There are several new projects in our digitization queue that will add content from six newspaper titles to Historic Oregon Newspapers:

• Dayton Herald (1893-1906)
• Dayton Tribune (1912-1928
• Sandy News (1915-1917)
• Sandy Post (1938-1981)
• Willamina Times (1911-1974)
• Spilyay Tymoo (1976-1984)

Funding for these projects has come from state grant funding and local fundraising.

Want an overview of the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program and how to partner with us for digitization? Check out this short presentation or this overview of how the program works.

We have added several more newspapers to the digitization queue for 2024. Some of these titles are funded through state grants and others are sponsored by community groups.

• Brookings. HARBOR PILOT (1946-1957)
• Moro. SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER (1896-1963)
• Moro. MORO BULLETIN (1902)
• Moro. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC (1898-1899)
• Moro. MORO LEADER (1898-1900)
• Wasco. WASCO NEWS (1897-1908)
• SEIU Local 503 publications (c1940s- )
• Vernonia. VERNONIA FREEDOM (dates vary)
• Vernonia. VERNONIA NEWS WEEKLY (dates vary)
• Siletz. SILETZ NEWS (1998-2014)

We are often asked what titles are next in line for digitization, so I’m adding a new category to the ODNP blog to announce them. It can take 6-12 months to complete a newspaper digitization project, and I know it would be helpful for researchers to know what titles they can look forward to accessing.

The following titles and the dates being digitized are currently underway and in the digitization queue for this fiscal year, which runs July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024. Not all of them will be completed in that time–e.g., projects starting in April 2024 will be completed later in 2024 or early 2025–but we will begin work and make progress toward completion during that time period.

• Portland. PORTLAND OBSERVER (1970-2014)
• Florence. THE WEST (1891-1901)
• Florence. SIUSLAW PILOT (1913-1915)
• Vernonia. VERNONIA INDEPENDENT (1986-2006)
• Oregon City. CLACKAMAS PRINT (2011-2023)
• Ashland. ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS (1921-1929)
• Ashland. SOUTHERN OREGON MINER (1944-1952)
• Hillsboro. HILLSBORO ARGUS (1934-1949)
• Cannon Beach. UPPER LEFT EDGE (1992-1997)
• Springfield. SPRINGFIELD NEWS and LANE COUNTY NEWS (1907-1936)
• Silverton. TORCH OF REASON (1896-1903)
• Redmond. REDMOND SPOKESMAN (1914-1916)
• Portland. STREET ROOTS (2009-2019)
• Cottage Grove. COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL (1930-1957)
• Port Orford. PORT ORFORD TRIBUNE (1920-1925)
• Port Orford. PORT ORFORD POST (1880-1882; 1937-1940)
• Port Orford. PORT ORFORD NEWS (1926-1976)

A few more titles are pending confirmation as we wait for final paperwork and grant funding to come through, so stay tuned!