17Titles
Explore publications and collections from the past.
Community History Archive Partner
Bainbridge Historical Association
Bainbridge, New York
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Bainbridge.
1845 to 1959Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
40,472Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Bainbridge, New York.
Explore the past of Bainbridge, New York through newspapers in the Bainbridge Historical Association's digital archive. Its seventeen titles include material from 1845 to 1959.
Opens in a new tab.
-
Selected titles
Selected titles from Bainbridge Historical Association include “American Freeman” and “Saturday Review”.
-
Free and open access
No subscription or payment required.
-
A closer look
Newspaper pages connect individual accounts with a wider story, preserving how events were reported and presented to the readers of the day.
Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it. Whether you are tracing a family connection, exploring a local event or sharing history with a class, there is more to discover than names and dates alone. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
Explore the collection
Titles in this collection
Browse seventeen titles and 40,472 digitized pages, with material from 1845 to 1959. This collection is shared through Bainbridge Historical Association's partnership with Advantage Archives. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Follow a family connection or a question about the community through the titles below and the history they preserve.
American Freeman
28 pages in 1846
Bainbridge Eagle
40 pages in 1845
Bainbridge Express
156 pages in 1899
Bainbridge Freeman
24 pages from 1847 to 1849
Bainbridge Ledger
72 pages from 1867 to 1869
Bainbridge News
7,372 pages from 1932 to 1959
Bainbridge News and Bainbridge Republican
12,074 pages from 1932 to 1950
Bainbridge News and The Bainbridge Republican
1,192 pages from 1932 to 1936
Bainbridge Press
908 pages from 1938 to 1940
Bainbridge Republican
9,236 pages from 1871 to 1932
Bainbridge Republican and Express
8,774 pages from 1900 to 1920
Bainbridge Republican and Saturday Review
468 pages from 1875 to 1876
Bainbridge Times
32 pages in 1879
Chenango Free Democrat
16 pages from 1850 to 1851
Home and Abroad
16 pages in 1869
Monday Review
8 pages in 1871
Saturday Review
56 pages from 1872 to 1874
Opens in a new tab.
About the Community
About The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce
The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce is a partnership of business and professional people dedicated to making a difference in the community. The Chamber serves as the voice of Bainbridge businesses, both large and small. When you join the Chamber, you gain a new business partner and access to opportunities to meet potential clients, expand your contacts, and become involved in issues that affect your business community.
Partner Story
The History Of The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce
The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce was established to provide a forum for all interested parties to promote economic growth. The Chamber assists its membership through partnerships with businesses and organizations and uses all available resources to sustain economic growth. By working together, the Chamber creates an environment in which businesses can prosper.
About the Community
About Bainbridge, New York
Bainbridge, located in Chenango County, New York, is a vibrant village with a rich history and a strong sense of community. The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce plays a key role in the village, offering support to local businesses and promoting economic growth. The village’s history is well-documented through the Chamber’s extensive collection of local newspapers and other historical materials.
Local History
Did You Know?
Did you know that the Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce’s digital archive includes newspapers dating back to 1845? This extensive collection provides a valuable window into the past of Bainbridge and its surrounding areas, offering invaluable resources for historians and genealogists.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Read a report in its time and place
A family name, a familiar street or a story passed down through generations can lead to a closer look at the history of Bainbridge. The digital archive shared by the Bainbridge Historical Association offers a place to begin. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Check nearby issues or another listed newspaper when available. Differences in timing and wording can add perspective to a story, while the issue date and surrounding articles help show what kind of account you are reading.
Follow a promising report into a nearby issue or another title where available. Compare dates and surrounding coverage; a single account is one perspective on a story. Use the surrounding account to shape your next question, while keeping each source's perspective distinct.
Keep the title, date, page, or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help connect a local story to its evidence and show what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Bainbridge Historical Association, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
Learn about partnerships
Stories, research tips, and archive news
Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.
May 7, 2025
Why Microfilm is still important in 2023
Preserving documents on microfilm has been a popular method of storage for many years, and it still holds many benefits today. Here…
Read article
May 7, 2025
Don’t Search For An Obituary By Only Searching For An “Obituary”
In the quest to trace our roots and understand our heritage, obituaries often serve as a crucial starting point. Obituaries are undoubtedly…
Read article
April 9, 2025
Unveiling the Hidden Mysteries: Exploring Cold Cases and Unconventional Clues
Even the most esteemed police forces in the county encounter perplexing cold case files. These unsolved mysteries often leave investigators and genealogists…
Read article
April 1, 2025
This Week in History: March 31st through April 6th
Discover History in The Community History Archives. This week in history, there is absolutely nothing to talk about… April Fools! April…
Read article
March 24, 2025
This Week in History: March 24th through March 30th
Discover History in The Community History Archives. It has officially been a year since I started writing This Week in History,…
Read article
March 18, 2025
It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?
We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
Read article