Program

Preservation and Access: National Digital Newspaper Program

Period of Performance

9/1/2024 - 8/31/2026

Funding Totals

$300,784.00 (approved)
$300,784.00 (awarded)


Digitization of Minnesota Newspapers

FAIN: PJ-300764-24

Historical Society of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN 55102-1903)
Shawn P. Rounds (Project Director: January 2024 to present)

This project also received funding with the previous award listed below.

Previous award PJ-287600-22

Digitization of 100,000 pages of historic Minnesota newspapers published between 1849 and 1963, with an emphasis on mid twentieth-century titles covering environmental issues and the state’s Indigenous and Latino communities. 

Digitization of 100,000 pages of historic Minnesota newspapers published between 1849 and 1963, with an emphasis on the period 1923-1963, as part of the state’s continuing participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).