In many ways Cornell University library’s purchase of the New York Amsterdam News’ archive is “old news.” Now over two years, since the sale, the guide for the collection was recently completed […]
Clarence Gatson Collection
Project Gado has digitized and made available another valuable Black Press collection. Check out the Clarence Gatson Collection below. Gatson was a photojournalist at the Sun Reporter between 1975 and 1992. Project Gado […]
New Digital Black Press Collection: The Louisville Leader
Louisville Leader Collection
Finding William Worthy in the Archives
The recent passing of African-American journalist and activist William Worthy brought renewed attention to an understudied figure in Black Press history. Several years ago, William Worthy’s papers were acquired by […]
What’s in a Name: Newspaper Archives and Newspaper Morgues by Moira Hinderer
The term “newspaper archive” can have several meanings. In the past few years, “newspaper archive” has evolved to describe an online collection of digital copies of articles from a newspaper. […]