Spanish Influenza as reported in the Middlebury Register

One fascinating international story that is described in Vermont’s papers is the Spanish Influenza of 1918. The Middlebury Register chronicled this tragic episode in vivid detail.

Middlebury_RegisterAs part of the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project, the Middlebury Register,  one of Vermont’s longest running weekly newspapers, became available on Chronicling America in 2012. The Middlebury Register started publication in 1836 and eventually ceased publication in the 1940s. Between 1836 and 1950, it changed names 6 times. Continue reading Spanish Influenza as reported in the Middlebury Register →

VTDNP booth & Poster at 2014 Vermont Library Conference

VTDNP participated at the 120th Annual Vermont Library Conference, Story Time: Advocate, Celebrate, and Be Heard, on May 20th, 2014 from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm at St. Michael’s College in Colchester. We had a booth and poster presentation setup for the event. We also came with handouts, pamphlets, bookmarks, and candies. We talked to many librarians about the (free) primary resources offered through our project at ChroniclingAmerica.com.

VLC 2014 Poster 'Story Time'
Inspired by Adventure Time. Poster designed by Clay Lewis.
VTDNP booth & Poster at Vermont Library Conference 2014
VTDNP booth, a preview of what’s installed for Vermont History Expo in a month!
VTDNP booth & Poster at Vermont Library Conference 2014
Karyn in action, talking with conference attendance.
VTDNP booth & Poster at Vermont Library Conference 2014
” This is VTDNP: Providing Digital Access to Vermont Newspapers 1836-1922″
Short description: This poster will provide an overview of the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project/VTDNP. This project, part of a larger national initiative, provides free digital access to Vermont newspapers between 1836 and 1922.
Presenter:
Erenst Anip, Library Assistant Professor, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont
Karyn Norwood, Digital Support Specialist, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont
VTDNP booth & Poster at Vermont Library Conference 2014
VTDNP poster among other poster presentations

PS: apologies for some low-res photos as they were taken with different gadgets at various quality settings.

– Erenst Anip

More Vermont content available on Chronicling America

This past month the Library of Congress added four batches of newspaper pages from Vermont including the much-anticipated Italian language newspaper, Cronaca Sovversiva.

Cronaca Sovversiva masthead 1905
Cronaca Sovversiva masthead from Saturday, 14 January 1905

Here are links to new content and new titles available as of today, May 7, 2014:

Congratulations and thanks to our fabulous production team: Karyn Norwood, Mary VanBuren-Swasey, Michael Breiner, and Jake Barickman – with special acknowledgement to Fanny Mion-Mouton (former visiting graduate student from France).

For the complete listing of Vermont’s historical newspaper offerings on Chronicling America, click here.

– Erenst Anip (& Birdie MacLennan)

On this date: May 7, 1901

May 7, 1901, in the Barre Evening Telegram, page 3:

Historic newspapers often provide fascinating glimpses of the changing landscape of towns and cities. This was an advertisement for house lots by a developer in Barre, Vermont, which were likely never developed in entirety, as neither Congress or Federal Street exist today. Pretty neat!

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This was also posted on our Facebook, where we usually post bits of information on Chronicling America, news and updates, interesting newspaper discoveries, this day in history (like this one), and more!

-Karyn Norwood

How-to: Advanced Search on Chronicling America

Excitement: You can search online 9.7 million pages of historic newspapers from across the country on Chronicling America! You enter your first search term (and say you are researching factories in Burlington, Vermont), “factory.” Enthusiasm dwindles as you realize you have 43,307 pages from Vermont alone to search through…

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Continue reading How-to: Advanced Search on Chronicling America →