Mark Twain in German-Language Newspapers and Periodicals

Editorial Principles


1. Search Parameters

search process in Chronicling America for main catalog (catalog of Deutscher Correspondent items collected by Kim Nitschke uses different search parameters):
  • Search criteria: Advanced search
  • Select states: All states
  • Select Newspaper(s): All newspapers
  • Select Year(s): 1865-1910 (publication of the first text of nationwide distribution; year of death)
  • Language: German
  • Enter search ...with the phrase: mark twain
  • Search result: 837 results containing “the phrase "mark twain""
All relevant newspapers retrieved from Chronicling America (last update: Dec 14, 2022):

2. Selection Criteria

  • list all articles that the search retrieved (filter for faulty OCR / irrelevant hits)
  • supply titles for all collected articles: if no original title is available, use short summary (in square brackets)
  • all collected articles are included in the catalog overview
  • create individual pages ("newspaper article page") for items that offer substantial information about Mark Twain; no pages are created for instances in which articles refer to Mark Twain only in passing ("N" category)

3. Annotation Criteria

[add criteria for annotation pages]

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