In May 2019, the Small family and the Daily Journal provided copyright clearance for the Kankakee Public Library to digitize the microfilm archive of the Daily Journal for the purpose of making it available via the internet to the general public free of charge. The Kankakee Public Library used gift funds and grant support from the Community Foundation in order to digitize the Daily Journal microfilm. Olivet Nazarene University and Benner Library host the archive in their Institutional Repository, Digital Commons @ Olivet.
Copyright clearance covers July 1854 through one year before the current date. However, only the years 1854-2014 have been digitized from microfilm. As time permits, these files are manually combined into issues and added to this website. For questions please contact us.
- 1920 - 1933 (Apr 17)
- 1934 - 1976 (Aug)
- 1977 (Jan-Apr, Jul, Oct-Dec)
- 1978 - 1979 (missing Apr & May)
- 1980 - 1985 (Jan & Mar)
- 1986 (Jan) - 1987
- 1988 (Aug)
- 1990 - 1993 (May)
- 2012 (Jul)
- 2013 (Mar 1)
- 2014
- 2015 - 2016
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- Kankakee County Democrat
- Kankakee Daily Gazette
- Kankakee Daily Republican
- Kankakee Daily Republican-News
- Kankakee Daily Journal
- Kankakee Sunday Journal
Thank you to the Small Family and the Daily Journal for sharing your treasure with our community.
ACCESS- Scroll down to access scanned files from the microfilm archive.
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- These .pdf files are large and may require several patient minutes to download, especially for those with a slower internet connection.
- The microfilm collection of Kankakee Daily Journal is housed at The Kankakee Public Library. Microfilm search requests can be made via email to Carol Zoladz at czoladz@lions-online.org. For best results, please provide a month and year date range to be searched.
Submissions from 1985
March 19, 1985 (Tuesday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 18, 1985 (Monday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 17, 1985 (Sunday) Kankakee Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 15, 1985 (Friday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 14, 1985 (Thursday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 13, 1985 (Wednesday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 12, 1985 (Tuesday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 11, 1985 (Monday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 10, 1985 (Sunday) Kankakee Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 08, 1985 (Friday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 07, 1985 (Thursday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 06, 1985 (Wednesday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 05, 1985 (Tuesday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 04, 1985 (Monday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 03, 1985 (Sunday) Kankakee Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
March 01, 1985 (Friday) Kankakee Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 31, 1985 (Thursday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 30, 1985 (Wednesday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 29,1985 (Tuesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 28, 1985 (Monday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 27, 1985 (Sunday) The Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 25, 1985 (Friday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 24, 1985 (Thursday) Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 23, 1985 (Wednesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
January 22, 1985 (Tuesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal