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Freeport Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Includes:
Daily Review (1921-1926)
Freeport News (1921)
The Long Island Kernel (1958-1966)
Leader (1987-current)
Leader (1941-1987)
The Long Island Graphic (1961-1966)
Long Island Graphic and Roosevelt Press (1964-1966)
Nassau County Review (1898-1921)
Nassau Post (1914-1918)
Queens County Review (1895-1898)
South Side Messenger (1908-1918)
Most of these newspapers were scanned from microfilm. The collection does not include the years 1922 to 1940 or 1945. The Library does not have microfilm from this time period.
Newspapers covering Freeport from the collections of neighboring libraries
Nassau Daily Review and Nassau Star (1937-1937)
Nassau Daily Review--Star (1937-1954)
The Owl (1909-1919)
The Picket (1865-1870)
South Side Observer (1870-1918)
Brooklyn Public Library Collection
Includes:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1955)
Brooklyn Life (1890-1924)
Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island (1924-1931)
Includes:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1849-1938)
Kings County Democrat (1846-1849)
Brooklyn Historical Society Collection (Formerly known as the Long Island Historical Society)
Includes:
The Long Island Star (1809–1840)
Brooklyn Evening Star (1841–1863)
Brooklyn Daily Evening Star (1841)
Freeport Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Includes:
Queens County Review (1895-1895)
Freeport was part of Queens County until 1899, when Nassau County was established.
Includes:
Jamaica Farmer (1870-18??)
Long Island Farmer and Queens County Advertiser (1826-1862)
The Long Island Farmer (1879-19??)
Long Island Farmer (1862-1870)
The Long Island Farmer (1821-1825)
The Wave of Long Island (1893-1979)
Includes:
New York Daily Tribune (1842-1866)
New-York Tribune (1866-1924)
New-York Tribune (1841-1842)
The Sun and New York Press (1916-1916)
The Sun and the New York Herald (1920-1920)
The Evening World (1887-1931)
The Sun (1833-1916)
The Sun (1916-1920)
The Weekly Sun (1851-1869)
For a complete list of titles, click the above link and choose a county.
Click on the Borough for a complete list of titles:
Manhattan (New York County)
Bronx (Bronx County)
Staten Island (Richmond County)
For a complete list of titles, click on the above link.
The Freeport Memorial Library also has database subscription to Newsday (1940-1986) and The New York Times (1851-2012). More recent editions of these newspapers can be found on the Library's database page. You must have a Freeport library card to access this collection.
The Freeport Memorial Library has microfilm for the following local newspaper titles:
Long Island Graphic - January 1961 to December 1996
Long Island Kernel - March 1958 to April 1979
If you wish to use this microfilm, please contact Regina Feeney in the Reference Department.
The Library hopes to get these newspapers digitized in the future.