Thanks to our partner at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, DigitalNC is proud to announce that over a hundred brand new issues of The Chowan Herald have been digitized by our team in Elizabeth City. Many of these issues are from recent history, spanning from 2017 to 2019, with one special issue coming from 2003. They will join over four thousand issues of The Chowan Herald already online at DigitalNC, reaching back to the paper’s very first issue in 1934.
The Chowan Herald serves the city of Edenton and Chowan County in eastern North Carolina, on the banks of the Albemarle Sound. The paper serves a vital role in the function of Chowan County life; recording local events, letters from community members, and changes in county infrastructure and business. Highlights from this batch include the “Pets of the Week” section (included in each issue), the weathering of Hurricane Isabel in 2003, and the celebration of “Ye Olde Halloween on the Green” in 2019.
In addition to these physical papers scanned in house by the DigitalNC satellite staff, we also added issues of the Chowan Herald from microfilm covering 2015 to 2017, thanks to funding by the folks at Shepard-Pruden.
You can find every issue of The Chowan Herald online at DigitalNC here. Interested in learning more about Chowan County History? Look at “Chowan County” online at DigitalNC here, or find the Shephard-Prudent Memorial Library partner page online at DigitalNC here.
