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Newspaper and Magazine Titles Available on Film or Fiche
Microfilm
| TITLE | Dates | Library |
| Argus | 1964-1965 1/1966-12/1966 1/1967-6/1968 7/1968-12/1968 |
Burien |
| Assessment of Washington Territory | 1874-1875 | Bellevue |
| Auburn Argus | 2/6/1909-3/21/1914 | Auburn |
| Auburn Globe News | 1/2/1942-12/31/1976 | Auburn |
| Auburn Daily Globe News | 1/1978-12/1986 | Auburn |
| Auburn Globe | 3/28/1914-1/27/1916 | Auburn |
| Auburn Globe Republican | 2/4/1916-12/1941 | Auburn |
| Auburn Reporter | 7/5/2006-12/29/2007 | Auburn |
| Auburn Republican | 4/7/1911-1/28/1916 | Auburn |
| Auburn Valley Daily News | 1/1987-12/1987 | Auburn |
| Bellevue American | 3/7/1935 – 8/14/1976 (which becomes Daily Journal-American) | Bellevue |
| Bothell Citizen | 5/17/1933-6/30/1955 1/5/1956-2/18/1960 |
Bothell |
| Bothell Reporter | 6/6/2002-12/31/2010 | Bothell |
| Bothell Sentinel | 1/9/1915-9/24/1921 1/21/1922-12/23/1935 |
Bothell |
| Bothell Sentinel/Northshore Citizen | 10/17/1908-12/28/1912 | Bothell |
| Carnation Enterprise | 2/8/1918-4/26/1929 | Bellevue |
| Carnavall Reporter (Carnation/Duvall) | 6/25/1953-11/12/1964 | Bellevue |
| The Citizen | 1/6/1988-9/5/1990 | Bothell |
| Compute | 1983-1988 | Auburn |
| Daily Journal-American | 8/17/1976 - 11/15/1996
[missing: 11/3/1983-11/16/1983; 1/1993 3/1993; some boxes have title Journal American] (which becomes Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Wash.)) |
Bellevue |
| A Difference | 12/1990-7/1997 | Auburn |
| Duvall Citizen | 10/16/1911-12/29/1916 | Bellevue |
| East Side Journal (Kirkland, Wash.) | 7/25/1918-12/26/1918 7/25/1919-12/25/1919 10/1922-1939 10/1941-2/1952 [gap between 8/4/1949-9/28/1949]5/1953-1974 1976 (which becomes Daily Journal-American) |
Bellevue |
| Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Wash.) | 11/16/1996-12/2003 [missing: 2/2001] | Bellevue |
| Eastsider | 06/23/1949-12/27/1961 | Bellevue |
| Enumclaw Courier Herald | 1904-2008 Some incomplete years. |
Enumclaw |
| Federal Way Mirror | 2/4/1998-2007 | Federal Way |
| Federal Way News | 4/30/1953-3/17/1965 [missing: 1/1975-6/1975] 7/4/1973-12/29/1984 [missing: 1/1984-6/1984] 1985-1/28/1998 |
Federal Way |
| Federal Way Review | 8/1954-1/1980 | Federal Way |
| Highline Times | 1954-1/28/1998 | Burien |
| Indian Voice | 5/1971-8/1980 | Federal Way |
| Island Views | 6/16/48-8/4/49 | Vashon |
| Issaquah Press | 11/07/1919 to 06/30/2010 | Issaquah |
| The Kent Advertiser | 2/2/1893 - 6/1894 | Kent |
| The Kent Advertiser-Journal | 1919-1934 | Kent |
| The Kent Advertiser-Journal and the Des Moines Intercitian | 2/1918-12/1918 | Kent |
| The Kent Journal | 1913 - 1916 | Kent |
| Kent News Journal | 1936-9/1986
[missing: 10/1972-12/1972; 7/1975-9/1975] |
Kent |
| The Kent Journal and the Des Moines Intercitian | 1/1918 | Kent |
| Kent Valley News | 1935 | Kent |
| King County Journal | 1/14/2003-09/2003 [missing: 8/2003] | Kent |
| King County Journal Eastside | 1/14/2003-12/31/2003 | Bellevue |
| King County Miscellanous Reel #5, Miscellanous, WA. | 7/1927-12/1965
(filmed by Washington Newspaper Project 1989) |
Renton |
| Life | 1/1960-12/1972 | Auburn |
| Mercer Island Reporter | 5/12/1954-6/29/1994 [missing: 12/1960-6/1964; 10/24/1991-1/28/1992; 4/23/1993-12/28/1993] | Bellevue |
| Mount St. Helens - Volcano (various local newspapers) | 5/1980 | Bellevue |
| News Tribune/Tacoma | 1/1995-12/2009 | Federal Way |
| Morning News Tribune/Tacoma | 1986-1991 [missing: 12/1/1987-12/10/1987] | Bellevue |
| Northshore Citizen | 1987 1991-6/29/1994 |
Bellevue |
| Northshore Citizen | 7/7/1955-12/29/1955 1/7/1960-12/29/1960 6/8/1961-12/30/1987 9/12/1990-12/27/2001 |
Bothell |
| Purged Corporate History Cards - Washington Secretary of State, Corporations Division | 1923-1983? (filmed in 1983) | Bellevue |
| Pacific Search | 10/1966 - 9/1973 | Burien |
| The Reflector | 1918-1934 | Bellevue |
| Renton Chronicle | 1927-1962 | Renton |
| Renton Daily Record Chronicle | 4/1981-9/1986 | Renton |
| Renton Enterprise | 4/1964-5/1966 | Renton |
| Renton News Record | 2/1931-9/1932 1935-1961 |
Renton |
| Renton Record Chronicle | 7/1927-12/1970 | Renton |
| Renton Reporter | 2007-2008 | Renton |
| Renton Town Talk | 10/1962-3/1964 | Renton |
| Sammamish Valley News | 7/1965-9/10/1980 1987-1989 |
Bellevue |
| Seattle Magazine | 4/1964-1970 | Bellevue |
| Seattle Post Intelligencer | 1909 (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition) 1969-3/17/2009 (last published issue) [missing: 3/1/1981-3/15/1981; 9/16/1990-9/30/1990] |
Bellevue |
| Seattle Post Intelligencer | 1/1/1987-9/30/2002 11/1/2002-3/17/2009 1/1/2010-12/31/2018 |
Bothell |
| Seattle Post Intelligencer | 1986-3/2009 [missing: 11/1/2001-11/15/2001; 1/2004; 4/16/2004-4/30/2004] | Kent |
| Seattle/Puget Sound Business Journal | 5/1980-5/6/2004 | Bellevue |
| Seattle Star | 12/1908-1909 | Bellevue |
| Seattle Times | 1909 (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition) 1960-2018 [missing: 7/1/1963-7/31/1963] |
Bellevue |
| Seattle Times | 1980-2018 | Federal Way |
| Seattle Times | 3/11/1980-2/28/2009 | Bothell |
| Seattle Times | 1983-2009 | Redmond | Seattle Times | 7/1970-2/1997 [missing: 4/16/1975-4/30/1975] | Burien |
| Seattle Weekly | 1990-6/24/1999 | Bellevue |
| Snoqualmie Valley Record | 7/23/1924-12/30/1971 1996-2003 |
Bellevue |
| Snoqualmie Valley Reporter | 1991-1998 [missing: 1992] | Bellevue |
| Snoqualmie Valley/North Bend Record | 1972-1995 | Bellevue |
| South County Journal | 12/1996-12/1998 | Renton |
| South County Journal | 12/1996-1999 | Auburn |
| South County Journal | 11/1996-1999 [missing: 2/1999; 11/16/1999-11/30/1999] | Kent |
| U.S. Bureau of Land Management Plats (Washington and Oregon) | 1966 | Bellevue |
| U.S. Census | 9th-12th Censuses (selected) | Issaquah |
| Valley Daily News | 10/1986-11/1996 | Renton |
| Valley Daily News | 10/1986-1996 [missing: 8/1987] | Kent |
| Valley Daily News Kent Ed. | 1/1989-10/1996 | Auburn |
| Valley Daily News/Auburn Globe Ed. | 1/1987-6/1990 | Auburn |
| Vashon Island News | 5/24/1907-6/17/1915 10/26/1916-11/1919-4/22/1920 |
Vashon |
| Vashon Island Press | 6/4/1895-1/26/1897 [incomplete coverage noted on box] |
Vashon |
| Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber | 12/1985-12/1987 7/1995-2003 |
Vashon |
| Washington Census Rolls | 1857-1892 (selected) | Bellevue |
| Washington Co-Operator/Auburn Version | 12/5/1922-11/27/1924 | Auburn |
| Woodinville Weekly | 7/1978-12/1989 | Bellevue |
| World War II & Civil Defense, Washington State, Paul Billingsley Comp. | 6/1941-2/1945 | Vashon |
Microfiche
| TITLE | Dates | Library |
| Island Shopping News | 2/09/1950-6/28/1951 | Vashon |
| Islander | 1/7/1954-5/27/1954 | Vashon |
| Islander News Record | 6/3/1954-5/29/1958 | Vashon |
| Vashon Island News | 06-14-1907 to 06-17-1915 [missing: 1/1/1910-7/1/1914; 7/3/1914-6/16/1915] | Vashon |
| Vashon Island News Record | 12/18-1919 to 01/19/1950 [missing: 1/6/1928, 1/1/1931, 11/5/1936, 11/12/1936] 5/18/1950 to 5/27/1954 |
Vashon |
| Vashon Island Record | 10/26/1916 to 12/11/1919 | Vashon |
| Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber | 3/7/1957-6/28/1995 [missing: 9/7/1958; 3/19/1970; 2/17/1972; 9/28/1972; 1/5/1995; 1/12/1995; 1/19/1995; 6/14/1995] | Vashon |
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