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Posted by: Joanna Colclough
In Chronicling America's new interface, the image viewer provides tools to help you inspect and interact with each individual newspaper page. Here are our top five tips for navigating, clipping, and sharing!
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
In our second post on Chronicling America's new interface, learn how to browse newspapers at the title level, and use the interactive map.
Posted in: Chronicling America, Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
December 8, 2024 marked the 150th anniversary of the 1874 transit of Venus, the phenomena when Venus crosses between the Earth and the Sun. The event prompted many countries to plan scientific expeditions to the areas directly beneath the travel line in hopes of getting the best view. Read about how the transit was anticipated in the daily news!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Science
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
New Hampshire content is new in Chronicling America! Read our guest post by Robin Butterhof, a Digital Conversion Specialist in SER, and Toben Traver from Dartmouth Libraries (NH) who share about how the NH newspapers were selected, what content they contain, and some tips on how to search in them.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Interviews, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) dedicated her whole life to advocating for civil rights, especially the education of youth. You can find her work making headlines in Chronicling America newspapers, as well as her friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and other high profile people of the day. Even some comic books featured her biography.
Posted in: African American History, Comic Books, Digitized Newspapers, Women's History
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
I recently got a reference question that required some real detective work and creative thinking. In the end, the mystery remained but maybe you can help solve it. It all started with a political cartoon without a single citation in sight.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Want some thrills about things that go bump in the night? Read about the local legends of American monsters in historic newspapers!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Author Kitty Felde shares her fun experience using Chronicling America to research information for her historical fiction.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Read about the plays of the Federal Theatre Project that were created from newspapers by newspaper staff.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers