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Chronicling Washington: WSL receives additional funding for newspaper...
(Image courtesy of the Washington State Library.) We are pleased to announce that the State Library has received an extension of funding from the National Digital Newspaper Program to continue...
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More titles added to digital newspaper project
Good news for genealogists and history buffs: There are more historic Washington newspapers to peruse on your computer! The State Library just announced that the Library of Congress has uploaded...
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Historic issues of Seattle P-I now available on Chronicling America
Before its print demise in 2009, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was one of the state’s oldest, most-read and influential newspapers. Fans of the legendary newspaper, as well as history buffs and...
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Oly-based WA Standard added to historic newspaper collection
The front page of Dec. 24, 1920, edition of the Washington Standard. (Images courtesy Washington State Library) Ever wonder what was newsworthy in Olympia way back in Washington’s territorial days?...
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‘Chronicling’ America reaches 10 million pages
Front page of Seattle P-I’s Jan. 3, 1897, edition. (Image courtesy Washington State Library) Chronicling America, a free, online searchable database of historic U.S. newspapers, recently reached a...
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State Library’s digital newspaper webpage revamped
A collection of bookmarks for Washington Digital Newspapers. (Images courtesy of Shawn Schollmeyer) Many history and newspaper buffs and students are fans of the State Library’s digital newspaper...
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Searching old newspapers is easier thanks to Gordon
Meet Gordon Russ. He won the Washington State Digital Archives’ 200 million contest, making the closest guess of December 5th for the day Digital Archives would make its 200 millionth entry into its...
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Newspaper Discussion: Preservation and Access Issues
From the desk of NDNP Coordinator, Shawn Schollmeyer: In our NDNP Office located in the basement of Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington we share this insight into the world of newspaper...
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Horrible Murder!! – The Case of the Aged Bride
From the desk of Marlys Rudeen I will admit to a weakness for a murder mystery – but one from the early 1920’s with shady characters, a missing trunk, divers in Lake Union, forgery, fraud and general...
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Fashion Forward in Early Washington
If you are like many of us here at the State Library, you are waiting in breathless anticipation for the debut of Season 6 of Downton Abbey. While the wait is almost over (January 3rd) it got me...
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Special Edition! Washington Digital Newspapers website is ready for the...
From the desk of Shawn Schollmeyer The latest “news” on the newspaper collections is the merging of two existing collections into a new one called “Washington Digital Newspapers,” (WDN) which will give...
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