This week, we have an invited guest blogger, Tim Gieringer. Here on the Digital Newspaper Team, Tim creates all the metadata for the newspapers we upload. He’s been doing a lot of research for this guest post, so I hope you enjoy! Thank you for inviting me to do this post! I’ve always had… Read more »
Posts By: Ana Krahmer
It’s Time for Barbecue–and a Ball!
Let’s throw a ball for Texas Independence Day, and let’s also do a barbecue, just like the citizens of Rusk County did in 1845, on the ninth anniversary of the celebration. Samuel Monroe Hyde gave the address, and he also gave permission for the address to be printed in The Texas National Register, where it… Read more »
Happy St. Valentine’s Day: Let’s Calculate Inflation
Have you ever thought to buy a pack of Valentine’s cards to give out to your friends and loved ones? If you hop into your time machine and set it for January 22, 1866, E. H. Cushing might help you out. Cushing published the Tri-Weekly Telegraph in Houston for a little over a decade, while… Read more »
Happy New Year!
The Digital Newspaper Team is pleased to say farewell to 2014 and welcome 2015 by wishing all our readers a Happy New Year! For a great article about New Year’s food traditions, see this issue of the Texas Jewish Post, from September 9, 2010. To see some fun photographs and read about New Year’s traditions… Read more »
Upcoming Newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspaper Program
As the Texas Digital Newspaper Program prepares to celebrate 2.5 million pages on November 6, 2014, we welcome multiple new grant awardees and newspaper titles! The Polk County Enterprise: The county seat, Livingston, Texas, has received a grant to digitize its newspaper, beginning in 1892 and moving up to 1965. This span of years will… Read more »
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