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Discover freely accessible local newspapers, photographs, documents, and other primary sources shared by partner institutions.

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Great Neck Library

Great Neck, New York

A collection shared by the Great Neck Library includes directories to explore.

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A historical directory can reveal connections between the places people lived, the work they did and the businesses that were part of community life.

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Huntington Memorial Library

Oneonta, New York

The collection shared by the Huntington Memorial Library includes newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals. The collection also includes directories.

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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.

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James V Brown Library

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Use the collection shared by the James V Brown Library to explore newspapers and directories. The collection also includes vital records; financial and tax records; journals and diaries; local history resources; religious organization documents; land and property records; and personal writings.

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Newspapers capture the public conversation of their day. Journals and diaries preserve a writer’s personal perspective.

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James V. Brown Library

Bastress, Pennsylvania

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Explore newspapers and directories through the collection shared by the James V. Brown Library. The collection also includes maps and atlases; cemetery and funeral home records; vital records; financial and tax records; journals and diaries; local history resources; meeting agendas and minutes; religious organization documents; land and property records; and personal writings.

Archive access is in person; the partner profile has details for planning a visit.

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A detail passed down through a family can lead beyond the first source you find. Read accounts alongside one another to explore what they preserve, where they differ, and what remains unknown.

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Marion Public Library

Marion, Iowa

The collection shared by the Marion Public Library offers newspapers and directories to explore. The collection also includes cemetery and funeral home records; voting records and registrations; document collections; local history resources; meeting agendas and minutes; government records; and transportation records and history.

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Directories place recorded names and addresses in a particular year. Newspapers capture the public conversation of their day.

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Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library

Floyd, Virginia

A collection shared by the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library includes newspapers and directories to explore.

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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.

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Port Washington Public Library

Port Washington, New York

You can explore newspapers and directories through the collection shared by the Port Washington Public Library.

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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.

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XIT Museum

Channing, Texas

Browse newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals in the collection shared by the XIT Museum. The collection also includes directories; census records; financial and tax records; court and legal records; document collections; local history resources; personal writings, including correspondence; meeting agendas and minutes; programs and souvenirs; land and property records; and scrapbooks, clippings, and articles.

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Directories place recorded names and addresses in a particular year. Meeting agendas and minutes preserve an organization’s recorded business.

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