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Microforms Collections in UVic Libraries

Selected collections found in microforms.

Newspapers on Microfilm

Newspapers are organized on the shelf by Call Number.  Within each title, they are organized chronologically.  Each reel 's box is labelled with the title and date range included on that reel.  

For complete information about each title, and to verify holdings, use the library catalogue or the Journal Title Search.   Some of these titles are also held in electronic format (archival or aggregated). See the Newspaper Guide for details. 

Click through the tabs to the province you're seeking, and you'll see a list of cities, newsaper titles, date range and call numbers.

Films are located in the Microforms room, in call number order. 

See our Newspaprs guide for additional content/issues in: 

  • full text digital archives
  • recent issues in news aggregator databases
  • open digitization projects 

Canadian Newspapers on Microflm

Calgary Herald 1988-1998 AN5 C25
Edmonton  Bulletin 1880-1906 AN5 E4 
Lethbridge News 1885-1895 AN5 L4

 

British Columbia  Legislative Newspaper Index 1969-1980 AI3 B7
Alberini Valley Times

1966-1967 (as Twin City Tiimes)

1967-1987

AN5 A4 
Campbell River Upper Islander 1975-1981 AN5 C27
Comox District Free Press 1951-1970 AN5 C56
Namaimo Free Press

As Nanaimo Free Press 1874-1955

As Daily Free Press 1956-1967

As Nanaimo Daily Free Press 1967-1987

AN5 N5
New Westminster British Columbian 1861-1869 AN5 B7
Vancouver Bi/weekly World 1895-1903 AN5 V35
Vancouver Daily News Advertiser 1886-1917 AN5 D3
Vancouver Express 1970-1979 AN5 V32
Vancouver News-Herald

1933-1954 

As Herald 1954-1957

AN5 V34
Vancouver Province 1894-1987 AN5 P7
Vancouver Saturday Sunset 1907-1915 AN5 S37
Vancouver Semi-Weekly World 1895-1903 AN5 V35
Vancouver Sun

As Daily Sun 1917-1920 

As Evening Sun 1920-1924

As Vancouever Sun 1924-1927

As Vancouver Sun 1927-1959

As The Sun 1959-1973

As Vancouver Sun 1973-1983 

As The Sun 1983-1986

As Vancouver Sun 1986-2012 

AN5 S9
Vancouver Weekly News Advertiser 1888-1910 AN5 W34
Vancouver Weekly World  1888-1894  AN5 V35
VIctoria Colonist (British Colonist)  1887-1980 AN5 D2 
VIctoria Daily Standard 1870-1889 AN5 V48
VIctoria Daily Times 1884-1971 AN5 V5 
VIctoria Times-Colonist 1980-2012 AN5 T5
VIctoria Victorian  1970-1977 AN5 G73a

 

Winnipeg Daily Times 1879-1885 AN5 W47
Winnipeg Free Press 1900-1967, 1978-2015 AN5 W5
Winnipeg Nor'wester 1959-1969 AN5 N58
Winnipeg Tribune  1968-1980 AN5 W55

 

Fredericton (New Brunswick) Courier 1811-1965 AN5 N34
Fredericton (New Brunswick) Reporter 1844-1902 AN5 N343
St.John Daily News 1839-1873 AN5 S25
St. John Globe 1862-1873 AN5 S27
St. John Maritime Monthly 1873-1875 AN5 M275
St. John Telegraph Journal  1968-1987 AN5 T4

 

St. John's Courier 1862-1873 AN5 C58 
St. John's Newfoundlander 1827-1884 AN4 N38

 

Glace Bay Maritime Labour Herald 1922-1925 AN5 M3
Halifax Citizen 1863-1870 AN5 H3
Halifax Gazette 1752-1755 AN5 H23
Halifax Herald (or Chronicle Herald)

1880-1891 (as Morning Herald)

1892-1948

1949-1959 (as Chronicle Herald) 

AN5 H28
Halifax Nova Scotian (or Colonial Herald)  1824-1870 AN5 N6

 

Brockville Recorder 1830-1849 AN5 B75
Hamilton Daily TImes 1819-1868 AN5 H36
Kingston Chronicle 1819-1933 AN5 K5a
Kingston Chroncile and Gazette 1833-1945 AN5 K5b
Kingston Gazette 1810-1819 ANF K5 
Ottawa Citizen 1846-1892 AN5 O8
Ottawa Journal 1885-1980 AN5 O83
St Catherines Journal 1826-1915 AN5 S23
Toronto Body Politic 1971-1982 HQ76.5 B6
Toronto Daily Star 1937-1992 AN5 T6
Toronto Financial Post 1948-1998 AG1 F5
Toronto Globe and Mail 1844-2019 AN5 G4
Toronto Monetary Times 1909-1968 HF 5001 C3
Toronto Nation 1874-1876 AN5 N28
Toronto National Post 1998-2012  AN5 N3

 

Charlottetown Examiner 1847-1900 AN5 E9
Charlottetown  Guardian 1968-1974 AN5 INa
Charlottetown Islander  1842-1871 AN5 I83

 

Montreal L'avenir 1847-1857 AN21 A9
Montreal Le devoir 1863-1997 AN21 D4
Montreal Gazette 1875-1877, 1960-2012 AN5  G28
Montreal Herald 1811-1826, 1863-1873 AN5 H4
Montreal Le Journ 1937-1946 AP21 J6
Montreal La minerve 1826-1854 AN5 M1
Montreal Notre temps 1945-1962 AP21 N68
Montreal Star 1864-1865, 1869-1979 AN5 M6
Montreal Transcript 1936-1849 AN5 M63
Quebec Le Canadien 1806-1825 AN21 C3
Quebec Mercury 1805-1820, 1862-1873  AN5 Q4

 

 

 

Battleford Saskatchewan Herald 1878-1900 AN5 S35
Prince Albert Times 1882-1895 AN5 P68
Qu'Appelle Progress 1885-1900 AN5 Q3
Regina Leader Post 1883-1998 AN5 L3
Regina  Standard 1891-1906 AN5 R4

 

International Newspapers on MIcrofilm

Melbourne The Age 1854-1977 AN7 A4

 

Birmingham Birmingham Gazette, Or the Weekly Correspondant 1743-1801 (with gaps) AN4 B5
Bradford (West Yorkshire) Brandford Pioneer 1913-1935 AN4 B67
Bristol Apprentice Register 1700-1830 DA690 B8B72
Bristol Felix Farley's Bristol Journal 1752-1800 AN4 F4
Chester Adams Weekly Courant 1751-1778 AN4 A3
Gloucester Gloucester Journal 1731-1798 AN4 G55
LIverpool Billinge's Liverpool Advertiser and Marine Intelligencer 1794-1802 AN4 W5
  Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser 1756-1793 AN4 W5
London Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 1974-1890 GV1 I4
London International Herald 1972-1873 AN4 I5
London

Times

Index to the times (under various titles) AI21 T5,

shelved in Microforms Room.

1787-2004 AN4 T5
London Daily Universal Register 1785-1787 AN4 T5AN4 I
Manchester Chronicle, or Anderton's Universal Advertiser 1762 AM4 M18
Manchester Guardian 1969, 1978-1979 AP4 M2
Manchester Guardian Weekly 1919-1995 AP4 M3
Manchester Harrop's Manchester Mercury

1757-1925, 1825-1830, 

Various titles 

AN4 M25
Manchester Journal 1780-1781 AN4 M24
Manchester Manchester Mercury and Harrop's General Advertiser 1757-1825 AN5 M25
Manchester Prescott's Manchester Journal 1771-1780 AN5 M24
Manchester Wheeler's Liverpool Advertiser 1781-1789 AN4 M18

 

Fiji Times 1899-1969 AN7 F5

 

Paris  L'humanitie 1972-1998 AN20 H85

 

Dublin Irish Times 1912-1920 AN4 I67
Dublin IrishTImes 1959-1973 AN4 I7

 

Moscow

Pravda

Index to Pravda, AI21 P73

shelved in MIcroforms Room

1967-1991 AN50 P7

 

United States newspapers on micofilm

Los Angeles

Times

Index AN2 L62,

shelved in microforms room.

1964-1987 AN2 L6
New York

TImes

Index AI21 N44 

Shelves in microforms room

1851-2009 AN2 N5
New York VIllage Voice 1955-2011 AN2 V5
New York Wall Street Journal 1868-2009 HG1 W2

 

Portland Oregonian 1850-1889, with gaps AN2 O76
Salem Oregon Statesman 1951-1866 AN2 O74

 

Washington Post 1877-2009 AN2 W3

 

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