The following newspapers were digitized using
the Historical Society Museum's digital microfilm reader
and are available as Adobe PDF format
(www.adobe.com) files.
Most issues are 5-8 Megabytes each.
The earliest issue on microfilm is Vol I No. 1, published on February 10, 1872.
A stricken-through date (Dec 13) means that the issue was not microfilmed.
An italicized date (Apr 2) means that the date on the newspaper masthead is
not the usual publication date — it could be right, or it could be printer error.
The Tribune was published on Saturdays.
Issues from May 13, 1882, through February 26, 1887,
are missing and are not available on microfilm.
The last issue of the weekly Brainerd Tribune was published July 18, 1946.
Most issues are available on microfilm at
the Crow Wing County Historical Society and the Minnesota Historical Society.
Please note, however, that issues spanning the period from May 13, 1882, through
February 26, 1887, did not survive and were not available to be microfilmed.
Brainerd Dispatch Newspaper (weekly)
The following newspapers were digitized using
the Brainerd Public Library's digital microfilm reader
and are available as Adobe PDF format
(www.adobe.com) files.
Most issues are 5-8 Megabytes each.
The earliest issue on microfilm is Vol II No. 33, published on August 2, 1883,
after N.H. Ingersoll and F.W. Wieland took over management of the Dispatch.
A stricken-through date (Dec 13) means that the issue was not microfilmed.
An italicized date (Apr 2) means that the date on the newspaper masthead is
not the usual publication date — it could be right, or it could be printer error
(it was published on Thursday through July 31, 1884 and Friday thereafter).
The last issue of the weekly Brainerd Dispatch was published May 4, 1932.
All issues through 1901 are on microfilm at the Brainerd Public Library and the Minnesota Historical Society†.
All issues from 1898 onward are on microfilm at the Crow Wing County Historical Society.
(†The microfilm starting with the Jan. 7 - Feb. 11, 1887 issues is damaged at the Brainerd Public Library - those issues were scanned from Minnesota Historical Society interlibrary loan microfilm.)
The first issue of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch was published June 3, 1901.
All issues are on microfilm at the Brainerd Public Library.
All issues from October 3, 1924 onward are on microfilm at the Crow Wing County Historical Society.