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 9 (southeast/south central Ohio).
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Counties (County Seats)
- Athens (Athens)
- Gallia (Gallipolis)
- Hocking (Logan)
- Jackson (Jackson)
- Lawrence (Ironton)
- Meigs (Pomeroy)
- Pike (Waverly)
- Ross (Chillicothe)
- Scioto (Portsmouth)
- Vinton (McArthur)
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.
- Democrat-Sentinel series (Logan, Hocking County), 1884-1909
- Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, Gallia County), 1850-1880
- Jackson Standard series (Jackson, Jackson County), 1853-1858, 1866-1888
- McArthur Democrat series (McArthur, Vinton County), 1855-1874
- McArthur Enquirer series (McArthur, Vinton County), 1867-1874
- Meigs County Telegraph series (Pomeroy, Meigs County), 1844, 1851-1866
- Portsmouth Inquirer (Portsmouth, Scioto County), 1850-1855
- Spirit of the Times (Ironton, Lawrence County), 1853-1856
2012-2014 Grant Cycle
Selection Committee
- George Bain (Athens County)
- Nancy Bain (Athens County)
- Diana Nichols (Athens County)
- Michael S. Sweeney (Athens County)
- Tom Adkins (Pike County)
Top 5 List
- Jackson Standard/Express/Iron Valley Express (Jackson, Jackson County), 1853-1888: Hanging Rock Iron Region was burgeoning; local mine news; political news; county seat; rural
- Meigs County Telegraph (Pomeroy, Meigs County), 1848-1884: River Boat Era ideas and economic development; county seat; rural
- Spirit of the Times (Ironton, Lawrence County), 1853-1856
- Portsmouth Inquirer (Portsmouth, Scioto County), 1850-1855: growth of canals and impact on commerce and development of county
- Advertiser (Chillicothe, Ross County), 1840-1853: growth of canals and impact on commerce and development of county
2010-2012 Grant Cycle
Selection Committee
- George Bain (Athens County)
- Nancy Bain (Athens County)
- Dawn Walter Gagliano (Athens County)
- Michael S. Sweeney (Athens County)
- Jason Whited (Athens County)
Top 5 List
- Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, Gallia County), 1855-1880: Civil War coverage at local level; Republican; Gallia is a river county; coverage of postwar activities in region (Hanging Rock activity, coal in Jackson and Meigs Counties, industrial growth in North, start of Ohio’s presidents, 1876 election); persistent contact with Virginia/West Virginia; county seat; rural
- Jackson Standard/Express (Jackson, Jackson County), 1862-1864: local, state and national political news; mine news; Republican; coverage of Civil War, slavery, death of Lincoln, suffrage and Reconstruction; social commentary; focal point of Hanging Rock Iron Region; important inland source for east-west and north-south pathways; may give industrial focus; county seat; rural
- McArthur Democrat/Enquirer/Journal/Record/Register (McArthur, Vinton County), ca. 1860-1880: coverage of war, politics, state politics and news, local news, local interest stories, women’s rights, railroads, social issues, segregation, education; county seat; rural; iron working center
- Logan Republican (Logan, Hocking County), 1871-1882: official paper of the city; coverage of early Hocking Valley coal field activity that would tie in well/offer continuity with previous selections; county seat; rural
2008-2010 Grant Cycle
Selection Committee
- George Bain (Athens County)
- Nancy Bain (Athens County)
- Frans Doppen (Athens County)
- Dawn Walter Gagliano (Athens County)
- Cheryl Blosser (Hocking/Perry Counties)
- Lori Shafer (Lawrence County)
Top 5 List
- Hocking Sentinel (Logan, Hocking County), 1884-1906: covers dynamic period of labor history in southeastern Ohio which resulted in national union development; Logan is close to the center of the Hocking Valley coal fields during its heyday; county seat; rural
- Ironton Semi-Weekly Register (Ironton, Lawrence County), 1852-1920: Ironton is on the Ohio River, was the center then of iron and steel during the heyday of the Hanging Rock iron region; covers the oldest news in Lawrence County; will give readers and researchers glimpses of Appalachia as a whole not just in Ohio; many people of the area stopped in Ironton or Lawrence County during their travels; paper of record on the county and regional levels; covers good and bad aspects of Lawrence County; county seat; urban
- Athens Herald (Athens, Athens County), 1882-1893: covers a similar labor story time period and politics but generally from an opposing viewpoint to the pro-labor Hocking Sentinel; county seat; rural; Republican
- Jackson Standard-Journal (Jackson, Jackson County), 1888-1925: Jackson is near both the Hanging Rock iron region and coal fields; edited by D.W. Williams, a historian of Jackson County and father of mid-20th century American novelist Ben Ames Williams; good run for project period; good circulation count; advantage is the connection along 93 with commerce, coal, and earlier iron in the area; area became a major industrial node in region; county seat; rural
- Athens County Gazette (Athens, Athens County), 1879-1901: Republican; rural; county seat