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Explore publications and collections from the past.
Community History Archive Partner
Paulding County Carnegie Library
paulding, Ohio
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of paulding.
1859 to 2016Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
515,474Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of paulding, Ohio.
Explore the past of paulding, Ohio through newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals in the Paulding County Carnegie Library's digital archive. Its thirty-five titles include material from 1859 to 2016.
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Selected titles
The titles shared by Paulding County Carnegie Library include “Latty School Yearbooks” and “Paulding Republican”.
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Free and open access
No subscription or payment required.
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Different views of the past
Yearbooks and annuals bring together the people and activities their editors chose to remember, offering a view of life within a particular year. 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.
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.
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Titles in this collection
Browse thirty-five titles and 515,474 digitized pages, with material from 1859 to 2016. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Paulding County Carnegie Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Every search for the past starts with a question. Explore the titles below, follow the sources that speak to it, and see what new detail appears.
Anthony Wayne Standard
20 pages in 1974
Antwerp Argus
4,770 pages from 1883 to 1893
Antwerp Bee
56 pages from 1896 to 1913
Antwerp Bee Argus
50,918 pages from 1914 to 2001
Antwerp Gazette
3,158 pages from 1871 to 1878
Antwerp High School Yearbook
12,076 pages from 1937 to 2014
Blue Creek High School Yearbook
4,372 pages from 1953 to 1971
Emerald Center School Yearbook
124 pages in 1954
Grover Hill High School Yearbook
2,836 pages from 1945 to 1969
Grover Hill News
20,354 pages from 1947 to 1972
Haviland - Scott Yearbook
1,698 pages from 1940 to 1952
Independent
100 pages in 1885
Independent News
494 pages from 1913 to 1915
Latty School Yearbooks
642 pages from 1942 to 1952
North Western Ohio Independent News
48 pages from 1908 to 1910
Oakwood High School Yearbook
1,884 pages from 1928 to 1971
Oakwood News
50,682 pages from 1915 to 1982
Paulding County Gazette
4,658 pages from 1878 to 1888
Paulding County Progress
71,682 pages from 1987 to 2014
Paulding County Republican
45,938 pages from 1888 to 1949
Paulding Democrat
57,820 pages from 1874 to 1949
Paulding Elementary Yearbook
232 pages from 1974 to 1976
Paulding High School Yearbook
23,984 pages from 1916 to 2008
Paulding Independent
1,250 pages from 1859 to 1863
Paulding Journal
410 pages from 1873 to 1874
Paulding Middle School Yearbook
250 pages from 1977 to 1979
Paulding Progress
82,694 pages from 1949 to 2016
Paulding Republican
1,132 pages from 1915 to 1920
Payne Reflector
3,204 pages from 1895 to 1903
Payne Reflector and Press Review
54,684 pages from 1903 to 1967
Payne Star
232 pages from 1884 to 1885
Plain Dealer
1,588 pages from 1870 to 1874
St Johns The Baptist Catholic School
232 pages from 2001 to 2008
Wayne Trace High School Yearbook
11,024 pages from 1972 to 2003
Wayne Trace Junior High School
228 pages from 1975 to 1977
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About the Archive
About The Paulding County Carnegie Library’s History Archives
Explore the Paulding County Carnegie Library ’s digital archives, made possible through a partnership with Advantage Archives . These archives provide free access to a vast collection of historical newspapers and yearbooks, capturing the rich history of Paulding County, Ohio, and its surrounding areas. These archives are invaluable for research, genealogy, and community engagement.
About the Library
About The Paulding County Carnegie Library
The Paulding County Carnegie Library, the first county library in the United States funded by Andrew Carnegie, has served the people of Paulding County, Ohio, since 1916. With a mission to provide access to information and resources, the library is a cornerstone of education, literacy, and cultural engagement in the community.
Library History
History Of The Paulding County Carnegie Library
Founded in 1893 by the Ladies Literary Society, the library started as a small circulating collection. Through donations and community efforts, it grew into a public library by 1903. In 1913, Rebecca S. Latty donated land for the construction of a new library building, and Andrew Carnegie contributed $40,000 for its construction. The new library opened its doors in 1916 and has continued to evolve, with branches in Antwerp, Oakwood, Payne, and Grover Hill, established in 2020.
Partner Story
Mission Statement
We are dedicated to providing the highest quality library services to the community, meeting the informational, educational, and recreational needs of our patrons while preserving the rich history of Paulding County.
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Research Guidance
Look beyond a familiar name
Yearbooks and annuals preserve selected views of a time in paulding. Follow a name or organization through a dated volume in the yearbooks and annuals shared by the Paulding County Carnegie Library, and keep the publication's perspective visible as you ask what other sources might add. Read the publication as one historical voice; it can illuminate a community without speaking for everyone who lived there.
Where the available dates overlap, use a name, activity, or organization in a yearbook or annual as a starting point for a newspaper search. Compare the details carefully; a similar name is a lead to investigate, not an identification by itself.
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 you connect a local story to its evidence and explain what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Paulding County Carnegie 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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