Virtually every issue of the weekly newspaper, the Douglas County Herald, from March 1887 until the present time has been preserved on microfilm.  Microfilm is available at the Douglas County Library in Ava, and the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia.  Below is a listing of the newspapers available on microfilm in Columbia.

• Ava -- Douglas County Leader -- Aug 31, 1876 (may be in hardcopy form)

• Ava -- Ava Times -- Aug 13, 1880 (may be in hardcopy form)

• Ava -- Douglas County Herald - Mar. 10, 1887 to present (a few issues missing)

• Ava -- Douglas County Advance -- Feb. 25, 1909 (Hard copy)

• Ava -- Ava Enterprise -- Feb. 20, 1913 -- Oct. 28, 1915

• Ava -- Douglas County Record -- Nov. 4, 1915 -- Sep 14, 1916

• Ava -- Douglas County Journal -- Feb. 20, 1919 -- Sep. 9, 1920

• Brushyknob -- World's Cresset -- Nov. 10, 1910 -- May 27, 1915
  

• Norwood -- Norwood Index -- Kristi Towe has converted all microfilmed issues into digital computer format, and is available for lookups of a specific name and a "ball park" date.