{"id":9359,"date":"2025-09-10T10:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=9359"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:04:58","slug":"georgia-historic-newspapers-update-summer-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=9359","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Historic Newspapers Update Summer 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053491\/1944-11-24\/ed-1\/seq-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9365\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wilkinson-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Wilkinson County Bulletin 50th anniversary edition\" width=\"511\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wilkinson-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wilkinson-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wilkinson-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wilkinson-1536x1181.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wilkinson-2048x1575.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past summer, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dlg.usg.edu\/\">Digital Library of Georgia<\/a>\u00a0released several new grant-funded newspapers to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/\">Georgia Historic Newspapers<\/a>\u00a0website. Included below is a list of newly available titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the Burke County Genealogical Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053289\/\"><em>True Citizen\u00a0<\/em>(Waynesboro), 1926-1959<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the Charter Foundation of Valley, Alabama and the Chipley Historical Center of Pine Mountain<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053109\/\"><em>Harris County Journal <\/em>(Hamilton), 1920-1963<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the Chattooga County Historical Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053933\/\"><em>Summerville News<\/em>, 1971<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the City of Covington<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053257\/\"><em>Covington News,<\/em> 1969-1977<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles digitized with a donation from Harry Thompson and Chris Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn96030833\/\"><em>Thumb Tack Tribune<\/em> (Athens), 1954-1959<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the National Digital Newspaper Program with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn82015425\/\"><em>Atlanta Daily World<\/em>, 1955-1963<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88071001\/\"><em>Augusta Courier,<\/em> 1946-1963<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn82016225\/\"><em>Colored Tribune<\/em> (Savannah), 1875-1876<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn84020323\/\"><em>Savannah Tribune<\/em>, 1876-1943<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by the Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn91046080\/\"><em>Mercer Cluster<\/em> (Macon), 1991-2022<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles digitized in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn87647289\/\"><em>Art Papers<\/em> (Atlanta), 1981-1990<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn30633576\/\"><em>Atlanta Art Papers<\/em>, 1980<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn30633562\/\"><em>Atlanta Art Workers Coalition Newspaper<\/em>, 1977-1980<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn77641776\/\"><em>Contemporary Art\/Southeast<\/em>\u00a0(Atlanta), 1977-1980<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by a donation from the Oconee Historical Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053667\/\"><em>Oconee Enterprise<\/em> (Watkinsville), 1920-1977<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles funded by a donation from the Wilkinson County Historical Society with a grant from the Oconee EMC Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053820\/\"><em>Wilkinson County News<\/em> (Irwinton), 1925-1988<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles digitized by the UGA Libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2025239515\/\"><em>Community Enterprise<\/em> (Macon), 1964-1965<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn95003657\/\"><em>Savannah Tribune<\/em>, 1981-1995<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Titles made available as part of UGA\u2019s Libraries Digital Newspaper Preservation Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2008233466\/\"><em>Advance<\/em> (Vidalia), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053213\/\"><em>Advocate-Democrat<\/em> (Crawfordville), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239337\/\"><em>Atlanta Intown<\/em>, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2025239494\/\"><em>Baldwin Bulletin<\/em> (Milledgeville), 2017-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn90052391\/\"><em>Banks County News<\/em> (Homer), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2021241459\/\"><em>Barrow News-Journal<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2014233574\/\"><em>Braselton News<\/em> (Jefferson), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239316\/\"><em>Brookhaven Reporter<\/em>, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239315\/\"><em>Buckhead Reporter<\/em>, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/00211074\/\"><em>Champion<\/em> (Decatur), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239335\/\"><em>Dawson County News<\/em>, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239319\/\"><em>Dunwoody Reporter<\/em>, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88054152\/\"><em>Eatonton Messenger<\/em>, 2015-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239339\/\"><em>Fayette County News<\/em> (Thomaston), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn94029049\/\"><em>Flagpole<\/em> (Athens), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn84007709\/\"><em>Forsyth County News<\/em> (Cumming), 2017-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053224\/\"><em>Herald-Gazette<\/em> (Barnesville), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053164\/\"><em>Herald-Journal<\/em> (Greensboro), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn90052427\/\"><em>Islander<\/em> (St. Simons Island), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053140\/\"><em>Jackson Herald<\/em> (Jefferson), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239313\/\"><em>Jenkins County Times<\/em> (Millen), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053071\/\"><em>Jones County News <\/em>(Gray), 2015-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2025239495\/\"><em>Lake Oconee News<\/em> (Greensboro), 2015-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88054072\/\"><em>Lee County Ledger<\/em> (Leesburg), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn91074158\/\"><em>Madison County Journal<\/em> (Hull), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn90052217\/\"><em>McDuffie Progress<\/em>\u00a0 (Thomson), 2019-2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053843\/\"><em>Millen News<\/em>, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053682\/\"><em>Monroe County Reporter<\/em> (Forsyth), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053277\/\"><em>Monticello News<\/em>, 2013-2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053667\/\"><em>Oconee Enterprise <\/em>(Watkinsville), 2014-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn85027057\/\"><em>Oglethorpe Echo<\/em> (Crawford), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053221\/\"><em>Pickens County Progress<\/em> (Jasper), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053260\/\"><em>Pike County Journal and Reporter<\/em> (Zebulon), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239320\/\"><em>Sandy Springs Reporter<\/em>, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn95003657\/\"><em>Savannah Tribune<\/em>, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239322\/\"><em>StarNews<\/em> (Carrollton), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn84002096\/\"><em>Sylvester Local News<\/em>, 2014-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88054051\/\"><em>Taylor County News and the Butler Herald<\/em>, 2023-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053622\/\"><em>Times<\/em> (Gainesville), 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2004213143\/\"><em>Tribune &amp; Georgian<\/em> (St. Marys) 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053289\/\"><em>True Citizen<\/em> (Waynesboro), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/2023239333\/\"><em>Upson Beacon<\/em> (Thomaston), 2024-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn89053488\/\"><em>Walker County Messenger<\/em> (LaFayette), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn88054146\/\"><em>Wiregrass Farmer<\/em> (Ashburn), 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past summer, the Digital Library of Georgia\u00a0released several new grant-funded newspapers to the\u00a0Georgia Historic Newspapers\u00a0website. Included below is a list of newly available titles. Titles funded by the Burke County Genealogical Society True Citizen\u00a0(Waynesboro), 1926-1959 Titles funded by the Charter Foundation of Valley, Alabama and the Chipley Historical Center of Pine Mountain Harris County &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=9359\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Georgia Historic Newspapers Update Summer 2025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,18],"tags":[588,682,518,749,548,399,409,414,16],"class_list":["post-9359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-dlg-collections","tag-african-american-newspapers","tag-black-newspapers","tag-georgia-historic-newspapers","tag-mercer-university-archives-and-special-collections","tag-national-digital-newspaper-program","tag-national-endowment-for-the-humanities","tag-ndnp","tag-newspaper-releases","tag-newspapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9359"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9371,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9359\/revisions\/9371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}