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DigitalNC is happy to announce that we are now home to 51 late 19th century issues of Eastern Carolina News. We would like to thank our partners at Trenton Public Library for contributing this new title to our digital newspaper collection.
This weekly newspaper was based out of Trenton, N.C., located on the eastern side of the state in Jones County. The tagline was “A Paper for all Classes of People Who Want the Latest News”. Front pages contained articles on current local and nationwide news, including the news-about-town section “A Week in Trenton”.
Eastern Carolina News also had interest pieces. An example is “Two of the Queerest Craft Ever Constructed,” an article on the Argonaut submarine and, a “craft electricity has made possible,” the roller boat.
Also of note are the reserved spaces for messages from groups supporting the temperance movement, titled either “Temperance Corner” or “Temperance Topics”. Prohibition was ramping up for a nationwide debate in the late 19th century, eventually culminating in the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1918.
For a complete look at the new issues from Eastern Carolina News, you can browse all the front pages by clicking here. And for more information on Trenton Public Library, you can visit their home page here.
Back in August, we announced our annual call for microfilmed newspaper digitization. We asked institutions throughout North Carolina to nominate papers they’d like to see added to DigitalNC. As it is every year, it was an incredibly tough choice – we are typically able to choose between 40-60 reels out of over a thousand nominated. This year we’ve chosen the following titles and years.
Title |
Years |
Nominating Institution |
Black Mountain News |
1945-1948 |
Swannanoa Valley Museum |
Carolinian (Raleigh) |
1959-1972 |
Olivia Raney Local History Library |
Dunn Daily Record |
1950-1962 |
Dunn History Musem |
Eastern Carolina News |
1898 |
Trenton Public Library / Neuse Regional Library |
Goldsboro News |
1923-1927 |
Wayne County Public Library |
Tryon Daily Bulletin |
1928-1942 |
Polk County Public Libraries |
Tyrrell County Herald/Progress/Times |
1928; 1944-1945 |
Tyrrell County Library |
Tyrrell Tribune |
1939-1941 |
Tyrrell County Library |
Zebulon Record |
1925-1956 |
Little River Historical Society |
For our selection criteria, we prioritize newspapers that document underrepresented communities, new titles, papers that come from a county that currently has little representation on DigitalNC, and papers nominated by new partners. After selection, we ask the partners to secure permission for digitization and, if that’s successful, they make it into the final list above.
We hope to have these titles coming online in the first half of 2020. If your title didn’t make it this year don’t despair! We welcome repeat submissions, and plan on sending out another call in Fall 2020.