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.

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# of Issues after name of Newsletter, as of 4/8/25.

These are ordered Latest at top, to beginning of publication at the Bottom.

THE GUARDIAN OF OERTHA 101 The Gatekeeper of the Barony of Winter's Gate 165 The Chronicle of the Barony of Eskalya (See also the Herald) 130 The Herald of the Shire of Eskalya (Early Years partly concurrent with the Chronicle) 12 Paw Prints of the Riding of Beast Valley 0 The Sounding of the Barony and Shire of Earngyld 78 An Claid Moohr of the Canton Inbhir na Da' Abhann 66 The Scroll of the Shire of Silviergard 28 The Sea Scroll of the Shire of Grey Cliffs 3 The Crier of the Shire of Hrafnafjorðr 0 The Dragon Tale of the Barony of Silviergard 27 No known newsletters for the branches: St. Boniface, Ynys Taltraeth, Bjarnarstrond, or St. Guinefort Other Publications and non Oerthan Newsletters: Warthaven Cartoon Collection by Master William Blackfox 90 Largest collection available on the web! 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 Warthaven Cartoon Collection by Master William Blackfox

A HUGE THANK YOU TO Morgana Elspeth Valija Karl Annora Marja Taran Sorcha Bianca All the Chroniclers!

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! - Warthaven Comics! (Below) 2009-2011 Dragon Tales (16) 2003-2005 Dragon Tales (11) 1988 April & 1989 April Midnight Sounding Star (in Soundings section) Up to date April 8, 2025

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.