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Posted by: Amber Paranick
Test your knowledge of Revolutionary-era newspapers with a short pop quiz and learn how historic American newspapers from this period can be explored for free through the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America. Be sure to sign up for our upcoming webinar for deeper exploration.
Posted in: America250, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
On July 2,1881 President James Garfield was preparing to board a train in Washington, DC, when he was shot and seriously wounded. Two parallel stories emerged in the press--the President’s fight for life, and the bizarre story of his would-be assassin, Charles J. Guiteau.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Crime, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Amber Paranick
What cookies filled holiday tables decades ago? This post explores festive cookie recipes found in historic newspapers—offering a delicious glimpse into holiday traditions of the past.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Holidays, Recipes
Posted by: Amber Paranick
The Library of Congress has launched a new project to improve the text supporting keyword searches in Chronicling America. Read about our recent work and future plans to make this valuable historical collection easier to explore.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
This is a quick post to wish a happy International Dog Day to those who celebrate!
Posted in: Animals, Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
This blog post rounds up some favorite newspaper titles we’ve come across in working with the collections.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
The following is a guest post by Donnie Summerlin, a Digital Projects Archivist at the University of Georgia Libraries in Athens, GA, and by Kerry Huller, a Digital Conversion Specialist in the Serial and Government Publications Division at the Library of Congress. The University of Georgia is the National Digital Newspaper Program awardee for the state of Georgia.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Holidays, Newspapers
Posted by: Amber Paranick
Marguerite Harrison is a name you might not recognize. Under the guise of a newspaper correspondent, she was an American woman who worked as a spy in Europe and Asia in the years between World War I and World War II. This post illustrates her life in newspapers articles- some penned by her and others about her.
Posted in: Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Amber Paranick
Did you get a chance to see the musical production, The Phantom of the Opera, at the Majestic Theatre in New York during its nearly 35-year run? Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical was based on a French novel by Gaston Leroux and was first published in serial form in a French newspaper. Learn about the serialization of the story and more.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers