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Bringing VTDNP to Middlebury, VT & Geneva, Switzerland back to back

On Tuesday, August 12, VTDNP Project Librarian, Erenst Anip and Digital Support Specialist, Karyn Norwood went to Middlebury, VT to attend a meeting of the Cultural Heritage Professional Gathering (CHPG) at the Ilsley Public Library. There, Erenst & Karyn gave a pecha-kucha format presentation (20 slides at 20 seconds each) about VTDNP and Chronicling America in front of 25 cultural heritage professionals coming from Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. In addition, Erenst & Karyn got to visit one of VTDNP’s state partner, the Ilsley Public Library, and Chris Kirby, one of our Project Management Group member.

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Another 10,000 Vermont newspaper pages added to Chronicling America

Another 10,000 pages added to Chronicling America this week from Phase II of the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project! New  content from Orleans and Orange County are now online.

Click on the title of the newspaper to view the newspaper on Chronicling America.

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  • The United Opinion, published in Bradford, Orange County, Vermont. Years added: 1892-1922

Orleans Independent Standard

Orleans County Monitor

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8 Million Pages!

Chronicling America has surpassed 8 million pages available!

FREELY ACCESSIBLE & SEARCHABLE are over 8 million pages (and counting) of historical American newspapers published between 1836 and 1922: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Visit our VTDNP website to learn more about the Vermont component of Chronicling America.

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Expressions: The Newspaper Masthead in Vermont, 1836-1922

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The masthead: it’s the very first thing one sees when reading a paper. It contains its title, aims to encapsulate its identity, and draws readers to its pages.

From refined fonts to hand-drawn sketches, Vermont’s historical newspaper masthead designs are a visible representation of the story of our state’s media past and the art of selling the news.

Below are just a few of the mastheads of Vermont newspapers we’ve digitized thus far in the project. Some of these mastheads lasted for decades, others, mere weeks. Continue reading Expressions: The Newspaper Masthead in Vermont, 1836-1922 →