Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus
Scope and Contents
Original copies of the Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus, a newspaper published in Cape Girardeau, [MO]
The newspaper is bound into 4 books. Dates range from 1863 Jun 18 - 1871 Jun 1 when publication ceased.
The four books are divided as follows:
Book 1: 1863 Jun 18 (Vol. I, No. 1) – 1865 Jun 8 (Vol. II, No. 52)
Book 2: 1865 Jun 15 (Vol. III, No. 1 – 1867 Jun 6 (Vol. IV, No. 52)
Book 3: 1867 Jun 13 (Vol. V, No. 1) –1869 June 3 (Vol. VI, No. 52)
Book 4: 1869 Jun 10 (Vol. VII, No. 1) –1871 Jun 1 (Vol. VII, No. 52)
Damaged Issues: 1865 Jun 15 - 1865 Jul 27
Missing Issues: 1864 May 26; 1869 Sep 16
Additional loose copies of April 21, 1870 and July 7, 1864 available in oversized storage.
Dates
- Creation: 1863-1871
Restrictions
Photocopy and scanning not permitted.
Rights Statement
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Extent
4 Volumes
1 map folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Original copies of a weekly newspaper published by W. H. Hamilton in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Provenance
Argus was donated to Special Collections in May of 2008
- Title
- Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus 1863-1871
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lisa Speer
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
One University Plaza, MS 4600
Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701 United States
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semoarchives@semo.edu