Digital versions include the Plainfield Courier from 1890 to 1894. The Courier News on microfilm is available in the upstairs reference section. These holdings include microfilmed copies and broadsides, as well as digitized titles. The Plainfield Periodical Collection includes 23 newspapers and magazines dating back to 1837. Plainfield (N.J.) - Clubs and organizations
#COURIER NEWS SERIES#
Series 2: 35mm Film Negatives (People Files)
#COURIER NEWS ARCHIVE#
The records of the Courier News Archive are arranged into four series: Record types include color and black & white photographic prints, color 35mm film negatives, newspaper clippings of obituaries and articles, and ephemera. The records of the Courier News Archive include a variety of historical material spanning from 1874 to 2004, with bulk record date from 1960 to 1999. The Courier News remains a daily newspaper serving Somerset County and other areas of Central Jersey and is a member of the Gannett Group. Because there was not enough space in the new office location to accommodate the newspaper’s extensive archive, this collection was donated to Plainfield Public Library and is called the Courier News Archive Collection. The Courier News was headquartered in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, until 2009 when it moved into the East Brunswick offices of the Home News Tribune. The Courier offices were then located at 201 Church Street (and East Second) in Plainfield. It was established as the Courier News in 1961. Gannett purchased the interests of Stout and Morrison in January 1940. After Frost’s death, in April 1927, the paper was sold to Frank Gannett, William Morrison, and Chauncey F. Franklin Fort, governor of New Jersey, and combined it with the Plainfield Courier-News.
On October 9, 1916, Charles purchased the Daily Press newspaper from J. The Courier building was located at 220 Park Avenue in Plainfield. Frost, publisher and editor of the Engineering News of New York City. Runyon sold the paper on July 1, 1904, to George H. Runyon purchased The Evening News and combined it with The Courier under the name of Plainfield Courier-News, which was established on November 5, 1894. Runyon, owner of the Central New Jersey Times, started the Plainfield Courier, a daily, in October 1891. Finding aid content follows the guidelines suggested by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.įrank W. The finding aid was written and encoded by Sarah Hull in 2012. Processing began in 2009 by Sarah Hull, and is ongoing, to date, by Debra Schiff and Michelle Rausa. The collection was donated in 2009 by the Courier News. Identification of item Date (if noted) " Courier News Archive,” Box and Folder Number Local History Department, Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, New Jersey. The Plainfield Public Library is not responsible for the misuse of copyrighted material. The researcher is responsible for further copyright restrictions. Permission to publish does not constitute a copyright clearance. Permission to publish must be obtained by the Plainfield Public Library Board of Trustees as delegated to the Library Director. One photocopy may be made (by Plainfield Public Library staff) of each document for the purpose of research official Local History departmental reproduction fees may apply. Materials must be returned directly to Local History department staff and inspected before the researcher leaves the Plainfield Room. Marks may not be added or erased from materials. Materials must not be leaned upon, altered, folded, ripped, or traced upon. Materials must be handled carefully and kept in order. All materials must be viewed in the Plainfield Room and may not be removed to another area of the library without permission of the Library Director or designee. Records which have not been processed are closed to the public.Īccess is restricted to materials prepared by the Local History department staff. The records of the Courier News Archive are available for research. The collection includes photographs, film negatives, newspaper obituaries, newspaper article clippings, and ephemera. The Records of the Courier News document people, organizations, and events around New Jersey from the 1870s into the 2000s. Plainfield Public Library, Local History Department, 800 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060 Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Plainfield Cultural & Heritage Commission, Processing of this collection was made possible by the generous funding of the: Sarah Hull, Michelle Rausa Campbell, and Debra Schiff. Courier News building at 220 Park Avenue in Plainfield, circa 1920s.įinding aid written and encoded by Sarah Hull in 2012
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