Breaking News! New titles for Washington NDNP!
From the desk of Shawn Schollmeyer, NDNP Washington Coordinator
This week the Library of Congress uploaded the next set of our long awaited newspaper titles for the National Digital Newspaper Program. Historic Washington state newspapers can now be searched and viewed on the Chronicling America website. The added benefit, besides being able to search early newspapers from Washington Territory and early statehood, is each title also includes publication information and a short essay about the paper’s history. Take a scroll through this example from the Aberdeen Herald …
Among the titles added this month:
Aberdeen Herald, W.T., 1890-1917 Adams County News, Ritzville, 1898-1906,
Columbia Courier, Kennewick, 1902-1905 Kennewick Courier, 1905-1914
Evening Statesman, Walla Walla, 1903-1910 Lynden Tribune, 1908-1922
Newport Miner, 1899-1922 Vancouver Independent, 1875-1910
Washington State Journal, Ritzville, 1906-1907 Wenatchee Daily World, 1905-1922
Seattle Star, 1899-02-27 1922-12-30
We are on the third and last grant cycle of this project, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Library of Congress. Approximately two thirds of the states across the country are now participating, contributing over
6 million pages of newspaper content to date. In the west Oregon and California are current participants and over the next few years we should be seeing the contributions of our neighbors, Alaska & Idaho.
Over the next two years we’ll be adding:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1876-1900
Seattle Star, 1918-1922
Morning Olympian, 1876-1922
These newspapers, all in the public domain (pre-1922), are free for public use. Educators, historians, genealogists, students and other members of the public are welcome to use these images for their primary research, history presentations, and educational tools. We encourage you to share the great history of Washington and learn about the development of civics and industry across the great Pacific Northwest.
To learn more about the NDNP program, popular topics, valuable teaching resources (check out NEH’s EDSITEment! page), podcasts and videos, start with a look at the http://www.loc.gov/ndnp website and click on “NDNP Extras.”
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