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BOOKS AND ARTICLES:

[Suggestions for additions to this page would be much appreciated.]

Battagliese, Aniello, III. Hazleton: Old Newspapers. [No publication information available.]

Beers, D. G. Atlas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of D. G. Beers. Philadelphia: A. Pomeroy, 1873.

Bottley, Neil P., comp. Hazleton Yesteryear. Hazleton: Globe Color/Prints, 1993.

Bradsby, H. C., ed. History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections. Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co., 1893.

Falatko, Robert A. A History of Foster Township. [No publication information available.]

Munsell, William Watkins. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa., With Illustrations, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1880.

Rohrbeck, Benson W. Hazleton's Trolleys. West Chester, Pa.: Traction Publications, 1993.

Stumpf, Charles K. Freeland. Hazleton: Panorama, 199_?

Stumpf, Charles, comp. Hazle Park: Lehigh Traction Co.'s Pleasure Resort, Hazleton Pennsylvania. 1861-1956. Hazleton: The Greater Hazleton Historical Society, [date?]

... Ties to the Past. [Hazleton]: QE Productions, Inc., Panorama Magazine, 2003.

CITY DIRECTORIES:

Boyd's Wilkes-Barre City Directory: Containing the Names of the Citizens; A Compendium of the Government, and of Its Public and Private Institutions, Together with a Business Directory of Ashley, Carbondale, Hazleton, Kingston, Pittston, Plymouth, Scranton, and White Haven. 1875-1876. Pottsville, Pa.: Andrew Boyd and W. Harry Boyd, 1875? [too early to contain Freeland information]

Boyd's Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Directory: Containing the Names of the Citizens: A Compendium of the Governments, and of Their Public and Private Institutions, Together with a Business Directory of Ashley, Freeland, Kingston, Pittston, Plymouth, Scranton, Shickshinny, White Haven and Wyoming. 1882-1884. Pottsville, Pa.: Boyds' Cousin, 1882.

Boyd's Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Directory: Containing the Names of the Citizens: A Compendium of the Governments, and of Their Public and Private Institutions, Together with a Business Directory of Ashley, Freeland, Kingston, Nanticoke, Pittston, Plymouth, and White Haven. 1884-1886. Pottsville, Pa.: Boyds' Cousin, W. Harry Boyd, 1884.

Boyd's Hazleton Directory: Containing the Names of the Citizens: A Compendium of the Governments, and of Their Public and Private Institutions, Together with a Business Directory of Audenried, Beaver Book, Drifton, Eckley, Freeland, Harleigh, Hollywood, Humboldt, Jeanesville, Jeddo, Lattimer, Milnesville, Mt. Pleasant, Stockton, Tresckow, Weatherly, Yorktown. 1886-1888. Pottsville, Pa.: W. Harry Boyd, 1886.

Barry's Directory of Hazleton, West Hazleton, and Freeland, Together with a Complete Business Directory and General Informaton for the Year 1895. Wilmington, Delaware: Homer Barry, 1895.

Directory of Hazleton, West Hazleton, Freeland and Macadoo, Including a Complete Business Directory, a Street Directory, and Compendium of Information Respecting Federal, State, County, and City Officers, Churches, Lodges, Societies, etc. Hazleton, Penn.: Printed at the Sentinel Office, 1897.

Pruden's Wilkes-Barre - Scranton Business Directory, Including the Cities and Towns of Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Pittston, Nanticoke, Plymouth, Freeland, Kingston, Luzerne, Edwardsville, Wyoming, West Pittstohn, Avoca, Etc.; Also Names and Address of the Farmers of Luzerne County. Adding the Business and Professions of the Cities and Towns of Scranton, Honesdale, Carbondale, Olyphant, Jermyn, Dunmore, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Etc., Etc. Issue of 1900-1901. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Pruden Directory Co., (Incorporated), 1900.

Freeland Borough Directory 1921-1922, Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and Private Citizens, a Classified List of All Trades and Professions, a Miscellaneous Directory of Borough Officers, Banks, Churches, Schools and Secret and Benevolent Societies and Organizations; Also a Complete Classified Business Directory. [N.p.]: The Luzerne Publishing Company, 1921.

Polk's Freeland (Pennsylvania) 1928-1929 Directory, Comprising Buyers' Guide ... Alphabetical Section ... Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders ... Classified Business Directory. Philadelphia: R. L. Polk & Co., 1928.

NEWSPAPERS:

[I'm not sure whether this is an exhaustive list, and I'd be grateful to know of others that are not listed here.]

Thanks go to Sue Kellerman of Pennsylvania State University, who worked on the Pennsylvania Newspaper Project, for most of the information on Freeland newspapers that appears here.

IN ENGLISH:

Freeland Progress: weekly, published 11/18/1881-05/27/1890 (published by Owen Fowler; weekly 11/18/1881-4/12/1888; semiweekly 4/17/1888-5/27/1890; "Devoted to home & foreign news"; also issued in a daily edition dalled Daily Progress, 5/2/1887-9/30/1887)

Freeland Daily Progress: daily, published 05/02/1887-09/30/1887 (published by Owen Fowler, daily except Sunday; also issued in a weekly edition called Freeland Progress)

Freeland Tribune: published 6/28/1888-1921? (at least part of the time this paper was published by Thos. A. Buckley; in its later years, it was produced at 824 Main St., published by Tribune Printing Co. Ltd.; weekly 1888-1892; semiweekly 1892-1901?; triweekly briefly 1902?-????; then semiweekly again)

Semi-weekly Progress: semiweekly, published 05/30/1890-1911? (published by Owen Fowler, on Tuesday and Friday afternoons)

Freeland Press: 06/01/1895-1943? (published every Saturday morning, by Press Print Co.; in the 1920s, produced at 816 Main, published weekly by W. R. Flad)

Freeland's Suburban Penny Saver: 08/1962-06/1973? (published monthly by Thomas G. Zubach)

Mountain Traveler: 1973?-1975? (published monthly by Thomas G. Zubach)

IN SLOVAK:

Slovenska Pravda: weekly, published 1894-1906?

Katolic: weekly, published 1896-1897?

UPDATE ON THE MICROFILMING OF EARLY FREELAND NEWSPAPERS:

The 35 years' worth of early Freeland newspapers owned by MMI Preparatory School have now been microfilmed. The papers involved are issues of the Freeland Tribune and the Semi-Weekly Progress, published from the late 1880s to 1921. Interested readers can consult the microfilm at the Hazleton Area Public Library. Many thanks are due to the Hazleton Area Public Library, to MMI Preparatory School, and to all of those who contributed funds and those who have been otherwise involved in making this project a reality.

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