Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project: Phase One

FAIN: PJ-50026-07

University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE 68503-2427)
Katherine L. Walter (Project Director: November 2006 to January 2022)

Funding details:
Original grant (2007) $271,016.00
Supplement (2009) $291,996.00
Supplement (2016) $200,000.00
Supplement (2018) $218,000.00
Supplement (2022) ($47,214.24)

Digitizing 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspaper titles, 1880 to 1910, scanned from 150 reels of microfilm created by the United States Newspaper Project that document the history and culture of Nebraska.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and its partner, the Nebraska State Historical Society, propose to digitize an estimated 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspapers dating from 1880 to 1910 as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program at the Library of Congress. The project will be completed over a two year period. Newspapers selected for digitization will be of significant research value, represent a range of geographic areas and genres, and cover the time period as fully as possible. Digitization will include imaging, text conversion, metadata creation, and XML mark-up following guidelines provided by the Library of Congress. Digitization will be done by iArchives. Management of the project and quality control steps will be conducted by he University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries; copies of the newspaper microfilm will be provided by the Nebraska State Historical Society; and selection will be conducted and monitored by an advisory board of scholars, teachers, librarians, and editors.

Media Coverage

A Digital Window (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Geitner Simmons, editorial page editor
Publication: Omaha World-Herald
Date: 8/20/2011
Abstract: Lead editorial in Wednesday paper. Federal grant helps UNL, Nebraskans preserve sense of immediacy in history.

Historic Newspapers Go Digital with Grant (Media Coverage)
Publication: UNL Today
Date: 9/24/2007
Abstract: Nebraska newspaper coverage of historical events and everyday life...is going digital--part of a free national online database--thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Making history acessible (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Bassinger, Tyler
Publication: J Alumni News
Date: 6/1/2008
Abstract: Nebraska will digitize 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspapers dating from 1880-1910 and is among the first nine states in the NDNP, which involves a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Libraries, Journalism earn grant to aid national database (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Anon
Publication: Scarlet Year in Review 2007-08
Date: 9/4/2008
Abstract: NEH funding will allow about 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspapers to be included in Chronicling America

Digital Newspapers press conference (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Chancellor Harvey Perlman
Publication: Not applicable
Date: 9/14/2007
Abstract: Welcome to celebration of a partnership that will enrich Nebraska scholarship; preserve our state's history, journalism and heritage; and share that legacy with the world. Nebraska's project in the NDNP was designated a "We the People" project.

Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Katherine Walter
Publication: Prairie Fire: The Progressive Voice of the Great Plains
Date: 3/1/2010
Abstract: This news magazine with coverage throughout the state of Nebraska published a lengthy article about the Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project Phase Two/ In an age when news is increasingly being sought online, the [NEH] and [LOC] have stepped up to the plate to fund and develop a major online resource of historical newspapers. Discusses Chronicling America and the second 100,000 pages of digitization from 1860-1922.
URL: http://www.prairefirenewspaper.com

UPDATED: Blog Talk Live: What is the Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project? Katherine L. Walter In the next Blog Talk Live you'll meet Katherine L. Walter, who co-directs the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (Media Coverage)
Date: 1/5/2010
Abstract: UPDATED: Blog Talk Live: What is the Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project? Katherine L. Walter In the next Blog Talk Live you'll meet Katherine L. Walter, who co-directs the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Center for Digital Research in the Humanities and is professor and chair of Digital Initiatives & Special Collections in the UNL Libraries. Program announces the NEH funding for the next 100,000 pages of Nebraska newspapers, describes the funding for NDNP, Chronicling America, and other relevant topics
URL: http://www.starcityblog.com/2010/01/page/4/

Associated Products

Nebraska Newspapers (Web Resource)
Title: Nebraska Newspapers
Author: CDRH
Abstract: Nebraska Newspapers is includes historically significant newspapers representing geographic, economic, political, cultural and linguistic diversity. Papers are selected by an advisory board and submitted to Chronicling America at the Library of Congress. On this site, privately funded digital newspapers are being added to NEH-funded content.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Primary URL Description: Nebraska newspapers are hosted by the Library of Congress on Chronicling America, now a collection in the Library of Congress's main website.
Secondary URL: http://nebnewspapers.unl.edu
Secondary URL Description: Nebraska Newspapers is the state website of the project. In addition to NEH-funded material, it include papers funded through other funding sources. Most of these other papers are out of scope for the National Digital Newspaper Program, however some are in scope but exceed the number that we can submit to the Library of Congree

Nebraska Newspapers (Web Resource)
Title: Nebraska Newspapers
Author: CDRH
Abstract: See description under Phase One. Work began in Spring 2009 and was published in 2010. This site is a work-in-progress.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://nebnewspapers.unl.edu

Archiving Nebraska's Newspapers (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Archiving Nebraska's Newspapers
Writer: Katherine Walter
Director: Jeff Wilkerson
Producer: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Research and Economic Development
Abstract: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln produced short YouTube film highlights the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress and the Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2fOLt9NMBk
Primary URL Description: This YouTube video highlights the work of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's grant team working on the Nebraska Digital Newspaper Program. It describes the work of NEH, LC and UNL.
Secondary URL: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/about/
Secondary URL Description: We include the short YouTube video on Nebraska's Newspapers, under the About Section.
Access Model: Open Access
Format: Web

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