THE GALVESTON COUNTY DAILY NEWS reports ....
Paper donates 95 years of microfilm to library
(Galveston County) Published July 9, 2008
TEXAS CITY — The Galveston County Daily News' recent loan of 95 years of newspaper microfilm gives Moore Memorial Public Library patrons an unprecedented look at the city's history.
The microfilm begins with May 1, 1909, the first edition of the Texas City Times, and concludes with Nov. 6, 2004, the final edition of the Texas City Sun.
Aside from a few missing reels, the donation gives library patrons easier access to the city's history-making headlines, including the infamous Texas City Disaster of April 16-17, 1947.
The paper's donation also included a machine used to view and print pages from the microfilm.
Les Daughtry Jr., The News' vice president of sales and advertising, was publisher of The Sun from 1984 to its merger with the The News.
"We've been looking for the opportunity to get the microfilm in the hands of as many former Texas City Sun readers as we could, and we thought the local library would be the place to do that," Daughtry said."
The microfilm begins with May 1, 1909, the first edition of the Texas City Times, and concludes with Nov. 6, 2004, the final edition of the Texas City Sun.
Aside from a few missing reels, the donation gives library patrons easier access to the city's history-making headlines, including the infamous Texas City Disaster of April 16-17, 1947.
The paper's donation also included a machine used to view and print pages from the microfilm.
Les Daughtry Jr., The News' vice president of sales and advertising, was publisher of The Sun from 1984 to its merger with the The News.
"We've been looking for the opportunity to get the microfilm in the hands of as many former Texas City Sun readers as we could, and we thought the local library would be the place to do that," Daughtry said."
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