Hairenik Launches Online Digital Archives
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Since 2017, a number of key individuals have taken a keen interest in digitizing the newspapers published by the Hairenik Association. Berge Panosyan (Documents to Digital) was the first to come forward and begin this monumental task as a personal passion project. At first, it was a few sample newspapers, but it quickly grew to much more.
The Armenian language Hairenik newspaper began publication in 1899. Over the years, it has been published as a daily and a weekly, and currently as the Hairenik Weekly. It is the oldest continuously published Armenian newspaper in the world, last year celebrating its 120th anniversary. In 1934, the Hairenik Association began publishing an English language weekly newspaper that continues to this day as the Armenian Weekly. In total, tens of thousands of issues have been published of these storied newspapers, serving as both witness and participant to the history of the Armenian people through the lens of our region.
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Bravo to those with the vision and commitment to this work. Projects like this are easy to not prioritize in the chaos of daily activities. Digitizing the remarkable history of the Hairenik preserves it for generations. Quiet heroes at work.
I already have a Hairenik subscription and would like to figure out how to link this to this account. Or do I have to buy another subscription? Any help would be appreciated as I have tried, and registered, but am having issues accessing any archives. Congratulations on this wonderful endeavor and I’m eager to check them out!
Congratulations to Berge Panosyan and his Documents to Digital team doing an incredible job.Thank you Hairenik to keep the 120 year of archival History available to the public.
This is awesome. What a great job done by all involved.
I will certainly be subscribing to the archive.