National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)
Part of the NEH We the People program, NDNP represents a major effort to digitize millions of microfilmed pages of historically significant newspapers. Begun in 2005, the initiative will ultimately lead to the creation of a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 in all the states and U.S. territories. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and is freely accessible via the Internet. LC will also digitize and contribute to the NDNP database a significant number of newspaper pages drawn from its own collections. The Web resource, “Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers” is available to all. The text of the newspapers is fully searchable, and search terms can be limited to a particular state, to a specific newspaper, and to a year or even month of publication.
Guidelines URL: www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ndnp.html