Newspapers
We currently subscribe to the following papers which are available in our reading room:
- Daily Union (Fort Atkinson, WI)
- State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Wall Street Journal (New York, NY)
Online
Local – Daily Jefferson County Union
Within the last 60 days – The Daily Jefferson County Union is not available online within the last 60 days. Please visit the Dwight Foster Public Library to explore the physcial copy of the newspaper.
2 months ago to 2005 – The link will send you to the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers which will allow you to look at the Daily Jefferson County Union. We suggest using the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers Info Sheet to help understand how best to search within the Archive.
1870 to 2005 – The link will send to the Historical section of the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers within Badgerlink. We suggest using the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers Info Sheet to help understand how best to search with the Archive.
State
2 months ago to 2005 – The link will send you to the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers which will allow you to serach within local papers around Wisconsin. We suggest using the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers Info Sheet to help understand how best to search within the Archive.
Start of the paper to 2005 – The link will send to the Historical section of the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers within Badgerlink. We suggest using the Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers Info Sheet to help understand how best to search within the Archive.
National
1700s to 2000s – Newspapers.com is a historical newspapers archive from the 1700s – 2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries. We suggest watching this video to best understand how to search within Newspapers.com.
Newspapers (Microfilm & Local Digitization)
Microfilm – and a reader are available in our computer lab. We can provide assistance to view the Daily Jefferson County Union from 1870 to December 2018.
Digitized Microfilm – In our computer lab, we provide digital access to view the Daily Jefferson County Union from 1870 to December 2018. The scans of the paper will open as pdfs and may be searched through the ‘find’ feature within the pdf to assist with finding a specific person or event.