The World

Staten Island World 1902 -1920


From the collections of the Staten Island Museum.

Issues of the Staten Island World:

January 18, 1902 - October 21, 1905

October 21, 1905 - September 16, 1909

September 16, 1909 - September 30, 1911

September 30, 1911 - July 31, 1912

August 1, 1912 - August 22, 1914

August 22, 1914 - December 16, 1916

January 6, 1917 - January 31, 1920


The “Staten Island World” was published at Stapleton by William C. Rowland from 1902 to 1920 as a Democratic newspaper and issued weekly except for occasional more frequent issues during campaigns.

Search Tips:

All issues are stored as .PDF files and can be keyword searched using Adobe Reader. After opening the file press Ctrl+f to enable keyword searching.

The date of each issue is in the file name: Staten-Island-World-19020118-001.pdf = Staten Island World, January 18, 1902, page 1 .PDF

Most of the World's .PDF files consist of 2 consecutive newspaper pages. Sometimes this includes the last page of one issue and the first page of the nex