Titles to be Filmed

List Adopted March 24, 2005

The following newspapers have been selected for filming through the MNP minigrant program:

Primary Titles

Bay City Press and Times, 1863-1864
Benzie Banner 1969-1976
Grand Rapids Courier, 1906-1907
Grand Rapids Times, 1936-1937
Grandville News, 1909-1911
Inkster Journal, 1939-1946
Lansing Journal, 1904-1905
The Leader and Kalkaskian, 1967-2004
Montague Observer, 1946-1981
Tribal Observer ( Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, Mt. Pleasant), 1991-2005
St. Clair Shores Herald, 1953-1961
Wayne County Review, 1931-1943

Secondary Titles to be filmed if funds allow:

The Augustinian ( Kalamazoo), 1897-1930
Charlevoix County Herald, 1943-1952
East Jordan News Herald, 1953-1956; 1965-1967
Montmorency County Tribune, 1974-1994
The Progress Advance (Pigeon), 1983-1992
Township Times ( Saginaw), 1965-to approximately 1985

Applications were made to film over 568,000newspaper pages under the mini-grant program. Approximately 114,000 pages will be filmed as a primary title. And additional 89,000 pages were selected as secondary projects.

Filming will take place until June 2006, thus titles listed here may not be available for use for some time.

Funding for this project was made possible with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, with matching money by various local organizations interested in having their community newspapers filmed.

List Adopted September 23, 2002

Primary titles are the papers the project plans to film before June 30, 2004 . Secondary titles will be added to the project should time and budget allow, or for some reason primary title become unavailable.

Primary Titles

Arenac County: Arenac County Independent
Barry County: Barry Pioneer.
Benzie County: The News and Thomsonville News
Cass County:

Cass County Republican
Constantine Republican

Cheboygan County: Northern Tribune
Eaton County: Bellevue Gazette
Genesee County: Flint Voice/Michigan Voice
Gogebic County: Auttaja.
Huron County: Harbor Beach Times
Iron County: Iron River Reporter
Kalamazoo County, Herald and Torchlight
Kent County:

Catholic Vigil
Grand Rapids Times
Hispano
Root
Vocero Hispano

Lenawee County: Deerfield Moon,
Macomb County: Armada Times.
Monroe County:

Carleton Messenger
Dundee Reporter

Oceana County: Mears News
Ogemaw County: Ogemaw County Journal
Sanilac County: Sanilac Jeffersonian, Sanilac Jeffersonian and Sanilac County Times and Sanilac Jeffersonian/Advisor...
Shiawasee County: Owosso Times
St Clair County: Yale Expositor
Tuscola County: Fairgrove Enterprise, Farm and Town Enterprise, Akron-Fairgrove Enterprise, Akron-Fairgrove Times, Akron-Fairgrove Community News, and News Connection
Washtenaw County:

Between the Lines
Ypsilanti Sentinel

Wayne County:

Ad-daleel
Aohnai
Christian Herald
Detroit Liberator/Detroit Gay Liberator/Liberator
Detroit Journal and Advertiser/Detroit Daily Advertiser/Michigan Advertiser
Detroit Metro Times/Metro Times
Romulus Roman/Enterprise Roman and Legal Times
Romanul American
Warrendale Courrier
Glos Ludowy

Secondary Titles

(to be filmed if time permits)

Kalamazoo County: American Baltic News
Keweenaw County: Tyomes
Van Buren County: Van Buren County Press
Wayne County:

Belleville Enterprise
Detroit Advertiser and Tribune