Newspapers & community publications | Digital Archive Catalog
This public catalog guide introduces the Look What Made the Papers collection in the Native Black Ancestry Digital Archive. Full archive browsing and available files are accessed through the member archive.
What this collection contains
What were people saying at the time? Browse newspaper pages, tribal publications, and the stories preserved in print.
How to use the evidence
Record newspaper or periodical title, issue date, page, author when known, and the repository. A newspaper report is evidence of what was reported; its individual claims may require corroboration.
The Narragansett Dawn — January 1936 (Vol. 1, No. 9)
The January issue includes medicine-man reminiscences, an ancestor of Owen W. H. Leonard, letters of Eleazar Wheelock, and a 1801 petition to the General Assembly. Indian Day, a children’s club, fireside stories and the ninth language lesson also appear. This issue contains 13 PDF pages.
Catalog citation: The Narragansett Dawn, vol. 1, no. 9, January 1936.
Source information and access
Catalog summaries describe the materials and their research context. Consult each member record for its full citation, available scans, and any transcription or curator notes. If a creator, date, or repository is unidentified, treat that information as unresolved rather than inferred.
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