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Exploring a Newspaper Title Record

Posted by: Meg Metcalf

How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America

Posted by: Joanna Colclough

Tips for Searching in Chronicling America

Posted by: Meg Metcalf

Two black and white globe drawings of the Earth, showing which parts of the Southern Hemisphere will be turned towards Venus at the start and end of the transit.

The 1874 Transit of Venus in the News

Posted by: Joanna Colclough

Illustration of numbers, mathematical symbols, and buildings.

Free Puzzles: Numbers Edition

Posted by: Malea Walker

Collage of a portrait of John Rankin, a newspaper headline that reads American Anti-Slavery Society, and a newspaper headline that reads The Nestor of Abolition.

Researcher Story: Caleb Franz on Rev. John Rankin

Posted by: Joanna Colclough

Traveling the Witches’ Road in Comic Books

Posted by: Meg Metcalf

A colorful illustration with the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow sitting together beneath the title of the book.

A Trip Through the Land of Oz: From Wicked to Whimsical

Posted by: Malea Walker

Black and white illustration of a prairie homestead landscape. Two men stand in a grave alongside an open coffin. Seven men, women, and a child are bystanders.

The Bloody Benders: Homestead of Horrors

Posted by: Joanna Colclough