The Indianapolis Times (Indianapolis [Ind.])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
4,531 issues from 1922 to 1936, published in Indianapolis, Indiana, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Indianapolis Times began publication as the Sun in 1888, and according to Ayer’s Newspaper Directory it was then the “only one-cent paper in Indiana.” Fred L. Purdy served as its first editor and owned a minority stake in its publishing; J. S. Sweeney owned the majority stake. The paper ran as a daily until 1899, with its circulation growing to 12,823 by 1898. In 1899, it was renamed the Indianapolis Sun and continued to be published as a daily. During this time, it maintained a professional partnership with the Scripps-McRae wire service out of Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1910, the paper was purchased by Indiana newspaper magnate Rudolph G. Leeds, who also served as an editor for the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram. From 1913-1914, the paper was sold to G.H. Larke and W.D. Boyce. The paper became the Evening Sun, and its circulation grew to 34,453. On July 20, 1914, Boyce and new co-owner J. W. Banbury renamed the Evening Sun the Indiana Daily Times. By 1915, its circulation was 46,384.
In 1922, Scripps-Howard publishing purchased the Times, renaming it Indianapolis Times—the title it would keep until it ceased publication in 1965. Roy W. Howard served as the Scripps-Howard President from 1922-1964, overseeing not only the Times but United Press International worldwide wire service. Alongside in-house journalism by Times staff, many articles published during this period came from the Scripps-Howard wire service, Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress