Newspaper holdings

The History Centre has a large number of local newspaper titles available on microfilm, with main runs dating from 1787, in addition to the more general York Courant (1725-1848). Important titles include:-

Title	Covering Dates
Hull Packet	1787 - 1886
Hull Advertiser	1794 - 1867
Hull Rockingham	1808 - 1840
Eastern Counties Herald	1838 - 1884
Eastern Morning News	1864 - 1929
Hull News	1852 - 1929
Hull Times (City and County Editions)	1857 - 1984
Hull Daily News/Evening News	1884 - 1930
Hull Daily Mail	1885 - Date
The Hull Sentinel (continuing in paper copy until 1963)	1928 - 1950

A brief history of Hull Newspapers is available.

We also hold copies of the various free newspapers – e.g. The Hull Star and The Hull Advertiser – as well as the Flashback series.

Indexes
We also have a selection of subject indexes for some of our newspaper collections available to view in the History Centre, included are:

Hull Advertiser, 1794-1825; edited by K. A. MacMahon

Hull Advertiser, 1826-1857; by J. Meadley (2 vols)

Hull Times, 1857-1945; by J. Meadley (edited by Robert Barnard, 7 vols)

A card index to Hull Advertiser obituaries, 1800-1850.

Card indexes for the Hull Daily Mail covering the years 1964-1972 and 1986-1998.

There is also an index available for the Hull Daily Mail from 1998 onwards to view please ask staff for details.