Opelika Newspapers Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains digitized issues of fourteen newspapers published in Opelika, Alabama, between 1872 and 2018, scanned from microfilm. The earliest title is the Opelika Weekly Observer, first issue October 17, 1872. The most recent is the Opelika-Auburn News, which continues through December 31, 2018. Each issue is a single PDF file. The collection documents nearly 150 years of daily life, business, government, and community events in Opelika and Lee County. Coverage is incomplete. The collection contains only the issues that were preserved on microfilm and digitized, and gaps exist within every title.
Dates
- Creation: 1874 - 2018
Full Extent
768 Gigabytes (37,776 digital newspaper issues (PDF) in 14 titles)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Opelika Newspapers Collection contains 37,776 digitized issues of fourteen newspapers published in Opelika, Alabama, from October 1872 through December 2018.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in fourteen series, one for each newspaper title, ordered chronologically by the date of each paper's earliest issue. Within each series, issues are arranged chronologically.
- Author
- Murray Rice
- Date
- 7/22/2026
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Opelika Public Library Archives Repository