Georgia Public Library Service

This year, the Digital Library of Georgia will be adding a variety of new newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website (https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/). Below is the list of titles currently slated to be added to GHN in the Winter of 2026.

Titles digitized in partnership with the Burke Archives

- Millen News, 1922-1945

Titles funded by the Dr. Roberto Franzosi

- Middle Georgia Times (Thomaston), 1879-1886
- Thomaston Times, 1886-1946
- Upson Enterprise (Thomaston), 1878-1879

Titles funded by the Georgia Public Library Service

- Alma Times, 1915-1942
- Lanier County News (Lakeland), 1920-1962
- Middle Georgian (Jeffersonville), 1925-1927
- Tattnall Journal (Reidsville), 1936-1974
- Telfair Enterprise (McRae), 1939-1972
- Twiggs County Local (Jeffersonville), 1928
- Twiggs County New Era (Jeffersonville), 1929-1950
- Twiggs Herald (Jeffersonville), 1901-1905
- Walker County Messenger (Lafayette), 1924-1947

Title digitized in partnership with the Kennesaw State University Museums, Archives and Rare Books

- Southern Voice (Atlanta), 1998-1999

Titles funded by Leighton Lang

- Omega News, 1939-1982

Titles funded by the Lucy Hilton Maddox Memorial Library Trust

- Early County News (Blakely), 1991-1995

Titles digitized in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA)

- Art Papers (Atlanta), 1991-1998

Titles funded by the Newton County Library System

- Covington News, 1977-1988

Titles funded by the Robert Styles estate

- Douglas County Sentinel (Douglasville), 1923-1948

Title funded by the Walker County SPLOST via the Cherokee Regional Library System

- Walker County Messenger (Lafayette), 1947-1997

Titles digitized by the UGA Libraries

- Mexico Lindo (Gainesville), 2005-2012

Titles made available as part of UGA’s Libraries Digital Newspaper Preservation Project

- Claxton Enterprise, 2014-2025
- Coastal Courier (Hinesville), 2015-2025
- GA Voice, 2010-2025
- Red and Black (Athens), 2015-2025

Date: Thursday, August 15 | Time: 2 pm EST

Join the DLG and presenters Joshua Kitchens and Lauren LeDesma, from the Archival Services and Digital Initiatives unit of Georgia Public Library Service, who will address preservation concerns for both physical and digital versions of scrapbooks and explore digitization procedures for scrapbooks.

This webinar will cover the significance of scrapbooks as archival records and their value as digital artifacts.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/dlg-scrapbooks-2024-08-15

For those who cannot attend: The webinar will be added to the DLG’s webinar channel at https://tinyurl.com/dlg-webinar-channel

…And while you’re here: Have a look at the (more than 400) scrapbooks represented in the DLG!

You’ll see a page from one scrapbook at the top of this post!

Speaker Bios:

Joshua Kitchens

is currently the Director of Archival Services and Digital Initiatives for GPLS. Josh previously served as the Director of Archives and Information Studies Programs at Clayton State University. Josh managed the program and taught various courses, including Law and Records, Digital Preservation, and many others. Before working at Clayton State, Josh was an Archivist for Special Collections at the Georgia College Ina Dillard Russell Library. He was responsible for digital collections, the library’s institutional repository, the Knowledge Box, and university archives.

He holds a BA in history from Georgia College, an MA in Applied History from George Mason University, and a master of Archival Studies from Clayton State University. Joshua is also a Certified Archivist.

Lauren LeDesma

is a Local Archivist at the Georgia Public Library Service, providing support for various archival collections in the state. She has previous experience as a Records Manager/Assistant Archivist for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and as a Processing Archivist/Records Analyst at the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Lauren holds a BA in History, an MA in Public History, a Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation, and a Graduate Certificate in Records and Information Management. She is also a Certified Archivist and a Certified Records Analyst.

Image credit at top of page: Scrapbook [page 2]. Sanford Henry Lee papers. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/aaed/do:aarl96.001-002-001

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Forthcoming Newspapers – Winter 2025

UPCOMING DLG WEBINAR: Scrapbooks as Archival Records and Digital Artifacts