Selected local collectionBlackford Gazette newspaper digitization
What it can tell you
Local notices can connect a family with a business, church or school. Several Gazette titles overlap, so one title’s silence may be worth checking against another.
Selected listed years: 1901–1913
Date overlap is a lead, not a guarantee of complete coverage.
How to search, request and interpret this collection
Coverage and gaps
Project scope 1901–1937 is not equivalent to online availability. The donation request for certain yearbooks concerns backup copies, not necessarily missing research copies. Five named titles with differing spans; published first digitization phase. Verify individual issue availability.
How to search
Filter by the actual title and date; try initials, variants and associates. Read the full page to verify OCR and publication details.
How to retrieve it
Give the society the title, issue date and page. Its published first phase covers portions of 1901–1913; ask separately about later bound volumes.
Practical access
Search the linked newspaper portal by title/date and inspect the scan. For later years, ask whether an issue has since been digitized or requires appointment-based access to a bound volume.
If nothing turns up
The overall 1901–1937 project span does not mean all those years are online. Log the actual titles/issues searched, not the project’s entire span.
Read the collection source ↗
Source review: 2026-11-04. Search and interpretation suggestions are BWP guidance.
Then try thisUse the society’s project statement to distinguish digitized titles from later preservation work.
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Selected local collectionSlater School photograph
What it can tell you
A school group image can establish a setting and preserve a caption, but it cannot supply unnamed pupils’ identities on its own.
Selected listed years: 1900
Date overlap is a lead, not a guarantee of complete coverage.
How to search, request and interpret this collection
Coverage and gaps
Dates marked “about” are approximate. The finding aid distinguishes original and copy photographs and uses Beeson’s identifications; it is not an individual pupil index. Do not identify unnamed faces. P 0290, OVA photographs box 1 folder 3. One identified school photograph, not a pupil register.
How to search
Read the finding aid and request the entire image, mount and any existing identification notes. Preserve uncertainty and distinguish original from later captions.
How to retrieve it
IHS Blackford County Subject File Photographs, P 0290: Slater School 1900, OVA photographs box 1, folder 3. Ask about an appointment and reproduction conditions.
Practical access
Request P 0290 and the precise container. IHS requires appointments for collection material outside its reference room; staff assistance is required for negatives, slides and glass plates.
If nothing turns up
A person’s absence from a caption is not proof that they did not attend. Do not use an uncaptioned face to make an identity claim.
Read the collection source ↗
Source review: 2026-11-04. Search and interpretation suggestions are BWP guidance.
Then try thisReview the same finding aid for nearby schools and different dates, keeping each item’s description separate.
Follow this research route → ↗ Match collections to your research years →