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150 YEARS AGO: “The Dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery,” The Caledonian, Nov. 27, 1863

The Library of Congress picked an article from The Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, VT) to commemorate the event:

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln presided over the dedication of a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg, PA, site of one of the most destructive battles of the Civil War (see the Chronicling America Topics Page on the Battle of Gettysburg – https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/gettysburg.html – to explore further). The Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, VT) joined other newspapers across the country in describing the events of the day for its readers, including reprinting Lincoln’s now famous speech beginning with “Four score and seven years ago…” The speech was described as “a perfect gem,” “unexpected in its verbal perfection and beauty….” Read more about it!

Resuming shipment to the Library of Congress

After a couple of weeks of shutdown, the government is operating again. While they were on hiatus, VTDNP continued to work on production and have gathered three batches (including two reworks) to be sent to the Library of Congress. They are on their way to DC now.

Furthermore, we have new content that will come out together with the next Chronicling America update. In the meantime, check out our newly-created FLICKR and PINTEREST account. Read and see more about it…

cases ready to go
Pelican cases containing external HDs containing VTDNP batch of digitized microfilms; posing before getting packed to be sent to the Library of Congress, post-Government-Shutdown.

Photos from NDNP Awardee Meeting 2013

As mentioned in a previous post, Project Director (Birdie MacLennan), Project Librarian (Erenst Anip), and Digital Support Specialist (Karyn Norwood) attended and presented at the National Digital Newspaper Project (NDNP) Awardee Meeting, September 11-13 in Washington DC. Click HERE for photos from the event.NDNP Awardee Meeting 2013 - VT Team

VTDNP attending NDNP Awardee Meeting 2013

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Project Director (Birdie MacLennan), Project Librarian (Erenst Anip), and Digital Support Specialist (Karyn Norwood) will be attending the National Digital Newspaper Project (NDNP) Awardee Meeting, September 11-13 in Washington DC.

Karyn will have a poster presentation:

Bennington Opera House: Early 20th Century Entertainment in Rural Vermont

Through the lens of historic newspaper advertisements and articles, I delved into the history of a rural Vermont town’s opera house in the early twentieth century.

Erenst will do a lightning talk:

[Still] Bringing the Past to the People

Following up last year’s topic on ‘Outreach, value added content, and utilizing Chronicling America in Hawai’i’ and now Vermont. This presentation was originally done at the recent IFLA WLIC 2013 in Singapore. The NDNP version will include a recap of what we have learned.

Birdie will also do a lightning talk:

Newspapers in a Global Microcosm: Updates & Activities from IFLA

An overview and summary of IFLA Newspapers Section activities from the 2013 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Singapore — including highlights from the Newspapers Section main conference programme and from the Satellite pre-conference developed in collaboration with the IFLA Genealogical and Local History Section (GENLOC). NDNP was well represented. IFLA is also planning a mid-year international newspaper conference for February 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Additional details will be forthcoming. The Call for Papers is now available.

More on these presentations after the meeting.