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Featured Content: Batch II: What to Expect
The second batch of Alaskan historical newspaper pages has been accepted for ingest in Chronicling America! Batch II will include two titles, the remainder of Douglas Island News and the beginning of The Daily Alaskan. These titles will be available on Chronicling America in December. Currently available titles for searching are the Alaska Daily Empire (1912-1917), Douglas Island News (1898-1907), and The Thlinget (full run, 1908-1912).
Batch II Details:
- Douglas Island news, Douglas City, AK, 1907-1922
- The daily Alaskan, Skagway, AK, 1898-1905
For more information on these and other titles visit the Alaska State Library’s page on Alaska Historical Newspapers.
Featured Content: Batch I: The First 10,000
The first batch of Alaskan historical newspaper pages will become available to the public in Fall 2017! Batch I will include three titles, The Alaska Daily Empire, Douglas Island News, and The Thlinget.
Batch I Details:
- The Alaska daily empire, Juneau, AK, 1912-1917
- Douglas Island news, Douglas City, AK, 1898-1907
- The Thlinget, Sitka, AK, 1908-1912
For more information on these and other titles visit the Alaska State Library’s page on Alaska Historical Newspapers.
What’s To Come
Starting Fall 2017, the Alaska State Library will begin making 100,000 pages of historical Alaskan newspapers available to the public, FREE of charge, through Chronicling America (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov).
Check back here for updates as the monthly 10,000 page batches are added.
For behind the scenes info and newspaper article highlights follow us on Instagram @alaskahistoricalnewspapers or check out the Alaska State Library’s page on Alaska Historical Newspapers for more project details!
