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Newspaper Durham Daily Recorder (Durham, N.C.) 1886-188?

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About Durham Daily Recorder (Durham, N.C.) 1886-188?

The Durham Recorder (NC) is a succeeding title of The Hillsborough Recorder (NC), which was established in 1820. The Hillsborough Recorder retained the same owner and editor, Dennis Heartt (1783-1869), from its founding to its sale shortly before his death. John Donald Cameron (1820-1897) took over the role of editor and publisher for the Recorder in 1872, and moved the paper from Hillsborough to Durham, about 15 miles, in 1879.

Published every Wednesday starting in 1879, the Durham Recorder included local and national news as well as stories about agriculture and manufacturing, particularly as related to tobacco. The newspaper supported the Democratic Party. In addition to running the Recorder, Cameron also served as principal clerk to the North Carolina General Assembly, and, in 1881, he authored A Sketch of the Tobacco Interests in North Carolina, which included the names of the state’s tobacco growers and manufacturers.

In October 1881, Cameron retired from the Durham Recorder, passing ownership of the paper to Edward Carney Hackney (1856-1903) and Garland E. Webb (1854-1932). Hackney was a lawyer and partner in a cigar manufacturing business. He served as mayor of Durham from 1882 to 1883.

By the end of 1882, Hackney served as sole editor and proprietor of the Recorder. He continued the paper’s support of the Democratic Party as well as its coverage of tobacco cultivation and manufacturing. From 1886 to 1890, Hackney also published a daily edition of the Recorder. In 1886, the daily published under the title Durham Daily Recorder. From 1887 to 1890, the weekly and daily editions published as the Durham Recorder, with the words “Weekly Recorder” or “Daily Recorder” on the masthead.

In August 1895, Hackney sold the Durham Recorder to Mamie H. Fairbrother (1861–1936), who kept the title but moved the publishing office back to Hillsborough. In early 1896, the Recorder published a notice written to subscribers by Hackney, announcing that Fairbrother had failed to comply with terms of the sale and that the newspaper would return to Durham. From 1896–1897, Joseph H. King (1866–1919) served as editor of the newspaper until Hackney returned to that position in 1898.

Hackney continued to edit the Durham Recorder until his death in 1903, when Zebulon Pascal Council (1875-1958) purchased the Recorder and took over as editor and publisher. Council reduced the newspaper’s extensive coverage of tobacco, using the front page to cover local elections, announce births and deaths, and run the “Durham Recorder Popularity Contest,” in which area residents mailed in votes to say who they liked best in the community.

In September 1910, Council sold the Recorder to J. E. Dupree, who enlarged the newspaper to an eight-page format with seven columns printed semiweekly in the office of The Durham Sun. Fred A. Moore bought the Recorder in 1911 and then ceased publication under that title in April 1912, turning the semi-weekly into the Southern Recorder, a monthly serial focused on agriculture.

Provided By: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC

About this Newspaper

Title

  • Durham Daily Recorder (Durham, N.C.) 1886-188?

Dates of Publication

  • 1886-188?

Created / Published

  • Durham, N.C. : E.C. Hackney

Headings

  • -  Durham (N.C.)--Newspapers
  • -  Durham County (N.C.)--Newspapers
  • -  North Carolina--Durham
  • -  North Carolina--Durham County
  • -  United States--North Carolina--Durham--Durham

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily (except Sunday)
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Weekly ed.: Durham recorder, <1886-1888>.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 36 (May 7, 1886); title from masthead.
  • -  Latest issue consulted: Vol. 2, no. 185 (Nov. 26 1887).
  • -  Durham recorder (Durham, N.C. : 1887) (DLC) 2016236632 (OCoLC)946987214

Medium

  • v.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn91068345

OCLC Number

  • 24473829

ISSN Number

  • 2475-0808

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Chicago citation style:

Durham Daily Recorder Durham, N.-188?. (Durham, NC), Jan. 1 1886. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91068345/.

APA citation style:

(1886, January 1) Durham Daily Recorder Durham, N.-188?. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91068345/.

MLA citation style:

Durham Daily Recorder Durham, N.-188?. (Durham, NC) 1 Jan. 1886. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn91068345/.