Chess Archaeology - Excavations: Jack O'Keefe Project

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Excavations

Jack O'Keefe Project Holdings

Jack O'Keefe Project Index • Jack O'Keefe Project Timeline Tool

Editors: Joseph, S.M.; Orchard, I.E.; Redwine, J.B.; Robinson, W.G. (see Newark Sunday Call 1877.03.11); Wurm, A.F.
Chess Columns: 1877.01.20-1877.09.29: [P#3 to P#29½] Not stated (probably Robinson); 1878.01.12-1879.10.04: [P#42 to P#111?] Wurm; 1886.09.18-1888.08.25: [P#1 to P#569] Redwine; 1888.12.08-1890.03.22: [P#580 to P#745] Joseph; 1891.05.02-1891.09.05: [P#1 to P#31] Orchard
Missing Chess Columns [1877.01.06-1879.09.06]: 1877.01.06-1877.01.13: [P#1 to P#2]; 1877.02.03-1877.02.17: [P#5 to P#7]; 1877.03.03-1877.05.12: [P#9 to P#11]; 1877.05.26-1877.06.30: [P#13 to P#16]; 1877.07.21-1877.09.01: [P#19 to P#25]; 1877.09.22: [P#28,P#28½]; 1877.10.06-1878.01.05: [P#30 to P#41]; 1878.03.30: [P#50]; 1878.04.27: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1878.08.03: [P#62]; 1878.08.17: [P#64]; 1878.10.12: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1878.11.02: [?] (Page missing; unsearched); 1879.01.04-1879.01.18: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1879.03.15: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1879.04.19: [P#84]; 1879.05.03: [P#86] (Page missing); 1879.05.17: [P#88] (Issue missing); 1879.06.14: [P#92] (Issue missing); 1879.07.05: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1879.08.09: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1879.09.06: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched)
Missing Chess Columns [1886.09.18-1890.03.22]: 1886.09.25: [P#5 to P#9] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1886.10.16-1886.11.06: [P#12 to P#20] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1886.11.20-1886.12.11: [P#24 to P#34] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.08.18: [P#555-561] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1888.09.01: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1888.09.29-1888.10.06: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.10.27-1888.11.03: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.11.17-1888.12.01: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.12.15-1889.03.31: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.04.13-1889.04.20: [P#611 to P#614] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.05.04: [P#617 to P#618] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1889.06.01: [P#625 to P#626] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1889.06.29-1889.07.13: [P#633 to P#639] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.08.10-1889.10.19: [P#647 to P#677] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.11.02: [P#681 to P#684] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1889.11.16-1890.01.04: [P#688 to P#706] (Issues missing; unsearched)
Missing Chess Columns [1891.05.02-1891.09.05]: 1891.06.27: [P#18-P#19] (No column found in online edition); 1891.07.11-1891.07.18: [P#22] (Issues missing and incomplete); 1891.08.08: [P#25] (Issue incomplete); 1891.08.29: [P#28-P#29] (Issue incomplete)
Source: Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive

Editor: Sellman, Alexander G.; Schapiro, M.
Chess Columns: 1880.05.30-1886.09.12: [P#1 to P#332] Sellman; 1899.08.06-1899.12.24: [P#1 to P#39] Schapiro; 1900.02.25-1900.09.16: [P#56 to P#115] Schapiro; 1901.01.06-1901.09.29: [P#145 to P#222] Schapiro
Chess News: 1899.07.30
Missing Chess Columns: 1881.02.20: [P#38] Missing from Google; 1881.07.17: [P#59] Poor quality column from Google; 1882.09.10: [P#124] Missing from Google; 1883.01.21-1883.01.28 [P#144 to P#145]; 1883.03.11: [P#151] Missing page from Google; 1883.12.23: [P#191] Missing page from Google; 1884.01.20: [P#195] Missing page from Google; 1884.03.09: [P#202] Missing page from Google; 1884.08.17: [P#225] Poor quality column from Google; 1885.12.06: [P#294] Missing supplement section from Google?; 1886.06.27: [P#321] Google copy is incomplete; 1900.09.23-1900.12.30: [P#116 to P#144] Missing from Google
Missing Chess Columns: 1899.12.31-1900.02.18 [P#40 to P#55]
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser; Google Newspaper Archive: Baltimore American

Editor: Sellman, Alexander G.; Steinitz, W.
Chess Columns: 1886.11.07-1887.04.24: [P#1 to P#25] Sellman; 1893.09.17-1893.09.24: [P#1 to P#2] Steinitz
Missing Chess Columns: 1886.12.05: [P#5] Missing from Google (see Weekly Herald 12/10/1886); 1887.05.01-1887.08.28: [P#?] Missing from Google (unsearched)
Notes: Column reprinted in the Weekly Herald (possibily syndicated to other Herald newspapers?); Google missing May-Aug 1887; column apparently ends during this period; no column found for Sep 1887
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive

Editor: Sellman, Alexander G.
Chess Columns: 1886.11.12-1887.04.29: [P#1 to P#25] Sellman
Missing Chess Columns: 1886.11.12-1886.11.26: [P#1-P#3]; 1886.12.17-1887.01.07: [P#6-P#9]; 1887.01.21-1887.01.28: [P#11-P#12]; 1887.02.25: [P#16]; 1887.03.11: [P#18]; 1887.04.01: [P#21]; 1887.04.15-1887.04.22: [P#23-P#24]; 1887.05.01-1887.08.28: [P#?] Missing from Google (unsearched)
Notes: Column reprinted from the Sunday Herald (possibily syndicated to other Herald newspapers?); Google missing May-Aug 1887; column apparently ends during this period; no column found for Sep 1887
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive

Editor: Hazeltine, Miron J.
Notes: 1873.11.15-1873.11.22: Published out of order
Chess Columns: 1872.08.31-1873.12.27: [P#1 to P#52] Hazeltine
Missing Chess Columns: 1873.01.05-1873.01.18: [P#17 to P#19]; 1874.??.??-18??.??.??: Missing from Google
Sources: Google News Archive

Chess Editor: Walker, Geo.
Chess Columns: 1835.01.04-1836.12.25: Not stated (probably Walker)
Source: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Columns: 1895.12.29-1896.01.05
Chess News: 1894.12.30-1901.02.20
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Source:: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL)

Chess Editor: Young, F.K.
Chess Columns: 1889.03.10-1889.05.26
Chess News: 1889.01.03-1889.05.28
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Editor: Curan, W.W.

Editor: Allen, H.C.
Chess Columns: 1880.04-1881.01: [P#1 to P#47] Allen
Missing Chess Columns: 1881.02-1881.03 [P#?] Appears to be missing
Sources: Google Books

Editors: Chadwick, Henry; Frère, Thomas; Helms, Hermann
Chess Columns: 1859.03.11: [P#1] Frère; 1892.11.30-1893.01.19: [P#1 to P#6] Chadwick; 1893.10.23-1894.12.27: [P#1 to P#58] Helms
Missing Chess Columns: 1895.??.??-195?.??.?? [P#59 to P#?]
Daily News Items: Many appear with HC initials (probably Chadwick)
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL); Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online

Editor: Broughton, L.D.Jr.
Chess Columns: 1892.01.02-1892.06.25: [P#8 to P#33] Broughton; 1893.01.05-1894.12.29: [P#61 to P#165] Broughton
Chess News: 1893.01.05-1894.12.24: Probably Broughton
Missing Chess Columns: 1891.??.??-1891.12.26: [P#1 to P#7]; 1892.07.01-1892.12.31: [P#34 to P#60]; 1893.07.08: [P#87]; 1894.06.30: [P#138] (incomplete)
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL); Pope (photocopies from John G. White scrapbook via Cleveland Public Library)

Editors: Thornton, G.H.
Chess Columns: 1875.02: [P#2] Thornton; 1876.01: [P#13] Thornton; 1876.05-1876.11: [P#17 to P#20] Thornton; 1877.02: [P#23] Thornton
Missing Chess Columns: 1875.04: [P#1]; 1875.06-1875.12: [P#3 to P12]; 1876.01: [P#13] incomplete; 1876.02-1876.04: [P#14 to P#16]; 1877.01: [P#21 to P#22]
Sources: Google Books

Chess Columns: 1900.10.20-1901.01.05
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Editor: Orchard, I.E. (see Hartford Weekly Times 1879.01.30); Witsell, Edward F. (see Charleston Sunday News, 1899.01.07)
Chess Columns: 1882.01.01-1882.06.18: [P#160 to P#184] Not stated (probably Orchard); 1882.07.02-1888.01.29: [P#186 to P#472] Unknown; 1888.06.24-1889.07.14: [P#493 to P#548] Unknown; 1889.12.29-1890.07.20: [P#572 to P#602] Unknown; 1890.12.14-1892.12.18: [P#623 to P#726] Unknown; 1893.01.01-1894.08.12: [P#729 to P#840] Unknown; 1894.12.02-1894.12.30: [P#865 to P#869] Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 187?.??.??-1881.12.25: [P#1 to P#159]; 1882.06.25: [P#185]; 1884.12.07: [P#311] Searched and not found. Possibily not published; 1888.02.05-1888.06.17: [P#473 to P#492]; 1889.07.21-1889.12.22: [P#549 to P#571]; 1890.07.27-1890.12.07: [P#603 to P#622]; 1892.12.25: [P#727 to P#728]; 1893.09.10: [P#780 to P#781]; 1894.06.10: [P#830]; 1894.08.19-1894.11.25: [P#841 to P#864]
Notes: Searched 1884.12.01 through 1884.12.13 for P#311. Column not found. This column may have been skipped, hence the double publishing of P#312?; 1884.12.14 and 1884.12.21 contain the same column
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives (News and Courier); Google Newspaper Archives (Sunday News)

Editor: Brock, T.D. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1881.03.13)
Chess Columns: 1875.11.21-1879.12.07: [P#1 to P#208] Not stated (possibly Brock?)
Missing Chess Columns: 1875.12.26: [P#6] Incomplete; 1877.04.08: [P#71] Incomplete
Sources: Joost van Winsen

Chess Editor: Miller, C.W.
Chess Columns: 1878.12.14-1879.03.29
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Columns: 1876.05.27-1876.07.27: [P#1 to P#9]
Notes: Two problem #1s
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Columns (reprinted from the Weekly edition): 1859.01.09-1859.09.11: [P#9 to P#44] Unknown
News Items: 1851.11.26-1867.08.11
Missing Chess Columns: 1858.??.??-1859.01.08: [P#1 to P#8] (may not exist in the Daily edition); 1859.02.13-1859.02.20: [P#14 to P#15]; 1859.03.06-1859.04.24: [P#17 to P#24]
Sources: California Digital Newspaper Collection

Chess Columns: 1859.01.13-1867.01.31: [P#1-P#23]
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Columns: 1901.09.29-1902.05.18: [P#26 to P#117] Not stated
Missing Chess Columns: 1901.??.??-1901.08.22: [P#1 to P#25]; 1901.11.24-1901.12.01: [P#47 to P#52]; 1902.01.12-1902.02.02: [P#67 to P#78]
Notes: Columns reprinted in the Des Moines Weekly Leader
Sources: Joost van Winsen

Chess Columns: 1901.08.29-1901.12.26: [P#8 to P#61] Not stated; 1902.03.27: [P#95 to P#97] Not stated; 1902.04.24: [P#104 to P#105] Not stated
Missing Chess Columns: 1901.08.??-1901.08.22: [P#1 to P#7]; 1901.10.17: [P#29 to P#31]; 1901.10.31: [P#35 to P#37] Incomplete; 1901.11.21: [P#44 to P#46]; 1902.01.21-1902.03.20: [P#62 to P#94]; 1902.04.03-1902.04.17: [P#98 to P#103]
Notes: Columns reprinted from the Des Moines Leader
Sources: Joost van Winsen

Chess Columns: 1918.01.01-1918.03.27: [P#4 to P#16]
Missing Columns: 1917.12.11-1917.12.25: [P#1 to P#3]; 1918.03.06: [P#13]
Notes:: Google is missing April through June, 1918.; Column appears to end before July 1918.
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives

Chess Editor: Abbott, J.W.
Chess Columns: 1872.06.07-1873.09.12: [P#1 to P#96] Abbott
Missing Columns: 1872.09.27: [P#17] Abbott; 1873.03.14: [P#46-P#47] Abbott
Source: Hathi Trust Digital Library

Editors: Frère, Thomas; Fuller, W.J.A.; Marache, Napoleon; Montgomery, W.W.
Chess Columns: 1855.12.15-1855.12.22: [P#1 to P#2] Not stated; 1855.12.29-1856.10.25: [P#3 to P#46] Not stated (probably Fuller); 1856.11.01-1856.11.15: [P#47 to P#49] Marache; 1856.11.22-1857.01.03: [P#50 to P#56] Fuller; 1857.01.10-1857.08.22: [P#57 to P#89] Not stated (probably Montgomery); 1857.08.29-1858.04.03: [P#90 to P#120] Marache; 1858.04.10-1861.11.23: [P#121 to P#305] Frère
Missing Chess Columns: 1856.02.09: [P#9] Incomplete; 1856.05.10: [P#22] Incomplete; 1856.06.07: [P#26] Incomplete; 1856.09.13: [P#40] Incomplete; 1856.12.20: [P#54] Incomplete?; 1857.03.21: [P#67] Missing; 1858.03.12: Missing? (check for games); 1858.03.19: [P#187] Incomplete; 1858.05.07: Missing? (check for games); 1858.07.02: Missing? (check for games); 1858.07.23: [P#204] Incomplete; 1858.10.22: Missing? (check for games); 1858.12.10-1858.12.17: Missing? (check for games); 1860.07.07: [P#244] Incomplete; 1860.09.08: [P#258] Incomplete; 1860.10.13: [P#264 tp P#268] Incomplete; 1860.12.01: [P#273] Incomplete; 1861.04.13: [P#289] Incomplete; 1861.04.27: [P#291] Incomplete
Notes: Dating is suspect from 1859.07.30 to 1861.11.23
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm x122, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library)

Editor: Stanley, Charles Henry
Chess Columns: 1855.01.01-1856.09.01: [P#1 to P#19] Not stated (probably Stanley)
Missing Chess Columns: 1855.12.01 [P#12]: Missing from Google Books copy
Sources: Google Books

Chess Columns: 1866.07.26-1867.01.31: [P#1-P#22]; 1867.01.10-1867.01.17: [P#24-P#25]; 1867.01.31: [P#27]
Missing Columns: 1867.01.03: [P#23]; 1867.01.24: [P#26]
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Columns: 1888.02.12-1888.03.18: Not stated; 1888.03.25-1892.04.24: [P#1 to P#199] Not stated
Notes: Problems 96 to 99 are numbered 66 to 69
Sources: Joost van Winsen

Chess Columns: 1866.06.25-1867.12.06: [P#1 to P#65] Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1866.07.16: [P#4]; 1866.09.17: [P#10]; 1866.11.12: [P#17]; 1867.01.28 or 1867.02.01: [P#25]; 1867.07.19: [?]; 1867.08.09: [?]
Notes: Columns reprinted from the Macon Telegraph; Searched through Dec 1874
Sources: Macon Telegraph Archive; Joust van Winsen

Editor: Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1858.10.02-1859.06.11: [P#1 to P#25] Stanley
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from original bound copies via interlibrary loan from CRL)

Editor: Belden, John G.
Chess Columns: 1871.01.21-1873.12.27: [P#5 to P#183] Not stated (probably Belden); 1875.01.02-1884.12.24: [P#263 to P#951] Not stated (probably Belden); 1886.01.07: [P#1009] Not stated (probably Belden)
Chess News: 1886.01.14-1886.03.25
Missing Chess Columns: 18??.??.??-18??.??.??: [P#1 to P#4]; 1871.04.09-1871.04.14: [P#17] Appears to be a numbering skip; 1872.09.21: [P#98 to P#99] Incomplete (poor quality); 1874.01.03-1874.12.26: [P#184 to P#262] As of 2011.02.06 Google is missing this year; 1878.09.26: [P#557] Low quality; 1879.02.20: [P#590 to P#591] Low quality; 1880.02.26-1880.07.22: [P#651 to P#687] As of 2011.08.07 Google is missing these dates; 1880.08.05-1880.10.14: [P#689 to P#699] As of 2011.08.07 Google is missing these dates; 1885.01.01-1885.12.31: [P#952 to P#1008] As of 2011.11.13 Google is missing this year
Notes: 1870.10.01-1871.01.14: No columns found.; P#1 to P#4 may exist in Hartford Daily Times
Sources: Google News Archive

Editor: Sinclair, A.H. (see Evening Bulletin 1900.08.06)
Chess Columns: 1901.03.09-1906.04.07: [P#1 to P#108] Not stated (probably A. H. Sinclair)
Chess News: 1900.08.06-1907.04.27:
Missing Columns: 1902.06.09-1902.07.25: [P#54 to P#56]; 1904.03.26-1904.04.07: [P#87]
Sources: Library of Congress

Note: Column probably reprinted from the Houston Daily Telegraph
Chess Editor: Cushing, E.H. (Houston Daily Telegraph)
Chess Columns: 1858.12.22-1859.08.03 [P#1 to P#22]: Not stated (probably Cushing)
Note: Problem #16 was published out of order on 1859.08.03
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Columns: 1842.06.25-1843.12.30: [P#1 to P#46] Not stated
Source: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); Google Books

Editor: Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1854.08.26-1854.12.01: [P#1 to P#8] Stanley
Sources: Google Books

Kingston Daily Gleaner, Kingston, JAM

Editor: Cumming, G.A.W.
Chess Columns: 1889.02.08-1889.08.16: [P#1 to P#30] Cumming
Chess News: 1890.02.28-1890.06.20: Unknown
Source: The Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Gunsberg, Isidor
Chess Columns: 1881.11.04-1882.05.26: [P#1 to P#42] Not stated (Probably Gunsberg)
Source: Google Books

Chess Editor: Smith, E.
Chess Columns: 1820.07.04-1820.10.17: [P#50 to P#61] Not stated (probably Smith); 1824.07.06-1825.05.31: [P#1 to P#47] Not stated (probably Smith)
Chess News: 1820.11.21-1824.06.01
Source: Google Books

Chess Editor: Healey, F
Chess Columns: 1872.05.20-1872.09.30: [#1 to #20] Healey
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Editor: Hoffer, L.
Chess Columns: 1893.03.04-1893.08.05: [P#1 to P#19] Hoffer; 1906.11.03-1906.12.29: [P#1 to P#9] Unknown
Source: Nick Pope

Chess Editor: Lowenthal, J.
Chess Columns: 1861.01.04-1861.02.22: [P#1 to P#8] Not stated (Probably Lowenthal)
Source: Nick Pope

Editors: Lowenthal, J. J.
Chess Columns: 1854.02.19-1854.06.25: [P#1 to P#17]

Chess Editor: Williams, Elijah
Chess Columns: 1853.01.07-1854.06.24: [P#1 to P#58] Not stated (Probably Williams); 1854.07.29-1854.10.28: [P#59 to P#63] Unknown
Source: Nick Pope

Chess Editor: Wakley, T.
Chess Columns: 1823.11.09-1824.03.18: [P#1 to P#23] Not stated (probably Wakley)
Chess Article: 1823.10.19
Source: Google Books (Misidentified)

Chess Editor: Staunton, Howard
Chess Columns: 1840.05.09-1840.12.05: [P#1 to P#28] Not stated (probably Staunton)
Notes: Title changed from Court Gazette (1838.04.07-1839.11.30) to New Court Gazette (1840.01.25-1840.09.26) and then back to Court Gazette (1840.10.03-1846.04.04).
Source: Anonymous Contributor

Editors: Pillsbury, Harry Nelson; Shipley, W.P.
Chess Columns: 1894.12.27-1895.01.13: [No problems] Unconfirmed (probably not Lipschutz); 1895.01.20-1895.02.10: [P#1 to P#4] Unconfirmed (probably not Lipschutz); 1895.02.25: Unknown; 1905.12.17: [P#A41 to P#A42] Pillsbury; 1905.12.24-1906.01.14: [P#1 to P#8] Pillsbury; 1906.01.21-1906.04.08: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.04.15-1906.04.22: [P#6 to P#7] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.04.29-1906.05.27: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.06.03: [P#7 to P#8] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.06.10-1906.06.17: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.06.24-1906.07.01: [P#13 to P#16] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.08-1906.07.15: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.22-1906.08.22: [P#3 to P#10] Not stated (probably Shipley)
Chess News: 1898.02.06 (Nellie Showalter); 1905.01.20-1905.05.17
Notes: • Appears to be a slightly modified version of the column concurrently published in the Philadelphia Inquirer; • Problems for 1905.12.24 and 1906.01.14 are not numbered
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Library of Congress

Chess Columns: 1866.06.24-1866.12.29: [P#1 to P#22] Unknown; 1894.12.30-1895.03.05: [P#303 to P#312] Unknown (syndicated column)
Chess News: 1826.11.07-1901.08.25: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1866.07.08-1866.08.03: [P#4 to P#5]; 1866.10.07-1866.10.19: [P#13]
Note: Material reprinted in the Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Sources: Macon Telegraph Archive; Joost van Winsen

Editor: Cunningham, A.N. (see American Chess Magazine, 1897.12, p415)
Chess Columns: 1897.10.14-1901.01.03: [P#627 to P#782] Probably Cunningham; 1901.01.10: [P#873] Probably Cunningham; 1901.01.17-1902.06.25: [P#774 to P#912] Probably Cunningham
Missing Columns: 189?.??.??-1897.10.13: [P#1 to P#626]; 1898.09.27-1898.10.16: [P#669 to P#670] Not found. Not published?; 1899.04.01-1899.04.12: [P#693] Not found. Not published?; 1899.05.05-1899.05.17: [P#697] Not found. Not published?; 1899.06.08-1899.06.17: [P#751] Not found. Not published?; 1900.11.30-1900.12.12: [P#779] Not found. Not published?; 1901.02.15-1901.02.27: [P#779] Not found. Not published?; 1901.03.08-1901.03.20: [P#782 to #783] Not found. Not published?; 1901.09.13-1901.09.25: [P#808] Not found. Not published?; 1902.02.27-1902.03.11: [P#896] Not found. Not published?; 1903.05.29-1903.06.10: [P#909] Not found. Not published?
Notes: Probably reprinted from the daily Providence Journal; Searched 1897.07.01 through 1897.10.11. No columns found.
Source: Google Newspaper Archives (Manufacturers and Farmers Journal)

Editor: Coe (see Hartford Weekly Times 1876.01.01)
Chess Columns: 1874.03.06-1876.09.09: [P#1 to P#99] Not stated (probably Coe)
Missing Chess Columns: 1874.05.22: [P#15] Missing from Google (they show the evening issue for 5/22/1873!); 1874.09.11: [P#29] Missing from Google; 1875.03.26-1875.04.02: [P#50] Missing from Google; 1875.06.25: [P#61] No column in edition on Google; 1875.06.26: [P#61] Missing from Google (maybe it was delayed a day?); 1875.08.06: [P#65] Missing from Google; 1875.09.10-1875.10.01: [P#69 to P#70] Missing from Google
Note: On Google, in many cases the last page of an issue can be found as the first page of the next day's paper.
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive

Chess Editor: Saal, T.H.
Chess Columns: 1936.03.01-1936.06.28: P#2-P#19
Missing Columns: 1936.02.??: P#1
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Miami News

Chess Editor: Reel, Ernest
Chess Columns: 1923.02.04-1923.03.25
Missing Columns: 1923.03.11
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives

Editors: Grimshaw, William H.; Hamilton, Emmet; Stacey, F.N.; Thompson, Guy M.
Chess Columns: 1897.01.02-1898.05.07: [P#212 to P#282] Hamilton; 1899.06.10-1899.11.25: [P#284 to P#306] Grimshaw; 1900.01.06-1900.05.26: [P#312 to P#332] Grimshaw; 1900.09.29-1901.04.27: [P#1 to P#31] Thompson; 1901.10.05-1901.10.19: [Not numbered] Stacey; 1901.10.26-1902.04.26: [P#1 to P#31] Stacey
Chess News: 1899.01.12-1902.08.05 Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 189?.??.??-1896.12.26: [P#1 to P#211]; 1897.02.13: [P#218]; 1898.04.26: [P#280]; 1898.05.08-1898.06.09: [P#283]; 1899.07.15: [P#289]; 1899.08.05: [P#292]; 1899.08.19-1899.08.26: [P#294 to P#295]; 1899.09.30-1899.10.07: [P#298 to P#299]; 1899.10.28: [P#302]; 1899.11.11: [P#304]; 1899.12.01-1899.12.30: [P#307 to P#311]
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Library of Congress

Chess Columns: 1886.01.27-1886.02.24
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Montreal Gazette

Chess Columns: 1836.11.24-1837.01.03
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Montreal Transcript

Editors: Joseph, S.M.; Hodges, A.B.
Chess Columns: 1884.01.28-1885.03.09: [P#1 to P#93] Hodges; 1886.02.14-1886.02.21: [No Problems] Hodges; 1886.02.28-1887.12.25: [P#1 to P#246] Hodges; 1888.01.01-1888.02.19: [P#247 to P#266] Not stated (Hodges and Joseph); 1888.02.26-1888.10.21: [P#268 to P#353] Joseph
Sources: John Hilbert

Chess Columns: 1885.03.23-1886.01.31: [P#1 to P#68] Hodges
Sources: John Hilbert

Chess News: 1837.01.26-1857.12.12
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Editor: Maurian, C.A.
Chess Columns: 1858.04.18-1858.06.27
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Columns: 1865.10.29-1866.02.25: [P#1 to P#18] Not stated
Note: After 1865.10.29 the Sunday issue of the Daily Southern Star became The Sunday Star for the duration of the column.
Source: Google Newspaper Archive

Editors: Mackenzie, George H.; Perrin, F.; Stanley, Charles Henry; Young (see New York Saturday Press 1858.11.06)
Chess Columns: 1848.11.04-1856.03.08: [P#1 to P#375] Stanley; 1856.03.15-1856.12.27: [P#376 to P#417] Not stated (probably Perrin); 1866.01.06-1866.03.31: [P#886 to P#898] Not stated (probably Young); 1866.04.07-1868.12.12: [P#899 to P#1039] Mackenzie; 1868.12.19-1870.10.01: [P#1040 to P#1132] Not stated; 1870.10.08-1870.12.03: [P#1138 to P#1141] Perrin; 1870.12.10-1871.02.11: [P#1142 to P#1151] Not stated; 1873.11.01-1874.01.17: [P#1152 to P#1163] Mackenzie
Missing Chess Columns: 1857.01.03-1865.12.30: [P#418 to P#885]; 1852.01.10: [P#162]; 1867.08.17: [P#970]; 1867.09.14: [P#974]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library)

Editors: Hazeltine, M.J.; Marache, N. (to 1857.08.16; see Chess Monthly, 1861, p130)
Chess Columns: 1856.04.26-1857.08.16: [P#1 to P#17] Marache; 1857.08.23-1872.12.28: [P#18 to P#839] Hazeltine
Missing Columns: 1856.06.21: [P#9]; 1857.01.17: [P#39]; 1857.04.11: [P#52 to P#54]; 1858.05.01: [P#112]; 1858.07.10-1858.07.17: [P#122]; 1858.07.31: [P#124]; 1858.12.31: [P#146]; 1859.09.03: [P#185]; 1859.10.08: [P#190]; 1860.01.21: [P#208]; 1860.02.25-1860.04.21: [P#213 to P#221]; 1862.03.08: [P#318]; 1862.05.31: [P#330]; 1862.09.13: [P#345]; 1863.05.02: [P#378]; 1863.10.17: [P#401] Incomplete; 1864.07.02: [P#435]; 1864.09.03: [P#444]; 1864.12.31: [P#460]; 1871.06.03: [P#766]; 1872.10.12: [P#828]; 1873.01.25: [P#843]; 1873.04.05: [P#853]; 1873.04.12: [P#854]; 1873.05.10: [P#858]
Notes: Columns are low quality. Many columns are incomplete due to poor scanning.; Problem numbering skips from 1865.06.03 P#482 to 1865.06.10 P#484
Source: Fulton History

Editor: Baudermann, L. (see Brooklyn Chess Chronicle 1885.09.15)
Chess Columns: 1885.07.19-1887.09.17: [P#1 to P#218] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.09.24: [P#220 to P#221] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.10.01: [P#219 to P#220] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.10.08: [P#222 to P#223] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.10.15: [P#221 to P#222] Not stated (probably Baudermann)
Chess News: 1875.12.29-1878.09.01: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1886.11.27: [P#138 to P#139] issue incomplete at Fulton History
Notes: 1885.11.22 and 1885.11.29 use the same problem numbers; After 1887.09.17 problem numbers become jumbled; Column appears to end at 1887.10.15. No columns for 1887.10.22 & 1887.10.29
Sources: Fulton History; Joost van Winsen

Editor: Steinitz, W.
Chess Column: 1890.10.19-1893.07.30: [P#1 to P#146] Steinitz; 1893.08.06: [No Problem] Steinitz; 1894.11.25-1895.03.31: [P#1-P#67]: Not stated
Chess News (not an exhaustive search): 1860.03.08-1894.09.30: Unknown (some by Steinitz)
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); The Library of Congress

Chess Columns: 1893.09.23-1895.06.29: [not numbered] Not stated; 1895.10.05-1897.03.31: [not numbered] Not stated
Chess News: 1893.10.02-1895.05.30; 1895.10.01-1897.03.31
Missing Columns: 1893.12.28: Damaged; 1893.12.29: Damaged; 1893.12.30: Missing; 1894.06.09: No problems published? Solutions appeared the following week.; 1894.07.07: Missing; 1894.11.24: Missing; 1895.01.26: Missing; 1895.07.01-1895.09.30: Missing; 1895.11.16: Missing; 1895.12.28: Missing; 1896.06.13: Missing; 1896.07.11: Missing; 1896.08.15: Missing; 1897.04.03: Missing; 1897.05.04: Missing; 1897.05.25: Missing
Unchecked Dates (no Sunday issues): 1893: 10/17; 11/22,30; 12/25,30;; 1894: 1/2; 3/3,5,30; 4/3,9,17; 6/6,22; 7/3,7,9,10,11,23,25; 9/19; 11/1,24,29; 12/12,25;; 1895: 1/8,11,26; 2/11; 3/12; 6/3,19,28; [7/1-9/30]; 10/15; 11/16; 12/28,31;; 1896: 1/2,17; 4/8,30; 6/5,12,13; 7/1,2,6,7,11; 8/5,15,26;; 1897: 1/12,13,27; 3/17;
Source: Fulton History

Editor: Loyd, S. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1885.04.04)
Chess Columns: 1885.03.31-1885.09.30: [P#1 to P#220] Not stated (probably Loyd)
Missing Columns: 1885.05.27: [P#59]
Source: Fulton History

Editors: Loyd? (see Charleston Sunday News 1890.03.09)
Chess Columns: 1889.08.13-1890.04.27 [Not numbered]: Loyd
Chess News: 1889.06.23-1890.06.11
Source: Fulton History

Editors: Loyd, Samuel; Mintz, F. (see New York Illustrated American 1893.03.04)
Chess Columns: 1890.07.26-1890.12.06: [P#9 to P#14] Probably Mintz; 1891.02.21-1891.08.08: [P#14 to P#68] Probably Mintz; 1891.08.22-1891.11.14: [P#1 to P#15] Probably Mintz; 1891.11.28-1892.02.06: [P#1 to P#7] Probably Mintz; 1892.02.20-1892.04.30: [P#1 to P#2] Probably Mintz; 1892.05.28: [P#1] Probably Mintz; 1896.12.26-1897.05.08: [P#55-P#74] Loyd
Chess News: 1894.04.07-1894.04.14 Mintz
Missing Columns: 1890.??.??-1890.07.19: [P#1 to P#8] Missing from Google; 1890.12.13-1891.02.14: [P#?] Missing from Google; 189?.??.??-1896.12.19: [P#1 to P#54] Missing from Google
Sources: Google Books

Editors: Fuller, W.J.A. (assisted from 1860.04.07-1860.08.04); Morphy, Paul C.
Chess Columns: 1859.08.06-1860.08.04: [P#1 to P#52] Morphy/Fuller
Source: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via interlibrary loan from CRL); Pope (photocopies from John G. White scrapbook via Cleveland Public Library)

Editor: Wright, J.T.
Chess Columns: 1898.07.02-1900.12.29: [P#296 to P#526] Not stated (probably Wright)
Missing Chess Columns: 189?.??.??-1898.06.??: [P#1 to P#295]; 1898.07.30: [P#304 to P#305]; 1899.01.21: [P#349 to P#350]; 1900.06.30: [P#483 to P#484]; 1900.10.06: [P#506 to P#507] Not published?; 1900.12.01: [P#520 to P#521] Incomplete, last page missing from online copy; 1901.??.??-19??.??.??: [P#527 to ?]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); Google Books

Editor: Loyd, S.
Chess Columns: 1859.03.19-1859.12.24: [P#1 to P#80] Loyd
Missing Columns: 1859.04.02: [P#3 to P#6] Loyd; 1859.04.23-1859.04.30: [P#11 to P#14] Loyd; 1859.06.04: [P#24 to P#25] Loyd; 1859.06.18-1859.07.09: [P#28 to P#35] Loyd; 1859.07.30: [P#39 to P#40] Loyd; 1859.08.13: [P#43 to P#44] Loyd; 1859.09.03: [P#49 to P#50] Loyd; 1859.11.05-1859.11.12: [P#66 to P#69] Loyd; 1859.11.26-1859.12.03: [P#72 to P#74] Loyd; 1859.12.17: [P#77 to P#78] Loyd; 1859.12.31: [P#??] Loyd
Sources: Hathi Trust

Editors: Olly, E.N.; Showalter, Jackson W.
Chess Columns: 1893.06.15-1893.12.30: [P#1 to P#57] Olly; 1893.12.31-1895.03.03: [P#1 to P#104] Showalter
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL); John G. White scrapbook via Cleveland Public Library

Editor: Stanley, C.H.
Chess Columns: 1869.01.02-1869.07.03: [P#1 to P#54] Stanley
Missing Chess Columns: 1869.01.09: [P#3 to P#4]; 1869.01.16: [P#5 to P#6]; 1869.02.20: [P#15 to P#16]; 1869.03.06: [P#19 to P#20]; 1869.03.20: [P#23 to P#24]; 1869.03.27: [P#25 to P#26]; 1869.04.03: [P#27 to P#28]; 1869.04.17: [P#31 to P#32]; 1869.04.24: [P#33 to P#34]; 1869.05.15: [P#39 to P#40]; 1869.06.12: [P#47 to P#48]
Sources: Google Books

Editor: Fiske, D.W.
Chess Columns: 1858.10.30-1860.12.15: [P#1 to P#57] Not stated (probably Fiske)
Source: Lehigh University

Notice: Ran concurrently with Porter's Spirit of the Times and Wilkes' Spirit of the Times; Wilkes' Spirit of the Times becomes Spirit of the Times after 1861
Editors: Mason, James (see Hartford Weekly Times 1873.10.11; 1876.01.01); Perrin, F.; Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1845.03.01-1846.02.21: [P#1 to P#51] Stanley; 1846.02.28-1847.02.20: [P#1 to P#49] Stanley; 1847.02.27-1848.02.19: [P#1 to P#51] Stanley; 1848.02.26-1848.10.14: [P#1 to P#35] Stanley; 1858.04.03-1859.07.02: [P#1 to P#53] Unknown; 1859.07.16-1859.12.10: [P#1 to P#12] Stanley; 1860.05.19-1860.08.11: [P#1 to P#11] Unknown; 1869.01.02-1872.08.10: [P#172 to P#335] Perrin; 1873.07.05: [P#371] (probably Mason?); 1873.08.16-1875.12.25: [P#377 to P#465] Mason
Missing Chess Columns: 186?.??.??-1868.??.??: [P#1 to P#171]; 1869.01.09: [P#173]; 1869.12.18: [P#213]; 1870.01.22: [P#218]; 1870.02.19: [P#222]; 1870.04.30: [P#232]; 1870.10.22: [P#255]; 1871.01.07: [P#266]; 1871.04.01: [P#248]; 1872.01.06-1872.01.13: [P#313 to P#314]; 1872.08.17-1873.06.28: [P#336 to P#370]; 1873.07.12-1873.08.09: [P#372 to P#376]; 1875.01.23-1875.02.06: [P#440 to P#441]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); Fulton History

Editor: Cassel, Hartwig
Chess Columns: 1891.09.20-1894.04.29: [P#1 to P#226] Not stated (probably Cassel)
Chess News (not an exhaustive search): 1879.10.29-1894.04.29: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1894.04.08: [P#219 to P#220] (pages missing from LOC and FH
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from Michigan State University microfilm); The Library of Congress; Fulton History

New Items: Note: Keyword "chess" search up through 1859

sources:
New York Times Archive

Editors: Allen, H.C. (in 1878); Mackenzie, G.H.
Chess Columns: 1870.01.07-1871.12.29: [P#171 to P#274] Mackenzie; 1878.01.04-1878.12.27: [P#587 to P#638] Mackenzie/Allen; 1883.01.05-1883.03.30: [P#874 to P#897] Allen
Missing Chess Columns: 1866.??.??-1869.12.31: [P#1 to P#170]; 1872.01.02-1877.12.28: [P#275 to P#586]; 1879.01.03-188?.??.??: [P#639 to P#?]
Source: Pope (photocopies made from original bound copies via interlibrary loan from CRL); Joost van Winsen, 1883.01.05-1883.03.30 (photocopies)

Editors: Gunsberg, Isidor
Chess Column: 1881.01.07-1882.09.29: [P#1 to P#205] Not stated; 1891.01.25-1891.03.29: [P#1 to P#10] Gunsberg
Missing Column: 1882.01.27: [P#150 to P#160] issue missing (Fulton History); 1882.03.03: [P#168 to P#169] pages 6 and 7 missing (Fulton History)
Chess News (not an exhaustive search): 1891.01.25-1891.03.29: Unknown
Notes: Checked up to September 1882; checked a few Friday issues of March 1883: no chess column
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from Michigan State University microfilm #4278); Fulton History

Editor: Hervey, Daniel Edmondstoune (see American Chess Magazine 1898); Lenau, J.W.
Chess Columns: 1875.08.29-1876.01.23: [P#1 to P#20] Not stated (probably Lenau); 1876.01.30-1876.03.12: [P#21 to P#27] Lenau; 1876.03.19-1878.03.10: [P#28 to P#127] Not stated (probably Lenau); 1878.03.17-1881.05.01: [P#128 to P#301] Hervey; 1881.06.19-1881.07.17: [P#308 to P#312] Hervey; 1881.07.31-1882.09.17: [P#314 to P#377] Hervey; 1881.10.01: [No problem] Hervey; 1881.10.08-1882.12.17: [P#378 to P#389] Hervey; 1882.12.24: [P#400 to P#401] Hervey; 1882.12.31: [No problem] Hervey; 1883.01.07-1883.07.22: [P#392 to P#420] Hervey; 1883.07.29: [No problem] Hervey; 1885.02.22-1886.06.06: [P#501 to P#563] Hervey; 1887.08.28-1887.12.25: [P#625 tp P#641] Hervey
Missing Chess Columns: 1876.08.06: [P#50]; 1878.06.09: [P#140]; 1881.05.08-1881.06.12: [P#302 to P#307]; 1881.07.24 [P#313] Google copy missing pages; 1882.09.24: [P#378] Half of the column is missing; 1883.07.29-1885.02.15: [P#421 to P#500]; 1886.06.13-1887.08.21: [P#564 to P#624]
Column Quality Notes: 1880.05.16: [P#234] Damaged; 1880.05.23: [P#235] Damaged; 1880.06.13: [P#240] Poor Quality; 1880.06.27: [P#242] Poor Quality; 1880.10.03: [P#272] Low Quality; 1880.10.10: [P#276] Poor Quality; 1881.06.19-1882.08.27: [P#308 to P#374] Poor Quality (some with 95% loss); 1881.09.03-1882.09.17: [P#375 to P#377] Low Quality; 1885.11.29: [P#541]: Damaged
Notes: Hervey took over on 1878.03.10, the column for 1878.03.10 is dated 1878.03.09; Appears to be that the 1878.03.10 column was Lenau's last; Google News Archive of Sunday Call ends with 1881.05.08 (no supplement); Problem numbering jumps from #389 (1882.12.17) to #400 (1882.12.24)
Source: Google News Archive (Sunday Call); Google News Archive (Newark Sunday Call)

Chess Columns: 1897.11.21-1899.03.19: [P#1 to P#63] Not stated; 1899.04.16-1899.07.16: [P#55 to P#66] Not stated
Chess News: 1897.11.07-1900.02.13 Not stated
Missing Columns: 1898.08.15-1898.08.20: [P#36] Missing or numbering skip?; 1898.10.03-1898.10.07: [P#44 to P#45] Missing or numbering skip?; 1898.12.05-1898.12.24: [P#52] Missing or numbering skip?
Notes: After 1899.03.19 problem numbering resets to #55
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Library of Congress

Paris Le Monde Illustré, Paris, FRA

Chess Columns: 1898.10.04-1898.12.31
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Editor: Reichhelm, G.C.
Chess Columns: 1864.02.06-1870.10.07: [P#318 to P#763] Not stated (probably Reichhelm)
Missing Chess Columns: 1858.10.30-1864.01.31: [P#1 to P#317] Missing from Penn State; 1869.12.31: [P#708] Missing from Penn State; 1870.10.14-18??.??.??: [P#?] Last issue at Penn State is for 1870.10.07.
Sources: Pennsylvania Civil War Era Newspaper Collection

Editors: Pillsbury, H.N.; Shipley, W.P.
Chess Columns: 1904.12.11-1905.05.28: [P#1 to P#34] Pillsbury; 1905.06.04-1905.07.23: [Not numbered] Pillsbury; 1905.07.30-1905.12.17: [P#A1 to P#A42] Pillsbury (w/ Shipley); 1905.12.24-1906.01.14: [P#1 to P#8] Pillsbury (w/ Shipley); 1906.02.04-1906.02.25: [P#1 to P#8] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.03.04: [Not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.03.11-1906.04.29: [P#1 to P#8] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.05.06: [P#1 to P#2] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.05.13-1906.07.01: [P#1 to P#16] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.08: [Not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.15-1906.09.16: [P#1 to P#20] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.09.23-1906.12.16: [Not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.12.23-1906.12.30: [P#1 to P#4] Not stated (probably Shipley)
Missing Chess Columns: 1905.03.19: [P#24] Missing?; 1905.03.26: Incomplete?; 1905.04.23: [P#29] Missing?; 1905.10.08: Incomplete?; 1905.11.19: Missing?; 1905.11.26: Missing?; 1905.12.10: Incomplete?
Notes: Columns for April 9th and April 30th (1905) were apparently published out of order.; Shipley began assisting and then ghost writing the column starting in 1905.11.08.
Source:: Joost van Winsen; John Hilbert

Editors: Kemeny, E.
Chess Columns: 1902.01.05-1902.01.26: [P#16 to P#22]
Source:: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL)

Chess Columns: 1893.05.30-1893.06.02
Source:: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL)

Editors: Reichhelm, G.
Chess Columns: 1880.02.01-1880.06.27: [P#1 to P#45]; 1880.10.31: [P#77]
Missing Columns: 1880.07.04-1880.10.24: [P#46 to P#76]

Chess Columns: 1890.10.04-1892.12.31: [P#1 to P#178] Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1891.10.24: [P#104 to P#106] Unknown
Source: The Library of Congress

Editor: Dolde, Howard L.
Chess Column: 1910.08.14-1910.12.25: [P#1 to P#62] Dolde; 1911.01.01-1911.11.19: [P#1 to P#211] Dolde; 1911.11.19-1911.12.24: [P#364 to P#394] Dolde; 1911.12.31: [Tournament Problems] Dolde; 1912.01.07-1913.10.26: [P#406 to P#1148] Dolde
Missing Columns: #1 1910.08.21: [P#1 to P#3] missing; #2 1910.08.28: [P#4 to P#6] poor quality; #12-#13 1910.11.06-1910.11.13: [P#38 to P#44] missing; #61 1911.10.15: [P#326 to P#333] missing; #65 1911.11.12: [P#351 to P#363] missing; #73 1912.01.07: [P#406 to P#412] poor quality; #138 1913.04.06: [P#896 to P#902] poor quality; #151 1913.07.06: [P#990 to P#999] missing; #163 1913.09.28: [P#1106 to P#1112] missing; #180 1914.01.25: [P#1256 to P#1261] missing; #183 1914.02.15: [P#1279 to P#1290] missing
Notes: Problem numbering error in 1914.01.18, shoulde be #1247 to #1255, but given as #1147 to #1155.
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives

Notice: Ran concurrently with Wilkes' Spirit of the Times and Spirit of the Times
Editors: Fosdick, W.W.; Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1856.09.06-1856.11.08: [P#1 to P#10] Fosdick; 1856.11.15-1857.02.28: [P#11 to P#26] Stanley
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from original bound copies via interlibrary loan from CRL)

Editor: Protzman, E.C.
Chess Columns: 1899.04-1901.06: [no problems] Protzman
Notes:: 1901.02: No column as there was no issue; Jan is v5#3 and Mar is v5#4
Sources: Google Books

Editor: "Caissa Y. Dama"
Chess Columns: 1923.07.14-1923.09.29: [P#5 to P#29] Unknown
Missing Columns: 1923.06.??-1923.07.07: [P#1 to P#4]
Notes: Google archive missing June and first part of July, 1923.
Source: Google Newspaper Archives (Providence News)

Editor: Members of the Richmond Chess Club
Chess Columns: 1900.12.16-1901.02.10: [no problems]
Chess News: 1899.02.12-1901.12.14
Sources: Library of Congress

Chess News: 1898.01.14-1899.05.21
Sources: Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Griffin, L.F.
Chess News: 1889.03.24-1889.05.26
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Chess Editors: Clark, E. (see Pittsburgh Gazette Times 1913.02.09); Fink, A.J. (see Pittsburgh Gazette Times 1913.02.09)
Chess News: 1895.06.16-1904.04.09: [No Problems] Unknown; 1913.02.02-1913.08.31: [#1 to #72] (probably Clark & Fink)
Sources: Library of Congress

Editor: Loyd, S.
Chess Columns: 1877.08.11-1878.08.03: [P#1 to P#103] Loyd
Sources: Google Books

Chess Columns: 1884.02.05 [No Problem]: Unknown; 1884.02.12-1884.04.15 [P#2? to P#10?]: Unknown
Chess News: 1884.01.15-1884.04.01
Source: Library of Congress

Editors: Foster, Benjamin R. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1877.05.20; 1881.03.27; 1882.11.12; 1883.01.28); Judd, Max; Mackenzie, George H.; Wash, Benjamin S. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1877.05.20; 1878.01.13)
Chess Columns: 1875.10.03-1876.01.23: [P#1 to P#17] Judd; 1876.01.30-1876.12.24: [P#18 to P#98] Not stated (probably Judd); 1877.01.28-1877.05.13: [P#1 to P#32] Not stated (probably Wash); 1877.05.20-1877.09.30: [P#33 to P#71] Foster; 1877.10.07-1878.03.03: [P#72 to P#109] Foster; 1878.07.07-1879.01.05: [P#143 to P#184] Foster; 1879.01.12-1881.03.20: [P#185 to P#349] Not stated (probably Foster); 1881.03.27-1882.04.16: [P#350 to P#404] Mackenzie; 1882.04.23-1887.04.30: [P#405 to P#655] Not stated (probably Foster); 1887.05.07-1887.12.03: [P#666 to P#711] Not stated (probably Foster); 1887.12.10-1887.12.31: [P#713 to P#715] Not stated (probably Foster)
Missing Chess Columns: 1878.03.10-1878.06.30: [P#110 to P#142]; 1879.02.02: [P#190 to P#191]; 1879.03.02-1879.03.09: [P#197 to P#200]; 1879.04.06: [P#206]; 1879.06.01: [P#213]; 1879.11.09-1879.12.28: [P#242 to P#248]; 1880.04.11: [P#260]; 1880.10.10: [P#310 to P#311]; 1883.07.07: Check for games; Checker column #11; 1887.08.20: [P#686]
Sources: Joost van Winsen

Chess Columns: 1884.09.14-1885.03.29: [P#1 to P#28] Unknown
Chess News: 1884.07.01-1889.06.02: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1884.10.05 [P#3 to P#4]; 1885.01.04 [P#14 to P#15]
Source: The Library of Congress

Editor: Mitropolsky, N.; Chigorin, M.I.
Chess Columns: 1889.05.06-1889.08.29: [P#1 to P#66] Mitropolsky; 1890.05.12-1890.05.29: [P#177 to P#188] Chigorin
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library)

Chess Columns: 1867.02.02-1867.08.31
Missing Columns: 1868.03.28: P#35; 1868.05.16-1868.06.20: P#40-P#49
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Sydney Mail

Note: Columns for 1857 and 1858 are very poor quality
Editors: Cheney, George N. (see Syracuse Daily Standard 1859.08.29); Fiske, W.O. (see Syracuse Daily Standard 1859.08.06); Syracuse Chess Club
Chess Columns: 1857.08.25-1857.11.21 [P#1 to P#12] Syracuse Chess Club; 1858.02.04-1859.06.23 [P#13 to P#90] Fiske; 1859.09.05: [P#66 to P#100] Cheney
Missing Chess Columns: 1857.10.31-1857.11.08: [P#9] Not found. May not exist.; 1857.11.22-1858.02.03: Cursory search. Nothing found.; 1858.05.07-1858.05.26: [P#27 to P#33] Not found. May not exist!; 1858.07.22-1858.07.23: [P#42] issues missing; 1858.11.04: [P#56] issue missing; 1859.01.27: [P#69] issue missing; 1859.04.07: [P#79] issue incomplete; 1859.05.26: issue missing; 1859.06.02: [P#87] issue missing
Sources: Fulton History

Syracuse Sunday Herald, Syracuse, NY

Editors: Ashley, William H.; Purple, F.S.
Chess Columns: 1915.09.15-1916.06.25: [P#1 to P#61] Purple and Ashley
Notes:: Google archive ends June 1916
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives

Source: Library of Congress

Editor: Congdon, J.A.
Chess Columns: 1878.08.22-1878.11.29: [P#1 to P#46] Congdon
Source: Joost van Winsen

Editors: Mitchell, F. Edward; Mundelle, W.B.
Chess Columns: 1903.11.07-1904.03.05: [P#1 to P#17] Mundelle; 1904.03.12-1904.04.30: [P#18 to P#25] Mitchell
Chess News: 1905.01.08-1905.04.09: Unknown
Source: The Library of Congress

Editor: Hotchkin (see Hartford Weekly Times 1876.01.01)
Chess Columns: 1873.11.27-1874.09.10: [P#1 to P#42] Hotchkin?; 1875.09.30-1876.06.15: [P#93 to P#123] Hotchkin?
Missing Chess Columns: 1874.03.19: [P#17] Issue Missing; 1874.09.17-1875.09.23: [P#43 to P#92] Issues Missing; 1875.10.28: [P#97] Missing (1875.10.28 missing page 5; other two days are complete and searched)
Sources: Northern New York Historical Newspapers

Source: Nick Pope

Notes: Ran concurrently with Porter's Spirit of the Times and Spirit of the Times; Renamed to Spirit of the Times after 1861
Editors: Marache, Napoleon
Chess Columns: 1860.06.16: [P#41] Marache; 1860.11.17: [P#11] Marache; 1860.12.01: [P#13] Marache; 1860.12.22: [P#16] Marache; 1861.01.12: [P#19] Marache; 1861.04.20: [P#33] Marache; 1861.05.04: [P#35] Marache; 1861.05.18: [P#37] Marache; 1861.06.29: [P#43] Marache; 1861.07.13-1861.07.20: [P#45 to P#46] Marache; 1861.08.24: [P#51] Marache; 1861.09.07: [P#1] Marache; 1861.10.05: [P#5] Marache; 1861.12.21: [P#16] Marache
Missing Chess Columns: 1859.08.??-1860.06.09: [P#1 to p#40]; 1860.06.23-1860.08.??: [P#42 to p#52]; 1860.09.??-1860.11.10: [P#1 to P#10]; 1860.11.24: [P#12]; 1860.12.08-1860.12.15: [P#14 to P#15]; 1860.12.29-1861.01.05: [P#17 to P#18]; 1861.01.19-1861.04.13: [P#20 to P#32]; 1861.04.27: [P#34]; 1861.05.11: [P#36]; 1861.05.25-1861.06.22: [P#38 to P#42]; 1861.07.06: [P#44]; 1861.07.27-1861.08.17: [P#47 to P#50]; 1861.08.31: [P#52]; 1861.09.14-1861.09.28: [P#2 to P#4]; 1861.10.12-1861.12.14: [P#6 to P#15]
Sources: Fulton History

Editor: Tatnall, George (see Wilmington Sunday Morning Star 1885.06.07)
Chess Columns: 1884.11.23: [No problem] Not stated; 1884.11.30-1884.12.14: [P#1 to P#3] Not stated (probably Tatnall); 1884.12.21-1885.05.03: [Not numbered] Not stated; 1885.05.10-1889.04.07: [P#24 to P#213] Not stated; 1885.04.21-1889.05.05: [No Problems] Not stated; 1891.02.15-1892.03.06: [P#101 to P#156] Unknown (syndicated column); 1893.01.15-1895.12.22: [P#201 to P#352] Unknown (syndicated column); 1902.12.14.11.30-1904.09.18: [P#1 to P#3] Not stated
Missing Columns: 1892.03.13-1893.01.08: [P#157 to P#200]; 1893.03.19: [#210] Not published?; 1893.05.14: [#217] Published #216 again
Chess News: 1884.11.02-1884.11.16: Story by K. D. Peterson, W. H. Lyons, E. W. Keeney.; 1889.04.14-1889.05.19: Not stated
Notes: Two P#27s, Zero P#28, and Two P#29s.; 1893.12.17 no column published, resumes 1893.12.24 with #249 then 1893.12.31 #251; No columns found after 1904.09.18 (spot checked remainder 1904 and first half 1905)
Source: Google Newspaper Archive

Chess Columns: 1889.04.14-1892.01.30: [P#231 to P#333] Not stated
Missing Chess Columns: 188?.??.??-1889.04.07: [P#1 to P#230]; 1889.12.22: [P#264]; 1892.02.06-1???.??.??: [P#334 to P#???]
Sources: Joost van Winsen