Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society

Lafayette County

This is not a roll by roll listing; often a list of issues spans many rolls of microfilm and not every issue is indicated.

  • A (mostly) complete span of issues is indicated by a dash: "-", and only the beginning and ending dates are shown.
  • Gaps in our holdings, not the dates on each reel of microfilm, are indicated by a semi-colon: ";".
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ALMA

Alma Courier (w)

Feb 26, Apr 9, 1937-Jun 27, 1941

The Santa Fe Times (w)

Nov 21, 1996-present

CONCORDIA

Concordian (w)

Dec 1, 1898-Dec 20, 1900; Jan 3-Dec 19, 1901; Jan 5, 1905-Dec 20, 1906; Jan 5, 1911-Dec 19, 1912; Jan 1, 1913-Dec 18, 1919; Jan 1-Jun 24, 1920; Jan 6, 1921-Nov 29, 1928; Jan 3, 1929-Jun 3, 1937; Feb 3-Mar 10, 24, 30, Apr 28-Jly 29, Sep 1-Dec 29, 1938; Dec 21, 1939-present

CORDER

Corder Journal (w)

Jan 8, 1914-Dec 18, 1919; May 13, 1920-Aug 4, Sep 1, 1961

HIGGINSVILLE

Advance (d)

Sep 23-25, 1896

Higginsville Advance (w, sw)

Jan 3, 1891-Dec 22, 1893; Jan 12, 1894-Dec 21, 1900; Oct 11, 1901-Present

The Higginsville Democrat (w)

Oct 24, 1890

The Jeffersonian (w)

Jan 21-Oct 6, 1898; Aug 10, 1901-Jly 5, 1902; Jly 11, 1903-Apr 30, 1915; May 5, 1916-Mar 22, 1945

Lafayette Leader (w)

Dec 17, 1898-Jly 27, 1901; Jun 17, 1905-Sep 1, 1906

Missouri Thalbote (w) (German Language)

Nov 23, 1900; Jan 1-Dec 18, 1903; Jan 21, 1910; Feb 3, 1911; Nov 8, 1912 (partial); Mar 10, 1916; Mar 16, May 11, 18, Jun 22, Jly 20, 1917; Jan 18 (mutilated), Feb 1, Apr 5, 12, May 3, 10, 17, Jun 14, Jly 19, 1918

LEXINGTON

Advertiser (d)

Jly 1, 1931-Jun 30, 1932

Advertiser-News (d, bw, w)

Oct 3-Dec 31, 1932; Sep 16, 1936-Feb 28, 1980

The American Citizen (w)

Sep 4, 1855-Dec 17, 1856; Jan 14, 21, 1857

The Weekly Caucasian

Apr 25, 1866-Mar 27, 1869; Jan 8, 1870-Aug 14, 1875

The Lexington Express (w)

Aug 8, 1843-Jun 11, Jly 30, 1844-Jun 9, 1846; Aug 10, 1852-Jan 24, 1855; Aug 27, 1859-Sep 15, 1860

First Kansas (Military)

Jan 18, 1862

Weekly Intelligencer

Jan 10, 1872-Dec 24, 1873; Sep 4, 1875-Dec 29, 1883; Feb 23, 1884-Jly 30, Oct 8, 1887-May 13, Sep 9, 30, 1893; Jan 6, 1894-Aug 25, 1949

Lafayette County Sentinel (w)

Aug 16, 1878-Mar 4, 1881

Lexingtonian (w)

Jan 1, 1910-May 27, 1915

Missouri Thalbote (German Language)

Sep 2, 1876

Missouri Valley Register (w)

Jan 4, 1866-Jun 24, 1869

Lexington News (d, w, bw)

Apr 11, 1889-Nov 14, 1907; Jan 31, 1918-Oct 1, 1932; Mar 3, 1980-Feb 10, 1982; Aug 13, 1982-present

The Post (w)

Nov 25, 1887-Nov 16, 1888

Register (w)

Jly 1, 1869-Apr 28, May 12, Dec 8, 22, 1870; Jan 5, 1871-Apr 22, 1880; Jan 22, 1885-Dec 30, 1886; Jan 3, 1888-Mar 20, 1890

Lexington Shopper (w)

Jan 2, 1979-Feb 26, 1980

Weekly Union

Jan 3, 10, Nov 15, 29, Dec 13, 20, 1862; Jan 17, 31, Feb 7, Apr 18, Jun 6, Aug 15, 22, Sep 5, Nov 28, 1863; Feb 27, Sep 3, 17, Oct 1, 8, 29, Nov 12, 1864; Jan 7-Feb 4, Apr 22, Jly 8, 1865

ODESSA

The Odessa Democrat (w)

Nov 2, 1901-May 29, 1942

The Missouri-Ledger (w)

Jan 9, 1914-May 29, 1942

The Odessan (w)

Jun 5, 1942-present

The Odessa Oracle (w)

Feb 27, 1902-Mar 19, 1903

WAVERLY

Express (w)

May 7, 1870

Lafayette County Sentinel (w)

Aug 18, 1876-Aug 2, 1878

News (w)

Jly 1-21, Aug 18, 25, 1921

Waverly and St. Thomas Saturday Morning Visitor

Nov 13, 1858-Oct 1, 1859

Waverly and St. Thomas Saturday Weekly Visitor

Oct 8, 1859-Jun 14, 1860

Santa Fe Times

Nov 14, 1996 (moved to Alma)

The Waverly Times (w)

Jly 28, 1887-May 23, 1889; Oct 16, Nov 6, 1890; Feb 14, 1941-Jun 1, Nov 2, 1990-Nov 7, 1996

Waverly Weekly Visitor

Jan 21-Dec 15, 1860

WELLINGTON

Free Press (w)

May 6-Jun 30, 1949

Herald (w)

Jun 19-Sep 25, 1947

Wellington News (w)

Aug 3, 1916-Sep 30, 1920