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Some University historians indicate that the Targum was first published as an annual in 1867, but of this we have no extant evidence. In January 1869, the Targum as we now know it, made its appearance as a monthly paper that concerned itself with student “literary contributions” and college news as well as serving as a vehicle for bringing news to alumni and the general public. The newspaper, which originally was for sale, varied in frequency over the years as did its title (The Targum, Rutgers Targum, Rutgers Daily Targum, and Daily Targum). The newspaper has continuously been published since 1869 with the exception of 19 months during the second world war, between February 1944 and October 1945. The Targum was published by the students of Rutgers College, and later Rutgers University—New Brunswick represented through the years as the Targum Association, Rutgers Targum Association, and Rutgers College Targum. As a student organization, the Targum operated under the oversight of the dean of students and student government but in October 1980, the Targum became an independent college paper.

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The Targum newspaper has varied in size and paper quality from 1869 to the present and these originals are housed, both bound and loose, in Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. In order to ensure preservation for centuries into the future, the archives has created preservation-quality microfilm in three generations: archival master negative, print master negative, and service copy. The digital surrogates of the Targum have been generated from the print master negative.