An index for this collection is available on the Grand Rapids Public Library website (Civil War Index).

Each newspaper title clipping folder has its own span date, although the bulk of the total collection is made up of clippings from 1861-1864.

Newspapers included in this collection and their personal span dates are as follows:

Alcona Country Review: 28 February 1879-27 January 1882

Allegan Journal: 27 January 1862-15 Feb 1869.

Alpena Argus: 16 July 1879-18 September 1895.

Coopersville Observer: 03 January 1919.

Detroit Advertiser & Tribune: 17 April 1861-29 December 1863.

Detroit Free Press: 14 July 1864-22 June 1882

Detroit Post: 13 August 1866-20 October 1881

Grand Haven Evening/Daily Tribune: 11 January 1893-17 November 1926.

Grand Haven News: 07 December 1859-03 February 1864.

Grand Rapids Daily Democrat: 13 December 1865-01 June 1893

Grand Rapids Daily Eagle: 03 May 1858-08 January 1894

Grand Rapids Daily/Evening Leader: 30 May 1879- 15 December 1892.

Grand Rapids Enquirer & Herald: 05 Jan 1856-02 July 1862.

Grand Rapids Evening Press: 12 January 1893-26 May 1925.

Grand Rapids Herald: 09 October 1886-06 September 1935.

Grand Rapids News: 20 August 1912-04 October 1915.

Grand Rapids Times: 02 October 1874-13 December 1879.

Ionia Standard: 09 September 1875- 19 August 1880.

Lansing Republican: 26 August 1863-13 October 1883.

Manistee Daily News: 26 May 1897.

Marquette Mining Journal: 28 January 1882-23 November 1889.

Muskegon Daily Chronicle: 19 June 1891-07 November 1914.

Muskegon News & Reporter: 14 May 1884- 20 December 1884.

Petoskey Record: 07 April 1881- 09 March 1910.

Reed City Clarion: 24 October 1884-04 August 1897.

Roscommon News: 08 June 1888.

Sault Saint Marie News: 17 December 1892

There is also one folder of miscellaneous and dated newspaper clippings and one folder of miscellaneous and unidentified clippings.