What’s New
Stars and Stripes Historic Newspaper Archive Now Available Online
Heritage Microfilm and NewspaperARCHIVE, in partnership with Stars and Stripes U.S. military publication, announces the online release of the Stars and Stripes historic newspaper archive.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa July 17, 2009 -- Stars and Stripes, the daily independent news source for the U.S. military community, has partnered with Heritage Microfilm to digitize and make its entire microfilm archive available online. This partnership, which also includes microfilm preservation of Stars and Stripes newspapers, gives libraries, historical societies, educational institutions and individuals online access to more than one million pages of historic newspaper content never before available.
"We are proud to be able to distribute this historic military publication," said Jeff Kiley, General Manager of Heritage Microfilm. "Researchers across the globe will now have access to Stars and Stripes, which has been reporting on major headlines from the front lines continuously since World War II. The newspaper's archive offers readers a global perspective on events that shaped the world's history, such as the Vietnam War, the moon landing, the fall of the Berlin Wall and much, much more. Stars and Stripes is a wonderful research tool for historians and genealogists, containing a wealth of information about American service members and the events which shape their history."
The archive is the culmination of nearly two years' worth of work assembling the best microfilm of the Stars and Stripes collection available, scanning it into digital form, inspecting each image for irregularities and quality issues, correcting any problem images, and building a fully-searchable digital archive website.
The fully-searchable online digital archive, now available at http://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com, includes Stars and Stripes European editions and Pacific editions from 1948 to 1999. More content will be added on an ongoing basis, including the World War II era, the full Middle East edition and an expanded date range for the European and Pacific editions.
"To be able to share this historic content with those who serve in uniform and their families is something we've been working for years to achieve," said Max D. Lederer, Jr., publisher of Stars and Stripes. Lederer went on to praise the library staff whose devoted efforts made the project a success. "Without Charlene Neuwiller, Kat Giordano, Lili Vivanco and the talents of the Heritage team, it's difficult to imagine getting over a million newspaper pages into digital form." Lederer said.
Content from Stars and Stripes is also featured on NewspaperARCHIVE, located at http://www.newspaperarchive.com. The Stars and Stripes collection is integrated into almost 100 million additional newspaper pages of valuable content from the U.S. and around the world, dating as far back as 1753.
About NewspaperARCHIVE
In 1999, Heritage Microfilm launched the brand NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world's largest historical newspaper database online. NewspaperARCHIVE.com contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1753 to present, spanning almost 3,000 newspaper titles and 762 cities. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date making it easy to quickly explore historical content. Anyone interested in finding more information about Heritage Microfilm and NewspaperARCHIVE.com can visit www.heritagemicrofilm.com or www.newspaperarchive.com.
About Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes delivers independent news and information daily to the U.S. military community worldwide. Editorially independent of interference from outside its editorial chain of command, it provides commercially available U.S. and world news and objective, staff-produced stories relevant to the military community in a balanced, fair and accurate manner. Anyone interested in learning more about Stars and Stripes can visit www.stripes.com.
NewspaperARCHIVE Expands Offerings With Today's History Free
NewspaperARCHIVE, the world's largest online historic newspaper archive, is now offering all newspaper pages from the current day for free to all visitors.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 30, 2009 -- NewspaperARCHIVE, the world's largest online newspaper archive, has opened millions of historic pages to the world. Expanding upon their earlier announcement that every front page in the NewspaperARCHIVE database would be available at no cost, NewspaperARCHIVE has added all pages dated as the current day in history available at no cost. Each day, that date's newspaper pages will be available to search, browse, view and use, all without a subscription.
"The amount of history available each day is staggering," said Dave Stoddard, Web Marketing Manager for NewspaperARCHIVE. "By making these pages available to anyone with an Internet connection, we are putting millions of individuals in touch with the past."
The NewspaperARCHIVE search engine allows visitors to limit searches to today's history, delivering relevant results on any topic immediately. Each day, hundreds of thousands of pages will be available at no cost to searchers.
"While our whole database is fascinating, discovering what happened in history today gives a deeper meaning to what is happening in the world right now," said Stephen Carr, writer of NewspaperARCHIVE's "Today In History" newsletter. "You can step outside, see the day, and imagine that this is what it was like when people heard that mankind had reached the moon."
Besides major historical events, the NewspaperARCHIVE newspapers contain obituaries, birth notices, marriage notices, crime logs, advertisements, puzzles, comics, local sports scores, and much more, all displayed as they were published.
The new release will not affect NewspaperARCHIVE Premium Members. Dedicated genealogists, researchers, and anyone who would benefit from the depth of information available in the complete archive will still find the incredible value and great quality content they are accustomed to. Premium Membership allows members an unlimited number of page views for every newspaper page in the entire NewspaperARCHIVE collection, allowing access to the entire archive of historical newspapers.
Each day's history can be explored at http://www.newspaperarchive.com.
The NewspaperARCHIVE newspapers cover history from 1753 to 2009, and span all 50 U.S. states as well as several countries throughout the world. They cover the past of 861 cities and towns and the lives of those who lived in them.
Press interested in learning more are encouraged to contact Stephen Carr at scarr (at) newspaperarchive.com.
About NewspaperARCHIVE.com:
In 1999, Heritage Microfilm launched the brand NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world's largest historical newspaper database online. NewspaperARCHIVE.com contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1753 to present, spanning almost 3,000 newspaper titles and 762 cities. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date making it easy to quickly explore historical content.
NewspaperARCHIVE Expands Free Offerings with All Front Pages Now Available
NewspaperARCHIVE, the world's largest online historic newspaper archive, is now offering every front page in their archive for free to all visitors.
Cedar Rapids, IA June 17, 2009 -- NewspaperARCHIVE, the world's largest online newspaper archive, has opened millions of historic front pages for all to read. These front pages cover 3,380 titles and 250 years of history of the United States and the world. Newspapers covering events such as the Civil War, the first moon landing, the inauguration of every U.S. President and the fall of the Berlin Wall are all presented as they were published.
"Our front pages encompass all major events in the past two centuries of history," said Stephen Carr, Search Engine Marketing & Writer for NewspaperARCHIVE. "With historical headlines and photos, each front page is visually arresting and a great resource for historians, researchers, students and writers - or anyone wondering what the headlines read on their Birthday."
The NewspaperARCHIVE search engine allows visitors to search only the front pages or a mix of front pages and other valuable newspaper pages. Visitors and members alike are encouraged to share these pages on their social networking sites, web pages, and blogs.
"One of the most fascinating elements of a newspaper is the front page," said Jeffrey Kiley, General Manager for NewspaperARCHIVE. "Discovering what the world considered the most important news of the day gives a unique insight into history, and we have unlocked millions of these 'Headline News' items for the world to read."
The new release will not affect NewspaperARCHIVE Premium Members. Dedicated genealogists, researchers, and anyone who would benefit from the depth of information available in the complete archive will still find the incredible value and great quality content they are accustomed to. Premium Membership allows members an unlimited number of page views for every newspaper page in the entire NewspaperARCHIVE collection, allowing access to the entire archive of historical newspapers.
The complete Front Page archives can be explored at http://www.newspaperarchive.com.
The NewspaperARCHIVE newspapers cover history from 1759 to 2009, and span all 50 U.S. states as well as several countries throughout the world. They cover the past of 861 cities and towns and the lives of those who lived in them.
Press interested in learning more are encouraged to contact Stephen Carr at scarr (at) newspaperarchive.com.
About NewspaperARCHIVE.com:
In 1999, Heritage Microfilm launched the brand NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the world's largest historical newspaper database online. NewspaperARCHIVE.com contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1753 to present, spanning almost 3,000 newspaper titles and 762 cities. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date making it easy to quickly explore historical content.