Stars and Stripes

1. The newspaper: Stars and Stripes; the national tribune.
   Newspaper 1015 [Oct 1877-Dec 1991, Mar 1992-Dec 1998] (as of 1/07).
   Second set, 3585 [Oct 1877-1940] (as of 6/12). Noncirculating.
   Available in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, Madison Building, Room LM-133.

2. The periodicals:
   • Stars and Stripes, European edition.
     Publishers bound, D731.S72664 folio, Dec 1, 1946 - June, 1985 (Ft. Meade).
     Request in the Main Reading Room, Jefferson Building.
     New York Public (212-930-0830) has European edition on microfilm.
   • Pacific Stars and Stripes. MicRR 02274, incomplete, 1945-1998.
     Available in the Microform Reading Room, Jefferson Building, Room 139-B.
   • On December 8, 1999, the European and Pacific editions merged into simply; the Stars and Stripes. The Library has 2002-2005 paper issues in B34 (2008- in B33), available in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (as of 6/12)..

3. The Electronic:
   • Chronicling America (Stars and Stripes; the national tribune, 1877-1911)
   • AncestryLibrary (on-site only)
     • Stars and Stripes, Europe, Mediterranean, and North African Editions, 1942-1964
       Stars and Stripes, Pacific Editions, 1945-1963
       Stars and Stripes, WWI Edition, 1918-1919
     • 1) Click on "Search" along the top bar 2) The drop down menu will offer the option "Newspapers & Periodicals"--click on that. 3) Along the right side of the page will be the option "Narrow by Category"--under that are two options, "Newspapers" and "Periodicals and Magazines" 4) Click on either "Periodicals & Magazines"--the titles that come up in both lists are the same and are apparently not noticed by Serials Solutions 5) Under "Featured Data Collections" will be a radio button that says "View all in Card Catalog"--click on that 6) All three of the Stars and Stripes options show up on the first of the three-pages listing of titles.
   • epaper.stripes.com
   • NewspaperARCHIVE (on-site only). Click on Germany for the European Stars & Stripes, or Japan for the Pacific Stars & Stripes.
   • Available on microfilm from Heritage Microfilm
   • See also: The Stars and Stripes Museum/Library Association

4. The Bibliographies:
• Library of Congress Holdings of the Stars and Stripes by Mark Sweeney, 1994. (Second world war,
  European theater only, but in some ways more detailed.)
• Stars and Stripes: U.S. Military Newspapers in the Library of Congress by Rodney Katz, 2003. (Includes the Pacific theater.)