Advisory board meeting at the Ohio History Center in Columbus. Board members learned about the National Digital Newspaper Program and Ohio’s participation to date as well as 2018-2020 project goals. NDNP-OH staff provided newspaper selection instructions. The board also chose the sample reel: Dayton Union News (Dayton, Montgomery County), 1940-1943.
NDNP-OH staff attend the NDNP Annual Awardee meeting in Washington, DC.
NEH announced that Ohio has received funding to renew its participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program through August 31, 2020!
The following newspapers are now online at Chronicling America: from Cleveland, America [Romanian]; and Svět, 1922-1924 (1918-1922 already online) [Czech]!
We are pleased to announce the release of “United States Immigrant Respond to Significant Late 19th-Early 20th Century Events” lesson plan! These educational materials have been created to engage students with digitized foreign language newspapers. Students will learn how to search the Chronicling America website to find evidence of the past, detect bias in newspaper articles, and
NDNP-OH staff present “All About Chronicling America’s Foreign Language Newspapers” at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s Tyler History Center for their Bites and Bits of History Program.
The following Czech language papers are now online at Chronicling America: from Cleveland, Pokrok, 1874-1876; and Svět, 1918-1922 (1922-1924 coming soon)!
NEH announced that Ohio has received funding to continue its participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program through August 31, 2020!
NDNP-OH staff present “All About Chronicling America” at the University of Cincinnati.
NDNP-OH staff present “All About Chronicling America” at a Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society meeting.