In the mid-20th century, Rutgers–Camden used a press clipping service that reviewed local and regional newspapers and cut out any articles related to the university. The newpaper clippings were arranged by date and glued into scrapbooks. These scrapbook binders are housed at the Camden Special Collections at the Paul Robeson Library.

During the spring 2026 semester, graduate students Kieran Armstrong, Nholva Cosmas, Kelsey Heflin, and Dante Requena worked to digitize a selection of newspaper clippings covering the period from 1968 to 1971. Over 100 clippings have been digitized. These represent only a fraction of the items that are part of the Camden Clippings Collection, and researchers interested in these scrapbooks are encouraged to visit the archive to view the collection in person.

The digitized clippings have undergone Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to make them searchable. Many of the images have large stains on them due to the aging of the newspaper fragments and the heavy dose of glue bleeding through the paper. Due to this staining, text recognition is not perfect. Still, we were able to achieve 80-90% accuracy for most clippings, enhancing the searchability of these items. Subject terms were added to the clippings to further enhance discoverability.

There are multiple ways to explore this collection:

• Browse Archive — this view is best if you want to sort by date or search by keyword.
• Browse Clippings Collection — this page displays larger thumbnails and a description of each clipping in the collection. This is particularly useful for identifying clippings that contain photographs.
• Subject Index — these clippings (and other items in our archive) have been tagged with subject terms to help you discover items by topic. For example, the subject term Activism and Movements includes many newspaper clippings, as well as yearbook images, flyers, etc.