Read through past issues of Western Michigan University-related and Kalamazoo-area newspapers.
WMU-related newspapers
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Western Activist Archive
Alternative student newspaper produced by Western Michigan University students and faculty advisors; published weekly from 1966 to 1969.
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Western Herald Archive
The longest-running publication on Western Michigan University’s campus; includes an almost complete run of the newspaper from 1916 to 2009.
Kalamazoo-area newspapers
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Focus News
Kalamazoo’s longest, continuously produced newspaper reporting on news of interest to the African-American community; published from 1968 to 1982.
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The Kalamazoo Angelus
Weekly Catholic newspaper featuring news of area Catholic churches, schools and organizations; began publication on April 23, 1893. The newspaper changed its name to The Kalamazoo Augustinian in June 1893.
— Issues not digitized are at the Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
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The Kalamazoo Augustinian
Successor to The Kalamazoo Angelus newspaper featuring news of area Catholic churches, schools and organizations; began publication on June 18, 1893. The newspaper changed its name to The Augustinian in July 1905.
— Issues not digitized are at the Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
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The Augustinian
Successor to The Kalamazoo Augustinian and featured news of area Catholic churches, schools and organizations; began publication on July 8, 1905, and continued until the 1930s.
—Issues not digitized are at the Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
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Kalamazoo News
Alternative weekly newspaper focusing primarily on regional news; published by John Prange from Aug. 23, 1979, to Feb. 19, 1987.
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