pecha kucha talk on vtdnp, chronicling america, and historic newspapers
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slideshow by
Birdie MacLennan Tom McMurdo
Prudence Doherty from the UVM Libraries
VTDNP logo & banner by Heather Kennedy
Pecha Kucha Night Fleming Museum
September 15, 2011
Vermont Digital Newspaper Project, part of
NDNP - http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/
the National Digital Newspaper Program a partnership between the
Library of Congress & the National Endowment for the Humanities
A long-term effort to provide permanent access to a national digital resource of newspaper bibliographic information and historic newspapers, selected and digitized by NEH-funded institutions (awardees) from all U.S. states and territories.
Partners: Project Management Group & Statewide Advisory Committee
Digital newspapers freely available: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Project planning & Title selection: a team effort!
Title Selections – Phase I (2010-2012) 100,000 pages of Vermont newspapers
(1836-1922) …
Caledonian - Caledonia Co.
Windham County Democrat
Vermont Transcript - Franklin Co.
Vermont Phoenix - Windham Co.
Watchman / State Journal title family - Washington Co.
Middlebury Register - Addison Co.
Spirit of the Age – Windsor Co.
Bennington Banner
Globe - Rutland
… from Microfilm …
… to Digital …
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023255/issues/
Links in newspaper catalog records, too!
http://vtnp.uvm.edu/
Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ is where you find our newspapers
How to search: example with search term “Virginia” in the Free Press and limited to July-August 1861:
Pages appear with the search term “Virginia” highlighted:
Click through to the Aug. 9, 1861 issue:
Close up of an article about 1st Vermont Regiment:
Search, limited to Vermont:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/Vermont
Click through to Vermont Farmer:
“An agricultural and family newspaper for the ruralists of the Green Mountain State.”
Increasing Circulation, Finding New Subscribers
Advertisements to Pay the Bills
Better Farmers, Better Farms
News—Local, State, Regional, National
The Women’s Department