Military newspapers
Chinese American newspapers
County fair newspapers
Gazettes
Use for newspapers sanctioned by the U.S. or state government as official publishers.
Civil service newspapers
Unemployment newspapers
Lummi newspapers
Pro-life newspapers
Alaska Native newspapers
Use for newspapers written by indigenous groups living in Alaska.
Gay newspapers
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) newspapers
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) newspapers
Whig Party newspapers
Tabloid newspapers
Use for newspapers characterized by sensationalism, usually of a small size and presenting news in a concise form.
Ship newspapers
Migrant labor camp newspapers
Jewish newspapers
Japanese American evacuation and relocation camp newspapers
Ku Klux Klan newspapers
Syndicalist newspapers
Entertainment newspapers
Referendum newspapers
Use for newspapers of limited duration established and printed in support of local or state political issues.
Street newspapers
Anti-Masonic newspapers
Anti-Catholic newspapers
Use for newspapers which regularly feature articles which speak out against Catholicism.
Literary newspapers
Feminist newspapers
Use for newspapers advocating social and political rights of women equal to men.
Socialist newspapers
Communist newspapers
Propaganda newspapers
Use for newspapers produced by a group or movement organized for spreading a particular doctrine or system of principles.
States' rights newspapers
Use for newspapers advocating the strict interpretation of the Constitution, by which all rights not specifically delegated to the federal government belong to the states.
Veterans' newspapers
Secession newspapers
Anti-Chinese newspapers
Ghost town newspapers
Use for newspapers published in towns which are now abandoned.
Cheyenne newspapers
Labor newspapers
Industry newspapers
Use for newspapers about profit-making enterprises that produce or supply goods, services, or sources of income.
State fair newspapers
Use for newspapers of annual state agricultural exhibitions.
African American newspapers
Marxist newspapers
Religious denomination newspapers
Use specific descriptors, e.g., Baptist newspapers, Catholic newspapers, Non-denominational newspapers
Anti-slavery newspapers
Agricultural newspapers
Use for newspapers which feature general news stories and which focus on specific topics such as livestock, animal culture, produce, farm life, etc.
Non-denominational newspapers
Underground newspapers
Use for newspapers published or produced by political or social radicals or nonconformists.
Pacifist newspapers
Retirees' newspapers
Children's newspapers
Use for newspapers published by children or specifically for children.
Native American newspapers
Also apply other genre or subject headings for particular tribes and geographic locations if appropriate, e.g., Lummi newspapers; Blackfoot newspapers; Yakama newspapers.
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Baptist newspapers
Military base newspapers
Hospital newspapers
Anti-religious newspapers
Sports newspapers
Community newspapers
Use for local newspapers published for a particular neighborhood within a city or county jurisdiction.
Shopping guides
Use for local newspapers which are primarily advertising media but which include substantive local news items and articles.
Temperance newspapers
Use for newspapers advocating abstinence from the use of alcohol or prohibition by law of the sale of or manufacture of alcohol.
Amateur newspapers
Use for newspapers written, published and printed by those engaged in these pursuits as a pastime rather than as a profession.
Trade-union newspapers
Company town newspapers
Use for newspapers published for towns where one main company employs most of the community.
Democratic Party newspapers
Minority newspapers
Use specific descriptors, e.g., Jewish newspapers, Gay newspapers, etc.
Lumbering newspapers
Tribal newspapers
descriptors that identify tribal community or communities for whom the newspaper is published, e.g., Cheyenne newspapers, Lummi newspapers. Assign also the descriptor Native American newspapers.
Ethnic newspapers
Use specific two-term descriptors that identify the ethnicity of the readership, e.g., African American newspapers, Japanese American newspapers, Chinese Canadian newspapers, etc. One term applies to the readership of the newspaper who identify with a particular ethnicity (e.g., a publication produced by a Punjabi community would receive the term "Punjabi" rather than "Pakistani" or "East Indian"). Another term applies to the larger culture in which the group resides (e.g., American, Canadian).
Hispanic American newspapers
Use for newspapers by, for, and about U.S. citizens of Latin American descent.
Student newspapers
Conference newspapers
Use for newspapers published usually on a daily basis during annual meetings of major organizations.
Japanese American newspapers
Campaign newspapers
Use for newspapers published during a national or state election year which are party affiliated and usually limited to a calendar year.
Manuscript newspapers
Use for newspapers produced in long hand script.
Atheist newspapers
Multicultural newspapers
Use for newspapers about multicultural issues, racial equality, or diversity. Also use for newspapers covering issues of more than one ethnic group.
Chinese Canadian newspapers
Environmental newspapers
Republican Party newspapers
Blackfoot newspapers
Art newspapers
Use for newspapers covering news about the fine arts.
Lawyers' newspapers
Use for newspapers produced for and by lawyers.
Asian American newspapers
Business and financial newspapers
Use for newspapers which feature general news and which focus on specific topics such as insurance, investments, marketing, etc.
Free circulation newspapers
Maritime newspapers
School newspapers
Use for newspapers created by schools, but generally not by the student body, e.g., Indian school newspapers.
Pro-slavery newspapers
Mexican American newspapers
Conservative newspapers
Anti-communist newspapers
Mission newspapers
Use for newspapers produced for local or national Evangelical or missionary audiences. May be published by a church or non-denominational group.
College student newspapers
Use for newspapers written by college students about their schools, may include local, national and world news.
Tax reform newspapers
Use for newspapers advocating tax reform.
Civil rights newspapers
Strike newspapers
Use for newspapers associated with labor strikes.
High school student newspapers
Prison newspapers
Real estate development newspapers
Use for newspapers primarily intended to promote local economic activity by touting the assets of the community.
Friendly society newspapers
Use for newspapers produced under the aegis of the Masons, Odd Fellows, et al.
Women's newspapers
Use for newspapers whose intended audience is women.
Non-partisan newspapers
Lampoon newspapers
Use for newspapers which satirize current events and people.
Prohibition newspapers
Use for newspapers advocating the legal prevention of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Mining newspapers
Catholic newspapers
Resort newspapers
Use for local newspapers published for seasonal tourist audiences.
Government newspapers
Use for newspapers published by government organizations, but not by official publishers, e.g., Native American newspapers published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Suffrage newspapers
Handicapped persons' newspapers
Use for newspapers published for and about the disabled.
Anti-fascist newspapers
Medical newspapers
Anarchist newspapers
Anti-prohibition newspapers
Consumer cooperative newspapers
Fisheries newspapers
Political party newspapers
Use specific party descriptors, e.g., Democratic Party newspapers, Republican Party newspapers, Whig Party newspapers, etc.
Utopian newspapers
Use for newspapers associated with he expression of visionary or ideal schemes for the perfection of social or political conditions.
Agricultural exhibition newspapers
Use for newspapers which report on competitive exhibitions of farm products, livestock, baked goods, etc. with prizes for excellence, often combined with carnival-like entertainment, and held annually by states, counties, etc.
Summer camp newspapers
Civilian Conservation Corps newspapers
Foreign language newspapers
other genre and/or subject headings for particular groups if appropriate. Code bibliographic record for language.
Yakama newspapers