, 1770-1899, Manuscript, 1105.07.09, South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC
Gazette-Extr., Philadelphia, 1846; attributed to Herman Melville; courtesy of Prof. Roger Stritmatter, Dept. of Humanities, Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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