Campus and Local Newspapers: Print and Online Resources
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Cornell Alumni MagazineMuch local and Cornell history has been captured in the articles in this magazine and its earlier titles, below.
Available as a searchable database and online PDFs in this eCommons collection, covering volume 104 (2001-2002) to the May/June 2021 issue, the last issue published in magazine format, either in print or online. Now succeeded by The Cornellian web site, aka Cornellians. -
Cornell Alumni NewsOnline in eCommons from volume 1 from 1899 through 1992-1993.
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Cornell MagazineOnline in eCommons, 1993-1994 through 2000-2001.
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Cornell Bulletinv. 1-3; Nov. 5, 1943-June 14, 1946.
Microfilm access: Library Annex Film 4230.
Wartime successor to the Cornell Daily Sun.
"...published by the university with a largely female staff." -- Curfews, Chaos, and Champions, p. 75 -
Cornell ChronicleFull text of previous issues available online via Cornell Chronicle on eCommons (1969 to 1996) and Cornell Chronicle Web site (1996 to date).
Only available online since 2009: ceased print publication in May 2009.
Microfilm access:
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Cornell ClipFile IndexCall Number: Olin Reference LD 1357.5 .C815Print index covering 1989/1990 - 1997/1998
Notes: Cornell-related articles from these four local newspapers: Cornell Chronicle, Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca Journal, and Ithaca Times. "We do not include opinion articles (e.g. editorials, letters), reports about entertainment events (e.g. sports coverage), or short announcements of lectures or meetings." -- from the Introductory page in this index -
Cornell Clippings FileCall Number: Kroch Library, Rare and Manuscripts, Archives 13-8-3367Clippings folders covering circa 1940 to 1989. Print newspaper clippings are filed in folders by subject.
A list of the subject folders is available in the Guide to the Cornell Clippings File, 1940-1989.
Notes: Cornell-related articles from Cornell Chronicle, Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca Journal, and Ithaca Times. Names of individual persons are not subjects. -
Cornell Daily SunCall Number: See Cornell Daily Sun Catalog Record for complete list of locations and call numbersNotes:
Print publication frequency changed from daily, Monday through Friday, to Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: "The Sun publishes a print edition on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday during the academic year..." October 2, 2015 masthead.
Online indexing and full text:
On the issuu.com platform
Coverage:
"entire issue hi res" from September 9, 2015 to date (https://issuu.com/cornellsun/18)
"entire issue lo res" from July 18, 2013 to September 8, 2015 (https://issuu.com/cornellsun/26)
Mainly first page access only with occasional entire issue access previous to July 18, 2013
Earlier coverage:
The Sun and the Library are collaborating on a project to digitize the Cornell Daily Sun from 1880 through 2000 called the Keith R. Johnson '56 Archive.
Coverage: September 1880 to May 1986 (incomplete after May 1974). Browse the Dates list to see which years are currently digitized.
Microfilm access:
Library Annex Film 1106 (1880-Oct. 1943, Oct. 1946-May 10, 2022)
Print indexing:
For subject indexing from circa 1940 through 2002, see the ClipFile/Clippings entries above.
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The Cornell Review"Conservative, contrarian, anti-establishment."
A list of the print issues owned by the library is available in the library catalog. Print holdings are incomplete.
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CornelliansThe online successor to the Cornell Alumni Magazine since fall semester 2021.
(From the Cornellians FAQ):
"Is Cornellians available in print? No, we are a purely online publication. A print accommodation, the Cornellians digest, ended after a one-year trial due to very low subscriber interest." -
The GrapevineMicrofilm access: Library Annex Film 5373. 1979-1991. Local alternative newspaper.
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Ithaca JournalOther Titles: Ithaca Daily Journal (1872-1913); Ithaca Journal-News (1919-1933)
Online indexing and full text:- Available as a single online title from ProQuest (08/09/1999 to date).
- Available in ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Collection, 1914-2013.
- Available in NYS Historical Newspapers (07/03/1872 to 12/31/1900). Also in this database: earlier IJ titles and 19th-century Ithaca newspapers starting in 1819.
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Ithaca Journal Obituary IndexCall Number: Olin Library Reference CT 100 .I89The print holdings are incomplete. A list of Ithaca Journal print issues owned by the library is available through the library catalog.
The 1903 index is available in Hathi Trust. It includes cause of deaths in that year, including the deaths from the typhoid epidemic. -
The IthacanCall Number: Library Annex Film 6239 (1868 - May 7, 1870)Independent student news source for Ithaca College.
PDF archive of past print issues from August 29, 2013 to date. -
Ithaca TimesAlso known as the Ithaca New Times (1972-1978)
Online indexing and full text:
On the issuu.com platform. [https://issuu.com/ithacatimes] Coverage: February 26, 2014 to date.
You can use the Ithaca Times News Archive: Advanced Search for articles from January 27, 2000 to date.
Microfilm access: Library Annex Film 4383 (1972 to 2022) -
Weekly IthacanOther Titles: Weekly Ithacan and Dryden News (1875 - 1889, 1906 - 1918). Our holdings for these time periods are incomplete. A list of Weekly Ithacan issues owned by the library is available in the catalog record. Newspaper supported the New York Prohibition Party; Green Clay Smith for president.
Microfilm access: Library Annex Film 6011
Campus and Local Newspapers: Online-Only Resources
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14850.comLocal online-only news source. Electronic access: Current. Browseable archive of issues, July 1996 to date, available. Search of archived issues disabled.
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Ithacating in Cornell Heights: History and Development News for Far Above Cayuga's WatersA detailed weekly blog that has been a rich source of information about Cornell and all other construction projects in Tompkins County from June 2008 and through March 2020. To search the site: use the Ithaca Project Map link to locate the project/building(s) you are researching.
Brian Crandall now writes regular articles for the Ithaca Voice updating local construction projects and building, zoning, and permitting approvals. -
The Ithaca VoiceLocal online-only news source. Online articles archived from about June 2014 to date.
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Tompkins WeeklyStarted June 2014. Online archive explicitly covers only February 2016 to date.
No longer available:
tinytowntimes: Tiny News for Ithacan-Americans (was http://www.tinytowntimes.com/index.php)
Quirky news site operated by Franklin Crawford that was published from July 12, 2009 to June 11, 2016.