T-AE1  Gaceta to gazette: a check list of Texas newspapers, 1813-1846.  John Melton Wallace.  Austin: Dept. of Journalism Development Program, Univ. of Texas, 1966.  89 p.
    Bibliography (p. 86-88).

T-AE2  Texas newspapers, 1813-1939: a union list of newspaper files available in offices of publishers, libraries, and a number of private collections.  Historical Records Survey Program, Div. of Professional and Service Projects, Works Projects Admin. of Texas.  Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Assoc., 1941.  293 p.  (San Jacinto Museum of History Assoc. pub., v. 1)
    Arranged alphabetically by towns, then by titles without place name. Gives publication dates and relationship to other papers. Title index (p. 223-293). Holdings information may not be currently accurate.

T-AE3  True witnesses: a check list of Texas newspapers, 1845-1861.  Lynnell Jackson.  Austin: Dept. of Journalism Development Program, Univ. of Texas, 1971.  vii, 95 p.
    Newspapers listed alphabetically eliminating place name from title. Place in parentheses after title. Short historical notes about each newspaper. Check list of newspapermen associated with each title (p. 69-76). Check list of newspapers by location (p. 77-92).

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T-AE4  Texas newspaper directory.  Austin: Texas Press Assoc., 1978-  .  Annual.  $40 print, $100 cd-rom, $120 print and cd-rom.

T-AE5  Texas newspaper search.  URL: http://db.texaspress.com/papers/
    Texas Press Assoc. daily and weekly newspaper online database. Searchable by name, city, or county. Includes links to newspaper websites.

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T-AE6  Abstracts of early East Texas newspapers, 1839-1856.  Linda Cheves Nicklas, comp.  Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Pr., 1994.  $30 ISBN 0-89308-503-0 (cloth)
    Includes bibliographical references and index.

T-AE7  Early Texas news, 1831-1848: abstracts from early Texas newspapers.  Helen Smothers Swenson.  St. Louis, MO: F. T. Ingmire, c1984.  i, 131 p.
    Includes index.

T-AE8  Freestone County newspaper clippings from the Fairfield recorder and the Teague chronicle.  Ann Thomas Farnsworth, comp.  Fairfield: the author, 2001.  1 v.  ill. (chiefly facs.)
    Includes index.

T-AE9  Genealogical abstracts of Wood County, Texas, newspapers before 1920.  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1995.  iv, 339 p.  ISBN 0788402374
    By Wood County Genealogical Soc. Includes index.

T-AE10  Imagining Texas: pre-revolutionary Texas newspapers, 1829-1836.  Carol Lea Clark.  Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2002.  $18 ISBN 0-87404-284-4 (cloth)
    The history and images that became legends in Texas chosen from early newspaper articles.

T-AE11  Indexed weekly newspapers: Athens, Texas, forty years (1900-1959), with anthology.  Robert W. Strain, comp.  Athens: Strain Pub. & Seminars, 2000.  xvi, 1001 p.  ill.

T-AE12  Texas news and index: the state's news in retrospect.  Venice, CA: Publishers Sales Group, 1976-1980.  Quarterly.  6 v. (looseleaf)
    Photocopies of selected articles from major Texas newspapers. No index. Articles grouped chronologically in general categories. Limited utility. Ceased with Summer 1980.

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T-AE13  Black newspapers in Texas, 1868-1970.  Charles William Grose.  Austin: Univ. of Texas, 1972.  xiii, 299 l.  ill., ports.
Also available: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1972. 1 reel. DAI AAG7307558
    Includes bibliographical references (l. 287-298).

T-AE14  Crockett newspapers, 1853-1896.  Bebe Beasley Ulrich.  Crockett: Publications Development Co. of Texas, 1984.  v, 263 p.  ill., facs.  (Houston County collection, v. 1)
    Includes indexes.

T-AE15  The Daily Texan: the first 100 years.  Tara Copp, Robert L. Rogers.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 1999.  x, 147 p.  ill.  $29.95 ISBN 1-57168-302-X (cloth); ISBN 1-57168-318-6 (paper)
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.

T-AE16  The Galveston daily news: 100 years of service to Texas, 1842-1942.  Galveston: the News, 1942.  16 p.
    A condensed version of the story of the Galveston daily news as printed in the centennial edition of the Galveston daily news, Apr. 11, 1942.

T-AE17  Giddings Deutsches volksblatt, 1899-1949: a history of the newspaper and print shop of the Texas Wends.  Daphne Dalton Garrett.  Warda: Garrett Historical Research (P.O. Box 35, Warda 78960), 1998.  xiv, 151 p.  ill., maps.
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index.

T-AE18  The Hereford brand, belle of the Prairie Press: sixty-five years of newspapering on the high Texas plains.  Dudley M. Lynch.  Austin: Dept. of Journalism Development Program, the Univ. of Texas, 1967.  68 p.  ill.
    Bibliography (p. 67-68).

T-AE19  A history of the early newspapers of San Antonio, 1823-1874.  Jacobina Burch Harding.  Austin: Univ. of Texas, Aug. 1951.  vii, 133 l.
    Thesis (M.A.). Bibliography (l. 127-133).

T-AE20  The history of Texas newspapers from the earliest period to the present, including a full and complete list of newspapers printed during the colonial period and the days of the Republic, with brief sketches of some of the pioneer editors.  Ben C. Stuart.  Beaumont: the author, 1917.  219 l.

T-AE21  History of the Texas press and the Texas Press Association.  James H. Lowry.  Dallas: Harben-Spotts Co., 1929.  246 p.  ill., ports.
    Golden jubilee history of the Texas Press Assoc.

T-AE22  History of the Texas Press Association, from its organization in Houston in 1880 to its annual convention in San Antonio in 1913.  Ferdinand B. Baillio.  Dallas: Southwestern Printing Co., 1916.  402 p.  ill.
    Chapters covering the 35th and 36th annual conventions are by Henry Edwards. "A history of the early newspapers of Texas" by A. B. Norton (p. 317-337). Includes condensed proceedings of the assoc., from the 1st to the 34th annual conventions.

T-AE23  Lone stars and state gazettes: Texas newspapers before the Civil War.  Marilyn McAdams Sibley.  College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1983.  408 p.  ill.  ISBN 0-89096-149-2 (cloth); $22.95 ISBN 1-58544-022-1 (paper, on demand)
    A history of newspapers and newspapermen. Append. describes 374 newspapers and gives some holdings information which now may not be completely accurate.

T-AE23a  Texans behind the news: Texas journalists of the twentieth century.  Dede W. Casad.  Austin: Eakin Pr., 2000.  vii, 134 p.  ill.  $15.95 ISBN 1571683216, 9781571683212 (cloth); 0585164428 (ebook)
Also available: netLibrary
    Brief biographies of ten journalists who have roots in Texas or have their journalist grounding in Texas. Their lives cover most of the twentieth century.

T-AE24  The Texas press, born in revolution, dedicated to liberty, 1813-1836.  Millard Cope.  Dallas: Harte-Hanks Newspapers, 1954.  8 p.  ill.
    Compiled in observance of National Newspaper Week, Oct. 1-8, 1954.

T-AE25  35,000 days in Texas: a history of the Dallas news and its forbears.  Sam Hanna Acheson.  New York: Macmillan Co., 1938.  xi, 3, 337 p.  ill., front., plates, ports., facs.

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T-AE26  Dallas morning news index, 1917-1971.  Dallas: Dallas Morning News, n.d..  31 reels, 16mm microfilm
    General, biographical, organization, and Sunday feature section card indexes from the files of the Dallas morning news. Boxes 1-22, G-1 to G-22, general cards for subjects in alphabetical order; boxes 23-28, B-1 to B-6, biographical cards in alphabetical order; boxes 29-30, O-1 to O-1A, organization cards in alphabetical order; box 31, O-2, Sunday feature section. Appendices at the end of each reel provide rephotographed images of missing cards or cards of questionable legibility. Within subject and other units, arrangement is normally by year in reverse chronological order. Headings on subject cards are not consistent over time. Arrangement of entries on a card or a series of cards is haphazard. Each alphabetic unit of biographical cards is in two parts: entries for specific noteworthy people of national importance or notoriety are followed by cards for individuals less well known or local in rough alphabetical order.

T-AE27  Index of newspapers published in Amarillo, Texas, prior to 1930.  Amarillo: Amarillo Public Library, 1930-1966.  2 v.

T-AE28  Index to San Antonio register, 1931-1941.  URL: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Archives/Sar
    Indexes all available issues of this locally-focused, Black-oriented weekly newspaper from May 29, 1931, through Jul. 4, 1941.

T-AE29  NewsBank full-text Texas newspapers.  New Canaan, CT: NewsBank, Inc., varying dates.  Subscription service (price varies).
    Complete full-text content of Amarillo globe-news, since 2002; Austin American-statesman, since 1989; Beaumont enterprise, since 2001; Dallas morning news, since 1984; El Paso times, since 1999; Fort Worth star-telegram, since 1991; Houston chronicle, since 1985; San Antonio express-news, since 1990. Advertisements excluded.

T-AE30  Newspaper index to the Houston post.  Wooster, OH: Bell & Howell, 1976-1995.
    Monthly, with quarterly and annual cumulations.

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T-AE31  Texas Press Association.  URL: http://www.texaspress.com/
    Founded in 1880, Texas Press Assoc. is one of the nation's oldest and largest newspaper trade associations representing more than 500 of the state's paid-circulation newspapers and nearly 100 industry-related businesses as associate members. Includes links to journalism and mass communication schools in Texas, to online resources for reporters, and to other press associations. Texas daily and weekly newspaper database searchable by name, city, or county. Also includes list of publications and legislative information. Some additional resources for members only.

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Updated: 31 October 2007
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