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Newspaper Superlatives

On October 23, 2012 By

As they work their way through the Rubenstein’s basement, the holdings management staff have been nominating newspapers for superlatives. And the winners are…

Longest Title (word count and number of characters): South Carolina Temperance Advocate and Register of Agriculture and General [...]

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Dispatches from the Newspaper Project

On August 3, 2012 By

One of our many renovation-related tasks involves re-foldering and re-boxing our fragile newspapers. The Rubenstein Library has thousands of American newspapers, dating from the Revolutionary War through the early twentieth century. Here is one of the highlights, from The Daily Express of Petersburg, Virginia, 1858 Dec.:

Post contributed by Carrie Mills, Holdings Management Assistant in [...]

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The British Are Coming! The Printer is Leaving!

On July 2, 2012 By

Among the many treasures of the Rubenstein Library is an impressive collection of nearly 3,000 historic American newspapers. As part of our major renovation project, these items along with all our collections are being physically prepared for their impending move. In the case of the newspapers, this is a particularly daunting task. Large in scale, [...]

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