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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: Malea Walker
Historic newspapers have a wealth of fun puzzles. Try your hand at these number puzzles and riddles and let us know if you've solved them!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Free Puzzles
Posted by: Malea Walker
In 1900, L. Frank Baum introduced the world to the Land of Oz. He continued writing many Oz books, taking the story far beyond Dorothy and the Wicked Witch. Many of those stories were printed in the pages of historic newspapers. Have you read them?
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
This summer, Junior Fellow Zoe Harrison researched and wrote essays about African American newspaper titles available in the Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers database. In this interview, Harrison shares her research interests and background, her internship experience, and more about the project, “Researching the Black Press in Chronicling America.”
Posted in: African American History, Digitized Newspapers
Posted by: Malea Walker
250 years ago, after the British Parliament passed several retaliatory acts, representatives from the American colonies met in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress to decide how to respond. Would it be battles or boycotts? Colonial newspapers provide a look into this critical time period in our country's history. Read more about it!
Posted in: America250, Digitized 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: 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