HomeMy WebLinkAboutSPECIAL SERIES JCHS re Cultural Heritage PresentationCULTURE + HERITAGE
RESOURCES
September 22, 2025
NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
Browse the Collection:
•Visit our Research Center
•Online Collection:
jchsmuseum.org/newspapers
•WA Digital Newspapers:
https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/
?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=PSA
•Newspapers.com
PORT TOWNSEND LEADER, 1889 - NOW
QUILCENE QUEEN, IRONDALE NEWS, + MORE
NEWSPAPER
HIGHLIGHTS
SOME EARLY EDITIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Good News:
•Newspapers give a continuous look at a
community over a specific time-period.
•As a period-resource, they typically
represent events shortly after they happen.
•They capture “news-worthy” events, which
gives context surrounding decisions, events,
and other articles.
The Bad News:
•Not every community can self-represent with
a newspaper or newsletter.
•Many newspapers and newsletters will be lost
over time. Only a few are preserved.
•As a secondary source, they are always
biased. Sometimes, that bias is very apparent.
DISCLAIMER
Newspapers are a
product of their time.
They frequently contain
harmful language, bias,
and racial stereotypes.
Despite this, newspapers are often the
best clue we have to further research.
*a selection ofTITLES IN THE
COLLECTION
•Alaska Fisherman’s Journal (later National Fisherman’s Journal)
•Clearwater Gossiper (c. 1915)
•Irondale News (1910 – 1911)
•Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Newsletter
•Jefferson County Herald
•Key City Graphic
•Key City Mirror (1901)
•Key City Monitor
•Key City Star (1964 – 1965)
•Nechagwan (1917)
•Port Ludlow Voice
•Port Townsend Call or The Call
•Port Townsend Daily Democrat
•Port Townsend Leader (1889 – present)
•Port Townsend Tradesman
•Puget Sound Argus
•Quilcene Megaphone
•Quilcene Queen
•Salvo
•Strait Up
•Vigilance Newspaper
•Weekly Record
•Whidbey Island Newspapers produced by Sound Publishing (new addition)
WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
Searching headlines in an
index, we can determine the
fire occurred on Sept 24, 1900.
A census happened just a
few months prior.
The newspaper headline
opens research avenues
to learn about the people
of this area.
From there, we can learn about specific
people who called this area home.
Possibly
Hon &
Gang Len
WHAT ABOUT
KNOWN EVENTS?
What happened during
Executive Order 9066
during WWII?
The newspaper reveals the families
with Japanese ancestry who were
incarcerated during the war.
This opens the door
to further research
on who lived here
and where.
UPCOMING DIGITAL ADDITIONS
Browse the Collection:
•Visit our Research Center
•Online Collection:
jchsmuseum.org/newspapers
•WA Digital Newspapers:
https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/
?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=PSA
•Newspapers.com
TARA MCCAULEY
Executive Director
tara@jchsmuseum.org
@JCHSMUSEUM
JCHSMUSEUM.ORG
ELLIE DIPIETRO
Director of Research + Collections
ellie@jchsmuseum.org