During the first three phases of the grant, running from July 2008 through August 2015, regional advisory board members were responsible for consulting with representatives from their regions to compile Top 5 Lists of titles that should be considered for digitization. This page documents the selection process for Region 4 (northeast Ohio).
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Counties (County Seats)
- Ashtabula (Jefferson)
- Geauga (Chardon)
- Mahoning (Youngstown)
- Portage (Ravenna)
- Trumbull (Warren)
Digitized Newspapers
Click the links below to learn more about each title/title family and for links to access the digital edition on Chronicling America.
- Ashtabula Telegraph series (Ashtabula, Ashtabula County), 1853-1886
- Democratic Press (Ravenna, Portage County), 1868-1895
- Jeffersonian Democrat (Chardon, Geauga County), 1859-1865
- Mahoning Dispatch (Canfield, Mahoning County), 1908-1912
- Portage County Democrat series (Ravenna, Portage County), 1852-1854, 1859-1864
- Portage Sentinel series (Ravenna, Portage County), 1845-1862
- Western Courier (Ravenna, Portage County), 1837-1838
- Western Reserve Chronicle series (Warren, Trumbull County), 1855-1873
2012-2014 Grant Cycle
Top 5 List
- Portage County Democrat (Ravenna, Portage County), 1859-1860: paper of record with official notices; Free Soil then Republican; representative of its region; small town;
- Portage Sentinel (Ravenna, Portage County), 1845-1862: reports on state and national issues; paper of record with marriage and death notices; Democratic
- Republican Sentinel (Canfield, Mahoning County), 1857-1859: paper of record at county level; local interest with national coverage; small agrarian town persepective
- Ohio Star (Ravenna, Portage County), 1852-1854: reports on Congress, President and Ohio General Assembly as well as local news, election results; includes public and personal notices, advertisements and general stories
- Mahoning Index (Canfield, Mahoning County), 1848-1849: paper of record for county; local and national events
2010-2012 Grant Cycle
Selection Committee
- Brian Brennan (Mahoning County)
- Pam Speis (Mahoning County)
- Bill Lawson (Mahoning County)
- Steve Paschen (Portage County)
- Wendell Lauth (Trumbull County)
Top 5 List
- Western Reserve Chronicle (Warren, Trumbull County), 1848-1873: county seat; complete run for Civil War era
- Ashtabula Telegraph (Ashtabula, Ashtabula County), 1850-1890: newspaper of record for northern Ashtabula County; Ashtabula is a Lake Erie port and industrial center
- Jeffersonian Democrat (Chardon, Geauga County), 1859-1865: county seat; Civil War coverage
- Warren Constitution (Warren, Trumbull County), 1862-1870: Democratic, offering different perspective on Civil War period
2008-2010 Grant Cycle
Top 5 List
- Mahoning Dispatch (Canfield, Mahoning County)
- Geauga Leader (Burton, Geauga County)
- Ravenna Democrat/Republican (Ravenna, Portage County)
- Youngstown Telegram (Youngstown, Mahoning County)
- Geneva Free Press-Times (Geneva, Ashtabula County)