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Mankato Free Press (MFP)

Information about the Mankato Free Press newspaper and how to access it.

Historic Mankato/North Mankato Newspapers

  • Mankato Free Press - Titles over the years
    • Free Press, 1973-present
    • Mankato Free Press, 1931-1973
    • Mankato Daily Free Press, 1887-1931
    • Review, 1878-1919 (Also known as Daily Review; Continues Mankato Weekly Review, Absorbed by Mankato Daily Free Press)
    • Mankato Weekly Review, 1869-1878 (Also known as Mankato Review)
  • Mankato Evening Herald - 1926
  • Mankato Journal - 1890-1911 (Continues Mankato Democrat)
  • Mankato Ledger - Titles over the years
    • Mankato Ledger, 1916-1936 (Continues Weekly Ledger)
    • Weekly Ledger, 1891-1916
  • Mankato News - Titles over the years
    • Mankato News, 1924-1957 (Continues Mankato Telegram and the Union News)
    • Mankato Telegram and the Union News,1923-1924 (Formed from union of Mankato Telegram and Union News)
    • Mankato Telegram, 1922-1923
    • Union News, 1918-1923
  • Mankato Post (German language newspaper) - 1887-1888, 1891-1892, 1901-1902, 1916-1918
  • Mankato Weekly Free Press - Titles over the years
    • Mankato Weekly Free Press, 1879 -1923  (Also known as Mankato Free Press and Mankato Free Press and Weekly Review.  Formed from merger of Mankato Union and Mankato Record. This Free Press has a different publisher than Mankato Daily Free Press.)
    • Mankato Union, 1864-1868 (Continues Mankato Weekly Union)
    • Mankato Weekly Union, 1863-1864 (Continues Mankato Independent)
    • Mankato Independent, 1861-1863 (Continues Mankato Weekly Independent)
    • Mankato Weekly Independent, 1857-1861 (Also known as Mankato Semi-weekly Independent)
    • Mankato Record, 1869-1879 (Continues Mankato Weekly Record)
    • Mankato Weekly Record, 1859-1860, 1861-1869 (Also known as Mankato Semi-Weekly Record)
  • North Mankato Review - 1921-1923, 1935-1947
  • The Public Spirit - 1882-1884

All of the titles above are available in the microfilm collection in the Marilyn J. Lass Center for Minnesota Studies on the second floor of Memorial Library.  The call number for all of the Mankato titles begins with AN23.M314.  The call number for the North Mankato title begins with AN23.N67.

All of the above titles are also available from the Minnesota Historical Society. 

In 2021-2022, the titles below were acquired as part of a special project made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund

  • Mankato Evening Herald
  • Mankato Journal
  • Mankato Ledger
  • Mankato Post
  • Mankato Weekly Free Press
  • North Mankato Review
  • The Public Spirit
  • Weekly Ledger

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Electronic Access to Mankato Newspapers

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