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Hartley Public Library

Hartley, Iowa

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

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10Titles

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1887 to 2019Dates represented

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173,432Archive pages

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Hartley, Iowa.

Get to know Hartley, Iowa in earlier years through the newspapers shared in the Hartley Public Library's digital archive. Its ten titles include material from 1887 to 2019.

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  • Selected titles

    A selection from Hartley Public Library: “Hartley Everly Royal Sentinel News” and “The Hartley Record”.

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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.

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 173,432 digitized pages, with material from 1887 to 2019. A partnership between Hartley Public Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

A family story or a question about a familiar place can lead somewhere unexpected. Browse the titles below and see which detail draws you in.

Hartley Everly Royal Sentinel News

3,536 pages from 2012 to 2015

Hartley Sentinel Everly Royal News

1,676 pages from 2015 to 2016

Hartley Sentinel News

2,658 pages from 2011 to 2014

The Hartley Herald

8,064 pages from 1896 to 1907

The Hartley Journal

13,242 pages from 1894 to 1916

The Hartley Record

2,158 pages from 1887 to 1894

The Hartley Sentinel

136,974 pages from 1912 to 2009

The Hartley Sentinel - News

1,982 pages from 2009 to 2010

The Hartley Sentinel - The Everly Royal News

3,080 pages from 2017 to 2019

The Hartley Sentinel V2

62 pages from 1955 to 1981

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Library Resources and Services

Along with an extensive collection of fiction and non-fiction books, the library also has a variety of puzzles, magazines, and movies for all ages. Use one of several computers for an internet search to learn about a hobby, create a document, or read the news. The teen area includes comic books, games, books for teens, and comfortable seating to hang out or join in with scheduled activities. A separate meeting room complete with a laptop and LCD projector is available for presentations, meetings, or other group gatherings. On the library website you can search the catalog and newspaper archives, link to online resources, and discover services such as faxing and interlibrary loans. Try out Bridges, Iowa’s eLibrary, which is the shared collection of electronic books, audiobooks, and magazines available free to library patrons.

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Research Guidance

Compare accounts as you trace a story

Start with something you would like to understand about the past of Hartley. It might be a person, a neighborhood or an event remembered in your family. Use the digital archive shared by the Hartley Public 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. Use a report's date to look for earlier or later coverage where those issues are available. Compare what each account says and what it leaves out, treating a related mention as a lead rather than a complete history.

Compare each newspaper account with a nearby dated issue where available, noting what changes or stays consistent. Keep alternate versions and unresolved details visible rather than blending distinct sources into one story. Use those differences to frame a next question, not to settle the account before the sources support it.

Keep source details beside each quotation or observation. If accounts differ, preserve both references and note what remains unresolved. Let the evidence, rather than a smooth retelling, show where the sources agree and where the story is still open.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Hartley 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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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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