North Carolina’s Elon University Newspapers 1920-1970 Digitized, Searchable and Online

Do you have relative’s that attended Elon University? If so, you might want to check out the newly digitized newspapers. The following excerpt is from an article written by Natalie Allison ’13, for the Elon University website.

Elon student newspapers from 1920-1970 are now available in digital format online, and the collection will soon be updated through May 2012 editions.

Katie Nash, special collections librarian and archivist, said the digitization of the university’s student newspapers – both The Pendulum and its predecessor, the Maroon and Gold, as well as “underground” student newspapers such as Veritas and some Student Government Association publications – will make the archives much more accessible both for both library staff members conducting searches for others and for people wanting to view the newspapers on their own.

“Instead of finding the physical copy of a paper, photocopying it and mailing it, it has streamlined our ability to answer questions,” she said.

The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is in charge of converting the print newspapers to an online format, and is doing so for publications at other universities, public libraries and museums in North Carolina.

Read the full article.

Thanks to ResearchBuzz for alerting me to this resource.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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