About the Project

Reporting History brings historical perspective to events using primary source news articles and other documents. From the 18th to the early 20th centuries, we can gain a valuable insight into how people saw the world around them and experienced the events we see as history.

These are not intended to be academic studies of an issue or to provide broader historical analysis – there are many excellent sources to be found on that front. Instead, Reporting History gives you the opportunity to read what people were writing about the events at that time and to perhaps better understand the personal context of the events that have shaped our world today.

Transcriptions

The articles are transcriptions and not 1:1 facsimiles of the original articles. I will correct obvious typesetting spelling errors (a “u” for an “n” is not uncommon, for example) and break up long columns of text for ease of reading. I don’t generally correct spelling “errors” using what are today non-standard spelling. Any other errors introduced during the OCR and transcription process are my own.

No AI

No AI products are used to capture/analyze/transcribe any texts posted on Reporting History. This is a purely human endeavor, much like the original writing.

About Me

Digital comms professional by day, writer by night, with a background and abiding love of all things historical / archaeological / scientific / dorkable. Also, Wombats.

I think of myself as an “information archaeologist”—delving into source materials to share interesting news and stories from the past. Support the publication, and I’ll search out at least one article for you every month on a topic of your choice (or more depending on time!). Your support will help me access additional source materials, defray hosting costs, and help upgrade equipment and software.