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Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

New Titles Available!

Hey there Chroniclers!

We have several new titles from Adams and Jasper County available for you through Hoosier State Chronicles, totaling 29,858 issues and 193,484 pages. This brings our total page count in Hoosier State Chronicles to 1,589,638!

Here are the papers and dates available:

Adams County Union (Weekly): September 13, 1878

Decatur Daily Democrat (Daily): March 11, 1907 – December 31, 1964

Decatur Daily News (Daily): December 4 – December 30, 1882

Decatur Democrat (Weekly): July 29, 1880 – June 5,1913

Decatur Eagle (Weekly): February 13, 1857 – March 25, 1870

Decatur Evening Journal (Daily): January 16, 1901

Decatur Journal (Weekly): September 27, 1879 – January 15, 1897

Decatur Morning Journal (Daily): May 14, 1904

Decatur News (Weekly): July 26, 1899 – December 25, 1901

Decatur Weekly Journal (Weekly): May 6, 1898 – September 29, 1899

Democratic Press (Weekly): October 18, 1894 – August 13, 1896

Democratic Sentinel (Weekly): June 15, 1877 – December 24, 1898

Evening Republican (Daily): January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1920

Jasper Banner (Weekly): December 22, 1853 – February 19, 1858

Jasper County Democrat (Weekly): July 9, 1898 – December 25, 1920

Jasper Republican (Weekly): September 18, 1874 – January 28, 1876

Kankakee Valley Post (Weekly): July 28, 1932 – March 24, 1950

People’s Pilot (Weekly): December 2, 1892 – May 13, 1897

Rensselaer Democrat (Weekly): April 15 – July 1, 1898

Rensselaer Gazette (Weekly): May 5, 1858 – April 18, 1860

Rensselaer Journal (Weekly): January 10, 1901 – March 19, 1903

Rensselaer Republican (Weekly): October 16, 1879 – December 31, 1896

Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican (Semi-Weekly): September 7, 1897 – December 31, 1909

Rensselaer Standard (Weekly): June 21 – December 27, 1879

Rensselaer Union (Weekly): October 8, 1868 – October 9, 1879

Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican (Weekly): February 3 – June 8, 1876

As always, happy searching!

Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

New Issues Available!

Hey there Chroniclers!

We have several new titles from Greencastle, Milford, and Syracuse available for you through Hoosier State Chronicles, totaling  8,795 issues and 108,389 pages. This brings our total page count in Hoosier State Chronicles to 1,398,302!

Here are the papers and dates available:

Greencastle Banner Graphic (Daily): March 1, 1973 – June 30, 1992

Indiana Journal (Weekly): March 25 – November 25, 1937

Milford Mail-Journal (Weekly): January 4, 1962 – December 26, 1990

Syracuse Enterprise (Weekly): January  7, 1875 – December 30, 1875

Syracuse Register (Weekly): January 25, 1894 – January 6, 1898

Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal (Weekly): June 3, 1915 – April 26, 1923

Syracuse Journal (Weekly): January 7. 1908 – March 18, 1937

Syracuse Indiana Journal (Weekly): March 25 – November 25, 1937

Syracuse-Wawasee Journal  (Weekly): December 10, 1937 – February 8, 1962

As always, happy searching!

Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

New Titles Available!

Hey there Chroniclers!

We have two new titles available for you through Hoosier State Chronicles, comprising 3,002 issues and totaling 17,348 pages. This brings our total page count in Hoosier State Chronicles to 1,289,913!

Here are the papers and dates available:

Pike County Democrat (Weekly): June 20, 1874 – December 28, 1900

Speedway Flyer (Weekly): November 27, 1931 – December 28, 1972

As always, happy searching!

Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

Nappanee Advance-News Available on Hoosier State Chronicles

Greetings Chroniclers!

We are proud to announce that the Nappanee Advance-News is now available on Hoosier State Chronicles! The collection, spanning 1879-2018, comprises 7,155 issues and over 84,000 pages. You can check it out here.

As always, happy searching!

Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

Indianapolis Times Available on Hoosier State Chronicles!

Greetings Chroniclers!

We are proud to announce that the Indianapolis Times is now available on Hoosier State Chronicles! The collection, spanning 1920-1952, comprises 10,283 issues and over 234,000 pages. The iconic daily newspaper, which ran for over fifty years, became known for its “crusading” journalism, exposing the collusion and corruption between the Indiana state government, governor Ed Jackson, and the Ku Klux Klan. The Times earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1928 for “exposing political corruption in Indiana, prosecuting the guilty and bringing about a more wholesome state of affairs in civil government.” You can check it out here.

As always, happy searching!

Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

New Batches Available!

Hey there Chroniclers!

We have new batches available for you through Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.

These batches comprise 3,094 issues (totaling 56,038 pages) and brings our total page count in Chronicling America to 373,376!

Here are the papers and dates available:

Indianapolis Times (Daily): February 14, 1927-May 27, 1936

As always, happy searching!

This project has been assisted by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

New Batches Available!

Hey there Chroniclers!

We have new batches available for you through Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.

These batches comprise 1,447 issues (totaling 20,734 pages) and brings our total page count in Chronicling America to 373,376!

Here are the papers and dates available:

Indiana Daily Times (Daily): June 14, 1922 – June 24, 1922

Indianapolis Times (Daily): June 26, 1922 – February 12, 1927

As always, happy searching!

This project has been assisted by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Indiana Historic Newspaper Digitization, Project News

New Batches Available!

Hey there Chroniclers!

We have new batches available for you through Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/.

These batches comprise 2,800 issues (totaling 28,367 pages) and brings our total page count in Chronicling America to 352,642!

Here are the papers and dates available:

Indianapolis Journal (Daily) : January 3, 1883 – December 31, 1886, May 3, 1897 – February 28, 1899

Indiana Daily Times (Daily): January 1, 1920 – June 13, 1922

As always, happy searching!

This project has been assisted by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Art History, Business and Industry, YouTube Series

Will Hays and the Hollywood Production Code

At just 110 pounds, Sullivan, Indiana-native Will Hays was not exactly the imposing figure you’d expect to be the film industry’s regulator, but he nevertheless left a substantial mark on the movie industry during the first half of the twentieth century.

To learn more about Will Hays and the MPPDA, check out Stephen Vaughn’s article from the Indiana Magazine of History.

Learn more Indiana History from the Indiana Historical Bureau: http://www.in.gov/history/

Search historic newspaper pages at Hoosier State Chronicles: www.hoosierstatechronicles.org

Visit our Blog: https://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/

Visit Chronicling America to read more first drafts of history: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Learn more about the history relevance campaign at https://www.historyrelevance.com/.

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Credits:

Written and produced by Justin Clark.

Footage of Will Hays and Irene Dunne courtesy of the Indiana State Library. 

Music:  “Days Are Long”, “7th Floor Tango”, and “Time Stops” by Silent Partner

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Project News

New Issues Available

Greetings Chroniclers!

Another batch of issues has been added to Hoosier State Chronicles!

Titles updated:

Hope Republican (103 Issues, April 28, 1892 – April 19, 1894)

Terre Haute Daily Tribune (1334 Issues, December 1, 1902 – July 19, 1919)

As always, happy searching!