Tech library to digitize three decades of Briscoe County News

  • BRISCOE NEWS HISTORY In mid-November two representatives from Southwest Collection/ Special Collections Library of Texas Tech University, Morgan White and Austin Allison, came to the Silverton Public Library to pick up the library’s back issues of Briscoe County News. They will digitize the newspapers to add to what is already online. From left are Laura Long, MorganWhite, Austin Allison, Kathy Kingery and Tina Nance. | COURTESY PHOTO
    BRISCOE NEWS HISTORY In mid-November two representatives from Southwest Collection/ Special Collections Library of Texas Tech University, Morgan White and Austin Allison, came to the Silverton Public Library to pick up the library’s back issues of Briscoe County News. They will digitize the newspapers to add to what is already online. From left are Laura Long, MorganWhite, Austin Allison, Kathy Kingery and Tina Nance. | COURTESY PHOTO
One of the most frequent questions we get at the newspaper office is, “Can you help me find some history about _______?” And while we’re not able to assist with individual inquiries, we are always thrilled to point researchers in the direction of an extremely valuable resource for local history and geneaology: Texas newspapers available online at no charge via the Southwest Collection at Texas…

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