<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>The following news article was in today's "The Sunday Oregonian" (July 31, 2011) Metro NW Section, page B-2.</P>
<P>Eugene Melvin</P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">A new <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName> website offers online access to articles from 18 <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> newspapers published from 1846 to 1922.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">KEZI reported the newly launched website, called "Historic Oregon Newspapers," allows unprecedented access to original historical texts, all published by <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> journalists.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Newspapers published on the site include The Oregonian, Salem Capital Journal, Sumpter Miner, Jacksonville Oregon Sentinel, Portland New Age, The New Northwest, and Abigail Scott Duniway's Suffragist Journal.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Funded by several grants, the website has been in the works for more than two years. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Arial Narrow">- The Associated Press</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P><B>From: </B>"Layne G SAWYER" <laysaw@sos.state.or.us><BR><B>To: </B>"or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR><B>Sent: </B>Friday, July 29, 2011 9:27:15 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[or-roots] Historic Newspaper project<BR><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>OR-Rooters,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I think there have already been some posts about this project but the site is now offically launched…</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><A href="http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/" target=_blank>http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/</A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This is a great site which allows full text searches on the images. More images and titles will continue to be added. Several other states have similar projects. (Utah and Colorado are the ones I am most familiar with) Some to the newspaper titles are hosted at the Library of Congress so you should also check their site particularly for other states you might be researching.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Enjoy</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Layne</P></DIV></div></body></html>