The paper, published by the Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc., was established in 1937 as a volunteer organization shortly after the construction of Greenbelt, one of The New Deal Green Towns.  It has been published weekly without interruption since that time and is currently delivered free to all Greenbelt residents.

ARCHIVE-IN-PROGRESS NOTES



Although the Greenbelt News Review has never missed an issue, going back to its inception in 1937, the scanned archive is incomplete at this time. Volunteers are in the process of posting previously scanned material. Even after all scanned material is posted, there will be some omissions until additional scanning is completed. In the process of preparing scans of issues from the last century, volunteers have compiled the following notes:

(1) The paper became the Greenbelt News Review on 09/23/1954. It began publication in 1937 as the Greenbelt Cooperator.

(2) The publication day changed several times:
  • Wed: between 11/24/1937 and 09/21/1938
  • Thur: between 09/22/1938 and 01/23/1941
  • Fri: between 01/31/1941 and 04/30/1948
  • Thur: from 05/06/1948 onward
(3) The following issues are missing entirely:
  • 1938: 09/14
  • 1939: 12/21
  • 1940: 06/27; 12/19
  • 1943: 06/11
  • 1953: 12/31
  • 1954: 01/07; 01/14; 10/14
  • 1956: 02/16
  • 1957: 01/03
  • 1959: 02/19; 02/26; 03/05; 03/12; 03/19; 03/26; 04/02; 04/09; 04/16; 08/27; 10/08; 12/24; 12/31
  • 1960: 08/04; 08/11; 08/18; 08/25; 09/01; 09/08; 09/15; 09/22; 09/29; 10/06; 10/13; 10/20; 10/27; 11/03; 11/10; 11/17; 11/24; 12/01; 12/08; 12/15; 12/22; 12/29
  • 1986: 03/06
  • 1991: 08/08
  • 1992: 10/08
  • 1993: 11/18
  • 2000: 05/18
  • 2001: all issues
  • 2002: issues before 01/17