Stow's 'First Newspaper' Now Available on Library Website
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library digitizes collection of newsletters dated between 1934-1948.
Researching the cultural history of Stow between 1934 and 1948 – a timespan that encompasses both the Great Depression and World War II – has gotten a whole lot easier, thanks to the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library. The library has added a new searchable local history database to its online offerings: The Community Church News. The collection of about 780 newsletters was compiled by Stow Community Church member Harold J. Stockman, who also authored and published them during a 15-year period starting in 1934. The one-of-a-kind, 15-volume bound set of newsletters was previously only available in print form as part of the library’s Local History Collection. When Stockman donated the books of newsletters to the library in 1979, the collection…
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