Microfilmed Newspapers Now Available Online

The Ohio County Public Library is pleased to announce that its digital collections now include the Wheeling Intelligencer newspapers from 1852 through 1970, 1980, and 1981. Additionally, both the Wheeling News-Register and the Intelligencer are available from 2014 to the present with additional selected newspapers from 2010-2013. 

The digitized newspapers are indexed, making them searchable by names, keywords, and dates. Users can browse, search, view, download pdfs, clip and share articles, headlines, pages, and stories using the ohiocountywv.advantage-preservation.com interface.

[*NOTE: Click here to view a tutorial on how to navigate the Advantage Preservation interface. ]

The Library has been working with Advantage Preservation over the past two years to digitize our microfilmed newspapers. The remaining Intelligencer microfilm reels, covering years 1971-2014, will be digitized next year, and the Library will begin digitizing the Wheeling News-Register, which span from 1863 to the present. 

➤ Start searching our online newspapers today!

Prefer the old-school feel of microfilm to digital records?

Though many of our newspapers are now available online, the Library still houses an extensive physical microfilm collection on-site. In addition to the Wheeling Intelligencer (1856-present) and the Wheeling News-Register (1863-present), other newspapers available on microfilm at the Ohio County Public Library include:

• The Wheeling Repository, (Select issues from 1807-1808)
• Virginia Statesman, (January 2, 1828-June 24, 1829)
• Wheeling Compiler, (July 1829 through December 1830)
• Wheeling Tri-Weekly Times/Wheeling Times and Advertiser/Western Virginia Times, (February 1, 6, 1834; July 14, November 28, 1840; October 31, 1932) 
• Wheeling Argus/Weekly Western Virginia Argus, (January 8-December 23, 1847; October 21, 1852; April 21, 30, May 26, December 27, 1855)
• Deutsche Zeitung, (German-language publication, one issue: May 24, 1907)

Four microfilm readers are available for public use in the Library's main floor near the Periodical section. Microfilm reels are housed behind the Circulation Desk. Black and white copies can be made from the readers for 10 cents per page. 

Microfilm readers at the Ohio County Public Library: