The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive Expands

The following announcement is excerpted from an October 25, 2012 article by Donnie Summerlin, published in the blog of the Digital Library of Georgia.

The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the expansion of the South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive:

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sgnewspapers

The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive now provides access to fifteen newspaper titles published in nine south Georgia cities (Albany, Americus, Bainbridge, Brunswick, Cuthbert, Tifton, Thomasville, Valdosta, and Waycross) from 1845 to 1922. Consisting of over 141,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date.

The archive now includes the following Athens newspaper titles: Albany Herald (1892-1893, 1900-1901, 1906), Albany News (1867-1892), Bainbridge Democrat (1872-1909), Bainbridge Search Light/Post-Search Light (1901-1922), Brunswick Advertiser/Advertiser and Appeal (1875-1889), Cuthbert Appeal (1866-1886), Tifton Gazette (1892-1919), Waycross Headlight (1884-1887), Waycross Herald (1892-1914), and Waycross Journal (1901-1914) in addition to the titles previously included in the archive: Albany Patriot (1845-1866), Americus Times Recorder (1881-1921), Sumter Republican (1870-1885), Thomasville Times Enterprise (1873-1922), Valdosta Times (1908-1912).

Read the full article.

Thanks to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.

One Reply to “The South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive Expands”

  1. Seeking article that appeared in the Americus Times recorder on December 3, 2013, on Oral History project initiated by the Archway project at UGA, under Sumter County Archway Director, Maggie Potter.

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