Buffalo Courier-Express
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | George E. Matthews William James Conners Cowles Media Company |
Launched | 1926 |
Ceased publication | September 19, 1982 |
Headquarters | Buffalo, New York |
The Buffalo Courier-Express was a morning newspaper in Buffalo, New York. It ceased publication on September 19, 1982.
History
The Courier-Express was created in 1926 by a merger of the Buffalo Daily Courier and the Buffalo Morning Express. William James Conners, the owner of the Buffalo Courier, brought the two papers together. The combined newspapers claimed a heritage dating to 1828. One notable part-owner and editor of the Buffalo Express was
In August 1979, The Courier-Express was purchased by the
Cowles Media donated the library to the
The library is currently being digitized. While that may take years, photographs will continually be added to the Butler Library Archives Flickr site.[7]
Editors
Editors of the Buffalo Courier
- Douglas A. Levien, 1850s[8]
- David Gray, 1870s[1]
Editors of the Buffalo Express
- Almon M. Clapp, editor, founded Express in 1846[9]
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as 'Mark Twain', 1869–1871, co-editor
- Josephus Nelson Larned, co-editor with Twain
- James N. Matthews, 1878–1888[10]
- George E. Matthews, 1888–1911[10]
- Burrows Matthews, 1911–1925
Editors of the Buffalo Courier-Express
- Burrows Matthews, 1926–1955
- Cy B. King, 1956–1970
- Douglas L. Turner, 1971–1980
- Joel R. Kramer, 1981–1982
- Theo C. Meier, 1950s
General Managers of the Buffalo Courier-Express
- Gordon Bennett, 1960s
- Richard C. Lyons, 1971–74
- Donald J. Maul, 1970s
Notable alumni
- Tom Toles
- Wilbur Porterfield, photo pictorialist, 1926–1958
See also
- Buffalo State College
References
- ^ a b c "David Gray biography". Mark Twain Project. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Dlugosz, Steve (May 27, 2020). "Mark Twain's experience in Buffalo described as brief but memorable". The Am-Pol Eagle. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Wexler, Celia Viggo (July 20, 2011). "The Newspaper that Said "No" to Murdoch". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ "Buffalo Morning Paper To Fold". Reading Eagle. September 8, 1982. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
- ^ Fujiuchi, Ken. "E. H. Butler Library: E. H. Butler Library: Home". library.buffalostate.edu.
- ^ "The Courier-Express Photograph Collection". Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ "Flickr.com".
- ^ "Death of Douglas A. Levien," New York Times, April 28, 1897.
- ^ (6 April 1899). Mr. A.M. Clapp Stricken, Evening Star
- ^ a b Matthews, George E. (1898). The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century. Cattaraugus County (N.Y.): G.E. Matthews & Co. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
External links
Media related to Buffalo Courier Express at Wikimedia Commons
- History of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild
- As of October 2022, NY State Historic Newspapers has the Courier-Express, 1977-1982 available online for free, public access.
- As of October, 2022, Newspapers.com has the Courier-Express, 1932-1943, online for paid subscribers. Some public and academic libraries offer Newspapers.com to their users.
- Buffalo Courier-Express Collection at Buffalo State College