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 Sunday Journal
Thank you to the Small Family and the Daily Journal for sharing your treasure with our community.
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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 1976
August 23, 1976 (Monday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 22, 1976 (Sunday) The Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 20, 1976 (Friday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 19, 1976 (Thursday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 18, 1976 (Wednesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 17, 1976 (Tuesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 16, 1976 (Monday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 15, 1976 (Sunday) The Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 13, 1976 (Friday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 12, 1976 (Thursday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 11, 1976 (Wednesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 10, 1976 (Tuesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 09, 1976 (Monday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 08, 1976 (Sunday) The Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 06, 1976 (Friday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 05, 1976 (Thursday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 04, 1976 (Wednesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 03, 1976 (Tuesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 02, 1976 (Monday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
August 01, 1976 (Sunday) The Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
July 30, 1976 (Friday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
July 29, 1976 (Thursday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
July 28, 1976 (Wednesday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
July 26, 1976 (Monday) The Daily Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal
July 25, 1976 (Sunday) The Sunday Journal, Kankakee Daily Journal