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Historic Rochester African American newspaper available online

The Rochester Public Library and the Rochester Museum & Science Center have collaborated to digitize issues of the African American newspaper, the Frederick Douglass Voice, and make the images free to the public. The Voice is the longest running Black-owned newspaper in Rochester.  The Rochester

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Historic Niagara Falls newspaper now available online

The Niagara Falls Public Library has recently completed the digitization of the Niagara Gazette from May 1854 to February 1918. This project, like other newspaper digitization projects, will give researchers insight into life during this time period. Access to the files is free and is

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Additions made to historic New York newspaper websites

Several online historic New York newspapers have been recently updated. On the New York State Historic Newspapers website the following cities have added new titles: Auburn – The Advertiser-Journal (1913-1931); Daily Advertiser (1867-1913); Morning Dispatch (188?-1890); Weekly Dispatch (1885- ?) Ovid – The Ovid Gazette

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NYS Historic Newspapers Adds Several New Titles

The website, New York State Historic Newspapers, added several new titles in November. New Titles Stillwater – Hudson Valley Times Mechanicsville – The Mechnicsville Era, The Mechanicsville Mercury, The Mechanicsville Star, The Mechanicsville Times and Morning Star. The Argus (Albany) was updated in November. To

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Yonkers Public Library Digitizes Several Local Newspapers

Yonkers Public Library recently created a new digital archive of local newspapers called the Yonkers News Archive. The newspaper titles include: the Yonkers Examiner (1857-1864), Yonkers Gazette (1868-1893), Yonkers Statesman (1863-1932), Yonkers Herald (1891-1932) and the Herald Statesman (1932-1998).  The complete Yonkers News Archive can

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