The Old Jail Art Center

Robert E. Nail, Jr. Historical Archives

Newspaper Collection

Below is the inventory for our Newspaper Collection. The list is grouped by newspaper title and arranged by date. Volume and Issue information is available upon request by phone (325) 762-2269 or by email archivist[at]theoldjailartcenter[dot]org.

Frontier Echo (1876-1878)

Fort Griffin Echo (1879-1882)

Albany Star (1882-1884)

Albany Echo (1883-1884)

Albany Weekly News (1891-1894)

Albany News (1884-1970); Missing (1911-1914)

Shackelford County Leader (1939-1947)

The Archives is currently working on making the full run of the Albany News available on Microfilm. Currently, The Albany News 1970-2003 can be found at the Shackelford County Library.

The Archives are open to the public:
Tuesday - Friday 10:00-5:00pm.
To better assist researchers, appointments are encouraged
Call (325) 762-2269.
Email: archivist[at]theoldjailartcenter[dot]org

Title	Begin Date	End Date	Missing Issues	Notes	Microfilm Location	Hard Copy Location
Jacksboro Fort Griffin	7/30/1975	1878		Microfilm	MBox 45
Frontier Echo	7/21/1876	12/6/1878		Bound	MBox 45	BOX 2
Fort Griffin Echo	1/4/1879	1/21/1882		Bound	Mbox 45	BOX 3
Albany Star	12/25/1882			Microfilm	MBox 59
Albany Star	12/25/1882	7/13/1883		Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue. see	MBox 1	BOX 1
Albany Star	7/20/1883	1/4/1884		Bound	MBox 1	BOX 1
Albany Echo	1/6/1883	2/8/1884	Bulk date: 06/02/1883-02/08/1884 Vol 1 No. 1 is dated 01/06/1883 Vol 1 No. 2 is dated 06/02/1883 Do not know why the series skips 5 months.	Bound; Old Vol. 7 No. 22- Vol. 8 No. 07	MBox 1	BOX 1
Albany Echo	2/22/1884			Microfilm	MBox 59
Albany Weekly News	1/9/1891	11/27/1891	Vol. 01, No. 01, 01/02/1891 Vol. 01, No. 03, 01/16/1891 Vol. 01, No. 08, 02/20/1891 Vol. 01, No. 09, 02/27/1891 Vol. 01, No. 14-18 04/03/1891-05/01/1891 Vol. 01, No. 21-36 05/22/1891-09/04/1891 Vol. 01, No. 39, 09/25/1891 Vol. 01, No. 42, 10/16/1891 Vol. 01, No. 44, 10/30/1891	Microfilm Also titled "Albany Newspaper"	MBox 65
Albany Weekly News	1/8/1892	3/31/1893		Microfilm	MBox 65
Albany Weekly News	4/7/1893	8/10/1894		Microfilm	MBox 65
Albany Weekly News	1893	1893		Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue.		BOX 52
Albany Weekly News	1/9/1891	12/18/1891		Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue.		BOX 51
Albany News	2/20/1884	7/22/1886		Microfilm	MBox 59
Albany News	2/29/1884	2/20/1885		Bound	MBox 65	BOX 50
Albany News	2/25/1886	2/17/1887				BOX 4
Albany News	8/5/1886	12/18/1896		Microfilm	MBox 60
Albany News	2/24/1887	12/20/1889	Too brittle to inventory missing issues.		MBox 60	BOX 5
Albany News	1/10/1890	12/26/1890		Bound;	MBox 60	BOX 6
Albany News	4/20/1894	6/29/1894		Bound; Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue.	MBox 65	BOX 51
Albany News	7/13/1894	4/12/1895				BOX 7
Albany News	8/17/1894	11/2/1894		Microfilm	MBox 65
Albany News	11/9/1894	4/12/1895		Microfilm	MBox 61
Albany News	4/19/1895	1/3/1896				BOX 8
Albany News	1/10/1896	12/18/1896		Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue.	MBox 60	BOX 8
Albany News	1/1/1897	11/8/1899		Microfilm	MBox 62
Albany News	1/1/1897	12/24/1897				BOX 9
Albany News	1/21/1898	4/7/1898				BOX 10
Albany News	10/14/1898	10/13/1899	many missing issues	Microfilm	MBox 2
Albany News	5/5/1899	12/14/1900				BOX 11
Albany News	11/17/1899	12/26/1902		Microfilm	MBox 63
Albany News	1/11/1901	12/26/1902		Too brittle to inventory missing issues. See FILM 2152	MBox 63	BOX 12
Albany News	1/2/1903	12/25/1903		Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue.		BOX 53
Albany News	1/2/1903	5/28/1909		Microfilm	MBox 64
Albany News	1/2/1903	12/30/1904		Bound; Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue.	MBox 64	BOX 13
Albany News	6/24/1904	12/21/1906		Microfilm	MBox 2
Albany News	1/5/1906	12/14/1906	Vol. 22, No. 32, 01/12/1906 Vol. 22, No. 33, 01/19/1906 Vol. 22, No. 36, 02/09/1906 Vol. 23, No. 04, 07/13/1906 Vol. 23, No. 07, 08/10/1906 Vol. 23, No. 10, 08/24/1906 Vol. 23, No. 17, 10/12/1906 Vol. 23, No. 20, 11/09/1906 Vol. 23, No. 23, 11/23/1906			BOX 13
Albany News	1/4/1907	12/24/1909		Newspaper is too brittle to check each issue.	MBox 3	BOX 14
Albany News	6/18/1909	8/1911		Microfilm	MBox 4
Albany News	1/7/1910	12/30/1910		Bound volume		BOX 15
Albany News	1911	1912		Microfilm	MBox 5
Albany News	6/14/1912	6/13/1913	Vol. 29, No. 30, 01/03/1913 Vol. 29, No. 48, 05/09/1913 Vol. 29, No. 49, 05/16/1913		MBox 5	BOX 15
Albany News	1/8/1915	6/4/1915		Issue 1 is the only issue from Vol. 30. The bulk of the range starts at Vo. 31, Issue 35, 2/5/1915	MBox 5	BOX 16
Albany News	7/11/1915	5/19/1916			MBox 5 & 6	BOX 16
Albany News	6/2/1916	5/31/1918		2 Bound volumes	MBox 6	BOX 17
Albany News	6/7/1918	6/13/1919	Vol. 35, No. 42, 03/28/1919 Vol. 35, No. 43, 04/04/1919		MBox 6 & 7	BOX 18
Albany News	6/20/1919	6/11/1920		Bound	MBox 7	BOX 18
Albany News	6/18/1920	12/25/1920	Vol. 32, No. 18, 10/15/1920		MBox 7	BOX 19
Albany News	1/7/1921	1/20/1922	Vol. 38, No. 20, 11/04/1921	Bound	MBox 7 & 8	BOX 19
Albany News	1/27/1922	12/22/1922			MBox 8	BOX 20
Albany News	1/5/1923	8/17/1923	Vol. 39, No. 39, 04/06/1923 Vol. 39, No. 45, 05/18/1923-Vol. 40, No. 03, 07/27/1923 Vol. 40, No. 05, 08/10/1923		MBox 8	BOX 20
Albany News	7/11/1924	8/28/1925	Vol. 41, No. 25, 02/20/1925, partial Vol. 41, No. 30, 03/20/1925 Vol. 41, No. 36, 05/01/1925, partial Vol. 41, No. 37, 05/08/1925, partial	Vol. 41, No. 27 does not exist. No. 28 occurs one week after No. 26	MBox 8 & 9	BOX 21
Albany News	9/4/1925	9/17/1926		Bound	MBox 9	BOX 21
Albany News	9/24/1926	9/28/1928	Vol. 43, No. 09, 11/19/1926 Vol. 43, No. 10, 11/20/1926 Vol. 43, No. 12, 12/10/1926 Vol. 43, No. 13, 12/17/1926 Vol. 43, No. 14, 12/24/1926 Vol. 43, No. 20, 02/11/1927 Vol. 43, No. 22, 02/25/1927 Vol. 43, No. 42, 07/15/1927 Vol. 43, No. 47, 08/19/1927 Vol. 44, No. 02, 10/07/1927 Vol. 44, No. 03, 10/14/1927 Vol. 44, No. 05, 10/28/1927 Vol. 44, No. 07, 11/11/1927 Vol. 44, No. 09, 11/25/1927 Vol. 44, No. 14, 12/30/1927 Vol. 44, No. 15, 01/16/1928 Vol. 44, No. 17, 01/27/1928 Vol. 44, No. 31-43, 05/04/1928-07/27/1928 Vol. 44, No. 50, 09/14/1928		MBox 9 & 10	BOX 22
Albany News	1/6/1928	9/28/1928			MBox 10	BOX 23
Albany News	10/5/1928	9/27/1929	Vol. 45, No. 13, 12/28/1928 Vol. 45, No. 36, 06/14/1929		MBox 10	BOX 23
Albany News	10/4/1929	10/3/1930		Bound; The first issue of this volume is No. 52, dated 10/4/1929, but is obviously a typo.	MBox 11	BOX 24
Albany News	10/10/1930	9/23/1932	Vol. 46, No. 19, 02/13/1931.	I suspect that there is no issue 19 because it would have been published on Friday the 13th.	MBox 11 & 12	BOX 25
Albany News	10/7/1932	9/22/1933	Vol. 48, No. 32, 05/12/1933		MBox 12 & 13	BOX 26
Albany News	10/6/1933	9/27/1934		Bank robbed in issue 42, 7/18/1934	MBox 13	BOX 26
Albany News	10/4/1934	10/3/1935		The second "issue 48" is a typo, it should be "issue 49."	MBox 13 & 14	BOX 27
Albany News	10/10/1935	10/1/1936			MBox 14	BOX 27
Albany News	10/7/1936	10/14/1937			MBox 14	BOX 28
Albany News	10/21/1937	9/29/1938	Vol. 53, No. 19, 02/10/1937		MBox 14 & 15	BOX 28
Albany News	10/6/1938	10/10/1940		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 15	BOX 29
Albany News	10/17/1940	10/9/1941		Bound	MBox 15 & 16	BOX 30
Albany News	10/16/1941	10/8/1942		Bound volume	MBox 16 & 17	BOX 31
Albany News	10/15/1942	10/21/1943		Bound volume	MBox 17	BOX 31
Albany News	10/21/1943	10/12/1944	Vol. 06, No. 03, 11/04/1943 Vol. 06, No. 05, 11/18/1943 Vol. 06, No. 07, 12/02/1943 Vol. 06, No. 08, 12/09/1943 Vol. 06, No. 10, 12/23/1943 Vol. 06, No. 11, 12/30/1943 Vol. 06, No. 12, 01/06/1944 Vol. 06, No. 14, 01/20/1944 Vol. 06, No. 15, 01/27/1944, partial Vol. 06, No. 20, 03/02/1944 Vol. 06, No. 32, 05/25/1944 Vol. 06, No. 44, 08/17/1944 Vol. 06, No. 46, 08/31/1944 Vol. 06, No. 48, 09/14/1944		MBox 17 & 18	BOX 32
Albany News	10/21/1943	10/12/1944	There are some issues missing that may exist in the above copy.	Bound volume	MBox 17 & 18	BOX 32
Albany News	10/19/1944	10/11/1945		Bound	MBox 18	BOX 33
Albany News	10/18/1945	10/10/1946		2 copies; one bound, one unbound	MBox 18 & 19	BOX 34
Albany News	10/17/1946	10/9/1947		Bound volume	MBox 19	BOX 35
Albany News	10/16/1947	9/30/1948		Bound	MBox 19	BOX 35
Albany News	10/7/1948	9/28/1950		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 19 & 20	BOX 36
Albany News	10/5/1950	9/18/1952		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 20 & 21	BOX 37
Albany News	9/25/1952	9/9/1954		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 21 & 22	BOX 38
Albany News	9/16/1954	9/6/1956		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 22 & 23	BOX 39
Albany News	9/13/1956	9/4/1958		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 23 & 24	BOX 40
Albany News	9/11/1958	9/1/1960		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 24 & 25	BOX 41
Albany News	9/8/1960	8/30/1962		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 25 & 26	BOX 42
Albany News	9/6/1962	8/27/1964		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 26	BOX 43
Albany News	9/3/1964	8/25/1966		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 26 & 27	BOX 44
Albany News	9/1/1966	8/22/1968		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 27 & 28	BOX 45
Albany News	8/29/1968	8/20/1970		2 Bound Volumes	MBox 28 & 29	BOX 46
Albany News	1968	1970		Microfilm	MBox 29
Albany News	1/8/1970	12/23/1971		Microfilm	MBox 30
Albany News	1/6/1972	12/24/1973		Microfilm	MBox 31
Albany News	1/10/1974	12/24/1975		Microfilm	MBox 32
Albany News	1/7/1976	12/28/1977		Microfilm	MBox 33
Albany News	1/4/1978	12/26/1979		Microfilm	MBox 34
Albany News	1/31/1980	12/31/1981		Microfilm	MBox 35
Albany News	1/7/1982	12/29/1983		Microfilm	MBox 36
Albany News	1/12/1984	12/27/1984		Microfilm	MBox 37
Albany News	1/1985	12/1985		Microfilm	MBox 38
Albany News	1/1986	12/1986		Microfilm	MBox 39
Albany News	1/1987	12/1987		Microfilm	MBox 40
Albany News	1/7/1988	12/29/1988		Microfilm	MBox 41
Albany News	1/5/1989	12/28/1989		Microfilm	MBox 42
Albany News	1/4/1990	12/27/1990		Microfilm	MBox 43
Albany News	1/3/1991	12/26/1991		Microfilm	MBox 44
Albany News	1/2/1992	12/31/1992		Microfilm	MBox 46
Albany News	1/7/1993	12/30/1993		Microfilm	MBox 47
Albany News	1/6/1994	12/29/1994		Microfilm	MBox 48
Albany News	1/5/1995	12/28/1995		Microfilm	MBox 49
Albany News	1/4/1996	12/26/1996		Microfilm	MBox 50
Albany News	1/2/1997	12/25/1997		Microfilm	MBox 51
Albany News	1/1/1998	12/31/1998		Microfilm	MBox 52
Albany News	1/7/1999	12/30/1999		Microfilm	MBox 53
Albany News	1/6/2000	12/28/2000		Microfilm	MBox 54
Albany News	1/4/2001	12/20/2001		Microfilm	MBox 55
Albany News	1/3/2002	12/19/2002		Microfilm	MBox 56
Albany News	1/2/2003	12/18/2003		Microfilm	MBox 57
Albany News	1/1/2004	12/30/2004		Microfilm	MBox 58
Shackelford County Leader	1/5/1939	1/9/1941		Bound; The Shackelford County Leader merged with The Moran News and restarted their volume numbers.		BOX 47
Shackelford County Leader	1/16/1941	12/31/1942		Bound		BOX 48
Shackelford County Leader	1/7/1943	12/23/1943	Vol. 05, No. 03, 01/28/1943 Vol. 05, No. 37, 09/23/1943 Vol. 05, No. 38, 09/30/1943 Vol. 05, No. 43, 11/04/1943		MBox 64 & 65	BOX 48
Shackelford County Leader	4/8/1943	9/9/1943		Microfilm	MBox 64
Shackelford County Leader	9/16/1943	7/24/1947		Microfilm	MBox 65
Shackelford County Leader	1/6/1944	12/7/1944	Vol. 06, No. 02, 01/13/1944 Vol. 06, No. 03, 01/20/1944 Vol. 06, No. 04, 01/27/1944 Vol. 06, No. 19, 05/11/1944 Vol. 06, No. 24, 06/15/1944 Vol. 06, No. 26, 06/29/1944 Vol. 06, No. 31, 08/03/1944 Vol. 06, No. 40, 10/05/1944 Vol. 06, No. 45, 11/09/1944		MBox 65	BOX 49
Shackelford County Leader	1/4/1945	12/20/1945	Vol. 07, No. 06, 02/08/1945 Vol. 07, No. 10, 03/08/1945 Vol. 07, No. 14, 04/05/1945 Vol. 07, No. 23, 06/07/1945 Vol. 07, No. 31, 08/09/1945 Vol. 07, No. 34, 08/30/1945 Vol. 07, No. 35, 09/06/1945 Vol. 07, No. 38, 09/27/1945 Vol. 07, No. 40, 10/11/1945 Vol. 07, No. 45, 11/15/1945 Vol. 07, No. 46, 11/22/1945 Vol. 07, No. 47, 11/29/1945		MBox 65	BOX 49
Shackelford County Leader	1/3/1946	12/5/1946	Vol. 08, No. 02, 01/10/1946 Vol. 08, No. 07, 02/14/1946 Vol. 08, No. 15, 04/11/1946 Vol. 08, No. 16, 04/18/1946 Vol. 08, No. 17, 04/25/1946 Vol. 08, No. 20, 05/16/1946 Vol. 08, No. 25, 06/20/1946 Vol. 08, No. 31, 08/01/1946 Vol. 08, No. 39, 09/26/1946 Vol. 08, No. 40, 10/03/1946 Vol. 08, No. 41, 10/11/1946 Vol. 08, No. 46, 11/14/1946 Vol. 08, No. 47, 11/21/1946		MBox 65	BOX 49
Shackelford County Leader	1/16/1947	7/24/1947	Vol. 09, No. 04, 01/23/1947 Vol. 09, No. 15, 04/10/1947 Vol. 09, No. 19, 05/08/1947 Vol. 09, No. 21, 05/22/1947 Vol. 09, No. 24, 06/12/1947 Vol. 09, No. 25, 06/19/1947 Vol. 09, No. 29, 07/17/1947		MBox 65	BOX 49

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Updated June 1, 2008