The independent student newspaper. The collection starts with the first edition of the newspaper titled the Normal News in 1913 and continues through the current Daily Aztec. New issues are added approximately twice per year.

San Diego State University's independent student newspaper.
Nov. 26, 1913 -

The title has changed several times during the history of the newspaper:
Normal News (1913-1917)
Paper Lantern (1921-1925)
The Aztec (1925-1961)
San Diego Daily Aztec (1961-1962)
The Daily Aztec (1962-1967)
San Diego State College Daily Aztec (1967-1970)
San Diego State Daily Aztec (1970-1972)
San Diego State University Daily Aztec (1972-1974)
Daily Aztec (1974 - present)

There have been several alternate titles during the history of the newspaper:
Normal News Weekly (1914)
State College Aztec (1925-1961)
San Diego Summer Aztec (1963)
The Summer Aztec (1967)

The publisher has changed several times during the history of the newspaper:
State Normal School of San Diego, California (1913-1917)
State Teachers College of San Diego (1921-1925)
San Diego State College (1925-1972)
San Diego State University (1972- )

Sequence of titles in this collection begins with Volume 1, Issue 1 and ends with the most currently available issue. There are numerous volume, issue, and date discrepancies.

Publication frequency has varied during the history of the newspaper; current frequency is daily, Monday through Thursday, during the academic year and weekly during summer.

Original newspaper format: published in print; size of original publication has varied between 30 and 56 cm., mostly 45 cm.; mostly black and white illustrations, with some color illustrations.

Related Materials:
Current issue available online: http://www.thedailyaztec.com/