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OurDigitalWorld digitizes Abolitionist newspaper collection to improve searchability

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Gail Dever

OurDigitalWorld’s recently released Abolitionist newspaper collection provides new digital images of the only existing copies of The Voice Of The Fugitive, Henry Bibb’s newspaper from 1851 to 1852. Along with digitized microfilm of the Provincial Freeman and the True Royalist, for the first … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 27, 2017

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Where are the Archives? by Candice Mcdonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. BC Historical Newspapers Update- 2017 by Liz Otero on UBC Library Digitization Centre Blog. Canada’s Secret Archives by Dennis … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 7, 2017

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the new year. Blogs Digitized Canadian Trench Newspapers: Part 1 of 3 by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit. Using the GRO Index Search – Another Example by Wayne Shepheard … Continue reading →

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