Portland Oregonian online through January 1922!

Historic issues of the Portland Morning Oregonian and The Sunday Oregonian, from the late 19th century through the end of January 1922, are available for keyword-searching and browsing through Historic Oregon Newspapers online! Learn about the early history of the Oregonian newspaper and other titles online by clicking on the History tab at the top of the Historic Oregon Newspapers website. Browsing through the historic pages of the Oregonian alone can turn up countless interesting clips, advertisements, and images, like these for example:

1) What kind of music would be considered “toe-tickling dance music” today?

Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) June 06, 1919, Page 11, Image 11. http://tinyurl.com/d67xcbe

2) Medical masks may not be very fashionable, but they have survived over the years for their usefulness in preventing the spread of illness as well as showing off “civic patriotism!”

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 12, 1919, Section One, Page 23, Image 23. http://tinyurl.com/czbtf73

3) The changes we have made with cars in less than 100 years will always be fascinating…

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 04, 1920, SECTION SIX, Page 9, Image 65. http://tinyurl.com/cujffkg

4) Women’s fashion: will 1920s style (especially these hats) make a comeback in the 21st century?

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 18, 1921, SECTION FIVE, Page 5, Image 71. http://tinyurl.com/bnlnypn

5) Although some ailments had different names back then (for example, “catarrh” was used to refer to nasal congestion, and “rheumatism” refers to arthritis symptoms), it appears that alternative medicine might have been just as popular back then as it is today:

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 24, 1920, Section One, Page 9, Image 9. http://tinyurl.com/butt3xp

6) Men’s fashion: the clothes may not have changed much, but the prices sure have! (Note the use of the 1920s Candlestick Telephone!)

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 12, 1920, Section One, Page 9, Image 9. http://tinyurl.com/cdowko2

7) In politics, government, and economics, many of the same issues still plague our society today, judging from this political cartoon:

Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 10, 1919, Image 1. http://tinyurl.com/cn4d5eo

8) There are just some things that will probably never change:

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 09, 1920, SECTION THREE, Page 6, Image 54. http://tinyurl.com/borb3sn

What kinds of interesting clips will you find? Happy Searching!

New historic Oregon newspaper content now online at Chronicling America!

Attention all historic Oregon newspaper lovers! The Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have added hundreds of new Oregon newspaper issues to Chronicling America, the nation’s free, online, keyword-searchable historic newspaper database!

Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) July 04, 1912, Image 1. http://tinyurl.com/bqvxtfn

New content includes:

• Ashland, OR. Ashland Tidings (May 30, 1912-June 6, 1917)
• Salem, OR. Daily Capital Journal (now available from Nov. 25, 1903-Dec. 8, 1916)
• Enterprise, OR. The News=Record (Aug. 31, 1907-Dec. 28, 1910)
• Enterprise, OR. Enterprise News-Record (Dec. 31, 1910-June 7, 1911)
• Toledo, OR. Lincoln County Leader (March 9, 1893-Dec. 28, 1922)
• Grants Pass, OR. Rogue River Courier – weekly (Sept. 27, 1900-Dec. 26, 1913)
• Grants Pass, OR. Rogue River Courier – daily (May 9, 1913-Dec. 31, 1918)
• St. Helens, OR. St. Helens Mist (June 19, 1914-April 22, 1921)
• Joseph, OR. Wallowa Chieftain (Jan. 2, 1902-Jan. 7, 1909)
• Enterprise, OR. Wallowa County Chieftain (Jan. 14, 1909-Dec. 29, 1910)

In addition to these Oregon titles, Chronicling America now has an additional 800,000 new newspaper pages from more than 130 new titles from across the country, including all new content from Indiana and North Dakota, as well as new content in French and Spanish from Arizona, Louisiana and New Mexico.
For more info, please see the NEH Announcement of New Release of Chronicling America.

Ring in the New Year with more Oregonian content!

It’s officially 2013, and what better way to celebrate the dawn of a new year than with the addition of more newspaper content from Portland’s Morning Oregonian and The Sunday Oregonian, now freely available through February 1916 for keyword searching online! Visit our Historic Oregon Newspapers online database to search and browse these and more Oregon titles; see how much things have changed (and stayed the same) from 1916 to 2013:

Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 01, 1916, SECTION TWO, Page 12, Image 24. http://tinyurl.com/bevdldc

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 02, 1916, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 47. http://tinyurl.com/auhu4ae

Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 01, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Page 2, Image 54. http://tinyurl.com/ate77qm

Happy New Year from the ODNP!

New Historic Oregonian Content Added to Historic Oregon Newspapers Online!

Excellent news for Oregon historic newspaper enthusiasts: 54,601 additional pages of the Morning Oregonian and The Sunday Oregonian have just been added to the Historic Oregon Newspapers keyword-searchable online database!

The Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) March 31, 1914, Page 1.

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) March 1, 1914. Page 1.

Content from the Morning Oregonian is now available from September 1878 through March 1914, and The Sunday Oregonian can now be searched from January 1895 through March 1914.

Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) January 24, 1914, Image 1. http://tinyurl.com/adazpju

Happy searching, and stay tuned for more new historic content to be added soon!

Chronicling America Posts 5 Millionth Page

As part of the Library of Congress’ and National Endowment for the Humanities’ National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), the ODNP is pleased to announce that Chronicling America, the NDNP’s online collection of searchable, historic newspapers from across the United States, has reached a total of 5 million newspaper pages! Chronicling America currently hosts content from 16 of Oregon’s historic newspaper titles, which can also be found on our Historic Oregon Newspapers website.

The following announcement from the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities was released yesterday:

October 22, 2012

Chronicling America Posts 5 Millionth Page

Popular Online Resource Provides Access to Nation’s Historic Newspapers

The Chronicling America website, chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, a free, searchable database of historic U.S. newspapers, has posted its 5 millionth page.

Launched by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in 2007, Chronicling America provides enhanced and permanent access to historically significant newspapers published in the United States between 1836 and 1922. It is a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a joint effort between the two agencies and 32 state partners.

“This magnificent resource captures the warp and weft of life as it was lived in grassroots America,” said NEH Chairman Jim Leach. “Metropolitan newspapers were early targets for digitization, but Chronicling America allows the journalism of the smaller cities and the rural countryside to become accessible in all its variety—and sometimes, quirkiness.”

“Chronicling America is one of the great historical reference services on the web,” said Roberta Shaffer, associate librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress. “It is a treasure trove of information about communities, personalities, key events and culture in the United States, and it is all free and available to the public.”

The site now features 5 million pages from more than 800 newspapers from 25 states. The site averaged more than 2.5 million page views per month last year and is being used by students, researchers, congressional staff, journalists and others for all kinds of projects, from daily podcasts to history contests. The news, narratives and entertainment encapsulated in the papers transport readers in time.

Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) April 20, 1907, Page 3, Image 3. Chronicling America: http://tinyurl.com/9oko58r
Historic Oregon Newspapers: http://tinyurl.com/8dtr3s9

For instance, on this day, Oct. 22, 100 years ago, there was a lot of news about Theodore Roosevelt recovering from an assassination attempt several days earlier. A Washington Times headline said “Roosevelt Home Swinging His Hat with Happiness, Finishes Tedious Trip to Oyster Bay in Good Shape.” A crime story in the New York Tribune read, “Girl Runs Down Thief, Pajama-Clad Coed Races over Campus to Save Violin.” International news focused on the First Balkan War. “20,000 Turks Reported Taken by Bulgarians,” according to a story in The Washington Herald.

In 2003, the Library and NEH established a formal agreement that identified goals for the program, institutional responsibilities and overall support. In 2004, the NEH announced guidelines for grants, funded by NEH, awarded to cultural-heritage institutions wishing to join the program and select, digitize and deliver to the Library approximately 100,000 newspaper pages per award. Since 2005, the NEH has awarded more than $22 million to 32 state libraries, historical societies and universities representing states in the national program.

Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about NEH and its grant programs is available at www.neh.gov.

The Library of Congress, the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, is the world’s preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing unparalleled collections and integrated resources to Congress and the American people. Many of the Library’s rich resources and treasures may also be accessed through the Library’s website, www.loc.gov.

New ODNP article in the Oregon Library Association Quarterly Journal!

Fall is officially here, and what better way to celebrate than by checking out the Fall 2012 issue of the OLA Quarterly, themed “Libraries, Museums, and Oregon’s Cultural History.” As a program fully geared toward preserving, providing access to, and educating people about Oregon’s cultural history, the ODNP is featured on page 14 with an article by ODNP Project Coordinator S.J. Rabun, titled “Oregon Digital Newspaper Program: Preserving History While Shaping the Future.”

The article outlines the goals and accomplishments of the ODNP, the process that brings newspapers from printed page to computer screen, and highlights from some of the unique newspaper titles that our Historic Oregon Newspapers searchable online database includes. Happy fall, and happy reading!

The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) September 30, 1906, Page 16. http://tinyurl.com/8mdhhqe

New Content Added to Historic Oregon Newspapers!

Over 40,000 pages of new content have just been added to the Historic Oregon Newspapers online database!

New titles include:

• Eugene, Oregon: Broad-axe/Broad-axe Tribune, 1894-1900
• Eugene, Oregon: The State Republican, 1862-1863
• Roseburg, Oregon: The Plaindealer, 1895-1905
• Tillamook, Oregon: Tillamook Herald, 1913-1922

As well as additional content from:

• Pendleton, Oregon: East Oregonian: E.O., 1888-1904
• Portland, Oregon: Morning Oregonian, 1878-1908
• Portland, Oregon: The Sunday Oregonian, 1895-1908
• Portland, Oregon: The New Northwest, 1871-1881
• Salem, Oregon: Daily Capital Journal, 1903-1915

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Stay tuned for future announcements and highlights, and happy searching!

 

 

Recognition and Prizes to be Awarded for Student Use of Chronicling America in National History Day Competition

As part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) and provider of historic Oregon newspaper content for the Chronicling America historic American newspapers website (hosted by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities), the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP) is pleased to spread the word about a new opportunity for recognition of middle and high school students with a passion for history.

St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) January 01, 1915, Image 3. http://tinyurl.com/7znnqyc

The following press release was published today on the National Endowment for the Humanities website at http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-06-14:

WASHINGTON (June 14, 2012) —  The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced a new contest to encourage middle and high school students to use Chronicling America, the NEH and Library of Congress-supported digital archive of historic newspapers, in their projects for National History Day.

At the closing ceremonies of National History Day, held on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland, NEH Chairman Jim Leach announced that NEH would begin offering recognition and prizes to students who make effective use of the Chronicling America database in 2013 National History Day submissions. This would include cash prizes for exceptional use of the newspaper archives for junior and senior students in all submission categories. All National History Day participants who incorporate Chronicling America in their project research will receive certificates of recognition.

Chronicling America offers students free access to nearly five million pages of hyper-local stories, advertisements, and opinions published between 1836 and 1922 in 28 states (and growing) across the country. In addition, EDSITEment, NEH’s educational website for teachers, students, and parents, will develop new educator and student resources to facilitate and encourage use of the newspaper material.

Created through a 7-year-old partnership between the NEH and the Library of Congress, Chronicling America allows visitors access to newspaper pages from Arizona, 1836-1922; California, 1860-1922; District of Columbia, 1836-1922; Florida, 1900-1910; Hawaii, 1836-1922; Illinois, 1860-1922; Kansas, 1860-1922; Kentucky, 1860-1922; Louisiana, 1860-1922; Minnesota, 1860-1922; Missouri, 1836-1922; Montana, 1860-1922; Nebraska, 1880-1922; New Mexico, 1836-1922; New York, 1880-1922; Ohio, 1836-1922; Oklahoma, 1860-1922; Oregon, 1860-1922; Pennsylvania, 1836-1922; South Carolina, 1860-1922; Tennessee, 1836-1922; Texas, 1860-1922; Utah, 1860-1922; Vermont, 1836-1922; Virginia, 1860-1922; and Washington, 1836-1922. The project is conducted in phases, with new states being added to the list each year.

National History Day is a national year-long academic program focused on historical research for 6^th to 12^th grade students.  Each year, more than half a million students chose historical topics related to a theme and conduct extensive primary and secondary research to prepare original papers, websites, exhibits, performances, and documentaries for entry into local, state, and national History Day competitions.  The program culminates in the national contest, held each June at the University of Maryland.

Watch a live webcast of the 2012 National History Day awards ceremony online, starting at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 14:  http://www.nhd.org/

About the National Endowment for the Humanities

Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov.

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) June 11, 1907, Image 1. http://tinyurl.com/6lgqd5n

Oregon students can get a head start on ideas for National History Day contest entries that include Chronicling America resources by learning about the many historic Oregon newspapers that are currently available through the Chronicling America website:

Astoria, OR:

The Daily Astorian

The Daily Morning Astorian

The Tri-weekly Astorian

Burns, OR:

The Times-Herald

Klamath Falls, OR:

The Evening Herald

Medford, OR:

The Medford Mail Tribune

Ontario, OR:

The Ontario Argus

Portland, OR:

The New Northwest

Saint Johns, OR:

The St. Johns Review

Salem, OR:

The Evening Capital Journal

The Daily Capital Journal 1896-1899

The Daily Capital Journal 1903-1919

The Daily Journal

The Capital Journal

Sumpter, OR:

The Sumpter Miner

 ~ Good luck and happy searching! ~

Website will be down 12/14 for Maintenance

Greetings all,

Our website will be down on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 for some routine maintenance, but will be up and running again on Thursday!  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Best wishes,

Oregon Digital Newspaper Staff

The New Northwest added to Historic Oregon Newspapers!

The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program is excited to announce the addition of Portland’s historic suffragist newspaper The New Northwest to our free online collection of digitized and keyword-searchable content at Historic Oregon Newspapers!

Front page of Portland's the New Northwest, June 8, 1877

For sixteen years, between 1871 and 1887, The New Northwest blazed a progressive and iconoclastic trail, bringing much-needed attention to controversial issues such as suffrage, worker’s rights, temperance, racial inequality, civil liberties, immigration, and human rights.  The paper advocated tirelessly for the equal rights of American Indians and Chinese immigrants even as the general press remained openly hostile to such causes.  Most famously, the paper was instrumental in agitating for the nascent women’s suffrage movement in the Pacific Northwest.

In addition to its influential and highly political journalistic content, The New Northwest also served as a significant publisher of quality literary content.  Poems, serialized fiction, and literary non-fiction reflecting the newspaper’s progressive political stance were published alongside regional and national news.  Following a change in ownership in 1887, the paper continued for another two years as a purely literary journal.

The uncommonly forward-thinking agenda of this firebrand newspaper was coordinated under the guidance of Abigail Scott Duniway, Oregon’s “Mother of Equal Suffrage”.  Duniway saw The New Northwest as an instrument of social change, a tool for the “[e]nfranchisment of women and full emancipation of speech, press and people from every fetter of law or custom that retards the free mental and physical growth of the highest form of humanity.”

Though women’s suffrage in Oregon was not to become a reality during the run of The New Northwest, Duniway would continue to fight tirelessly for the cause.  In 1912, following a lifetime of struggle, Duniway was asked by Governor Oswald West to author and sign the Oregon Proclamation of Equal Suffrage.  This historic and hard-won victory was sealed when Duniway registered, at the age of 79, as the first female voter in Multnomah County.

Abigail Scott Duniway. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.