The Paper:
The Only Alternative, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries.
The Only Alternative is broken down into 5 volumes from 1968 to 1971. It was printed monthly for the first three issues. Then bi-weekly from December 1, 1968 to March 18, 1969, weekly from March 26, 1969 to October 30, 1969, and then monthly again until February 19, 1970. From November 1970 to April 1971 only three issues were released.
Vol. I No. 1, September 1968, 16 pages
Vol. I No. 2, October 1968, 12 pages
Vol. I No. 3, November 1968, 10 pages
Vol. I No. 4, December 1, 1968, 12 pages
Vol. I No. 5, December 18, 1968, 16 pages
Vol. II No. 1, January 10, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. II No. 2, January 28, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. II No. 3, February 7, 1969, 20 pages
Vol. II No. 4, February 22, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. II No. 5, March 18, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. II No. 6, March 26, 1969, 16 pages
Vol. II No. 7, April 8, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. II No. 8, April 16, 1969, 20 pages
Vol. II No. 9, April 23, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. II No. 10, April 30, 1969, 20 pages
Vol. II No. 11, May 13, 1969, 35 pages
Vol. III No. 1, September 18, 1969, 16 pages
Vol. III No. 2, October 3, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. III No. 3, October 17, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. III No. 4, October 30, 1969, 16 pages
Vol. III No. 5, November 13, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. III No. 6, December 12, 1969, 24 pages
Vol. III No. 7, January 22, 1970, 8 pages
Vol. III No. 8, February 19, 1970, 16 pages
Malcolm X Memorial Issue, May 1970, 8 pages
Vol. IV No. 1, November 1970, 16 pages
Vol. V No. 1, January 1971, 16 pages
Vol. V No. 2, April 1971, 16 pages
Metadata Spreadsheet:
The link below is an Excel Spreadsheet with the basic metadata which was used to analyze The Only Alternative and what was used to create the digital archive.