Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Moundsville, West Virginia.

Get to know Moundsville, West Virginia in earlier years through the newspapers shared in the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library's digital archive. Its five titles include material from 1896 to 2025.

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  Explore titles such as “Cameron Echos” and “The Moundsville Daily Echo”, shared by Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library.

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  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 five titles and 274,420 digitized pages, with material from 1896 to 2025. A partnership between Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

Bring a person, place or date you recognize, and browse the titles below for a first clue in the story you want to follow.

Cameron Echos

226 pages in 1916

Moundsville Daily Echo

271,798 pages from 1896 to 2025

The Logan Banner

16 pages in 1937

The Martinburg Journal

24 pages in 1960

The Moundsville Daily Echo

2,356 pages in 1917

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About the Library

About The Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library

The Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library, established in 1916, serves as a comprehensive resource hub for Marshall County residents and beyond. Located at 700 Fifth Street, Moundsville, the library provides a wide range of resources including books, audiobooks, videos, digital materials, public internet access, and various programs for all ages. The library’s offerings include interlibrary loans, photocopying, printing, scanning, and notary services. Additionally, the library serves as a Kids Connect site, provides public Wi-Fi, and offers videoconferencing by appointment.

Partner Story

The Library’s Service Network

The main library in Moundsville acts as the regional headquarters for the Miracle Valley Regional Library System, extending services to affiliate libraries in Wetzel and Tyler Counties. With two branches in Marshall County located in Benwood-McMechen and Cameron, as well as an archival center under development near the main library, the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library continues to uphold its mission of supporting lifelong learning, research, and community engagement.

Local History

Did You Know?

Did you know that the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library provides access to a vast digital archive of local newspapers dating back to 1896? These resources are invaluable for historians, genealogists, and community members interested in exploring the heritage of Marshall County.

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Research Guidance

Follow a report into its setting

Start with something you would like to understand about the past of Moundsville. It might be a person, a neighborhood or an event remembered in your family. Use the digital archive shared by the Moundsville-Marshall County 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. Read the headline and neighboring articles as well as the matching lines. The surrounding page can show whether a report is local news, an editorial, or another kind of account; compare its details with later coverage where available.

Take a place or institution mentioned in a report as a new search lead. Check the issue date and read nearby articles to see how the setting is described. Preserve historical names and boundaries as written, and compare another dated reference before connecting the place to a present-day location.

Record which title, date, page, or item supports a useful lead. Mark unanswered questions before connecting it to a family or community story. A similar name can point you toward another source, but it is not proof of identity.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Moundsville-Marshall County 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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Unveiling the Hidden Mysteries: Exploring Cold Cases and Unconventional Clues

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April 1, 2025

This Week in History: March 31st through April 6th

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March 24, 2025

This Week in History: March 24th through March 30th

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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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