Newspapers
Local Newspapers
Bellaire Newspapers
While microfilm of Bellaire area newspapers are available to view at the Library, the Bellaire Public Library has been digitizing its microfilmed newspaper collection.
- Bellaire Daily Leader (1913-1942); The Daily Times (1926-1942); The Daily Times and The Daily Leader (1942-1943); The Times Leader (1943-1981)
- Belmont Chronicle (1966-1973)
- The Bellaire Democrat (1928-1933)
- Daily Independent (1914-1919)
- The Bellaire Herald (1898-1899)
- The Evening Times (1891-1892)
- Bellaire Independent (1873-1873)
Wheeling Area Newspapers
Bellaire and Belmont County, OH news often shows up in the Wheeling, WV area newspapers. Wheeling’s Intelligencer (1852-present) and the News-Register (1863-present) newspapers are also available online through the Ohio County Public Library.
National Newspapers
For newspapers from the greater tri-state region and from across the entire United States, try searching Chronicling America
Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress and allows online researchers to search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963. The U.S. Newspaper Directory also provides information about all American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Local papers available on Chronicling America include:
- Belmont Chronicle (1853-1895)
- The Cadiz Sentinel (1844-1851; 1864-1868)
- Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (1852-1922)
- Wheeling Daily Register (1863-1897)
- Wheeling Repository (weekly — March 1807 to May 8, 1808)
- Virginia Statesman, (weekly — January 1928 to June 1929)
- Wheeling Compiler (weekly — July 1829 to December 1830 [some issues missing])
- Wheeling Times and Advertiser (1840-1848)
