About Us

The Oregon Digital Newspaper (ODNP) is a program within the University of Oregon Libraries whose mission is to digitize and preserve Oregon newspapers. The program has two primary components:

Users can access digitized newspapers through our free online database Historic Oregon Newspapers. This full-text searchable database contains over 2.5 million pages from Oregon newspapers dated 1846 – current, and we are continually adding new titles. All titles that have been digitized are listed on the website.

ODNP is committed to providing free online access to historic Oregon newspapers. This is made possible with the support of external project sponsors, federal and state grants, the UO Libraries, and through private donations.

Learn More:

Staff

Elizabeth Peterson
Digital Collections Librarian and ODNP Program Manager
emp@uoregon.edu

Justin Spence
ODNP Project Manager and Tribal Publications Coordinator
jusp@uoregon.edu

Emily Young
Head of Digitization
ehaskin3@uoregon.edu

Jeremy Echols
Systems Programmer
jechols@uoregon.edu

Rebecca Fisher
Electronic Resources Specialist/Serials Cataloger
rfisher@uoregon.edu

Julia Simic
Head, Digital Library Services
jsimic@uoregon.edu

Former Contributors:

Ray Henry
Director, Applications Development and Integration

Linda Sato
Programmer

Karen Estlund
Director, Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (2009-2015)

Carolina Hernandez
Journalism and Communication Librarian (2016-2018)

Lesli Larson
Image Services Coordinator (2009-2014)

Gina Murrell
ODNP Project Coordinator (2015-2016)

Dan Anthony
ODNP Project Coordinator (2014-2015)

John Taylor
Digital Newspaper Quality Control Specialist (2009-2011)

Sheila Rabun
ODNP Program Manager (2012-2016)

Heidi Scheidl
ODNP Microfilm Coordinator

Sarah Beth Seymore
ODNP Program Manager (2016-2023)

Jason Stone
ODNP Project Manager (2009-2011)

Student Assistants:

Rebecca Daniel, Kayla Lopez, Grace Georgitsis, Summer Ford, Aiden Rinehart, Briana Duncan, Allia Service, Leslie Harka, Jane Conway, Jaylee L. Jordon, Sam McGee, Cathryn Phetsomphou, Katherine J. Brown, Eden Otenberg,  Breanna DeMontigny, Alyssa Fractor, Breanna Kaufman, Jes Sokolowki, Mason Moorman, Andrea Cueva, Darienne Christiansen-Miller, Janet Northey (Microfilm Assistant), Erin Choi(Education Assistant, K-12 Lesson Plans), David Parker (Education Assistant)

Microfilm Collation Assistants:

Lisa Berenschot, Eva Bertoglio, Sommer Fain, Maia Fiala, Elisabeth Franklin, Chelsea Jennings, Hannah Kolesar, Erik Maurer, Adam Marcus, Stacer McChesney, Liz Prishchenko, Sheila Rabun, Heidi Scheidl, Salome Serron, Benjamin Stinnett, and Jessica Wallace

Newspaper History Essayists:

Eva Bertoglio, Jonathan Bowers, Erin Choi, Maia Fiala, Patrick Lozar, Sheila Rabun, Isolde Raftery, Daniel Rinn, Benjamin Stinnett, Jason Stone, and Emily Vance

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