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Texas Archives Month 2024 Poster – Preserving Texas Newspapers 

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Why Newspapers?

Newspapers provide information about local communities across decades and centuries, offer the who, what, when, where of history, and fill in details about issues of the day. 

Standard information found in historical newspapers:

•     Birth, funeral, and wedding announcements
   
•     Obituaries
   
•     Local events along with national headlines
   
•     Political announcements and election results
   
•     Social and religious calendars
   
•     Sports – details outcomes of games
   
•     Weather reports
   
•     Stock and business information
   
•     Classified ads -jobs, property, rentals, livestock, and more
   
•     Advertisements – reflect area businesses, products, styles and fashions

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Guides for Newspaper Research

Going Beyond the Obituaries: How to Use Newspapers in Your Family History Research (LegacyTree Genealogists)
https://www.legacytree.com/blog/how-to-use-newspapers-in-your-family-history-research

How are Newspapers Used in Scholarly Research? (ProQuest)
https://about.proquest.com/en/blog/2018/How-Are-Newspapers-Used-in-Scholarly-Research/

Conducting Effective Research: Finding Newspaper Articles (Monroe College)
https://monroecollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=589207&p=8812029

How Historians Use Historical Newspapers (Association for Information Science & Technology)
https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/meet.14504701131

3 Helpful Tips on How To Research Newspaper Archives (Lexis Nexis)
https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/insights/professional/b/solutions/posts/3-helpful-tips-for-finding-credible-sources-saving-time-on-news-archive-research
 

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Online Resources for Newspaper Access

Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Newspaper Research Guide
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/newspapers

Portal to Texas History
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/

Southwest Collection / Special Collections Library / Texas Tech University

Southwest Collection Newspaper Lists
https://swco.ttu.edu/Reference/Collections/NewspaperLists/newspape.php

Digital Newspapers
https://newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/

Southwestern University Libraries

Finding Primary Sources Research Guide: Newspapers
https://infoguides.southwestern.edu/c.php?g=93271&p=604627

Library of Congress

U.S. Newspaper Collections at the Library of Congress
https://guides.loc.gov/united-states-newspapers/historical-newspapers

Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries: A Guide for Researchers
https://guides.loc.gov/directory-of-us-newspapers
 

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