The Other Side Newspaper
Scope and Contents
The newspaper is focused on African-American and Black stories, featuring an interview of a member of the Velvelettes, an article about the new Black Kalamazoo City Manager, a film review of Jason’s Lyric, a movie featuring mainly Black actors, and more. The issue proclaims itself as the premier issue and a grassroots newspaper, with spots offering advertisement space for sponsors in addition to their other advertisements and a section to fill out on the back for a mail-in subscription to the newspaper. The issue was 50 cents, and the subscription on the back proclaims the annual subscription is $20. The newspaper is just eight pages long, and covers news from the first week of November, 1994.
Dates
- Creation: 1994
Biographical / Historical
The Other Side’s first volume and issue was published in 1994, calling itself a grassroots newspaper. The content was directed towards African-American and Black readers, featuring news about African-American people in politics, Black history, and featured an interview of a notable Black singer, with plans continue the interview in a future issue. It is possible that only one volume was released, and other issues weren’t published for some reason. Considering the slots that weren’t filled by advertisers, perhaps the newspaper was having issues with funding, and therefore had to cancel publications. Buddy Hannah, a Kalamazoo poet, writer, and publisher, was the newspaper’s editor.
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet ; The newspaper measures 11 inches x 16 inches when folded, and 22 inches x 16 inches when unfolded.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection is composed of a single premier issue of The Other Side, published in 1994.
Physical Description
The newspaper measures 11 inches x 16 inches when folded, and 22 inches x 16 inches when unfolded. The newspaper is made up of two large pieces of paper folded inside each other, with no binding holding them together. Overall, the newspaper is in good condition. The paper seems to have aged a bit at the edges, but the discoloration isn’t very major. There are very little, if any rips in the paper. The newspaper was folded in half horizontally down the middle at some point, leaving a deep crease that refuses to let the paper lie flat. This does not obscure any writing or seem to be tearing at all.
Subject
- Velvelettes (Organization)
- Hannah, Buddy (Editor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- The Other Side Newspaper Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Meena Jacobs, Mallory Heslinger
- Date
- 2024-09-24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu