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Elmwood Public Library
Elmwood, Nebraska
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Elmwood.
1855 to 1985Dates represented
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48,000Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Elmwood, Nebraska.
Discover another side of Elmwood, Nebraska through newspapers preserved in the Elmwood Public Library's digital archive. Its one hundred twelve titles include material from 1855 to 1985.
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Selected titles
Examples from Elmwood Public Library’s collection include “Alliance Junior Normal” and “York Independent”.
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A closer look
An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.
The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse one hundred twelve titles and 48,000 digitized pages, with material from 1855 to 1985. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Elmwood Public Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Start with a detail you already know, then browse the titles below for another perspective on the people and places connected with this collection.
Alliance Junior Normal
16 pages from 1908 to 1909
Alliance News
16 pages in 1917
Alliance Tribune
92 pages from 1890 to 1892
Antelope County Review
32 pages from 1888 to 1889
Axtell Times
80 pages from 1909 to 1935
Brownville Democrat
4 pages in 1901
Capitol City News
14 pages in 1942
Carroll Index
16 pages in 1901
Cass County Sentinel
32 pages from 1859 to 1863
Cherry County Republican
16 pages in 1886
Criterion
32 pages from 1905 to 1906
Daily Bulletin
28 pages in 1861
Daily Democrat
8 pages in 1886
Daily Evening Bulletin
4 pages in 1861
Daily Evening Chief
16 pages in 1888
Daily Neligh Leader
48 pages from 1902 to 1903
Daily State Democrat
4 pages in 1881
Daily Wymorean
48 pages in 1899
Dawson County Herald
48 pages from 1886 to 1894
Dawson County Pioneer
16 pages in 1887
Die Bestliche Rundschau
64 pages in 1916
Elm Creek Beacon
72 pages from 1905 to 1947
Elmwood Bulletin
8 pages in 1914
Elmwood Echo
1,114 pages from 1892 to 1896
Elmwood Leader
712 pages from 1892 to 1896
Elmwood Leader Echo
43,028 pages from 1896 to 1953
Emerson Tri County Press
78 pages in 1985
Evening Chronicle
24 pages in 1896
Farmers Advocate
16 pages in 1888
Farmers Labor Herald
4 pages in 1924
Fillmore County Review
40 pages from 1876 to 1880
Fort Robinson Assembly
16 pages in 1895
Free Press
16 pages in 1886
Gazette Oakdale
8 pages in 1893
Geneva Review
8 pages in 1883
Grafton Gazette
16 pages in 1881
Hemingford Ledger
16 pages in 1935
Independent Eagle
32 pages from 1892 to 1893
Jewish Press
16 pages in 1984
Lexington Clipper
8 pages in 1891
Litchfield Monitor
64 pages in 1890
Loup Valley Eagle
32 pages in 1884
Loupe Valley Eagle
6 pages in 1883
Mason City Transcript
16 pages in 1948
McCook Democrat
16 pages in 1887
Murray Weekly Journal
68 pages in 1897
Nebraska Advertiser
130 pages from 1863 to 1867
Nebraska Atlas
44 pages from 1870 to 1879
Nebraska City Daily Times
8 pages in 1870
Nebraska City News
24 pages from 1866 to 1877
Nebraska Democrat
16 pages in 1856
Nebraska Endeavor News
16 pages in 1903
Nebraska Register
16 pages from 1866 to 1868
Nebraskian
12 pages in 1855
Neligh Times
8 pages in 1886
Norfolk Anzeiger
8 pages in 1892
Northwest News
32 pages from 1886 to 1892
Ogalalla Reflector
16 pages in 1888
Omaha Daily Republican
12 pages from 1870 to 1872
Omaha Daily World Herald
16 pages in 1890
Omaha Public Ledger
12 pages from 1869 to 1940
Omaha Tribune
12 pages in 1871
Osceola Daily Record
32 pages from 1880 to 1881
Osceola Record
8 pages in 1893
Our Independent
4 pages in 1877
Pattsmouth Democrat
8 pages in 1866
Peru Times
2 pages in 1860
Platte Valley Herald
36 pages in 1861
Plattsmouth Herald
16 pages in 1893
Plattsmouth Jeffersonian
16 pages from 1857 to 1858
Plattsmouth Journal
16 pages in 1897
Pleasant Dale News
16 pages in 1932
Record
8 pages in 1885
Republican
8 pages in 1888
Richardson County Courier
8 pages in 1917
Rulo Independent
20 pages in 1878
Rulo Reporter
16 pages in 1921
Rulo Times
48 pages from 1892 to 1926
Rulo Weekly Star
32 pages in 1919
Sarpy County Sentinel
8 pages in 1873
Sarpy Sentinel
8 pages in 1891
Sartoria Independent
8 pages in 1888
Seward County Independent
8 pages in 1892
Shelton Clipper
40 pages in 1892
Silver Creek Oriole
8 pages in 1890
Spalding Enterprise
72 pages from 1915 to 1919
Spalding Grit
16 pages in 1898
Sterling Press
8 pages in 1887
Strang Reporter
8 pages in 1899
Sumner News
8 pages in 1907
Sunday Journal and Star
30 pages in 1942
Sutton Advertiser
8 pages in 1892
Thomas County Clipper
128 pages from 1901 to 1911
Thomas County Herald
112 pages in 1910
Thomas County Herald Clipper
8 pages in 1959
Tobias American
64 pages in 1893
Tri State Bugle
32 pages in 1926
Tribune Record
128 pages in 1910
True Voice
36 pages from 1965 to 1971
Union Worker
8 pages in 1944
University Place Service Mens Whos Who and Where
152 pages from 1943 to 1945
Venango Independent
32 pages in 1892
Waco Star
8 pages in 1918
Weekly Gazette
8 pages in 1889
Weekly News Messenger
20 pages in 1939
Weekly Observer
8 pages in 1884
Weeks Review
160 pages from 1898 to 1899
Western Daily Wave
60 pages in 1896
Western Round Up
12 pages in 1903
York County Press
8 pages in 1892
York Daily Press
8 pages in 1892
York Independent
34 pages from 1892 to 1893
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About the Archive
About the Elmwood Public Library's History Archives
The Elmwood Public Library offers free access to its historical resources through its digital archives, provided in partnership with Advantage Archives . The Elmwood Public Library has digitized a range of local publications, preserving the community's rich history for public exploration.
About the Library
About the Elmwood Public Library
The Elmwood Public Library serves the community by offering access to a wealth of educational, cultural, and historical resources. The library is a hub for learning and exploration, connecting patrons with local history and beyond.
Local History
Did You Know?
- The library’s digital archives offer access to newspapers dating back to the late 19th century, providing a comprehensive view of Elmwood's history.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Check a text match against the page
The history of Elmwood includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Elmwood Public Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. 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. If a search result looks incomplete or misspelled, inspect the scanned page when available. Record the issue date and page, then distinguish the printed wording from search text before following the story to another mention.
If a text match looks incomplete, compare it with the scanned newspaper page when available. Check whether wording or names differ, then record the page's printed wording with the issue date and page. Keep the search result distinct from what the page itself shows.
As you connect materials, note where each detail came from and what it can support. Record the title, date, and page or item reference where available. Keep names and relationships tentative until the evidence is strong enough to connect them, and mark which words come from the record and which are your interpretation.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Elmwood Public 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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