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Newspaper Collection

Asbury Park Newspapers

Preface

This listing of the MCHA's Monmouth County newspapers is an update of the 1976 publication of Stellhorn and Wright's Directory of New Jersey Newspapers 1765-1970. It follows this publication's layout and, except in a few cases, uses its date spans and name changes.

The newspapers are grouped by town and within the town, alphabetically by newspaper title. (The appendix lists the newspaper titles alphabetically, with references to the town of publication.) An index to the newspapers is noted, when one is known to exist. Newspapers and serials published by schools and organizations are filed within the school or organization's manuscript collection and are noted in those collections' finding aids.

The date spans held by the MCHA are noted as being in either microfilm [mf] or hard copy [hc]. Hard copies of newspapers may not be photocopied, although a digital photograph may be allowed if within the copyright laws.

The following symbols are used to denote frequency of publication:

d daily

w weekly

bw biweekly

trw triweekly

m monthly

q quarterly

irr irregular

[ ] incomplete run

The project would not have been completed without the perserverance of Library staff and volunteers, namely Assistant Librarian Megan Springate and volunteers Joseph Dangler and Kevin Moroney and intern Julie Friedberg.

Asbury Park Daily Press. d, 1895 Jun 24 - 1903 Jun 15
Followed Daily Press. Daily edition of Shore Press. Became Asbury Park Evening Press. The Evening News merged into Asbury Park Daily Press, ca. 1898.

MCHA holdings:

1887 Jun 20 - 1895 Jul 26 [mf]
1895 Jul 27 - 1900 Mar 27 [mf]
1900 Mar 28 - 1903 Jun 21 [mf]

Asbury Park Evening Press. d, 1903 Jun 22 -
Followed Asbury Park Daily Press. Sunday edition entitled Shore Press (1903-1919) and later Asbury Park Sunday Press: The Shore Press (1919- ). Published a morning edition entitled Asbury Park Morning Press.

MCHA holdings:

1903 Jun 22 ­ 1939 Dec [mf]
1946 Nov ­ Dec [mf]
1957 Jan - 1969 Dec [mf]

Asbury Park Journal. w, 1876 Jan - 1899?
Published a daily summer edition entitled Asbury Park Evening Journal (1883) and later Daily Journal (1884-1899?), which became a full-year daily, Asbury Park Journal (d) in 1899 (?) and later Journal (1901-1906). The day of publication changed as of 1882 June 3.

MCHA holdings:

1878 Sep 21 (v. 3, n. 38) [hc] [poor condition]
1880 Sep 18 [hc]
1881 Sep 24 [hc]
1881 Oct 1 [hc]
1881 Nov 5, 12 [hc]
1884 Jun 28 (v. 9, n. 26) [hc] [poor condition]

Asbury Park Journal. d, 1899(?) - 1901 Apr 30; 1906 May 10 - 1911 Sep 30
Followed Daily Journal. Became Journal. Reverted to Asbury Park Journal (d) in 1906. Weekly edition entitled Asbury Park Journal (w).

MCHA holdings:

1911 Mar 24, 31 [hc] [very poor condition]
1911 Apr 7, 29 [hc] [very poor condition]
1911 May 1, 19, 25 [hc] [very poor condition]
1911 Jun 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 16, 17, 20, 26, 27, 29 [hc][very poor condition]
1911 Jul 14 [hc] [very poor condition]
1911 Sep 5, 12, 20, 23, 30 [hc] [very poor condition]

Asbury Park Mirror. w, 1939 May - Aug 12

MCHA holdings:

1939 Jun 9 (v.1, n.3) [hc]
1939 Jun 23 - Aug 11 [hc]

 
Asbury Park Press. d, ? - Present

MCHA holdings:

1976 Jul 4 [hc] [Supplement only, "Heritage '76 A Bicentennial Commemoration"]
1978 Jun 18 [hc] [Supplement only, "Battle of Monmouth Bicentennial 1778 - 1978"]
1980 Aug 15 [hc] [incomplete]
1989 Apr 5 [hc] [Community pages only, Section F]
1998 Jun 14 [hc] [Community pages only]

Asbury Park Sun. d, 1946 Jan 24 - 1947?

MCHA holdings:

1946 Jan 24 (v. 1, n. 1) [hc]

Asbury Park Sunday Press: The Shore Press. w, 1919 Sept 28 - at least Dec 1953
Followed Shore Press. Sunday edition of Asbury Park Evening Press.

MCHA holdings:

1920 Jan ­ 1929 Dec [hc]
1930 Jan ­ Dec [mf]
1931 Jan ­ 1936 Dec [hc]
1937 Jan ­ Jun [mf]
1937 Jul ­ 1953 Dec [hc]

Asbury Park Times. d, 1912-1914

MCHA holdings:

1914 May 14 [hc] [incomplete, very poor condition]

Daily Press. D. 1887-1895 June 22
Became Asbury Park Daily Press.

MCHA holdings:

1887 Jun 20 - 1895 Jun 22 [mf]

Daily Spray. d, 1882 Jun 19 - 1901?
Published during the summer months. Became Asbury Park Morning Press.

MCHA holdgins:

1884 July 1 [hc]

Evening News. d, 1891? - 1899?
Followed Daily Penny News. Merged into Asbury Park Daily Press.

MCHA holdings:

1891 March 7 (v. 1, n. 107) [hc] [very poor condition]

The Journal. d, 1901 May 1 - 1906 May 9
Followed Asbury Park Journal (d). Reverted to Asbury Park Journal (d) in 1906. Weekly edition entitled Asbury Park Journal (w).

MCHA holdings:

1901 Sep 18 [hc]

Peoples Advocate. w, 18 Oct, 1912 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1883 Jun 9 - 1884 Mar 15 [hc]

Progressive Times. w, 1913 Jan 31 - ?
"An independent and progressive newspaper."

MCHA holdings:

1913 Aug 29 (v. 1, n. 31) [hc]

Shore Press. w, 1879 Jul 10 - 1919 Sept 21
Became Asbury Park Sunday Press: The Shore Press in September 1919. Published a daily summer edition entitled Daily Shore Press and later Daily Press. Published a full-year daily edition entitled Daily Press, later Asbury Park Daily Press, and still later Asbury Park Evening Press. Published a morning summer edition entitled Asbury Park Morning Press.

MCHA holdings:

1879 Jul 10 ­ Dec [hc]
1880 Jan - Oct 15 [hc]
1880 Oct 29 - Dec [hc]
1881 Jan - May 27 [hc]
1881 Sep 23, 30 [hc]
1881 Oct 28 - Nov 11 [hc]
1904 May 22 [hc]
1904 Sep 11, 18 [hc]
1904 Oct 9 - 30 [hc]
1904 Nov 6 [hc]
1904 Dec 4 - 18 [hc]
1905 Jan 1 (partial), 8-22 [hc]
1905 Feb 12 [hc]
1915 [hc]

Shore Scene. w, 1940 Jun 21 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1940 Jun 28 (v. 1, n. 2) [hc]

The Stroller and The Jersey Coast Weekly. w, 1918 - ?; 1937 Sep 10 - 1941?
Published weekly during July, August,and September by Malcolm Severance.

MCHA holdings:

1938 Aug 20 (v. 2, n. 8) [hc]

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