US Caribbean and Ethnic Florida Newspaper Project

FAIN: PJ-266507-19

University of Florida (Gainesville, FL 32611-0001)
Patrick Reakes (Project Director: January 2019 to present)
Melissa Jerome (Co Project Director: September 2021 to September 2022)
Sarah Tew (Co Project Director: September 2022 to March 2023)
Melissa Jerome (Co Project Director: March 2023 to April 2024)

Digitization of 100,000 pages of newspapers published in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States in participation with the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

The University of Florida (UF) in partnership with the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) will select, digitize and make available to the Library of Congress 100,000 newspaper pages through the National Digital Newspaper Project (NDNP). Approximately one third of the pages will come from historic Florida papers (1836-1922), one third from newspapers published in Puerto Rico (1836-1922) and one third from newspapers published in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Associated Products

Community Engagement: Promoting Use of Caribbean Newspapers (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Community Engagement: Promoting Use of Caribbean Newspapers
Author: Melissa Jerome
Abstract: A presentation about outreach efforts of the project for the 2022 Seminar on Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) Conference.
Date: 05/06/2022
Primary URL: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00011803/00001

Recetas de las Américas (Web Resource)
Title: Recetas de las Américas
Author: Sarah Tew
Author: Melissa Jerome
Abstract: Recipes From the Americas is an experimental digital humanities project. It is based off data from recipes printed in historic newspapers published in Florida that were digitized and made available online through the US Caribbean & Ethnic Florida Digital Newspaper Project. Recipes makes printed newspaper recipes more accessible and interactive by integrating searching and filtering by ingredient, meal course, and dietary restrictions. Search for an ingredient and see what recipes come up! Then review the recipe directly on this site, check out the original recipe in Chronicling America, and/or print out a recipe card to keep
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://recetas.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/

The Case for Building a House for the Dead (Web Resource)
Title: The Case for Building a House for the Dead
Author: Lindsay Negrello
Abstract: A blog post that uses digitized newspaper content from the project to contextualize "Dead Houses" in the Virgin Islands.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://ufndnp.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/dead-house/

Using Digitized Newspaper for Research: Studying the Eugenics Movement, 1880s-1922 (Course or Curricular Material)
Title: Using Digitized Newspaper for Research: Studying the Eugenics Movement, 1880s-1922
Author: Sarah Tew
Author: Melissa Jerome
Abstract: Instruction session for undergraduate history course that covers a brief overview of digitization and the background of the Florida and Puerto Rico Digital Newspaper Project, content and functionalities of Chronicling America, and examples, search tips, and other resources relevant to Eugenics from 1880-1922.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00010087/00001
Audience: Undergraduate

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