First Underground Campus Newspapers

In 1883, a time at which UT was embroiled in an acrimonious conflict about censorship and propriety in the campus press, two “underground” publications appeared. The Weekly Bulletin, hand lettered and nailed to the wall of the chapel, was “An Illustrated Magazine of Literature and Art” devoted to “the reformation of abuses in the U of T.”  It was published for 10 issues. The University Patriot, a similarly inspired publication, which appeared on March 1, 1883, may or may not have had succeeding issues.

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  • Title First Underground Campus Newspapers
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  • Website Name Volopedia
  • Publisher University of Tennessee Libraries
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  • Access Date January 10, 2026
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  • Date of Last Update October 7, 2018