New Ontario Newspapers Online

The OurDigitalWorld Autumn 2024 Newsletter announces the addition of the following newspapers.

Stratford-Perth Archives Digital Newspapers

Recently launched for public and in-house access, the Stratford-Perth Archives has a new digitized newspaper database. Browse and keyword search over 8,000 issues from 17 different newspapers from the Stratford area and Perth County 1860-1946.

Penetanguishene Citizen from Sports Hall of Fame

Inspired by the sports coverage in the local newspaper, the Penetanguishene Sports Hall of Fame has digitized the Penetaguishene Citizen 1975-1988 to showcase the stories of resilience and triumph from the sports legends whose passion shape the town’s history.

Oshawa Times

Oshawa Public library is helping grow the body of newspapers by recently including the 1958-1961 Oshawa Times. It’s included in the Durham Region Newspapers.

Terrace Bay Schreiber News

Scanning in-house, the Terrace Bay Public Library is expanding their online collection of the Terrace Bay Schreiber News, recently adding new issues from 1983-1992. The weekly paper from the northwestern region of Ontario adds fresh coverage and new resources for thematic and family history research in the area. These titles are also included in the Gateway to Northwestern Ontario.
An unusual holding in this collection is Geological Survey of Canada Annual Reports from the 1880s to 1930s.

Russell Review (1975-1977) and Castor Review (1977-1982)
Through the Digital Prescott Russell site in collaboration with the Township of Russell Library.
https://images.ourontario.ca/Russell/search

The Haileyburian (1912-1957) & Cobalt Weekly News (1957-1961)
https://vitacollections.ca/hhmcollection/search

Provincial Freeman and Voice of the Fugitive
Not yet available, OurDigitalWorld is collaborating with Pennsylvania State University and University of Windsor to rescanned the original paper copies of two titles, the Provincial Freeman and Voice of the Fugitive, for inclusion in the Canadiana site.

 

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