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Entry of New Hampshire into the National Digital Newspaper Program with the digitization of 100,000 pages from master negatives. The focus of this first round of contribution would be on “papers of record” with broad geographic coverage and titles that reflect the political, economic, and cultural history of New Hampshire.

The Dartmouth Library requests $298,001 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the New Hampshire Digital Newspaper Project, to select, digitize, and make available to the Library of Congress 100,000 pages of historical newspapers through the National Digital Newspaper Program. Receiving this grant would mean that New Hampshire would be the last of the fifty states to be included in this important program. The New Hampshire Digital Newspaper Project will be led by the Dartmouth Library in partnership with the New Hampshire State Library, the New Hampshire Historical Society, and the University of New Hampshire Library. The project will be a public-private partnership between Dartmouth College and New Hampshire’s flagship educational and cultural heritage institutions.

The digitization of 100,000 pages of microfilmed historic Alabama newspapers, including the Birmingham Age-Herald and the Montgomery Advertiser, published between 1901 and 1926.

Digitization of 100,000 pages of microfilmed historic Alabama newspapers, including the Birmingham Age-Herald and the Montgomery Advertiser, published between 1901 and 1926 as part of the state’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program

The digitization of approximately 100,000 pages of newspapers published by major religious denominations in South Carolina between 1690 and 1963, which would resume the  University of South Carolina’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

The University of South Carolina (UofSC) Libraries Digital Collections Department in collaboration with the South Caroliniana Library (SCL) and other institutional partners will scan and deliver to the Library of Congress (LC) through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) approximately 100,000 pages of historic South Carolina newspapers published between 1690 and 1963. The project will build on the library’s previous successful rounds of participation in the NDNP (2009-2015) and its subsequent efforts to make newspapers accessible. Over the next two years (2022-2024), the South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program (SCDNP) will: rely on the content knowledge of its advisory board and team members to select newspapers; work with an external vendor to digitize newspapers from microfilm; and submit deliverables to the Library of Congress on schedule for inclusion in Chronicling America.

The digitization of 100,000 pages of historical Illinois newspapers with a focus on suburban areas and southern regions of the state.

The Illinois Digital Newspaper Project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks funding to digitize 100,000 pages of newspaper content representing geographically and demographically diverse Illinois communities. The titles will be selected through a proposal process open to all Illinois libraries and cultural heritage repositories. This approach will yield a list of Illinois newspapers for digitization from geographic areas and demographic groups of Illinois (including suburbs, regional cities, rural communities, and small towns) that are not yet represented in Chronicling America. It will also serve as an opportunity to promote the importance and value of the National Digital Newspaper Program, the Library of Congress, and the National Endowment for the Humanities to interested citizens throughout the state. The Illinois Digital Newspaper Project has contributed over 500,000 pages of newspaper content to the National Digital Newspaper Program since 2009.

The digitization of approximately 100,000 pages of historical West Virginia newspapers as part of the state’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program.

The West Virginia University Libraries seek funds to continue participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program. The WVUL will digitize 100,000 pages of important historic and representative newspapers published within the present borders of West Virginia within the project date frame which now extends up to 1963. This project will fully comply with all requirements and technical specifications set forth by the NEH and the Library of Congress for digital newspaper projects.

Digitization of 100,000 pages of Alaska newspapers, published prior to 1963, as part of the state’s continuing participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

The Alaska State Library requests funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize Alaska’s microfilmed newspapers for the Alaska Digital Newspaper Project. Through this cycle, the Alaska Digital Newspaper Project will identify new titles and extend runs of previously identified titles, with a focus on digitizing mid-century newspapers. During this period of history newspapers reported on capital industrialism and militarism that greatly expanded the scope of natural resource development and socio-economic issues. Significant historical events during this period were the Great Depression, WWII, the Cold War, nuclear testing, Alaska Statehood, the Tuberculosis epidemic, and civil rights achievements of Alaska Natives and labor groups. This cycle will focus on locating issues of several smaller but significant titles such as the Alaska Spotlight, possibly the only African American newspaper produced in the state. Other papers of interest are newspapers in rural villages

Digitization of 100,000 pages of Wyoming newspapers, dating from 1863 to 1963, as part of the state’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

The University of Wyoming Libraries requests $208,713 from the NEH over a two-year period to digitize 100,000 pages of Wyoming’s microfilmed newspapers for the Wyoming Digital Newspaper Project. The Wyoming Digital Newspaper Project seeks to partner with the Wyoming State Archives to digitize selected titles from established newspaper holdings. The purpose of the project is twofold: to preserve and duplicate existing microfilm, and to increase accessibility. Known as the “Equality State,” Wyoming is located at the headwaters of four major U.S. river basins with a rich and notable history. Wyoming was the first state that gave women the right to vote, and the first state to elect a woman governor. Alongside these firsts were the Union Pacific Railroad’s scouting and establishment and the Johnson County War. A digitized collection of papers covering these western histories and more will provide an invaluable resource for researchers throughout the world.

Digitization of approximately 100,000 pages of Rhode Island newspapers published before 1923, as part of the state’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ National Digital Newspaper Program, Providence Public Library (PPL), in partnership with the Rhode Island Historical Society (RIHS), will complete an extensive newspaper digitization project that will result in a wealth of Rhode Island’s historical newspapers being digitized and widely available through the Library of Congress for the first time in history. RIHS currently hold master negative microfilm of 314 newspaper titles that ceased prior to 1923. As a result of this project, at least 100,000 pages will be digitized.