Newspapers
The Arizona Republic--of limited use
Asahi Evening News--Tokyo English language daily; useful; no index
Asahi Shimbun--Japanese language paper; loaded with information; index available on CD/ROM Asahi Shimbun Sengo Midashi Sakuin, 1945-1995 [Asahi Newspaper Headline Index, 1945-1995]
The Atlanta Constitution--had interesting editorials; clear editorial stance favoring reversion
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution--Sunday and special occasions merger of the two Atlanta papers
Atlantic Monthly--American political opinion magazine; showed interest in Okinawa only about reversion
Baltimore Sun--informative, but difficult to use; no index
The Birmingham News--of limited use
Boston Globe--of limited use
Chicago Tribune--interesting editorials, but of limited use
The Christian Century--clear editorial slant towards reversion since 1950s; indexed; useful
The Christian Science Monitor--indexed since 1945; numerous, informative articles
Chuo Koron--Japanese language political opinion magazine; no index; loaded with information
Cleveland Plain Dealer--of limited use
Collier's--of limited use
Columbia State--of limited use
The Commonweal--of limited use
Congressional Quarterly--of limited use
Daily Okinawan--early military newspaper on the island; useful
The Economist--British news magazine; of limited use
Harper's Magazine--published explosive article on morale and living conditions on the island in 1958
The Hartford Courant--of limited use
Honolulu Advertiser--no index and difficult to use, but highly informative
Honolulu Star-Bulletin--no index and difficult to use, but highly informative
The Japan Times--Tokyo English language daily; useful; no index
Kosei Okinawa--Hawaii based paper for Americans of Okinawan descent; of limited use
Life--once defunct magazine; not particularly useful even during peak years of publication
The Living Church--Episcopalian magazine; of limited use
Los Angeles Times--no index; paper does research on request in clipping file at $15 an hour
Mainichi Shimbun--Japanese language paper; no index; loaded with information
Manchester Union Leader--of limited use
The Military Engineer--professional magazine; good for technical information on base construction
The Nation--American political opinion magazine; showed interest in Okinawa only about reversion
National Geographic-American travel magazine with a few articles of occasional use
The New Republic--American political opinion magazine; showed interest in Okinawa only about reversion
New York Daily Mirror--articles in Herald Tribune & Journal American clipping files
New York Daily News--articles in Herald ribune & Journal American clipping files
New York Herald Tribune--defunct paper; clipping file of the paper is open and located at the University of Texas
New York Journal American--defunct paper; clipping file of the paper is open and located at the University of Texas
New York Post--articles in Herald Tribune & Journal-American clipping files
The New York Sun--defunct paper; articles in Herald Tribune & Journal American clipping files
The New York Times--indexed; only U.S. paper with stringer on Okinawa; highly useful; clear editorial stance favoring reversion; clipping file of the paper is open and located at the University of Texas
The New York Times Magazine--a number of articles with wide range in quality about the island
The New York World Telegram and Sun--defunct paper; articles in Herald Tribune & Journal American clipping files
The New Yorker--American magazine with occasional articles of some use
Newsweek--weekly news magazine; many articles, but vague and general
Nihon Keizai--Japanese language political opinion magazine; no index; loaded with informationOhio State Journal--of limited use
Okinawa Morning Star--English language daily on island; clear editorial stance on wisdom of American rule and opposition to reversion
Okinawa Taimusu--Okinawan Japanese language paper; no index; loaded with information
Palo Alto Times--of limited use
Parks & Recreation--good for showing social life of Americans, but generally of limited use
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette--of limited use
The Progressive--American political opinion magazine; showed interest in Okinawa only about reversion
The Reader's Digest--of limited use
The Reporter--defunct American news magazine; articles on Okinawa only in late 1960s
Ryukyu Shimpo--Okinawan Japanese language paper; no index; loaded with information
Saturday Evening Post--defunct American news magazine; some useful articles on Okinawa
Saturday Review--of limited use
San Francisco Chronicle--interesting editorials, but generally of limited use
San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle--Combined publication of two papers on Sunday; of limited use
The Shreveport Journal--of limited use
Stars and Stripes--informative, but difficult to use; no index
St. Louis Post Dispatch--informative, but difficult to use; no index
Time--weekly news magazine; many articles, but vague and general
Tokyo Shimbun--Japanese language paper; no index; loaded with information
Travel--American travel magazine; an interesting article on Okinawa in 1969
Triad--newspaper of 3rd Marine Division; stored at U.S. Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington, D.C.
U.S. News and World Report--weekly news magazine; many articles, but vague and general
The Wall Street Journal--indexed since the early 1950s; few articles, but highly informative
The Washington Daily News--defunct paper; of limited use
Washington Evening Star--defunct paper; clear editorial stance favoring reversion; index and clipping file available for research at Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, Washington, D.C.
Washington Times-Herald--defunct paper; of limited use
The Washington Post--informative, but difficult to use; no index
Weekly Okinawa Times--weekly English version of the Okinawa Taimusu
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