Newspapers & Other News Media

News resources available at UVA

Daily Progress

Charlottesville's daily paper, now thrice-weekly, since 1892.

Daily Progress Online (2006-2008) (2018-present)
Available through UVA's news database subscriptions.
Daily Progress on Microfilm (1893 - present)
Recent print editions held in Shannon Reference Room until microfilm arrives.
Daily Progress Digital Archive (1893 - 1964)
Read a digitized version of the Daily Progress, covering 1893-1964. No keyword searching available.

UVA Student Newspaper

UVA student newspapers are an excellent resource for learning more about student life, university concerns, and changes on campus, as well as regional news and events and town-gown relations. Resources for researching the main student newspaper are below; see other student publications for additional student newspapers.

The Cavalier Daily. The major student newspaper, formerly College Topics (see below). 1948-present.

Available online via the CD website: 1999-present.
- Online content is inconsistent 1999-2010 or so.
Available online via Google News Archive - not searchable, sometimes low quality scans. 1923-1996.
Available in print by request and in the Shannon Library Reference Room: 1948-present.
Available on microfilm: from 1948, volumes are scanned to film every 2 years.

College Topics. Now The Cavalier Daily. The University's second student newspaper. 1890-1948.

Available online via the Library of Virginia: 1890-1916.
Available in print by request and in the Shannon Library Reference Room: 1890-1948.
Available on microfilm, 1890-1948.

Searching in the Cavalier Daily and College Topics:

A handwritten index to CT and The CD (through 1994) is located in the Shannon Library Reference Room. Ask at the Shannon Reference Desk for an introduction. On 35k slips of paper housed in a card catalog, you'll find both broad topics and specific people, events, and organizations.

Clippings, or vertical, files are available to use by appointment in Shannon Library: email library@virginia.edu. These files contain more than 3k folders containing newspaper clippings and other ephemera organized by topic. View topics in the UVA and Local History files.

Black and African-American Newspapers in Charlottesville

The Reflector 1933-1935

A source for understanding the lives of Charlottesville's African Americans during the Jim Crow period.
The Reflector - selected transcribed articles: "Thomas J. Sellers edited and owned the Reflector, and we have only one surviving short run of it (a year and a half). Sellers writes about the local black community, the pain of segregation, and the success of black businesses, churches, and fraternal institutions. Sellers' perspective ranges across many national events, including the Scottsboro cases, the depression, and the New Deal."

Charlottesville Albemarle Tribune; later The Tribune 1956-2009