Newspapers of Helena

From the publication of Helena's first newspaper, Montana Radiator, in 1866 until the present, over 90 newspapers were published in Helena.  All of these newspapers are available on microfilm at the Montana Historical Society Research Center.  This wide array of newspapers represents all facets of the community:  Republicans, Democrats, Progressives, Socialists, Labor, German-Americans, Stockgrowers, Afro-Americans, and the mining industry.

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

1. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Vol. 2. Helena, Montana: Bell-Arm Corp., 1964. 12. [Shelfmark M 978.66C v.2]
2. Kurtz, Leanne. "Newspapers of the Black Community." More From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Helena, Mont.: Helena Independent Record, 1995. 65-68. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 M]
3. Lewis and Clark County. Twentieth Century Souvenir, Lewis and Clarke County, Being a Part of a Volume Soon to Be Issued Called 20th Century Souvenir of Montana, History and Exposition /. A.D.Raleigh, 1901. 29-30. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 R]
4. Burlingame, Merrill G. The Montana Frontier. Helena, Mpntana: State CO, 1942. 325. [Shelfmark M 978.6 B]
5. Smith, Jeffery J. The Montana 2000 History Calendar. Missoula, Montana: Historic Montana, 1999. Dec. 18. [Shelfmark M 978.6 SMITH]
6. Swibold, Dennis L. Copper Chorus: Mining, Politics, and the Montana Press, 1889-1959. Helena, MT.: Montana Historical Society Press, 2006. [Shelmark M071.86 S]  
7. "The Independent's Own Story." Helena Independent 26 August 1917: Pages 1-2.
8. Kurtz, Leanne. "Eloquent, Articulate Voices of Helena's Black Citzens." Independent Record 4 August 1994: Page 5A.

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

1. Vertical files, William C. Campbell, Helena Independent Record, Helena-Newspapers.
2. "The Independent's Own Story." Helena Independent 26 August 1917: Pages 1-2.
3. Swibold, Dennis L. Copper Chorus: Mining, Politics, and the Montana Press, 1889-1959. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 2006. [Shelfmark 071.86 Sw51c]
4. Campbell, William C.  From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch, 2 vol. Butte, Montana: Ashton Printing, 1951. [Shelfmark 978.6615 C15f]
5. Johnson, Charles S.  An Editor and a War: Will A. Campbell and the Helena Independent, 1914-1921. Masters Thesis, University of Montana, Missoula, 1977. [Shelfmark B C153j]
6. Myers, Rex C.  "Montana's Negro Newspapers, 1894-1911, p. 17, Montana Journalism Review, No. 16, 1973. [Shelfmark S070.05 J6]
7. Vertical Files, People's Voice and Gretchen and Harry Billings.
8. Interview, Harry Billings, MHS Archives. (OH 85)
9. People's Voice Records, MHS Archives (MC 40)
10. Kurtz, Leanne. "Eloquent, Articulate Voices of Helena's Black Citzens." Independent Record 4 August 1994: Page 5A.

State Historic Preservation Office

1. Source 1
2. Source 2
3. Source 3

On-line resources

1. http://www.helenahistory.org/buildings_of_note.htm
2. "The Independent's Own Story." Helena Independent 26 August 1917: Pages 1-2.
3. Kurtz, Leanne. "Eloquent, Articulate Voices of Helena's Black Citzens." Independent Record 4 August 1994: Page 5A.