Sheffield Newspapers Collection

Ref: Special Collection

Title: Sheffield Newspapers Collection

Scope: A collection of late 18th and early 19th century local newspapers
Dates: 1790-1851
Extent: 6 titles
Name of creator: University of Sheffield Library

Administrative / biographical history:

The titles below are available in the Special Collections Department of the University of Sheffield´s Western Bank Library. Please note that holdings are incomplete, and that volumes and titles not included in this list may be held elsewhere in the local area.

• Iris (Sheffield)
  1794 - 1806; 1812 - 1824; 1831 - 1832
• Sheffield Courant
  1827 - 1832
• Sheffield & Rotherham Independent
  1842 - 1863
  2 copies of: 1845, 1846, 1847, 1851
• Sheffield Mercury and Hallamshire Advertiser
  1812 - 1823 (6th December); 1826 - 1828; 1832 (7th April)- 1848
  Missing: 1824, 1825, 1834 (11th - 23rd May)
  
• Sheffield Register
  1790 - 1794 (June 27)
  Microfilm set: 9 Jun 1787 - 27 Jun 1794 ( M/film 531)
  
• Sheffield Times
  1849 - 1850
  

• System of arrangement: Chronological within each title
• Subjects: Newspapers
• Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment
• Restrictions: None
• Copyright: Not applicable
• Finding aids: Listed above, and in the University Library catalogue.