American children’s periodicals by place, 1789-1872
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[NOTE: Titles listed here are organized by state, then by city or town, then alphabetically.]
NO STATE INDICATED
Steubenville
• Sabbath School Magazine (1832)
ALABAMA
Marion
• Kind Words for the Sunday School Children • Kind Words, the Child’s Delight (Jan 1866-29 Sept 1929)
Montgomery
• Our Friend (25 Dec 1865-1906?)
• The Boys’ and Girls’ Literary Journal (also, The Boys and Girls Literary Journal) (June-after Aug 1868)
Newton, Alabama
• The Young American (Nov 1859)
ARKANSAS
Little Rock
• Monday Express (in 1852)
• Youth’s Banner (1852-after May 1853)
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco
• The Little Pioneer (Jan 1860-1861?)
• California Youths’ Companion • Pacific Pioneer and Youth’s Literary Companion (3 Dec 1864-after 27 Jan 1867)
• The Pacific Youth (1870-1872)
• Youth’s Gazette (1871)
CONNECTICUT
Colchester
• Monthly Preceptor; or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Amusement (1815)
Hartford
• Children’s Magazine (Jan-April 1789)
New Haven
• Youth’s Repository of Christian Knowledge (March, Sept 1813)
• The Guardian, or Youth’s Religious Instructor (Jan 1819-Dec 1824)
• The Sabbath School Repository and Teacher’s Assistant (Jan-Dec 1823)
• The Guardian and Monitor (Jan 1825-Dec 1828)
• The Child’s Cabinet (1832)
• Companion for Youth (17 Nov 1838-11 May 1839)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
• Friend of Youth (Nov 1849-Oct 1852)
• The Youth’s Instructor; Instructor (1852-after Jan 14 1936)
• Boys’ Ledger (1872-1873?)
GEORGIA
• Youth’s Repertory and Child’s Magazine (Sept 1831)
Athens
• The Schoolfellow (Jan 1849-Sept 1857)
Atlanta
• Kind Words for the Sunday School Children • Kind Words, the Child’s Delight (Jan 1866-29 Sept 1929)
Augusta
• The Youth’s Friend (8 Feb 1850-)
Columbus
• Youth’s Companion (Columbus, Georgia; 1843)
Macon
• Youth’s Repertory and Child’s Magazine (Sept 1831-)
• Youth’s Gem and Southern Cadet (Jan 1851-?)
• The Child’s Index; Child’s Delight (Sept 1862-1869)
• Children’s Guide (July 1863-Aug 1865)
• Kind Words for the Sunday School Children • Kind Words, the Child’s Delight (Jan 1866-29 Sept 1929)
• The Burke’s Weekly for Boys and Girls; Burke’s Magazine for Boys and Girls (6 July 1867-Dec 1871)
Milledgeville
• Youth’s Gem (1850)
Sparta
• Young Folks’ Friend (Sept 1868-1869)
HAWAII; HAWAI‘I
Honolulu
• Ke Kumu Kamalii (Jan-Dec 1837)
• Ke Alaula (April 1866-March 1873)
ILLINOIS
Belleville
• The Youth’s Eclectic (June-after Oct 1867)
Chicago
• Sunday School Advocate (5 Oct 1841-31 Dec 1921)
• The Youth’s Gazette (1843-26 July 1843)
• The Well-spring; The Wellspring for Young People; The Well-spring and Missionary Echoes; The Wellspring (5 Jan 1844-1928)
• Youth’s Western Banner (Aug 1853-1853)
• Young Catholic’s Friend (1865-1880?)
• Our Young Folks (Jan 1865-Dec 1873)
• The Little Corporal (July 1865-April 1875)
• Little Bouquet; Little Bouquets; Lyceum Banner; Little Bouquet (15 May 1866-after Dec 1876)
• The Young Catholic’s Guide (May 1867-after July 1870)
• The Sunday School Messenger (1868-after June 1875)
• The Little Folks (1869-1877)
• The Sunday School Scholar • Scholar (Jan 1869-1876)
• The Bright Side; Bright Side and Family Circle (July 1869-after 29 June 1873)
• Sunday School Companion (Jan 1869-1904)
• The Little Watchman (1870-1876)
• Young Folks’ Rural; Young Folks’ Monthly; Young Folks’ Rural (also, Young Folks’ Rural Monthly) (Nov 1870-1883)
• The Little Corporal’s School Festival; School Festival; National School Festival (Jan 1870-1874)
• The Young Pilot • Young Pilot and Little Men (Nov 1870-Sept 1871)
• The Child’s Friend (1872-after 1873)
• What Next? (March 1872-1874)
Plano
• Zion’s Hope (1 July 1869-1972)
INDIANA
Indianapolis
• Youth’s National Gazette (Dec 1854-after June 1856)
• The Little Sower (Jan 1865-1886)
• The Little Chief (Jan 1867-Feb 1872)
• The Sparkling Gem (1867-after 1868)
• The Laurel Wreath (1872?-after 1874)
Kokomo
• The Junior (June 1869-after Nov 1870)
Middlefork, Ripley County
• The Youth’s Casket (early 1850-1852?)
Olean
• The Genius of Youth (1 June 1852-mid/late 1852)
KENTUCKY
Lexington
• Western Sabbath School Repository, and Friend of Youth (1833)
• Christian Sunday School Journal • The Christian Sunday-School Journal (May 1851-after May 1852)
• The Children’s Friend (Lexington, Kentucky; 1868-after 1878)
• Good Words for the Children (1872-after 1878)
Louisville
• The School and Family Visitor (April-Sept 1864)
• The School and Fireside (11 Jan 1867-March 1868)
• The Children’s Friend (Louisville, Kentucky; May 1867-after July 1870)
LOUISIANA
Mt. Lebanon
• Children of the West (1868-1869)
New Orleans
• The Child’s Paper (Jan 1852-1897?)
• Our Paper (1861)
• Der Kinderfreund (1872-1874?)
MAINE
Augusta
• Our Young Folks’ Illustrated Paper (1 Oct 1871-15 Dec 1873)
Bangor
• Family and School Visitor (Jan 1839-before 31 July 1839)
Belfast
• The Juvenile Magazine (April 1823)
Bowdoinham
• What Not (1859-1860)
Brunswick
• The Juvenile Key; Family Pioneer and Juvenile Key (18 Sept 1830-23 May 1837)
• The Juvenile Temperance Watchman; Juvenile Watchman (2 Jan 1854-)
Dexter
• Youth’s Cabinet and Little Joker (April 1857-after Oct 1857)
Lewiston
• Uncle Peter’s Juvenile Cabinet; The Youth’s Cabinet (May 1846?-?)
Mount Vernon
• Young Folks’ Monitor, and The World We Live In (April 1861-after June 1861)
Portland
• Youth’s Companion; Youth’s Companion and Sabbath School Recorder; The Youth’s Companion (16 April 1827-Sept 1929)
• The Juvenile Reformer and Sabbath School Instructor (27 May 1835-13 May 1836)
• Family and School Visitor (Jan 1839-before 31 July 1839)
• Youth’s Monitor (1840-1842)
• Youth’s Family Instructor and Sunday School Visitor (7 Jan 1841-after May 1842)
• The Eastern Rose-Bud; Eastern Rose-Bud and Sabbath School Companion (6 March 1841-22 April 1843)
• The Scholars’ Leaf of the Tree of Knowledge (6 Jan 1849-16 Dec 1850)
• The Child’s Magazine (May 1857-April 1858)
• Young People’s Helper; Young People’s Helper and Temperance Visitor (1862-April 1872)
• The Youth’s Friend (Jan 1866)
Rockland
• Band of Hope Visitor (1859)
• The Maine Spectator • The Spectator (Jan 8-June 1859)
• The Youth’s Temperance Visitor (Feb 1860-April 1861, Sept 1862-April 1872)
• Young People’s Helper; Young People’s Helper and Temperance Visitor (1862-April 1872)
MARYLAND
Baltimore
• Youth’s Literary Gazette (1 Dec 1832-22 Nov 1833)
• Sunday School Children’s Magazine (1838)
• Juvenile Mirror and Youth’s Literary Companion (1841)
• The Child’s Paper (Jan 1852-1897?)
• The Catholic Youth’s Magazine (Sept 1857-Aug 1861)
• Die Taube (1859-1862)
• Kinderzeitung (15 April 1859-15 March 1862)
• Southern Boys’ and Girls’ Monthly (Jan 1867-July 1868)
• The Little Gleaner (Aug 1867-1871?)
Edgewood
• The Weekly Magpie (30 April?-29 Oct 1859)
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
• The Fly; or Juvenile Miscellany (16 Oct 1805-2 April 1806)
• The Sunday Scholars’ Magazine; or, Monthly Reward Book (Jan 1821-)
• The Monitor (Jan 1823-Dec 1824)
• The Juvenile Miscellany (Sept 1826-Feb 1836, April 1836)
• Youth’s Gazette (13 Jan-after Feb 1827)
• Youth’s Companion; Youth’s Companion and Sabbath School Recorder; The Youth’s Companion (16 April 1827-Sept 1929)
• Youth’s Magazine; or, Spirit of the Juvenile Miscellany (Jan-Dec 1830)
• Classical Journal and Scholar’s Review; Juvenile Rambler; Juvenile Rambler, or, Family and School Journal (Jan 1830-26 Dec 1833)
• Expostulator, or Young Catholic’s Guide (31 March 1830-23 March 1831)
• The Sabbath School Visiter (1833-Dec 1843)
• Parley’s Magazine (16 March 1833-1844)
• Juvenile Watchman (8 March, 26 April 1833-1835)
• The Juvenile Repository (6 July 1833-1834?)
• The Child’s Universalist Gazette, and Monthly Visiter (also, The Child’s Universalist Gazette, and Monthly Visitor) • The Child’s Gazette (12 July 1834, Jan 1835)
• The Family School (Sept, Nov 1836)
• Youth’s Cabinet; The Youth’s Cabinet; New-York Teacher’s Lyceum; Woodworth’s Youth’s Cabinet; Woodworth’s Youth’s Cabinet and Uncle Frank’s Dollar Magazine (28 April 1837-March 1857)
• Sabbath School Messenger (June 1837-16 April 1846)
• Sabbath School Contributor; Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor (6 June 1839-22 June 1843)
• The Young Catholics’ Friend (also, Young Catholic’s Friend) (6 May 1840-after 26 Dec 1840)
• Cold Water Army and Youth’s Picnic; Cold Water Army (Aug 1841-1843)
• Robert Merry’s Museum (Feb 1841-Nov 1872)
• Youth’s Medallion (17 April 1841-10 Dec 1842)
• Sunday School Advocate (5 Oct 1841-31 Dec 1921)
• The Wreath (1 Nov 1842-1 June 1843)
• The Juvenile Wesleyan (1843-1852?)
• Youth’s Guide and Star (Jan-July 1843)
• Boys’ and Girls’ Magazine; Boys’ & Girls’ Monthly Library (Jan 1843-after March 1844)
• New Church Magazine for Children; The Children’s New-Church Magazine (Jan 1843-1891?)
• Youth’s Penny Gazette • The Youth’s Sunday-School Gazette (also The Youth’s Sunday School Gazette) (11 Jan 1843-1861)
• The Child’s Friend; The Child’s Friend and Youth’s Magazine; The Child’s Friend and Family Magazine (Oct 1843-Oct 1858)
• The Young Reaper • Young Reaper (Jan 1844-1908?)
• The Well-spring; The Wellspring for Young People; The Well-spring and Missionary Echoes; The Wellspring (5 Jan 1844-1928)
• The Penny Library for School Children (1 April-3 June 1845)
• The Monthly Rose; The Monthly Rose, and Literary Cabinet; The Monthly Rose, and Otis School Cabinet; The Monthly Rose, and School Cabinet; The Monthly Rose, and Literary Cabinet; The Monthly Rose (July 1845-after Nov 1847)
• Children’s Advent Herald ; Youth’s Guide (May 1846-1860?)
• The Young American’s Magazine of Self-Improvement (Jan-Dec 1847)
• The Playmate (Sept 1847-May 1848)
• The Child’s Gospel Guide (1847-1849)
• The Boys’ and Girls’ Magazine, and Fireside Companion; Forrester’s Boys’ and Girls’ Magazine, and Fireside Companion (Jan 1848-Dec 1857)
• Juvenile Gazette (18 March 1848-?)
• Sunday School Gazette; The Dayspring (4 Aug 1849-after Dec 1879)
• The Dayspring • Youth’s Dayspring (Jan 1842-Dec 1855)
• Youth’s Monthly Magazine (July 1850-June 1851?)
• The Myrtle (2 Aug 1851-1918)
• The Child’s Paper (Jan 1852-1897?)
• The Schoolmate (Feb 1852-Oct 1855)
• Monthly Instructor and Fire Side Companion; Forrester’s Playmate; Youth’s Casket and Playmate (July 1854-after Jan 1868)
• Youth’s National Gazette (Dec 1854-after June 1856)
• The Pupil: A Monthly Treasury for School Children (Oct 1855-March 1856?)
• The Student and Schoolmate; The Student and Schoolmate, and Forrester’s Boy’s and Girl’s Magazine; The Student and Schoolmate; The Schoolmate (Nov 1855-1872)
• The Excelsior (1858)
• The Sparkling Fount (1858-)
• Sargent’s School Monthly (Jan-Dec 1858)
• Young America Monthly Magazine (Jan-Dec 1858)
• Young America and Excelsior (Jan-after April 1859)
• The Little-Pig Monthly (also, The Little Pig Monthly) (May, July 1859)
• The Child at Home (Dec 1859-1879?)
• Young Folks’ Monitor, and The World We Live In (April 1861-after June 1861)
• The Young Pilgrim (Sept 1863-after 1925)
• The Youth’s Visitor (Jan 1864-Oct 1872)
• Spare Hours (Jan-Dec 1866)
• The Nursery (Jan 1867-Oct 1880)
• Oliver Optic’s Magazine: Our Boys and Girls; Oliver Optic’s Magazine (5 Jan 1867-Dec 1875)
• The Young Crusader (also Young Crusader) (Jan 1869-Oct 1875?)
• The Infants’ Delight; Infants’ Delight (1870-after Dec 1872)
• Young Sportsman (Jan 1870-?)
• Work and Play (Jan 1870-March 1872)
• Loving Words for Children (1871-after 1872)
• Apples of Gold (1871-1917)
• Every Boy’s Magazine (1871)
• Little Christian (1871-1904?)
Brookline
• Young American (2 May 1855-9 April 1856)
• The Young American (7 Oct 1857-1 Sept 1858)
Cambridge
• The Child’s Friend; The Child’s Friend and Youth’s Magazine; The Child’s Friend and Family Magazine (Oct 1843-Oct 1858)
Charlestown
• The Bouquet (Dec 1841-23 Dec 1843)
• The Young Ladies’ Casket (1841-24 March 1842)
• Boys’ Monthly Gazette (May 1857-April 1858)
East Boston
• The Little Corporal’s School Festival; School Festival; National School Festival (Jan 1870-1874)
Groton
• The Golden Rule (May 1846-)
Lowell
• The Rose Bud (March 1832-after Feb 1834?)
Lynn
• Sabbath School Contributor; Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor (6 June 1839-22 June 1843)
Malden
• Sabbath School Contributor • Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor (6 June 1839-22 June 1843)
Mendon
• Juvenile Gazette (2 July 1831)
Roxbury
• Pioneer (4 May 1857-13 Oct 1858)
Salem
• The Hive (27 Sept 1828-20 Sept 1830)
• The Asteroid (1 Aug 1848-after July 1849?)
Westfield
• The Scholar’s Quarterly Journal; The Scholar’s Journal (Feb 1828-15 Nov 1829)
MICHIGAN
Battlecreek
• Youth’s Instructor; Insight (Aug 1852-present?)
Detroit
• The Little Wolverine (May-Aug 1854)
Hillsdale
• Union Sunday School Visitor (1850-1853?)
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
• The Minnesota Pupil • The Minnesota Pupil and Youth’s National Gazette (Dec 1868-after 1872)
• The Young Minnesotian (19 April 1869-6 Dec 1870)
MISSOURI
St. Louis
• Sabbath School Star (Feb 1863-after 1870)
• The Young Evangelist • The Junior World (1865-1949?)
• Die Christliche Kinderzeitung (1867-1885?)
• Golden Hours (Jan 1869-1880)
• Lutherisches Kinder- und Jugendblatt (Jan 1871-Dec 1938)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord
• Uncle Ezekiel’s Youth’s Cabinet (May 1844-15 March 1846?)
• The Mountain Rill (April 1845-after May 1845)
Dover
• The Sabbath School Repository (1841)
• The Myrtle (17 May 1845-31 Dec 1904)
Papermill Village
• The Youth’s Pictorial Magazine (May 1848)
Portsmouth
• The Young Sportsman (1870?-1872)
NEW JERSEY
New Brunswick
• The Juvenile Lyceum (21 Jan 1837-after 25 April 1837?)
Newark
• Youth’s Family Instructor and Sunday School Visitor (7 Jan 1841-after May 1842)
• The Young Sportsman (1870?-1872)
NEW YORK
• The Youth’s Friend (El amigo de la juventud) (May 1825)
• Hebrew Sabbath School Companion (1872)
Albany
• Children’s Friend (Jan 1826-1827?)
• The Sabbath School Messenger, and Children’s Friend (Oct 1828-Sept 1829?)
• The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge (June 1830-1835)
• The Sabbath School Messenger, and Children’s Friend (1 May 1831-1832?)
• Youth’s Literary Messenger (Albany, New York; 1838)
• Youth’s Temperance Enterprise (1842-1847)
• The Bee (9 March 1844-22 April 1845)
• The Monthly Rose (also, the Albany Monthly Rose) (Jan-Dec 1845)
• Young Americans (1867-1904)
Buffalo
• The Friend of Youth (March 1839-1839)
• School Reader (1842)
• The Youth’s Casket (Jan 1852-Dec 1857)
• Der Schul- und Hausfreund (1853-)
• The Young American (April-Dec 1869)
• Our Leisure Moments (Feb-Dec 1870)
DeRuyter
• The Sabbath School Gem (1863-1864, 1869-1873)
Honeoye
• Children’s Friend • The Child’s Friend (April 1851-after Nov 1853)
Horicon
• Youth’s Manual • The Weekly Manual • The Youth’s Manual • The Temperance Star • The Youth’s Guide (Jan-26 June, Aug-Dec 1868, Jan-Feb, July-Oct, Dec 1869-Jan, April-12 May 1870)
Hudson
• Little American (1 Oct 1862-1864)
Martinsburg
• Boys’ Journal (July 1868-after 1871?)
New York
• The Youth’s News Paper (30 Sept-4 Nov 1797)
• Youth’s Magazine: or, Evangelical Miscellany (Jan 1818-)
• The Child’s Magazine (July 1827-1844)
• Youth’s Journal (Jan 1828-1829?)
• The Children’s Magazine (Jan 1829-1874)
• The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge (June 1830-1835)
• Juvenile Magazine, and Youth’s Monthly Visiter (Oct 1830, Feb 1831-after April 1832)
• The Mentor and Youth’s Instructive Companion (15 Dec 1830-after Jan 1831)
• The Youth’s Temperance Lecturer (July 1832-1833?)
• Youth’s Companion, and Weekly Family Visitor; Youth’s Companion and Family Visitor (1 April 1832-22 March 1834)
• Youth’s Companion, and Weekly Family Visitor; Youth’s Companion and Family Visitor (1 April 1832-22 March 1834)
• Youth’s Literary Gazette (1 Dec 1832-22 Nov 1833)
• Parley’s Magazine (16 March 1833-1844)
• The Guardian (1 Sept-15 Nov 1833)
• Sunday School Magazine (June 1835-1851)
• Slave’s Friend (April 1835-before April 1839)
• Youth’s Cabinet; The Youth’s Cabinet; New-York Teacher’s Lyceum; Woodworth’s Youth’s Cabinet; Woodworth’s Youth’s Cabinet and Uncle Frank’s Dollar Magazine (28 April 1837-March 1857)
• The Children’s Catholic Magazine (March 1838-Feb 1840)
• Youth’s Magazine: A Monthly Miscellany (May 1838-April 1841)
• The Youth’s Penny Paper (May 1838-after Feb 1839)
• The Missionary (1839)
• The Juvenile Depository, or Youth’s Mental Casket • Youth’s Mental Casket, and Literary Star • Casket and Star (July 1838-1842?)
• Youth’s Temperance Advocate; Youth’s Temperance Advocate and Band of Hope Recorder (Nov 1839-after May 1865)
• Young Catholic’s Magazine (Dec 1841-1842?)
• The Sabbath School Monitor; Sunday School Monitor; Light Ship and Sabbath School Monitor (1840-1846 or 1847)
• Youth’s Family Instructor and Sunday School Visitor (7 Jan 1841-after May 1842)
• Robert Merry’s Museum (Feb 1841-Nov 1872)
• Sunday School Advocate (5 Oct 1841-31 Dec 1921)
• Every Youth’s Gazette; Youth’s Gazette; Peter Parley’s Youth’s Gazette (22 Jan-31 Dec 1842)
• Boys’ and Girls’ Literary Bouquet; Boys’ and Girls’ Monthly Bouquet; Boys’ and Girls’ Bouquet (Nov 1842-Dec 1845)
• “Child’s Gazette” (1843)
• The Pierian (Jan-Sept 1843)
• The Juvenile Wesleyan (1843-1852?)
• New Church Magazine for Children; The Children’s New-Church Magazine (Jan 1843-1891?)
• Youth’s Penny Gazette • The Youth’s Sunday-School Gazette (also The Youth’s Sunday School Gazette) (11 Jan 1843-1861)
• The Child’s Companion and Youth’s Friend (also The Child’s Companion and Truth’s Friend) (Jan 1845-after 1870)
• The Encourager (Dec 1844-1847?)
• Young Churchman’s Miscellany (Jan 1846-Dec 1848)
• Young People’s Magazine (Jan-Dec 1846)
• The Student; The Student and Family Miscellany (Nov 1848-Oct 1855)
• The Student and Young Tutor (Nov 1846-Oct 1848)
• The Mt. Vernon Enterprise (1847-?)
• The Child’s Gospel Guide (1847-1849)
• The Boys’ and Girls’ Magazine, and Fireside Companion; Forrester’s Boys’ and Girls’ Magazine, and Fireside Companion (Jan 1848-Dec 1857)
• The Young People’s Mirror and American Family Visitor; Young People’s Mirror; Mirror (1 Jan 1848-1 Dec 1849)
• Young People’s Journal of Science, Literature, & Art (Nov 1848-?)
• The Bubble (1849?)
• The Schoolfellow (Jan 1849-Sept 1857)
• The Sunday-Scholar’s Mirror (1847-1850)
• The Juvenile Weekly Gazette (9 Feb 1850-13 Dec 1851)
• Fireside Miscellany and Young People’s Encyclopedia (Sept 1850-July 1851)
• The Standard-Bearer (1851-after 1867)
• Youth’s Monitor (1851-after 1854)
• The Young Christian (Jan 1851-1859)
• The Child’s Paper (Jan 1852-1897?)
• The Schoolmate (Feb 1852-Oct 1855)
• The Favourite Magazine of Instruction and Amusement for Boys and Girls; The Favorite (April-Sept 1852)
• Youth’s Galaxy (Jan-June 1853)
• The Carrier Dove (Sept 1853-Dec 1877)
• The Student and Schoolmate; The Student and Schoolmate, and Forrester’s Boy’s and Girl’s Magazine; The Student and Schoolmate; The Schoolmate (Nov 1855-1872)
• Republication of Parley’s Magazine (1857)
• Young People’s Illuminated Magazine (April-June 1857)
• The Young Christian Soldier • The Young Christian Soldier and Children’s Guest • The Young Christian Soldier (Dec 1867-Dec 1911)
• The Boys and Girls Own Magazine (Jan 1859-Dec 1861)
• The Little-Pig Monthly (also, The Little Pig Monthly) (May, July 1859)
• The Child at Home (Dec 1859-1879?)
• Youth’s Gazette (Jan 1860-after 9 Sept 1865?)
• Children’s Guest (Jan 1860-Dec 1870)
• Child’s World • Youth’s World (1862-after 1884)
• Our Young Folks (Jan 1865-Dec 1873)
• Youth’s Temperance Banner (Jan 1866-1917)
• Frank Leslie’s Children’s Friend • Frank Leslie’s Boys’ and Girls’ Illustrated Weekly • Frank Leslie’s Boys’ and Girls’ Weekly (April 1866-9 Feb 1884)
• Demorest’s Young America (Nov 1866-1875)
• Riverside Magazine for Young People (Jan 1867-Dec 1870)
• Guiding Star: A Sunday Paper for Boys and Girls (4 July 1868-1873)
• Golden Hours (Jan 1869-1880)
• Onward; Mayne Reid’s Magazine Onward (Jan 1869-Feb 1870)
• The Young Catholic (Oct 1870-after July 1876)
• Happy Hours (1871-1872)
• Young Israel; Libanon (Jan 1871-1875?)
• Morning Light (Jan 1871-after Jan 1877)
Nyack
• Boys’ and Girls’ New Monthly Magazine (July 1868-)
Ogdensburg
• The Boys’ Daily Journal • Boys’ Journal (Aug 1854-1857)
Port Leyden
• The Sabbath School Gem (1863-1864, 1869-1873)
Poughkeepsie
• Youth’s Guide to Piety and Virtue • Youth’s Guide to Piety and Virtue, and Literary Casket (3 Sept 1836-after 5 Aug 1837)
• The Young Cadet (Aug-Oct 1872, Dec 1872-1873?)
Rhinecliff
• Little American (1 Oct 1862-1864)
Rochester
• Youth’s Companion (1833)
• The Youth’s Temperance Banner (Aug 1846-1846)
• Children’s Friend • The Child’s Friend (April 1851-after Nov 1853)
Scott
• The Sabbath School Gem (1863-1864, 1869-1873)
Skaneateles
• Child’s Companion (1838-Tenth month 1839)
• The Juvenile Depository, or Youth’s Mental Casket • Youth’s Mental Casket, and Literary Star • Casket and Star (July 1838-1842?)
• The Acorn (1839-1840)
Syracuse
• Juvenile Instructor (1844-1867)
• Children’s Banner (1857-after 1885)
Utica
• Youth’s Cabinet (31 March-21 April 1815)
• Sabbath School Visitant (June 1824-1828)
• The Juvenile Magazine (27 Jan 1827-Dec 1828)
• The Youth’s Miscellany (Utica, New York; Jan 1830-1839?)
West Chester
• The Little Schoolmate (Dec 1870-Jan 1876; May 1876)
West Point
• Little American (1 Oct 1862-1864)
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh
• The Deaf Mute Casket (1860-after 1870)
• Children’s Banner • The Life Boat (April-after July 1867)
Salisbury
• Child’s Banner • The Children’s Banner (15 Feb 1865-1865)
Washington
• The Little Sunbeam (also, Sunbeam) (June-after Nov 1869)
OHIO
Cincinnati
• The Child’s Newspaper (7 Jan-Sept 1834)
• Youth’s Magazine (30 Sept 1834-after May 1838)
• Youth’s Magazine and Juvenile Harp (Jan 1841-after July 1842)
• Sunday School Advocate (5 Oct 1841-31 Dec 1921)
• Youth’s Monthly Visitor ; Youth’s Monthly Visiter (March 1844-1846)
• The Youth’s Friend • Youth’s Monthly Friend (also Monthly Youth’s Friend) (Cincinnati, Ohio; 6 March 1846-1860)
• The Satchel (Feb-May 1849)
• Christian Sunday School Journal • The Christian Sunday-School Journal (May 1851-after May 1852)
• The Young Christian (Jan 1851-1859)
• The Child’s Paper (Jan 1852-1897?)
• Forest Garland (1853-1854)
• Little Forester (Jan 1854-Oct 1855)
• The Little Traveler (Cincinnati, Ohio; Nov 1854-after Dec 1854)
• Schul- und Jugend-Zeitung (about 1855)
• Die Glocke (The bell) • Sonntagschul Glocke (Sunday-school bell) (about 1856-1900?)
• Der Christliche Kinderzeitung; Christliche Kinderfreund (June 1856-after 1879)
• Young America (June 1857-after June 1858?)
• Young People’s Monthly (15 July, Aug-after Dec 1858)
• Youth’s Evangelist • The Youth’s Evangelist (Jan 1859-1930?)
• Golden Hours (Jan 1869-1880)
Cleveland
• Der Lämmer-Hirte; Der Lämmerhirt; Der Lämmer Hirte; Der Lammerhirte; Lammerherte (1857-1940)
• The Monthly School Visitor; Clark’s School Visitor; Our Schoolday Visitor; The Schoolday Visitor Magazine; The Schoolday Magazine (1 April 1857-15 April 1875)
• The Home Gem (Jan 1859-after Feb 1860)
• Sunday School Messenger (June 1864-29 June 1947)
Dayton
• The Children’s Friend • Friend for Boys and Girls (Ohio; 1854-1917)
• Missionary Visitor • Children’s Visitor (1865-1901)
• Sunday School Herald (1865-after 1926)
• Der Jugend-Pilger (1870-1914?)
• The Children’s Paper (Jan 1871-after 1873)
Delaware
• The Youth’s Monitor (Dec 1866-1867)
Jeddo
• The Monthly School Visitor; Clark’s School Visitor; Our Schoolday Visitor; The Schoolday Visitor Magazine; The Schoolday Magazine (1 April 1857-15 April 1875)
Knoxville
• The Monthly School Visitor; Clark’s School Visitor; Our Schoolday Visitor; The Schoolday Visitor Magazine; The Schoolday Magazine (1 April 1857-15 April 1875)
Mt. Pleasant
• Juvenile Museum (16 Sept 1822-27 Sept 1823)
New Lisbon
• Youth’s Lyceum (April-after Sept 1837)
Newark
• Monthly Voice (Jan 1862-Aug 1863, Dec 1863-Jan 1864, April 1864)
Oberlin
• The Youth’s Emancipator (May 1842, Aug 1842-Mar 1843)
Roseville
• The Souvenir, and Youth’s Literary Messenger (Nov 1846-)
Sharon Center
• The Young Folks Gem (Nov 1872-after Nov 1876)
Steubenville
• The Monthly School Visitor; Clark’s School Visitor; Our Schoolday Visitor; The Schoolday Visitor Magazine; The Schoolday Magazine (1 April 1857-15 April 1875)
Waynesville
• Little Traveler (1853-1855)
Xenia
• Youth’s Lyceum and Literary Gazette (1834-1836?)
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown
• Der Jugend-Freund aller Christlichen Benennungen; Christen-Bote und Jugend-Freund; Jugend-Freund und Christen-Bote; Der Jugend-Freund; Der Jugend-Freund und Illustrierte JugendBlätter (16 June 1847-after 1917)
Bethlehem
• The Little Missionary (Dec 1870-1920)
Brinton
• Young Folks Journal; Little Things (March 1871-May 1874)
Chambersburg
• Der Lämmer-Hirte; Der Lämmerhirt; Der Lämmer Hirte; Der Lammerhirte; Lammerherte (1857-1940)
Dale City
• The Pious Youth (Jan 1870-Dec 1871)
Easton
• The Children’s Argus (June-after Nov 1870)
Harrisburg
• Sunday School Gem (Jan 1867-after 1946)
Lancaster
• The Juvenile Repertory (Sept 1828-Jan 1829?)
• Sunday School Gem (Jan 1867-after 1946)
Mechanicsburg
• I Will Try (May 1859-after Oct 1860)
Montrose
Philadelphia
• The Juvenile Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository of Useful Information (1802)
• The Juvenile Magazine (May-June 1811, July-Aug 1813)
• Juvenile Port-folio and Literary Miscellany (17 Oct 1812-7 Dec 1816)
• Teacher’s Offering; or Sabbath’s Scholar’s Magazine; Teacher’s Offering; or Sunday Scholar’s Magazine; The Youth’s Friend, and Scholar’s Magazine (Nov 1823-after 1845)
• The Juvenile Miscellany (Sept 1826-Feb 1836, April 1836)
• The Baptist Tract and Youth’s Magazine; The Baptist Tract Magazine (July 1827-Dec 1835)
• The Juvenile Repertory (Sept 1828-Jan 1829?)
• The Infants’ Magazine (Jan 1829-Dec 1842)
• The Parent’s Gift, or Youth’s Magazine (Jan 1830-after Aug 1832)
• The Scholar’s Gazette; The Scholar’s Weekly Gazette (13 April 1831-1832)
• Youth’s Literary Gazette (1 Dec 1832-22 Nov 1833)
• Juvenile Gazette (Dec 1833)
• The Youth’s Miscellany (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 27 Feb-after May 1833)
• The Juvenile Missionary Intelligencer (March 1835-Feb 1838)
• The Missionary News (1837-)
• Youth’s Literary Messenger (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; May 1837-April 1839)
• Robert Merry’s Museum (Feb 1841-Nov 1872)
• The Tutor, and Boys’ and Girls’ Weekly Album (26 Feb 1841-30 Sept 1842)
• The Young People’s Book (Sept 1841-Aug 1842)
• Sunday School Advocate (5 Oct 1841-31 Dec 1921)
• The Cold Water Boy (1842-1843)
• The Cold Water Girl (1842-1843)
• Boys’ and Girls’ Literary Bouquet; Boys’ and Girls’ Monthly Bouquet; Boys’ and Girls’ Bouquet (Nov 1842-Dec 1845)
• Child’s World • Youth’s World (1862-after 1884)
• Youth’s Penny Gazette • The Youth’s Sunday-School Gazette (also The Youth’s Sunday School Gazette) (11 Jan 1843-1861)
• Little Truth-Teller: A New-Church Magazine for Children (Nov 1845-1852)
• The Child’s Companion and Youth’s Friend (also The Child’s Companion and Truth’s Friend) (Jan 1845-after 1870)
• The Satchel (Feb 1846-1847)
• Boys’ and Girls’ Weekly Catholic Magazine; Boys’ and Girls’ Catholic Magazine; Catholic Weekly Instructor; Weekly Catholic Instructor (6 June 1846-1851)
• Der Jugend-Freund aller Christlichen Benennungen; Christen-Bote und Jugend-Freund; Jugend-Freund und Christen-Bote; Der Jugend-Freund; Der Jugend-Freund und Illustrierte JugendBlätter (16 June 1847-after 1917)
• The Mentor (May 1850-Dec 1851?)
• The Child’s Paper (Jan 1852-1897?)
• The Little Pilgrim (Oct 1853-April 1869)
• The Young Spectator (15 Third month [March]-24 Fifth month [May] 1856)
• Der Lämmer-Hirte; Der Lämmerhirt; Der Lämmer Hirte; Der Lammerhirte; Lammerherte (1857-1940)
• The Young Reaper • Young Reaper (Jan 1844-1908?)
• The Star of Youth (Dec 1856-1857)
• The Monthly School Visitor; Clark’s School Visitor; Our Schoolday Visitor; The Schoolday Visitor Magazine; The Schoolday Magazine (1 April 1857-15 April 1875)
• Sunday-School Banner (Jan 1859-Dec 1861)
• Youth’s Evangelist • The Youth’s Evangelist (Jan 1859-1930?)
• The Pastor’s Helper • The Child’s Treasury (Jan 1859-after 1903)
• Youth’s Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 10 Twelfth month ]Dec] 1859-17 Third month [March] 1860, 8 Twelfth month [Dec] 1860-23 Third month [March] 1861)
• The Lutheran Sunday-School Herald (Jan 1860-Dec 1910)
• The Experiment: a Juvenile Monthly (Jan 1864-)
• Our Young Folks (Jan 1865-Dec 1873)
• The Children’s Friend (Fifth month [May] 1866-Twelfth month [Dec] 1887)
• The Busy Bee (Nov 1866-after Feb 1874)
• The Guardian Angel (1867-after 1884)
• The Children’s Hour (Jan 1867-June 1874)
• Young People’s Magazine (1868-1887)
• Little Messenger (July 1868-1 Aug 1873)
• Good Words for the Young (Nov 1868-Oct 1872)
• The Young Folks’ News (16 Dec 1868-after 1882)
• American Boy’s Magazine; Philadelphia Monthly (June 1870-May 1872)
• Der Kinder-Bote (1871-?)
• Our Little Ones; Story World (1872-after 31 Aug 1969)
Pittsburgh
• The Sabbath School Friend (1840?-)
• Youth’s Magazine and Juvenile Harp (Jan 1841-after July 1842)
• Sunday School Advocate (5 Oct 1841-31 Dec 1921)
• Jugend-Zeitung (1843-1845)
• The Flower Basket • Flower Basket; or Youth’s Magazine • The Flower Basket; or Youth’s Monthly Monitor (Oct 1850?-March 1852)
• The Monthly School Visitor; Clark’s School Visitor; Our Schoolday Visitor; The Schoolday Visitor Magazine; The Schoolday Magazine (1 April 1857-15 April 1875)
• Youth’s Evangelist • The Youth’s Evangelist (Jan 1859-1930?)
• The Pastor’s Helper • The Child’s Treasury (Jan 1859-after 1903)
• The Youth’s Cabinet (1869-1871)
Pottsville
• Schuylkill County School Journal (Jan-Oct? 1854)
Tyrone
• The Pious Youth (Jan 1870-Dec 1871)
Valley Forge
• Our Little Ones; Story World (1872-after 31 Aug 1969)
West Chester
• Young America (March 1856-after March 1858)
• The Children’s Friend (Fifth month [May] 1866-Twelfth month [Dec] 1887)
• Scattered Seeds (Fifth month [May] 1869-1935)
RHODE ISLAND
Providence
• Juvenile Gazette (1818)
• Juvenile Gazette (Nov 1819-Jan 1820?)
• Juvenile Gazette (24 Nov 1827-15 Nov 1828)
• Juvenile Gazette (May 1827-1828)
• The Juvenile Repository (Jan-27 March 1830)
• Pupil’s Monitor (7 Dec 1833-8 Nov 1834)
• The Cold Water Boy (1842-1843)
• The Cold Water Girl (1842-1843)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
• The Sunday Visitant, or, Weekly Repository of Christian Knowledge (3 Jan 1818-25 Dec 1819)
• Rose Bud, or Youth’s Gazette; Southern Rose Bud; The Southern Rose (11 Aug 1832-17 Aug 1839)
• The Schoolfellow (Jan 1849-Sept 1857)
• Sunday School Visitor • The Children’s Visitor • The Visitor (Nov 1850-Dec 1854, May 1855-March 1862, 1866-after 1921)
• The Fountain (after June 1860)
• Sunday School Paper for the South (May 1861-April 1862?)
• The Portfolio (June-Sept 1861)
Cheraw
• The Youth’s Temperance Monitor (1 Aug 1851)
Greenville
• The Cadet’s Companion (1851)
• The Cadet of Temperance (1852)
• Kind Words for the Sunday School Children • Kind Words, the Child’s Delight (Jan 1866-29 Sept 1929)
TENNESSEE
Knoxville
• The Child’s Casket (also, Children’s Casket) (March-Sept? 1863)
Memphis
• Kind Words for the Sunday School Children • Kind Words, the Child’s Delight (Jan 1866-29 Sept 1929)
Nashville
• Juvenile Museum (1829)
• Sunday School Visitor • The Children’s Visitor • The Visitor (Nov 1850-Dec 1854, May 1855-March 1862, 1866-after 1921)
• The Children’s Book of Choice and Entertaining Reading for the Little Folks at Home (also, The Children’s Monthly Book) (Jan 1855-April 1860)
• Children’s Friend (June 1859-after Oct 1861)
• Youth’s Magazine (May 1860-April 1861)
• The Sabbath School Gem (Nashville, Tennessee; June 1867-after 1891)
• Our Little People • Our Little People Quarterly (Jan 1871-1934)
• The Sunday-School Magazine • Church School Magazine (Jan 1871-Dec 1931)
UTAH
Salt Lake City
• The Juvenile Instructor; Instructor; New Era (1 Jan 1866-present)
VERMONT
Franklin County
• St. Alfonso’s Angel (perhaps, St. Alphonsus’ Angel) (in 1865)
Middlebury
• Youth’s Herald and Sabbath School Magazine (Jan 1829-Dec 1830)
East Poultney
• Sabbath School Visiter (May 1846-)
Rutland
• Youth’s Herald and Sabbath School Magazine (Jan 1829-Dec 1830)
VIRGINIA
Fredericksburg
• The Little Gleaner (Aug 1867-1871?)
Richmond
• Youth’s Sunday Casket (1842)
• The Children’s Friend (Aug 1862-June 1915)
• Southern Boys’ and Girls’ Monthly (Jan 1867-July 1868)
WISCONSIN
Albion
• The Sabbath School Gem (1863-1864, 1869-1873)
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