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 8 (southwest Ohio).
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Counties (County Seats)
- Adams (West Union)
- Brown (Georgetown)
- Butler (Hamilton)
- Clermont (Batavia)
- Clinton (Wilmington)
- Hamilton (Cincinnati)
- Highland (Hillsboro)
- Warren (Lebanon)
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.
- Cincinnati Daily Press series (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1859-1862
- Cincinnati Daily Star series (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1875-1880
- Democratic Standard (Georgetown, Brown County), 1840-1845
- Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Highland County), 1857-1886
- Labor Advocate (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1915-1917
- News-Herald (Hillsboro, Highland County), 1886-1914
- Organ of the Temperance Reform series (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1852-1854
- Tägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1914-1918 (German language)
2012-2014 Grant Cycle
Top 5 List
- Organ of Temperance Reform (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1852-1854: includes ads for local merchants; conservative paper championing the temperance movement; covers Cincinnati and surrounding areas (urban and rural)
- Liberty Hall & Cincinnati Gazette (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1828-1840: third newspaper printed in Cincinnati; includes ads for local merchants; covers Cincinnati and surrounding areas (urban and rural)
- Western Fountain (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1850-1851: includes ads for local merchants; conservative newspaper championing the temperance movement; covers Cincinnati and surrounding areas (urban and rural)
- West and South (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1865-1868: includes ads for local merchants; strong voice in the abolitionist movement in Cincinnati area; covers Cincinnati and surrounding areas (urban and rural); complete run
- Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1868-1921: includes ads for local merchants; focuses on Democratic Party; covers Cincinnati and surrounding areas (urban and rural)
- Clermont Sun (Batavia, Clermont County), 1852-1857, 1876-1986: includes ads for local merchants; Democratic; rural and suburban
- Cincinnati Daily Chronicle (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1869-1871: includes ads for local merchants; Republican; covers Cincinnati and surrounding areas (urban and rural)
2010-2012 Grant Cycle
Top 5 List
- Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, Highland County), 1852-1874: covers Civil War; paper of record; rural
- Wilmington Watchman (Wilmington, Clinton County), 1856-1862: Wilmington College is located in Wilmington, a Quaker college with very anti-slavery/antiwar perspective; Independent; rural; unique; covers time period leading up to Civil War which is more relevant for Ohio than postwar Reconstruction
- Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1859-1862: daily; local focus; covers pre-war and early war period; urban; not a major voice of Cincinnati, but one of them
- Cincinnati Weekly Herald & Philanthropist (Cincinnati, Hamilton County), 1838-1842: major voice of abolitionist movement; of significant value to researchers; urban
- Lebanon Patriot (Lebanon, Warren County), 1869-1874: paper of record; strong abolitionist movement in area; general newspaper; Democratic; covers time period leading up to Civil War which is more relevant for Ohio than postwar Reconstruction
2008-2010 Grant Cycle
Top 5 List
- Batavia Clermont Sun (Batavia, Clermont County), 1876-1927: very local coverage; major voice in community’s history; good coverage for the county
- West Union People’s Defender (West Union, Adams County), 1888-1950: largest coverage and content in Adams County; major voice in community’s history; good coverage for the county
- Georgetown News-Democrat (Georgetown, Brown County), 1897-1944: newspaper of record for Brown County; good coverage for county
- Hillsboro News-Herald (Hillsboro, Highland County), 1886-1951: good coverage for the county
- Clermont Courier (Batavia, Clermont County), 1836-1959: covers different area of county than Clermont Sun