Newspapers – Hudson Memory

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The Hudson Library owns virtually a complete run of Hudson newspapers from 1828 to the present and 19th century area newspapers like the Ravenna Republican and the Summit County Beacon.

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A subject index to major news items in Hudson, Ohio, newspapers and news sources from 1903 to present day is available in an online searchable index. Full-text articles are available in the library on microfilm. Contact us for more information.

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Digitized newspapers - 1910-1920

The Hudson Independent, from 1910-1920 and The Hudson Citizen, published from 1914-1916, are now digitized and keyword searchable through Ohio Memory. The newspapers include community news of Hudson, Ohio, and the surrounding communities of northern Summit County including Twinsburg, Macedonia, Northfield, and Peninsula.

This project was funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant.

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NEWSPAPER TITLE	Place of Publication	Publisher	Dates of publication	Description	Frequency	Notes	Available Online	HLHS OWNS	START	END
Cleveland observer	Cleveland [Ohio]	Ansel R. Clark & Co.	1837-1840	Vol. 11, no. 28 (Sept. 28, 1837)-v. 13, no. 42 [i.e. 44] (Apr. 1, 1840) = whole no. 523-whole no. 643.	Weekly	Suspended Nov. 1, 1838-Jan. 9, 1839.		September 28, 1837-April 1, 1840	September 28, 1837	April 1, 1840
College City Venture	Hudson, Ohio	E.F. Chittenden & Brother	1856		Weekly			v.1, no.4 (July 29, 1856) [microfiche] v.1, no.1 (unbound)
Express								1899
Hudson Citizen	Hudson, Ohio	E.D. Sargent	1914-1916	Ceased May 4, 1916?; Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 9, 1914)-	Weekly		Available through Ohio Memory	August 6, 1914-December 31, 1914; April 9, 1914-July 16, 1914; January 7, 1915-May 4, 1916	8/6/1914	5/4/1916
Hudson Enterprise	Hudson, Ohio	M. H. McDonald	1875-1881	Began in May 1875; ceased with Nov. 19, 1881 issue.	Weekly			1879-1881
Hudson Enterprise	Hudson, Ohio	M.H. McDonald	1875-1881	Began in May 1875; ceased with Nov. 19, 1881 issue.	Weekly	Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 48 (Apr. 7, 1876).		November 1, 1879-November 19, 1881 (no January 1881)	November 1, 1879	November 19, 1881
Hudson Herald	Hudson, Ohio	J.C. Kunzog	[1921-1930]	[Ceased Apr. 9, 1930?]				April 14, 1921-November 19, 1927 (some filmed in reverse order); April 25, 1929-April 9, 1930 [microfiche]; v.1 n.1-v.9 n.18 (April 14,1921-March 26,1930) [physical]	4/14/1921	4/9/1930
Hudson Hub-Times	Hudson, Ohio	Record Pub. Co.	1980-current	Vol. 48, no. 36 (Feb. 6, 1980)-	Semiweekly Oct. 5, 1988			January 7, 1981-2000	1/7/1981
Hudson Independent	Hudson, Ohio	F.E. Goodwin	1896-1914	TO: v.19, no. 4 (Apr. 3, 1914); Began in 1896	weekly		1910-1920 available through Ohio Memory	January 22, 1897-April 8, 1914 (1898 missing, 1897, 1899, and 1901 incomplete)	January 22, 1897	4/8/1914
Hudson Observer								1854
Hudson Times	Hudson, Ohio	Old Trail Press	1975-1980	Vol. 45, no.37 (Jan. 29, 1975)-v.48, no.35 (Jan. 30, 1980)	Weekly			July 30, 1975-December 27, 1979	7/30/1975	12/27/1979
North Summit Times	Hudson, Ohio	[s.n.]	1858-1975	Vol. 27, no. 7 (Sept. 26, 1958)-v.45, no. 36 (Jan. 23, 1975)	Weekly			January 2, 1959-July 23, 1975	1/2/1959	7/23/1975
Observer and Telegraph	Hudson, Portage County, Ohio	Warren Isham	1830-1833	New ser., v.1, no. 1 (Mar. 5, 1830)-new ser., v. 4, no. 30 (Sept. 21, 1833)	Weekly			March 5, 1830-September 21, 1833	March 5, 1830	September 21, 1833
Ohio Observer	Hudson, Ohio	Charles Aiken	1840-1855	Vol. 13, no. 45 (Apr. 16, 1840)-v. 29, no. 43 (June 20, 1855) = whole no. 644-	Weekly	Issued with: Register (Hudson, Ohio : 1854), Jan. 11, 1854-Aug. 9, 1854.		September 28, 1833-June 20, 1855	September 28, 1833	June 20, 1855
Portage County Democrat	Ravenna, Ohio	Hall, Herrick & Wadsworth	1854-1868	New ser., v. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 5, 1854)-new ser., v. 15, no. 38 (Dec. 2, 1868).	Weekly		1859-18648 available online through Chronicling America	August 25, 1858-October 7, 1874 (1859-1860 missing); October 14, 1874-May 3, 1876	August 25, 1858	May 3, 1876
Portage County Republican Democrat	Ravenna, Ohio	L.W. Hall & Son	1868-1876	New ser., v. 15, no. 39 (Dec. 9, 1868)-new ser., v. 23, no. 8 (May 3, 1876) = old ser., v. 40, no. 4-old ser., v. 48, no. 23 = whole no. 767-whole no. 1152.	Weekly			May 10, 1876-August 28, 1878	May 10, 1876	August 28, 1878
Ravenna Republican	Ravenna, Portage County, O. [Ohio]	Republican-Democrat Pub. Ltd.	1883-1928	Vol. 53, no. 10 (May 2, 1883)-v. 89, no. 153 (Jan. 9, 1925); v. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 12, 1925)-v. 4, no. 46 (Feb. 29, 1928).	Daily (except Sat. and Sun.) Jan. 12, 1925-Feb. 29, 1928			May 2, 1883-December 31, 1884; December 23, 1891-	May 2, 1883	12/19/1901
Republican Democrat	Ravenna, Ohio	L.W. Hall & Son	1876-1883	New ser, v. 23, no. 10 (May 10, 1876)-new ser., v. 30, no. 9 (Apr. 25, 1883) = old ser., v. 48, no. 25-old ser., v. 53, no. 19 = whole no. 1154-whole no. 1517.	Weekly			September 4, 1878-November 16, 1881; November 23, 1881-April 25, 1883; January 7, 1885-December 16, 1891	September 4, 1878	December 16, 1891
The Chagrin Falls Exponent	Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio	Stranahan & Hohler	1874-1964	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 8, 1874)-v. 90. no. 13 (Mar. 27, 1964).	Weekly July 3, 1930-Mar. 27, 1964		1874-1903 available through Ohio Memory	1880-1893	2/22/1905	3/7/1905
The Family Visitor	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Hudson, Ohio	.P. Kirtland, S. St. John & O.H. Knapp	1850-1853	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 3, 1850)-v. 3, no. 53 (May 10, 1853).	Weekly Jan 2, 1851-	Beginning with the Apr. 10, 1850 issue, the paper was published simultaneously in Cleveland and Hudson, Ohio.		January 3, 1850-May 3, 1853	January 3, 1850	May 3, 1853
The Hudson Times	Hudson, Ohio	Hudson Times Co.	1930-1934	Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 22, 1930)-v.4, no. 46 (Mar. 30, 1934).	Weekly			May 22, 1930-December 28, 1934	5/22/1930	12/28/1934
The Independent	Hudson, Ohio	R.E. Chapin	1914-1919	Vol. 19, no. 15 (Apr. 10, 1914)-v. 22, no. 25 (Jan. 9, 1919).	Weekly			April 10, 1914-December 30, 1915; June 20, 1916-December 26, 1918	4/10/1914	12/26/1918
The Northern Summit Independent	Hudson, Ohio	A.W. Chamberlain	1919-1920	Vol. 22, no. 26 (Jan. 16, 1919)-Sept. 17, 1920	Weekly			January 2, 1919-August 20, 1920	1/2/1919	8/20/1920
The Observer	Hudson, Ohio	Hudson Publishing Co., Inc.	1947-1948					January 30, 1947-February 19, 1948	1/30/1947	2/19/1948
The Ohio Star	Ravenna, Ohio	L.L. Rice	1830-1854	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 6, 1830)-v. 25, no. 16 (Mar. 22, 1854) = [whole] no. 53-whole no. 1264.	Weekly		1852-1854 available through Chronicling America	January 6, 1830-December 24, 1835; December 27, 1838-December 17, 1840	January 6, 1830	December 17, 1840
The Register	Hudson, Ohio	Rev. J.C. Hart	1854-185?	No. 1 (Jan. 11, 1854)-	Weekly	Issued with: Ohio observer (Hudson Ohio : 1840), Jan 11, 1854-Aug. 9, 1854.		1853-1854
The Times	Hudson, Ohio	Summit Pub. Co.	1934-1958	Vol. 4, no. 47 [Apr. 6, 1934]-v. 27, no. 6 (Sept. 19, 1958).	Weekly	Issue for Apr. 6, 1934 misdated Mar. 6, 1934.		January 4, 1935–December 26, 1958	1/4/1935	12/26/1958
Western Intelligencer	Cleveland, Ohio; Hudson, Ohio	J.G. & D.B. M’Lain and Kingsbury	1827-1830	Vol. 1 (July 20, 1827)-v. 5, no. 1 (Feb. 9 [i.e. 11], 1830).	Weekly	Published in: Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 1827-June 4, 1828; and: Hudson, Ohio, June 21, 1828-Feb. 11, 1830.		July 20, 1827-February 11, 1830	July 20, 1827	February 11, 1830
Western Courier and Portage County Democrat	Ravenna, Ohio	John Harmon	1833-1837	Vol. 9, no. 1 (May 2, 1833)-v. 12, no. 35 (Jan. 5, 1837).	Weekly
Western Courier	Ravenna, Ohio	Selby & Robbins	1837-1838	Ceased in 1838. Vol. 12, no. 36 (Jan. 12, 1837)-	Weekly		Available through Chronicling America

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