PUTNAM COUNTY, TENNESSEE NEWSPAPERS

Charles A. Reeves, Jr.
12/4/97

Notes: All newspapers listed were published in Cookeville, TN. This list was obtained from the Tennessee Newspaper Project (http://toltec.lib.utk.edu/~spec_coll/newspaper/tnphome.htm). Click on "database" on the this site to search for other newspapers.



No.
Title
Publication Frequency
Print Holdings
Local Call Number
Comments/Holding Institution*

1

Oracle

Weekly

9/30/1931 12/1993

Existed 1931?-C; Student Paper Of TN Tech University; Pub. Only During School Year

2

Upper Cumberland News

Weekly

1/31/1923, 10/29/1924

COO101

Existed 1/3/1923 2?/1927; Merged W/Semi Weekly Putnam Co. Herald To Form Putnam Co. And Upper Cumberland News; Film W/Cookeville Press

3

Tennessee Pictorial Dispatch

Weekly

8/14/1963 4/14/1965

COO601

Existed 8/14/1963 4/14/1965; Continued By Dispatch; Filmed W/Dispatch

4

Semi-Weekly Putnam County Herald

Semi-weekly

10/9/1922 2/14/1927

COO206-207

Existed 10/9/1922 2/14/1927; Continues Putnam Co. Herald(1903 1922); Merged W/Upper Cumberland News To Form Putnam Co. Herald and Upper Cumberaland News

5

Putnam County Herald and Upper Cumberland News

Semi-weekly

2/17/1927 12/1929

Existed 2/17/1927 12/?/1929; Supercedes Upper Cumberland News & Semi-Weekly Putnam Co. Herald; Continued By Putnam Co. Herald(1929 1969);Filmed w/Putnam Co. Herald

6

Putnam County Herald (1929-1969)

Semi-weekly

COO208-235

Existed 12/?/1929 1/2/1969;Cont. Putnam Co. Herald And Upper Cumberland News; Merge w/Cookeville Citizen To Form Cookeville Herald Citizen;Freq. Varies: See Card

7

Putnam County Herald (1903-1922)

Weekly

2/11/1903 10/5/1922

COO201-206

Existed 2/11/1903 10/5/1922; Continued By Semi-Weekly Putnam Co. Herald; Spec. Ed. 4/2/1914, 5/25/1922

8

Middle Tennessean

Weekly

4/16/1876

COO101

Existed 11/19?/1873-?; Filmed W/Cookeville Press

9

Dispatch

Daily, Three Times a Week, Weekly

4/21/1965 7/19/1987

COO601+

Existed 4/21/1965 7/19/1987; Continues Tennessee Pictorial Dispatch

10

Cookeville Times

Weekly

5/22/1858

COO101

Existed 7/26?/1856-?; Filmed w/Cookeville Press

11

Cookeville Press

Weekly

5/2/1889-9 /25/1914

COO101-104

Existed ?1887-?1917? Tennessee State Library and Archives, Newspaper Collection

12

Cookeville News

Weekly

3/8/1873

COO101

Existed ?1863?-?; Filmed w/Cookeville Press Tennessee State Library And Archives, Newspaper Collection

13

Cookeville Herald-citizen

Daily, Semiweekly (Twice a Week)

1/14/1969 - 12/1993

COO235+

Existed 1/14/1969-c; Not Pub. On Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Or Christmas Day Tennessee State Library And Archives, Newspaper Collection

14

Cookeville Free Press

Weekly

3/7/1963 - 7/5/1963

COO116

Existed 3/7/1963-7/5/1963

15

Cookeville Courier

Weekly

6/1//1893

COO101

Existed 5/?/1890-?; Filmed w/Cookeville Press Tennessee State Library And Archives, Newspaper Collection

16

Cookeville Citizen

Weekly

6/21/1960 - 1/7/1969

COO109 -115,235

Existed 6/21/1960 - 1/7/1969; Continues Citizen (1954-1960);Merged w/Putnam Co. Herald

17

Citizen (1954-1960)

Weekly

6/23/1954 - 6/14/1960 [7/13*/1955]

COO106-109

Existed 6/23/1954 - 6/14/1960; Continued By Cookeville Citizen; Filmed w/Cookeville Citizen

18

Citizen (1895-1899?)

Weekly

5/19M/1897

COO101

Existed 11/27?/1895-?/1899?; Filmed W/Cookeville Press Tennessee State Library And Archives, Newspaper Collection

19

Upper Cumberland

At Tech Library (1)

20

Oracle

At Tech Library (1)

21

Herald Citizen

Current Issues Kept Until Microfilm Arrives

Microform Holdings 7/1969-C
At Tech Library (1)

22

Cookeville Press

At Tech Library (1)

23

Cookeville Citizen

At Tech Library (1)

24

Citizen

At Tech Library (1)

25

Herald-Citizen

Daily

Current Issues Kept 1 Day
At Overton Library (2)

26

Cookeville Citizen

1954-1968

At Hearld-Citizen (3)

27

Putnam Herald

1930-1968

At Hearld-Citizen (3)

28

Herald-Citizen

Daily

1969-C

Microform Holdings 1/1972-C
At Hearld-Citizen (3)

*Holding Institutions:

Unless otherwise noted:

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Periodicals
403 7th Ave. N
Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-2561
Hours: M-F: 8-4:30

Others:

  1. Tennessee Technological University Library
    P.O. Box 5066
    Cookeville, TN 38505
    931-372-3470

  2. Overton County Public Library
    225 East Main Street
    Livingston, TN 38570-1959
    931-823-1888
    Hours: M,T,TH,F,S: 9-4:30, W 1:30-4:30

  3. Herald-Citizen
    P.O. Box 2729
    124 South Dixie Avenue
    Cookeville, TN 38501
    931-526-9715
    Hours: 7 AM-5 PM


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