Youngstownské Slovenské Noviny = Youngstown Slovak News (Youngstown, Ohio)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
879 issues from 1920 to 1936, published in Youngstown, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
Established in 1910 by Reverend Oldrich Zlámal, the pastor of SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, the Youngstownské Slovenské Noviny (“Youngstown Slovak News”) served Slovaks in Youngstown, Ohio, and surrounding areas in the Mahoning and Shenago Valleys. Ohio was home to over 42,000 Slovaks by 1920, many settling in northeastern cities such as Cleveland and Youngstown. Most of these immigrants had arrived in the years before and after World War I. Before 1918, Austria-Hungary controlled the Slovak homeland, denying Slovaks a political voice and use of their language. After the war, Czechoslovakia was created. The conflict had destroyed the homes and businesses of many Slovaks, and desiring a better life, many came to the United States.
Rev. Zlámal was an early immigrant. Born in Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic), he moved to Cleveland to finish school at St. Mary Seminary. He was transferred to Youngstown in 1908 shortly before starting the Noviny. Zlámal was a huge proponent of Czech interests, urging Cleveland Slovaks and Czechs in 1915 to campaign for a unified homeland, and travelling to Czechoslovakia in 1919 to give lectures on democracy and religion. The Noviny was first edited by Father Zlamal Milan Salva, and later by Matthew Mraz. Born in Sielnica, in the Zvolen District of what is now Slovakia, Mraz immigrated to the Cleveland area in 1921.
The Youngstownské Slovenské Noviny included local, national, and international news. Much of the latter related to…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Youngstown, Ohio, United States
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress