Newspapers and Newspaper Information
This list has become difficult to keep up since most newspapers are either converting to electronic magazines or going out of business entirely. There are still a couple of locally printed newspapers but most of these listed are now out of print. Please contribute to the validity of this listing. If you have corrections and/or information regarding discontinued newspapers and their repositories, please contribute. Send me an email. Help make this a more valid online resource.
| Title/Name | Information - Remarks |
|---|---|
| Current, Printed Newspapers | |
| Bay Area Observer | Community Newspaper For La Porte, Seabrook, Morgan's Point, Shoreacres and the Galveston Bay Area, P.O. Box 305, Seabrook, Texas 77586 Ph: 281-907-3140 |
| Baytown Sun | "Serving Baytown and the Surrounding Areas" |
| Houston Chronicle | The major newspaper for Houston and surrounding areas. Oct 14, 1901-Current |
| College and University Newspapers | |
| The Collegian | The Collegian has been the student-lead newspaper of Houston Baptist University since 1963 but I didn't find anything recent. The school just changed its name to Houston Christian University [Sep 2022]. |
| The Daily Cougar | The Official Daily Newspaper of the University of Houston-Since 1934 |
| The Rice Thresher | The Student Newspaper of Rice University since 1916 |
| Current E-Magazines | |
| Chron.com | This e-zine for the Houston area is a bit confusing. Owned by the Hearst Company, I'm not sure if it's actually part of the Houston Chronicle. |
| Heights Pages | Serves the incorporated Heights area. P.O. Box 7273, Houston, TX; 713-868-4136 Fax: 713-868-4135. This newspaper is now an e-zine. |
| Houston Defender (The Defender Network) | "Houston's Leading Black Information Source" Houston Defender, 3003 S Loop W, Houston, TX 77054; (713) 663-6996. This is actually a national network of local e-zines. |
| Houston Forward Times | "The largest Black-owned Independently Published Newspaper in the South!" 1960-current, this is now an e-zine. |
| Houston Press | Competitor Newspaper for Houston, TX, est 1989, now an e-zine. |
| The Houston Sun | "Houston's #1 Community Newspaper Serving the World." 1983-current; The Houston Sun, 1520 Isabella St., Houston, TX 77004; 713-524-0786 I wasn't able to figure out if this is a printed newspaper. |
| Northeast News | Serving Houston Northeast, this is now an e-zine. |
| Discontinued Newspapers, Newspaper Archives and Repositories | |
| Newspapers on Microfilm at the Texas State Library | Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 1201 Brazos, PO Box 12927, Austin TX 78711-2927 Main Telephone: 512-463-5455 |
| Bayshore Sun | "Serving the Bayshore Area Since 1947" 1947-2010 (1947-October 6, 2010); Harris County Public Library, La Porte Branch Library, 600 South Broadway, La Porte, TX 77571, has issues from March 22, 1962 through October 6, 2010. |
| Daily Post | (see Houston Daily Post) |
| Daily Telegraph | (see Houston Daily Telegraph and the Telegraph & Texas Register) |
| Democratic Telegraph & Texas Register | Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings March 25, 1846-March 28, 1851; Houston Public Library, Weekly, Began in Mar. 1846. Ceased Mar. 25, 1851. Issues for <Feb. 22, 1847-Dec. 17, 1850>. Also known as the Telegraph and the Telegraph Register. (see the Telegraph and Texas Register) |
| The Houston Chronicle circa 1884 | |
| The Houston Chronicle | Founded October 14, 1901-1902 |
| The Houston Chronicle and Herald | Houston Chronicle Publishing Co., Houston, Texas 1902-1912. |
| Houston Community Newspapers | News media organization representing numerous community and town newspapers of Harris and surrounding counties. (If you know the town or community, then this site probably has the news.) |
| Houston Daily Herald | Houston Public Library, [100] p. : ill., ports.; 16 x 23 cm., Houston, Tex. : W.H. Coyle & Co., 1893. |
| Houston Daily Mercury | Publication coverage date Began in 1873. Ceased in 1874. Cf. Texas newspapers, 1813-1939. Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Call No. NEWSPAPER Library Bound Vols.: 1873 NOV 1-1974 FEB 28-1873 NOV 1-1974 FEB 28. |
| Houston Daily Post | Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings 1881 Feb.23-1903; Houston Public Library, Vol. 3, no. 25 (Mar. 19, 1882) ---- v. 4, no. 131 (Aug. 4, 1883). Daily eds.: Houston post (Houston, Tex. : 1883), 1885-1886; Houston daily post (Houston, Tex. : 1886), 1886-1894. (see Houston Post) |
| Houston Daily Telegraph | Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings 1864-1867, 1864:Dec.28-1865:Jan.17 COPY 2, on reel with: AN2.V5 V523; Houston Public Library, Daily (except Sun.) 1864-____; Daily (except Mon.) June 9, 1867-Feb. 11, 1877; Publication Dates: Vol. 29, no. 139 (Feb. 6, 1864) --_; _-- v. 14 [i.e., v. 44], no. 36 (Feb. 11, 1877). (see Houston Telegraph and Telegram) |
| Houston Evening Journal | Combined with The Houston Morning Chronicle Apr 5, 1885 |
| The Houston Defender | est. October 11, 1930, by Clifton Frederick Richardson, Sr. |
| Houston Heights Tribune | Served the incorporated Heights area. 373-1/2 W. 19th St., Houston, TX; 713-862-9603 I found a lot of outdated mentions but nothing recent and no URL. |
| Texas Freeman, Houston Informer, and Houston Informer and Texas Freeman | Beginning in 1893 the Texas Freeman was published by Charles N. Love; UH Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library, has on microfilm issues from 1919 to 1949 of a paper variously called "Houston Informer" and "Houston Informer and Texas Freeman". You can check the holdings at library.uh.edu. The Neumann Library has facilities for printing from microfilm or digitizing images. |
| Houston Journal | Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, TX Call No. NEWSPAPER 1885 JAN 19 |
| Houston Mercury | Publication coverage date Began in 1868? and ended July 10, 1873. Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Call No. NEWSPAPER 1873 JUL 4-1874 FEB 28. |
| The Houston Morning Chronicle | Combined with Houston Evening Journal Apr 5, 1885 |
| The Houston Morning Star | A daily newspaper, April 8, 1839-1850. Succeeded by the Houston Telegraph. Houston Public Library, Tri-weekly, July 14, 1840 -- <1850>, Daily (except Sun.), April 8, 1839 -- July 11, 1840. |
| Houston News | Local Community Newspapers |
| The Houston Post (pre-1924) | Established Feb 19, 1880-circa 1924. In 1881 combined with the Houston Telegraph (formerly Telegraph and Texas Register). In circa 1924, a merger of the Houston Post with the Houston Dispatch, becoming The Houston Post - Dispatch. Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings 1903-1924; Houston Public Library, 19th year, no. 179 (Oct. 1, 1903)-; -v. 40, no. 118 (July 31, 1924). |
| The Houston Post (post-1930's) | Established Feb 19, 1880-circa 1924 and circa 1930's--April 1995. In 1881 combined with the Houston Telegraph (formerly Telegraph and Texas Register). In circa 1924, a merger of the Houston Post with the Houston Dispatch, becoming The Houston Post - Dispatch. Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings 1932-1995; Houston Public Library, Vol. 47, no. 303 (Feb. 1, 1932)- Ceased Apr. 18, 1995. The Houston Post closed permanently, with the final edition printed on April 18, 1995. Its assets and liabilities were acquired by Hearst Corporation, the publisher of the Post's rival, daily Houston Chronicle. |
| The Houston Post - Dispatch | In circa 1924, the result of a merger between the Houston Post with the Houston Dispatch. Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings Aug. 1, 1924-Jan. 31, 1932; Houston Public Library, Vol. 40, no. 119 (Aug. 1, 1924)-v. 47, no. 302 (Jan. 31, 1932). |
| Houston Press | A daily newspaper, founded on September 25, 1911- March 20, 1964 was sold to the Houston Chronicle. Houston Public Library, Began Sept. 25, 1911, v. : ill.; 59 cm. |
| Houston Republic | |
| Houston Telegram | (see Houston Telegraph and Telegram) |
| Houston Telegraph | (see Houston Telegraph and Telegram) |
| Houston Telegraph and Telegram | Formerly Telegraph and Texas Register, removed to Houston after April 11, 1837, with first Houston issue printed May 2, 1837. Weekly publication until April 30, 1855, then tri-weekly. February 6, 1864, the Daily Telegraph replaced the Tri-Weekly Telegraph. The Telegraph suspended publication in the fall of 1873. Resumed publication Mar 1874 and eventually suspension of publication on February 11, 1877. Combined with Houston Post in 1881. |
| Houston Times | Houston Public Library, Began in 1920?, Weekly, v., Houston, Tex. : All-Church Press. |
| Houston Tribune | Houston Public Library, Weekly, Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 16, 1964)-v. 11, no. 35 (May 15, 1975), Houston, Tex. : Houston Tribune Pub. Co. |
| Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph | Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings 1856-1870; Houston Public Library, Vol. 17, no. 2386 (Apr. 30, 1855) -- v. 29, no. 138 (Feb. 5, 1864). Vol. 30, no. 163 (Nov. 2, 1864 -- v. 31, no. 132 (Jan. 8, 1866). (see Houston Telegraph and Telegram) |
| Houston Weekly Post | Houston Public Library, began in 1885 -- v. 5, no. 4 (Feb. 8, 1894). Semi-weekly, July 24, 1893-1894, Weekly, <June 9, 1892>-July 20, 1893. Daily eds.: Houston post (Houston, Tex. : 1883), 1885-1886; Houston daily post (Houston, Tex. : 1886), 1886-1894. (see Houston Post pre-1924 and Houston Daily Post) |
| Houston Weekly Telegraph | Sometimes called: Houston telegraph, Weekly Houston telegraph, and Houston weekly telegraph. |
| Houston Weekly Times | Circa 1901 |
| Morning Star | (see The Houston Morning Star) |
| The Leader | A campus newspaper for faculty, staff and students at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. (No Longer Published online.) |
| Telegraph & Texas Register | Founded Oct 10, 1835, throughout it's history it was published from several locations in Texas as a daily, weekly, and tri-weekly newspaper. The paper was interrupted April 14, 1836, and resumed Aug, 2, 1836. Moved permanently to Houston in Apr 1837. Fondren Library, Rice University, Holdings Aug.2, 1836-Mar.7, 1837 Houston Public Library, Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 10, 1835)-_. Publication place varied: San Felipe de Austin, Oct. 10, 1835-Mar. 24, 1836; Harrisburg, Apr. 14, 1836; Columbia, Tex., Aug. 2, 1836-Apr. 11, 1837; Houston, May 2, 1837-Mar. 1846. (see Houston Telegraph and Telegram) |
| Texas Freeman, Houston Informer, and Houston Informer and Texas Freeman | Beginning in 1893 the Texas Freeman was published by Charles N. Love; UH Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library, has on microfilm issues from 1919 to 1949 of a paper variously called "Houston Informer" and "Houston Informer and Texas Freeman". You can check the holdings at library.uh.edu. The Neumann Library has facilities for printing from microfilm or digitizing images. |
| Tri-Weekly Telegraph | Fondren Library, Rice University; Houston Public Library, Vol. 31, no. 133 (Jan. 10, 1866)-. (see Telegraph & Texas Register) |
| Weekly Telegraph | Fondren Library, Rice University; Houston Public Library, v. : ill.; 45-76 cm. Ceased Feb. 11, 1877? Sometimes called: Houston telegraph, Weekly Houston telegraph, and Houston weekly telegraph. Publishers: E.H. Cushing, 1855-1866; C.C. Gillespie, 1866-1867; J.C. Tracy, 1867-1869; W.G. Webb, 1869-1874; A.C. Gray, 1875-1877. (see Telegraph & Texas Register) |