Archive of the Newsletters of Oertha


Archive of the Newsletters of Oertha

In Old Newsletters - you'll find what should be in Newsletters:
Event Review/Reports, Poetry, Art!, Articles, Court Reports/Awards Given, Event ideas!
Event Sites, Recipes!, Announcements!, Photos, Group Historical information, Who had what job.
ALL THE THINGS!

Some have addresses/phone redacted, some not. If you find any phone numbers or addresses you want removed, let me know.
e-mail: khevron(at)warpmail.net
Some are scanned in page by page (like reading a book), some whole side at a time (taking the newsletter apart and scan like you could re-print them).
If you don't find a newsletter of your chosen group for a certain date/range, look at other newsletters around that date - there is a lot of cross-pollination, showing event copy for other groups and useful articles from other newsletters!

Many people toss their newsletters after reading, some keep them.
If you've kept any old paper newsletters, PLEASE let me borrow them to scan and return to you!
Electronic Newsletters welcome as well!
If you're a chronicler and have the original computer files or paste-ups, please send them to me!
Let us preserve the History of Oertha and Oerthan Groups!

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

SCA Calendar (what year is which?)

These archives are whole scans, or text versions with personal information removed.
You can usually find the 'Official" version of current Branch Newsletters in the files section of the groups e-mail list.


These are ordered to beginning of publication
Most of these sites are just getting started. "!" by each means there are newsletters to be seen.

Recent Additions:

Latest at the bottom

Added December, 2024 (found a small hoard from Sorcha):
July, 2003 Guardian
2001 March & April/May An Claid Moohr
2002 March-April An Claid Moohr
2001 March, April and June Scroll
2000 August Eskalya Chronicle
2001 March, April, July, October & November Eskalya Chronicle
2002 February & June Eskalya Chronicle
2003 March, May, and September Eskalya Chronicle
2007 and 2012 Summer Guardian of Oertha
1995 March-April Guardian
1995 October Eskalya Chronicle

Scanned in January, 2025:
1996 March & April Eskalya Chronicle
1983 January, March, April, May, June & July Chronicle (! BIG ISSUES !)
1981 October Chronicle 1982 January, February and March (33 pages!) Chronicle
1982 April, October (Proposed Laws for the Principality of Oertha!), and December Chronicles
1984 March, June and September Chronicles
1987 February Gatekeeper
2000 Spring, Summer and Fall Filum Aurem (Needleworkers Guild)
2015 Summer Guardian
1981 August, September, October, November Gatekeepers
1982 February, April, May, July, August, September Gatekeepers
1982 October, November and December Gatekeeper
1983 February, April, May, June, August, September, October and December Gatekeepers
1984 January, February and March Gatekeepers

1997 April, May, September, Summer Scrolls
1998 February, April/May, Spring, September, October, Scrolls
1978 May and 1979 September Eskalya Heralds
1996 January, February, September & October An Claid Moohrs
1998 August An Claid Moohrs
1999 December An Claid Moohr
1996 November & December, 1997 January, February and March An Claid Moohrs
1997 June and October &
1998 March and April, September, October, November & December An Claid Moohrs!
1998 June & July An Claid Moohrs!
1999 May & June An Claid Moohrs!
1981 September, 1982 January, May & August, and 1983 June Soundings!
1984 March, April, May, June, July, August and December Soundings!
1996 October, 1997 December Soundings.
1996 July-August, September, October, & November Soundings!
(Done for now!)

On no! There's MORE! (Found another Tote)
February, 2025 Scans:
1999 Oertha on Tap - Brewers Guild newsletters Sept/Oct and Nov/Dec.
2003 July Scroll, 1992 August Gatekeeper
1982 December, 1984 September and November Soundings!
1996 December Chronicle pages 5-6 (which were missing from first scan)
1994 June An Claid Moohr

1990 December and 1991 February & May Chronicle
I'm looking at a pile of about 55 unscanned Eskalya Chronicles! Yee! And a Bunch of Soundings, then lots of other random stuff.

1991 August, November, & December Chronicle
1992 January and February, April, June, July, & August Chronicle
1993 January, February, March, April, June, July, & October Chronicle
1994 February, March, April, November & December Chronicle
1995 January, March and December Chronicle
1996 May, June, July, October and November Chronicle
1997 February, June, August, October, November & December Chronicle
1998 March, July, November Chronicle
1999 February, May, June & July Chronicle
2002 October Chronicle
1998 June Chronicle Corrected
1994 Forward into the Past
1994 The Earngyld Songbook
1994 August Selviergard Scroll
1992 August & November/December Sounding
1993 February, April, May, July, August, & September Sounding
1993 October, November and December Sounding
1994 January, August September & December/January Sounding
1995 March, April, June, August, October-November Sounding
1996 June and July Sounding
1993 October Sounding
1995 April Sounding
1994 January, March, July, August, September, November, December An Claid Moohr
1995 April, May, June, July, August, September, October and December An Claid Moohr
1983-84 August, October, and January Madrone Leaf
1981 November Madrone Leaf #1
1984 Madrone Leaf- "Cosmaoronan"?
1981 September Sea Girt Glaucous
2005 January Guardian

Special collection coming!

THE GUARDIAN OF OERTHA

The Gatekeeper of the Barony of Winter's Gate

The Chronicle of the Barony of Eskalya (See also the Herald)

The Herald of the Shire of Eskalya
(Early Years partly concurrent with the Chronicle)

Paw Prints of the Riding of Beast Valley

The Sounding of the Barony and Shire of Earngyld

An Claid Moohr of the Canton Inbhir na Da' Abhann

The Scroll of the Shire of Silviergard

The Sea Scroll of the Shire of Grey Cliffs

The Crier of the Shire of Hrafnafjorðr

The Dragon Tale of the Barony of Silviergard

No known newsletters for the branches: St. Boniface, Ynys Taltraeth, Bjarnarstrond, or St. Guinefort

Other Publications and non Oerthan Newsletters:

Oertha on Tap - Oerthan Brewer's Guild

Vive La Plume - Calligraphy Newsletter of the North

The Mud Puppy Newsletter of the Barony of Settmour Swamp (East Kingdom)

Filum Aureum Newsletter West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild


1994 Forward Into The Past
(SCA 101)


Earngyld Songbook
(Pub. date - July, 1987)

The Madrone Leaf Newsletter (Kingdom of An Tir)
Also a Cosmaoronan from September, A.S. XIX and a University of Ithra Newsletter from February of A.S. XVIII.
(3 from A.S.18)

The Sea Girt Glaucous Newsletter (Kingdom of An Tir)
(1 from A.S.16)

Link to West Kingdom Newsletters on the History Page!

If you're an author or past chronicler, and an article you've written appears in these archives and you don't wish it to be there, contact me and I'll remove it.

William Blackfox awards:

Blackfox awards A.S. LVI (56) 2022
Best Article | Commendation:
West: “A Tablet Weaving Loom on a Budget”, Author: Gisla Œðikollr; The Gatekeeper, Barony of Wintersgate; Chronicler: Merewyn of Ynys Taltraeth

Best Regular Feature| also Nominated
West: “Heraldrydiculous:, Author: Khevron Oktavii Tikhikovich Vorotnikov; The Gatekeeper, Barony of Wintersgate; Chronicler: Merewyn of Ynys Taltraeth

Blackfox awards A.S. LIV (54) 2020
Best Overall Newsletter |Also nominated:
West: The Guardian, Principality of Oertha; Chronicler: Halfdan “Two Bears” Ôzurrson

Blackfox awards A.S. LIII (53) 2019
Best Overall Newsletter| Also nominated:
West: The Dragon Tale, Barony of Selviergard; Chronicler: Lady Delphine de Grenada

Blackfox awards A.S. LII (52) 2018
Best Overall Newsletter | Also nominated:
West: The Guardian, Principality of Oertha; Chronicler: Baron Halfdan “Two Bears” Ôzurrson

Best Article | Also nominated:
West: “From the Icy Cold A New Prince Is Found”, Author: The Selviergard Associated Press;
The Guardian, Principality of Oertha. Chronicler: Baron Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson

Best Poetry or Short Fiction | Also nominated:
West: “Oerthan Victory”, Poet: Colum Mac Eoghain; The Guardian – Spring 2018, Principality of Oertha. Chronicler: Baron Halfdan “Two Bears” Ôzurrson

Kingdom Chroniclers’ Honorable Mentions
West: “Photographs of the Principality of Oertha’s Winter Coronet and Investiture”, Photographer; Baron Halfdan “Two Bears” Ôzurrson.
The Guardian – Spring 2018, Principality of Oertha; Chronicler: Baron Halfdan “Two Bears” Ôzurrson

Blackfox awards A.S. LI (51) 2017
Best Overall Newsletter | Also nominated:
West – The Guardian, Principality of Oertha;
Chronicler: Despotes Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson

Blackfox awards A.S. L (50) 2016
Best Overall Newsletter | Also nominated:
West – Principality of Oertha, The Guardian, Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson, Chronicler

Kingdom Chroniclers’ Honorable Mentions
West – Chronicler: Rena Genevieve Beckwith; The DragonTale, Barony of Selviergard

Blackfox awards A.S. IL (49) 2015
Best Overall Newsletter | Also nominated:
West – Barony of Selviergard, The Dragon Tale, Baronos Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson, Chronicler

Best Regular Feature | Also Nominated:
West – Baronial Business Meeting Notes, Author: Mastyer Khevron Oktavii Tikhikovich Vorotnikov; The Gatekeeper, Barony of Wintersgate; Chronicler: Mistress Morgana yr Oerfa

Kingdom Chroniclers’ Honorable Mention
West – Chronicler Mistress Morgana yr Oerfa; The Gatekeeper, Barony of Winter’s Gate

Blackfox awards A.S. XLVIII (48) 2014
Best Layout and Design | Also nominated:
West – Barony of Selviergard, The Dragon Tale, Halfdan Ozurrson, Chronicler

Best Regular Feature | Also nominated:
West – “Stone”, Despotes Halfdan Ozurrson, Barony of Selviergard The Dragon Tale

Best Article | Also nominated:
West – “Roman Games Teeore and Tropa” by Despotes Halfdan “two bears” Ozurrson, Barony of Selviergard, The Dragon Tale, Halfdan Ozurrson, Chronicler

Blackfox awards A.S. XLVII (47) 2013
Best Overall Newsletter | Nominees
The Dragontale, Barony of Selviergard, Chronicler: Kurios Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson

The Guardian, Principality of Oertha, Chronicler: Kurios Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson

Best Layout and Design | The remaining nominees:
Eskalyan Chronicle, Barony of Eskalya, Chronicler: Cynehild Cynesigesdohtor
The Guardian, Principality of Oertha, Chronicler: Kurios Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson
The Dragontale, Barony of Selviergard, Chronicler: Kurios Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson

Best Regular Feature | The remaining nominees:
Du’ad Bob Review, Author: Du’ad Bob; The Gatekeeper, Barony of Winters Gate, Chronicler: Morgana yr Oerfa Best Article | The remaining nominees:
Author: Kurios Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson, “What You Should Write For Your Newsletter & How To Do It”; The Dragontale, Barony of Selviergard, Chronicler: Kurios Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson

Best Poetry or Short Fiction | The remaining nominees:
Author: Selviergard Associated Press, “Selviergard Health & Sanitation Determine Vorpal Bunnies Hazardous”, in The Dragontale, Barony of Selviergard, Chronicler: Kurios Halfdan “Two Bears” Ozurrson

HUGE THANK YOU TO

Morgana
Elspeth
Valija
Karl
Annora
Marja
Taran
Sorcha
Bianca

Standards: Each newsletter is scanned in using 'read' order, or 'printable' order, so in some cases no staples are removed. They are scanned in at 150-200dpi in gray or color as appropriate, cleaned up and repaired if necessary and saved. Some have the personal information like address and phone numbers are removed, and the file reduced to 96dpi and this 'expurgated' version is uploaded (now uploading the scan at 150dpi). Electronic .pdf version are 'as sent' with no expurgating. I hope to eventually display covers and provide an index, but that will take a lot of time.
Each newsletter (depending on size, repairs necessary, etc) takes 10 minutes to 1 hour to process.


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Project started February, A.S. XLV (2011) - Still adding March, LIX (2025)