Thanks to the help of our partners at Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, we are pleased to announce that two new years of The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.) and six new volumes of Edenton High School’s yearbook, Edentonian, are now available to browse on DigitalNC. The 101 newly-added issues of The Chowan Herald span from 2020 to 2021. These two years of weekly issues add to the 85 years of issues already available on DigitalNC!
Newly added years of the Edentonian include:
![Front cover of the Edentonian [1953]. The cover is a forest green color and includes the title "Edentonian '53" in white text. An image of a ship is embossed on the lower right quarter of the cover.](https://www.digitalnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/edentonian195300eden_0001-763x1024.jpg)
![Front cover of the Edentonian [1954]. The light blue cover features a white banner that showcases the title "The Edentonian" in dark blue text. The right side of the yearbook cover also features a white embossed illustration of two graduates.](https://www.digitalnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/edentonian195400eden_0001-718x1024.jpg)
![Front cover of the Edentonian [1955]. The dark red cover contains minimal geometric lines embossed along the left hand and bottom edges to create a border-like design. The title "The Edentonian" is written in black text, underneath a decorative "E" encased in a black oval.](https://www.digitalnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/edentonian195500eden_0001-736x1024.jpg)
![Front cover of the Edentonian [1956]. This black yearbook cover features the title "The Edentonian" prominently featured near the bottom of the cover in a white, decorative script. Two figures wearing graduation attire are embossed in front of an additionally embossed calendar circle.](https://www.digitalnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/edentonian195600eden_0001-724x1024.jpg)
![Front cover of the Edentonian [1957]. This metallic, champagne colored yearbook features the title "The Edentonian" written in red text across the bottom of the cover. Embossed in the upper-middle of the cover is graduation cap and diploma inside of a compass shape. Underneath the compass shape are three embossed books.](https://www.digitalnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/edentonian195700eden_0001-732x1024.jpg)
![Front cover of the Edentonian [1958]. The title "The 1958 Edentonian" is written in black font near the bottom of this yearbook cover. This text is written over a black-and-white image of a high school brick building, which serves as the background for the entire cover.](https://www.digitalnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/edentonian195800eden_0001-723x1024.jpg)
More information about our partner, Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, can be found on their website here.
More materials, including more yearbook titles and issues of The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.), can be found on Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library’s contributor page, which is linked here.
