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Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library

Gallipolis, Ohio

Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Gallipolis.

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1895 to 2025Dates represented

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891,450Archive pages

Historical pages reported for this collection.

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Gallipolis, Ohio.

Get to know Gallipolis, Ohio in earlier years through the newspapers shared in the Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library's digital archive. Its ten titles include material from 1895 to 2025.

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  • Selected titles

    Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library shares titles including “Daily Sentinel” and “River Cities Tribune”.

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  • A closer look

    A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue.

Historical newspapers can connect a family name with the events and everyday concerns of an earlier time, offering more than a date or a name on its own. Bring a family connection, a question about a familiar place or an interest in local history, and see where the sources lead. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.

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Titles in this collection

Browse ten titles and 891,450 digitized pages, with material from 1895 to 2025. A partnership between Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

A familiar name or place can be the beginning of a story. Explore the titles below to see where that connection leads.

Daily Sentinel

32 pages in 2011

Daily Tribune

1,436 pages from 1907 to 1928

Gallia Times

19,362 pages from 1946 to 1966

Gallipolis Daily Tribune

631,540 pages from 1895 to 2022

Gallipolis Tribune

4,054 pages from 1901 to 1902

River Cities Register

3,192 pages from 2022 to 2024

River Cities Tribune

6,576 pages from 2022 to 2025

Saturday Times Sentinel

1,048 pages from 2002 to 2003

The Gallipolis Daily Tribune

11,248 pages from 2019 to 2021

Times Sentinel

212,962 pages from 1966 to 2019

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Research Guidance

Follow a story beyond the first mention

Start with something you would like to understand about the past of Gallipolis. It might be a person, a neighborhood or an event remembered in your family. Use the digital archive shared by the Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library to follow that question into the historical record. 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.

When a promising newspaper lead runs out, check the dates and titles represented before trying another name, place, or nearby issue. Keep unsuccessful searches with useful findings; gaps in coverage can limit what a search reveals. Use the dates and references to shape your next question, not as proof a missing result never existed.

As you piece together a story from the past, note where each detail came from and why it matters. Include the title, date, and page or item reference. Mark uncertain identifications and unanswered questions so a promising connection does not become an unsupported fact.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 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.

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Read All About It

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.

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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.
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