Vancouver Island University Library has completed part II of its digitization of the Nanaimo Free Press (1874-1928) collection.
Nanaimo is the sixth oldest incorporated municipality in BC and a key site of settler early industry as a mining town. The Nanaimo Free Press saw its first publication in 1874 along with the city’s incorporation. These papers provide primary source material for those interested in politics, labour history, settler-Indigenous relations, social history, economic, infrastructure, and municipal development.
The digitization of the Nanaimo Free Press (1872-1928): Part II was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program.
For more information about the 2019/2020 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.