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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
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Check out some ice cream soda fountain history in Chronicling America with some at-home recipes to keep cool in the summer heat.
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Holidays, Recipes
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Lintoypes brought speed to a new level of the newspaper printing process and ruled the composing rooms for 100 years. Read more about these incredible machines and take a look at how they worked!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
Belle de Costa Greene made sensations when she, a woman, entered the men-dominated art world. Imagine the further sensation if they had known she was a Black woman. Read about her and the Morgan Library in historic newspapers.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Women's History