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Virginia Announces Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Online Newspapers

6/29/2017

The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Newspaper Project have collaborated to make available online, many newspapers published in Virginia from the various Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps throughout the state from 1934 to 1941.

The complete announcement of the new collection is available at VNP ANNOUNCES THE CCC.

Here is a list of the current Virginia CCC newspapers available (41 in total):

This is a terrific collection that provides readers a flavor of this part of Virginia's history.

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Wisconsin Adds 100,000 Pages of Online Historic Newspapers

6/29/2017

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Wisconsin's Online Library just announced the addition of over 100,000 pages of online historic newspapers from six different Wisconsin communities. The complete article can be found at More Historical Content Added to Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers.

Search is restricted to those who have access to the state-wide online library BadgerLink, which is only available to Wisconsin residents.

The added titles are as follows:

Belleville Recorder 1887-1923
Badger State Banner 1868-1926
Banner Journal 1931-1938
Evansville Badger 1898-1906
Evansville Enterprise 1895-1911
Evansville Review 1899-1932
Evansville Tribune 1899-1908
Jackson County Banner 1867-1868
Jefferson County Union 1870-1918
Prairie du Chien Courier Press 1852-1922
Marinette and Peshtigo Eagle 1871-1896

Good luck with your research!

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Virginia Announces Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Online Newspapers

Wisconsin Adds 100,000 Pages of Online Historic Newspapers

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