WWI-era Bulletin papers will be digitally archived (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Adam Benson
Publication: Bulletin (Norwich, CT)
Date: 2/16/2014
Abstract: Issues of the turn-of-the-century Norwich Bulletin will be online by the end of the summer. The Connecticut State Library will use a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize 1910 to 1922 of the Bulletin and two defunct Bridgeport papers.
URL: http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20140216/NEWS/140219568
Federal grant helps state library digitize Bulletin pages from WWI era (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Elizabeth Regan
Publication: Bulletin (Norwich, CT)
Date: 10/16/2014
Abstract: The Bulletin's coverage of life during the first two years of World War I are online thanks to a grant awarded to the Connecticut State Library by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Bulletin represented a rural, Republican viewpoint and covered all of Eastern Connecticut.
URL: http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20141016/NEWS/141019696/0/SEARCH
Connecticut State Library Receives New Grant for Newspaper Digitization (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Kendall Wiggin
Date: 8/12/2015
Abstract: Press release announces that the CT State Library (CSL) received a new grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize 100,000 pages of historic CT newspapers. Forwarded 8/14/15 in News from the Connecticut League of History Organizations via email
URL: http://ctstatelibrary.org/connecticut-state-library-receives-new-grant-for-newspaper-digitization/
Connecticut State Library Receives Grant for Newspaper Digitization (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Kendall Wiggin
Date: 8/5/2013
Abstract: Announcement that the Connecticut State Library (CSL) received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize 100,000 pages of historic Connecticut newspapers.
URL: http://ctstatelibrary.org/connecticut-state-library-receives-grant-for-newspaper-digitization/
Connecticut State Library Announces Newspaper Titles to be Digitized (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Kendall Wiggin
Date: 1/28/2014
Abstract: Announcement that the Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project Advisory Board selected the 1910-1922 issues of the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer and the Norwich Bulletin for digitization under a grant from NEH. Also at: Connecticut History.org
URL: http://ctstatelibrary.org/newspaper-titles-to-be-digitized/
Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project digitizes Norwich Bulletin 1914-1916 (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Date: 11/30/2015
Abstract: Press release announcing first group of years digitized in the Norwich Bulletin for the Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project.
URL: http://ctdigitalnewspaperproject.org/press-releases
CT State Library Announces Historic Newspaper Titles to Be Digitized (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gail Hurley
Publication: CT Digital Newspaper Project website
Date: 8/26/2022
Abstract: Press release announcing our title selection list for the 2021-2023 grant cycle
URL: https://ctdigitalnewspaperproject.org/2022/08/ct-state-library-announces-historic-newspaper-titles-to-be-digitized/
Halloween and spooky themed articles (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nicole Besseghir
Publication: Twitter
Date: 10/28/2020
Abstract: We're getting into the Halloween spirit here at CDNP by sharing some fun Halloween and spooky themed articles from our papers! Below is an article from the March 1, 1888 issue of Waterbury Democrat about a home in Berlin, CT that was believed to be haunted!
URL: https://twitter.com/CTDigNewspaper
Hispanic America (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nicole Besseghir
Publication: Twitter
Date: 9/15/2020
Abstract: Shared an article about the "new" term Hispanic America.
#ChronAmParty is celebrating #HispanicHeritageMonth, which starts today! Here's a short piece from the March 30,1920 issue of Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer debating whether or not the term "Hispanic America" could ever take off. Take a look to see the author's conclusion!
URL: https://twitter.com/CTDigNewspaper
Italian American Heritage Month (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nicole Besseghir
Publication: Twitter
Date: 10/27/2020
Abstract: Shared articles from CT Italian newspapers in honor of Italian American Heritage Month.
URL: https://twitter.com/CTDigNewspaper
Adoption of the 19th Amendment (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nicole Besseghir
Publication: Twitter
Date: 8/26/2020
Abstract: To mark the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th amendment CDNP would like to share front page coverage from Connecticut's newspapers in August 1920. We also note that the 19th amendment resulted in suffrage for white women in the United States, but not women of color.
URL: https://twitter.com/CTDigNewspaper
Connecticut State Library Announces Historic Newspaper Titles to be Digitized (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gail Hurley
Publication: Twitter
Date: 9/3/2020
Abstract: Press release announcing title selection for 2019-2021 grant.
URL: https://ctstatelibrary.org/connecticut-state-library-announces-historic-newspaper-titles-to-be-digitized/
Connecticut State Library Receives Fifth Grant Award for Newspaper Digitization (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gail Hurley
Publication: CT Digital Newspaper Project website
Date: 10/7/2021
Abstract: Press release announcing our receipt of a fifth NDNP award for the 2021-2023 grant cycle.
URL: https://ctdigitalnewspaperproject.org/2021/10/connecticut-state-library-receives-5th-grant-award-for-newspaper-digitization/
Search nearly 200,000 pages of historic Connecticut newspapers! (Media Coverage)
Publication: Connecticut History Review
Date: 10/1/2017
Abstract: This was a full page ad placed in the Connecticut History Review (Fall 2017) to inform new professors and graduate students about the online newspapers.
URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RqGhEMiw4u8jC7woSSXGUVeezjAiJyoI/view
"Connecticut State Library Announces Newest Newspaper Titles Digitized" (Media Coverage)
Date: 12/1/2017
Abstract: (HARTFORD, CT) The Connecticut State Library is pleased to announce that the three historically significant newspaper titles chosen to be digitized in collaboration with the National Digital Newspaper Program have been completed and are now available online through the Library of Congress’ newspaper site: Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
The titles include:
New Haven’s Morning Journal and Courier from 1880-1908,
The Newtown Bee, from 1877-1909, and
The Waterbury Evening Democrat from 1887-1908.
URL: https://ctstatelibrary.org/connecticut-state-library-announces-newest-newspaper-titles-digitized/
Connecticut State Library Announces 25 Historic Newspaper Titles To Be Digitized (Media Coverage)
Date: 3/6/2018
Abstract: (Hartford, CT) The Connecticut State Library is pleased to announce that with a third grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 25 newspaper titles have been selected to be digitized for the Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project (CDNP), and made freely available online. These newspapers include:
New Britain Herald 1920-1930
Connecticut Western News 1871-1922
Tolland County Press and The Press from Stafford Springs 1883-1922
Italian language papers from 1906-1930
African American papers from 1940-1949
and Labor papers from 1836-1932
URL: https://ctstatelibrary.org/connecticut-state-library-announces-25-historic-newspaper-titles-to-be-digitized/
Connecticut WWII-Era Newspapers Offer a View of Black Life (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Susan Haigh
Publication: Associated Press (AP) Wire Story
Date: 2/11/2019
Abstract: A feature story by an AP reporter who collaborated with us to explore a newly digitized African American newspaper family.
URL: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Connecticut-WWII-Era-Newspapers-Offer-Look-at-Black-Life-505679341.html
More Historic Connecticut Newspapers to be Made Available Online Thanks to Grant (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gail Hurley
Publication: WNPR Radio CT
Date: 8/22/2019
Abstract: Radio interview by Ray Hardman of WNPR in CT, with Gail Hurley, Director of the CT Digital Newspaper Project. Interview about supplemental grant to digitize historic CT newspapers.
URL: https://www.wnpr.org/post/more-historic-connecticut-newspapers-be-made-available-online-thanks-grant
Articles from African American Newspapers (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: Facebook
Date: 6/16/2020
Abstract: Facebook post - The theme for the June #ChronAmParty is #AfricanAmericanMusicHeritage in honor of African American Music Heritage Month. Check out this Article from the Hartford Chronicle March 22, 1947 "Lester Young and His Orchestra" (file name: hc_1947-03-22_LesterYoung ) - Advertisement for an upcoming performance by Lester Young on March 28, 1947 in Waterbury.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CTStateLibrary/
"Connecticut State Library Announces Next Set of Newspaper Titles to be Digitized" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gail Hurley
Date: 1/25/2016
Abstract: Press release announces that newspaper titles have been selected for the second cycle of digitization being carried out as part of the NDNP. [Press release 1/25/16 & blog post 1/26/16]
URL: http://ctstatelibrary.org
"Connecticut State Library Announces Availability of Newly Digitized New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier, 1895-1908" (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Date: 1/31/2017
Abstract: Press release drawing attention to large increment of the New Haven Journal and Courier now appearing in Chronicling America.
URL: http://ctstatelibrary.org/connecticut-state-library-announces-availability-of-newly-digitized-new-haven-daily-morning-journal-and-courier-1895-1908/
"Newly Digitized Historic Newspaper Tells about the Fight for African American Civil Rights in Connecticut, 1894-1904" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Robert Kinney
Date: 2/27/2017
Abstract: Black History month press release highlighting coverage of the Connecticut Sumner League, an early civil rights organization in the state.
URL: http://ctdigitalnewspaperproject.org/press-releases
"Locate Base for State's Airment Here" (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: Facebook
Date: 2/1/2017
Abstract: Posted to the "Connecticut in World War I" Facebook page as part of 1917-1918 project.
URL: https://www.facebook.com/CTinWorldWar1
"From the community: The War at Home: World War I Era Stories from Connecticut Newspapers" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Joan Nagy
Publication: The Hartford Courant
Date: 4/22/2017
Abstract: Newspaper promotion of "The War At Home: World War I Era Stories from Connecticut Newspapers" at Simsbury Public Library.
URL: http://www.courant.com/community/granby/hc-ugc-article-the-war-at-home-world-war-i-era-stories-from-2017-04-25-story.html
"Connecticut State Library Receives Grant for Phase 3 of Newspaper Digitization" (Media Coverage)
Date: 8/8/2017
Abstract: Announcement that the CT State Library has received a supplemental grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue to digitize historic newspapers.
URL: https://ctstatelibrary.org/connecticut-state-library-receives-grant-for-phase-3-of-newspaper-digitization/
Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project Digitized Bridgeport Evening Farmer 1910-1916. (Media Coverage)
Date: 5/8/2015
Abstract: Press release issued on State Library website and CDNP website via listservs and Constant Contact email lists and posted on Facebook. Also posted by Bridgeport Public Library.
URL: http://bportlibrary.org/hc/homepage=news/digitized-bridgeport-newspaper/
Advertisement in Connecticut Explored (Media Coverage)
Publication: Connecticut Explored vol.12, no.3 (2015:Summer)
Date: 5/1/2015
Abstract: Full page advertisement in "the magazine of Connecticut History" in an issue with the theme: Historic Preservation - Not Just Buildings. Connecticut Explored vol.12, no.3 (2015:Summer), page [6].
New Grant for Newspaper Digitization (Media Coverage)
Publication: Channel 3 CBS News
Date: 8/13/2015
Abstract: Cameraman filmed old newspapers at the State Library as background for 20-second "Town-by-Town" piece on Channel 3 CBS news. However, we can not discover that the piece was broadcast as planned for the 5:30 or 6:00 news.
WWI Newspapers Being Digitized (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jane F. Cullinane
Publication: Postcard
Date: 7/19/2014
Abstract: Postcard introducing CDNP. First distributed at State Library exhibit table at the "Colt 200" celebration of the 200th birthday commemoration of Colonel Samuel Colt. Also distributed in the History and Genealogy Unit of the State Library and when the State Library had an exhibit table at other events.
Need Primary Sources that Illuminate Connecticut History? (Media Coverage)
Publication: Postcard
Date: 9/27/2014
Abstract: Postcard for 2015 History Day Kickoff event.
The Connecticut State Library Celebrates Its Contributions to Chronicling America's 10 Million Pages (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gail Hurley
Date: 10/7/2015
Abstract: Press release announcing that the State Library celebrates the 10 millionth page in Chronicling America. Our contribution to the database includes news from over 100 towns in eastern and western Connecticut. [Press release Oct. 7, 2015 & blog post 10/9/15]
URL: http://ctdigitalnewspaperproject.org/2015/10/the-connecticut-state-library-celebrates-its-contributions/