National Intelligencer Newspaper collection
Collection Scope and Content
This collection contains issues of the National Intelligencer newspaper. These issues date from 1804-1844. This is not a complete run. The periodicals department at Gelman Library has Intelligencer on microfilm from 1800-1810 and 1813-1869.
Dates
- Creation: 1804-1844
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Historical or Biographical Note
The National Intelligencer began as a tri-weekly, first issued on October 31, 1800. It became a daily in 1813, and ceased publication January 10, 1870. It reported and published Congressional debates, and gained a national reputation as one of the leading newspapers in the United States. Two of the men who owned the paper, Joseph Gales (1786-1860) and William Seaton (1785-1866) reported on important debates in Congress and both later served as mayor of Washington, D.C. in the 1820s and 1840s.
Extent
12 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains issues of the National Intelligencer newspaper. These issues date from 1804-1844. This is not a complete run. The periodicals department at Gelman Library has Intelligencer on microfilm from 1800-1810 and 1813-1869.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to Gelman Library in 1967 by the downtown branch of American University. Additional issues have been added through purchasing.
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the The National Intelligencer Newspaper collection, 1804-1844
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
George Washington University Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
Washington DC 20052 United States of America
speccoll@gwu.edu
