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Newport Miner

Table of Contents [Hide/Show] Title    Digitization plan    History       NEH Approved Essay       Essay Notes    Research Reel    Notes    Evaluation       Totals

Title¶

• Ayer Annual¹
  • Content: Independent Republican
  • Established: 1899
  • Pages: 8
  • Size: 15x22
  • Editor: Clyde C. Henion / W.R. Herbert
  • Publisher: Miner Publishing Company
• Frequency: Weekly
• Coverage
  • Region: Northeast
  • County: Pend Oreille
• Unique ids
  • LCCN: sn87008085
  • OCLC: 15248685
    

Digitization plan¶

2010 grant

• Plan to digitize 1907-1912 (5 reels)
  

History¶

• Preceding title: Newport Pilot (1897-1900)
• Related title: The Gem State miner (Old Town, Ida.) 1971-current
  

NEH Approved Essay¶

Newport, Washington, is located in the Pend Oreille Valley on the Washington/Idaho border. It was established in 1895 when townspeople from Newport (now Oldtown), Idaho migrated west with the Great Northern Railway line. Newport grew steadily as settlers developed agriculture (alfalfa and cattle), logging, milling (lumber and saw), and mining industries.

The origin of the Newport Miner is a subject of debate amongst local historians. Many believe that the Miner was originally published as the Newport Pilot LCCN sn88085919 in 1897-1900 and became known as the Newport Miner thereafter. However, others maintain that the Pilot and Miner were separately published weekly newspapers which merged sometime in 1900. This view is supported by bibliographic records found in Washington State Union List of Newspapers on Microfilm (1991) which indicates that the Pilot was “absorbed by,” as opposed to “continued by,” the Miner. The exact start date of the Miner is also contested by historians. According to current Miner publisher, Fred Willenbrock, “there are no known remaining copies of the first issue. Writings at the Pend Oreille County Historical Museum in Newport state that the first issue of the Miner was dated Aug. 19, 1899. The first issues that are known to exist are both at the museum – June 30, 1900, and July 7, 1900. These are the last two issues of the first year of publication. The second year of publication began on July 14, 1900, making one question the authenticity of the August startup date.” The Union List simply states that the Miner began in 1899 and thus cannot help clarify the ambiguity of the paper’s start date.

Fred L. Wolf was editor of the Miner in1907-12 and often used the paper as a platform for his personal interests. He dedicated significant space in the Miner to the establishment of the Flathead Indian Reservation (approved by Congress in 1904 and opened in 1909), the opening of the Newport Public Library in 1909, and the approval of the development of Pend Oreille County and its subsequent division from Stevens County in 1911. In addition to Wolf’s local causes, the Miner also featured short stories, serialized fiction, legal notices, local news briefs, and advertisements during this period.

Wolf remained at the helm of the paper for 38 years and is considered one of Pend Oreille’s greatest promoters and benefactors. The Miner has had several editors since but has continued as Newport’s primary weekly newspaper. In 1971, the paper also began being published as the Gem State Miner LCCN sn89055102, serving Newport’s sister city of Oldtown, Idaho.

Essay Notes¶

Arksey, Laura. "Brief History of Pend Oreille County." 2006. http://www.pendoreilleco.org/about/history.asp

City of Newport. "About Newport, Washington." 2011. http://www.newport-wa.org/other/about.html

Palmer, Gayle. L. ed. Washington State Union List of Newspapers on Microfilm. Olympia, WA: Washington State Library. 1991. http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/record=b2574142~S6

Pend Oreille Historical Society. "Historical and Genealogical Research Archives." http://www.pocmuseum.org/research.html

Willenbrock, Fred. "Newspaper Arrives before Most Institutions." The Miner. December 28, 2011. http://issuu.com/thenewportminer/docs/centennial_pages/1?mode=a_p

Research¶

1. N.W. Ayer & Son's American newspaper annual -- 1907 -- 908
2. NDNP Candidate Title List (Appendix A1.2)
3. Chronicling America record (LOC) - Newport Miner
4. WorldCat record - Newport Miner
5. WSL record - Newport Miner
6. UW record - Newport Miner
   

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Reel¶

• Filmed by: WSL in 1967
• Positives held by: WSL
  • Call Number: 33/B
  • Film condition: 1A position, dark film
  • Library holds: Nov. 09, 1907- Dec. 26, 1912; Lacks: (Jan 03 1913-Nov 23 1922); Nov. 30, 1922; Lacks: (Dec 07 1922-Feb 03, 1966); Feb. 10, 1966-
• Negatives held by: Proquest
  • Call Number: 67043
    

Notes¶

Evaluation¶

See Newport miner eval spreadsheets

Totals¶

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