First Ward School. Ypsilanti Historical Society.
This page contains original, scanned newspaper articles covering the period from 1865 until 1920 concerning Ypsilanti’s First Ward School. The language and content of these stories, taken directly from period newspapers, is sometimes derisive and racist. Though the articles are presented without commentary, readers are asked to pay attention to how reporting in the local press changes as the years progress and the gains won in the Civil War era are overturned. While many of these clippings are simply notices or seemingly minor, together they tell a grand story of the life of the community.
The newspapers were accessed through microfilm at various libraries and archives. The Ypsilanti Public Library, The Ypsilanti Historical Society, The Library of Michigan as well as Eastern Michigan University’s Halle Library all have Ypsilanti newspapers. They include:
Ypsilanti True Democrat, 1864-1865. Changed to Ypsilanti Commercial in 1865 and published, with some interruptions, until 1900.
Ypsilanti Sentinel published from the 1840s until it merged to form the above Commercial in 1865.
Ypsilanti Daily Press, published from 1905-1920.
The Ypsilantian, published from 1880-1912.
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December 2, 1892. Commercial.
September 2, 1865. Commercial.
July 4, 1917. Daily Press.
July 4, 1918. Recorder.
September 4, 1917. Daily Press.
April 5, 1873. Commercial.
April 5, 1917. Daily Press.
February 5, 1912. Daily Press. Part One.
February 5, 1912. daily Press. Part Two.
July 6, 1918. Daily Press.
September 6, 1916. Daily Press.
September 6, 1918. Daily Press.
September 7, 1894. Commercial.
February 9, 1916. Daily Press.
July 9, 1918. Daily Press.
June 9, 1893. Commercial.
February 10, 1916. Daily Press.
July 10, 1915. Daily Press.
July 11, 1918. Recorder.
June 11, 1918. Daily Press. Part one.
June 11, 1918. Daily Press. Part two.
June 11, 1918 Daily Press. Part three.
March 11, 1915. Ypsilanti Press.
May 11, 1916. Daily Press.
June 13, 1918. Recorder.
February 15, 1916. Daily Press.
June 15, 1917. Daily Press.
September 16, 1864. True Democrat.
March 17, 1916. Daily Press.
September 17, 1896. Ypsilantian.
June 19, 1891. Commercial.
September 19, 1918. Recorder.
June 20, 1918. Recorder.
May 20. 1915. Daily Press.
December 22, 1917. Daily Press.
December 22, 1912. Daily Press.
October 22, 1914. Daily Press.
September 22, 1891. Commercial.
April 23, 1870. Commercial.
December 23, 1917. Daily Press.
June 23, 1918. Daily Press.
February 24, 1916. Daily Press.
December 25, 1869. Daily Commercial.
September 26, 1918. Daily Press.
September 26, 1918. Recorder.
August 29, 1916. Daily Press.
January 30, 1865. Commercial.
September 30, 1916. Daily Press.
Sepetember 30, 1865. Part Three. Commercial.
August 31, 1872. Part Two. Commerical.
Ocotber, 1865. Commercial.
April, 1874. Commercial.
August 31, 1872 Commercial. Part One.
October, 1918. Ypsilantian.
July 11, 1918. Ypsilantian.
June 13, 1918. Ypsilantian.
September 25, 1918. Record.
January, 1877. Commercial.
January 8, 1881. Commercial.
July 6, 1918. Daily Press.
July 18, 1876. Part Two. Commercial.
June 11, 1894. Commercial.
June 2, 1883. Commercial.
June 30, 1883. Commercial.
March 5, 1881. Part two. Commercial.
May 27, 1876. Commercial.
October 24, 1918. Record.
August 17, 1916. Record.
August 28, 1919. Record.
August 31, 1916. Record.
May 1, 1919. Record.
May 8, 1919. Record.
May 8, 1919. Record.
October 24, 1918. Record.
September 26, 1918. Record.
September, 1916. Daily Press.
September 19, 1918. Daily Press.
September 30, 1865. Commercial. Part One.
Commercial.
1918. Daily Press.
1919.
July 1, 1919. Daily Press.
April 3, 1918. Daily Press.
April 3, 1919. Daily Press.
May 3, 1919. Daily Press, Part one.
May 3, 1919. Daily Press.
March 4, 1919. Daily Press.
Novemebr 7, 1919. Recorder.
May 10, 1919. Daily Press.
April 29, 1919. Daily Press.
April 30, 1919. Daily Press.
South Adams Street @ 1900 