Oregon Digital Newspaper Program Menu

As the program manager for the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP), I’m frequently asked what newspaper titles we’re currently working on. I post periodic updates about the digitization queue on this blog, but I thought it would be useful to have one page that provides a real-time list of all of the projects that we have underway and that are in the pipeline. I will update this page as we complete projects and add new ones.

Some projects on the list are far out into the future, so I have indicated the fiscal year when we will start work, e.g., FY27 means the year that runs July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027.

Interested in digitizing newspapers? Check out our overview of how it works, or contact us.

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Projects Underway

Batch 108: Sherman County titles
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Sherman County Historical Society

• Sherman County Observer (6 reels; 1896-1931) 
• Sherman County Journal (6 reels; 1931-1963) 
• Wasco News (3 reels; 1897-1908) 
• Moro Bulletin (1 reel; 1902-1902) 
• The People’s Republic (1 reel; 1898-1899) 
• Moro Leader (1 reel; 1898-1900) 
• Moro Observer (1 partial reel; 1896- 1897)

Batch 109: SEIU Local 503 publications
digital photography
project sponsor: SEIU Local 503

Batch 110: Vernonia Freedom (1978-1981) and Vernonia News-Weekly (1976-1978)
microfilm digitization and digital photography
project sponsor: Vernonia Public Library

Batch 114: Sandy Post (1949-1952; 1967-1968; 1982-1986)
microfilm digitization and digital photography
project sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

Batch 115: Sandy Post (1986-1992; Apr 1989-1992 pending permission from publisher)
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

Batch 119: Coquille Valley Sentinel (1946-1956)
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Bert Dunn

Oregon Weekly (1900-1909)
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: UO Libraries

Batch 123: Cottage Grove Sentinel (1956-1967)
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Cottage Grove Partners in History

Batch 125: Newberg Graphic (1922-1929)
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Newberg Library

Batch 126: What’s Happening (1982-1993) and Eugene Weekly (1993-2003)
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Ducks Give fundraising

Projects in the Digitization Queue

Batch 116: Sandy Post (1993-1999; pending permission from the publisher); FY27
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

Batch 117: Sandy Post (2000-2002; pending permission from the publisher); FY28
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

Batch 120: Sandy Post (2003-2007; pending permission from the publisher); FY29
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

Batch 121: Sandy Post (2007-2011; pending permission from the publisher); FY30
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

Batch 122: Sandy Post (2012-2014; pending permission from the publisher); FY31
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

Batch 124: Cottage Grove Sentinel (1967-1973); FY27
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Cottage Grove Partners in History

Batch 127: Hood River News and Columbia Gorge News (14 issues; 2020-2021), FY26
digital photography
project sponsor: UO Libraries

Batch 128: Coos Bay News (1873-1879) and The Rustic (1871-1872); FY26
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Bert Dunn and Mary Barton

Batch 129: Early Eugene newspapers; FY26
microfilm digitization
project sponsor: Bert Dunn and Mike Logan

• Eugene City Guard (2 reels; 1867-1876)
• The People’s Press (1 partial reel; 1859-1860)
• Democratic Herald (1 partial reel; 1860-1861)
• Oregon State Journal (2 reels; 1864-1868)

Batch 130: The Monroe Tribune (1936-1940); FY26
digital photography
project sponsor: South Benton Communities Historical Association Museum

Recently Completed Projects

Check out the posts about our New Content.

Here is a list of the projects we are currently working on, with links to completed issues in Historic Oregon Newspapers. More issues will appear online over the next few months as we complete scanning, processing, description, and final checks.

Sponsor: Clackamas Community College

• The Clackamas Print, 2011-2023

Sponsor: Anonymous donor

• Street Roots, 2009-2019

Sponsor: State Library of Oregon and UO Libraries

• Spilyay Tymoo, 1976-2022
• Siletz News II, 1990-1992
• Siletz News, 1998-2014
• Chemawa American, 1911-1983

Sponsor: Friends of the Sandy Public Library

• The Sandy News, 1914-1917
• Sandy Post, 1938-1982

Sponsor: Sherman County Historical Society

• Sherman County Observer, 1896-1931
• Sherman County Journal, 1931-1963
• Wasco News, 1897-1908
• Moro Bulletin, 1902
• People’s Republic, 1898-1899
• Moro Leader, 1898-1900

Sponsor: SEIU Local 503

• various titles

Sponsor: Vernonia Public Library

• Vernonia Freedom, 1978-1981
• Vernonia News Weekly, 1976-1978

Sponsor: Bert Dunn

• Coquille Valley Sentinel, 1946-1955

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!