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VTDNP at NELA Conference 2014 & History Day Workshop

October 23, 2014 VTDNP

It’s been a busy week for VTDNP crew. On Monday, October 20, 2014, our project librarian, Erenst Anip presented at the New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference in Boxborough, MA (about an hour drive from Boston). There, he co-presented with Gail Hurley from the Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project (CTDNP) on NDNP to spread the word about Chronicling America to the wider New England area and hopefully other neighboring states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine will join NDNP soon. Gail presented on an overview of NDNP grant and Erenst talked about the details of the grant.

NDNP Nuts & Bolts: Components of the grant – NELA 2014 presentation from Vermont Digital Newspaper Project

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150 Years Ago: The St. Albans Raid as Recounted in the News

October 17, 2014 VTDNP

“The town is full of the wildest rumors, and speculation runs rife,” reported the Vermont Transcript on October 21, 1864, only a few days after the northern-most land attack in the Civil War in the town of St. Albans on October 19th, 1864.

rebelraidttranscripts — The news spread quickly in Vermont, thanks to telegraph dispatches from St. Albans. This was from the Vermont Watchman & State Journal on October 21, 1864.

The raiders first appeared a few days earlier, staying at a variety of St. Albans lodgings, according to the Vermont Transcript:

boarders — Click on the article to go directly to the newspaper page.

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ALL content from VTDNP Phase 2 are available online

October 14, 2014 VTDNP

Today, October 14, 2014, marks another milestone for our project. All of the digitized newspaper pages from phase 2 are now accessible on Chronicling America, all 254,253 of them along with 15 newspaper title essays (more to come!). The last batch consist of Orleans County Monitor issues from 1908-1922.

As part of the NDNP requirement, we will send all of the duplicate negative microfilm reels of the newspaper digitized to Library of Congress for preservation and safe keeping. Here’s what it looks like before it gets packed and shipped to LC’s vault:

Now, onward with phase 3 and adding more Vermont historic content to the Internet!

-Erenst Anip, Project Librarian

Researching historic buildings on Chronicling America

September 19, 2014 VTDNP

om fisher search — A detailed account of a local businessman’s new home in Montpelier, Vermont, on State Street. This was found by using the advanced search of keywords with any of the words “state” and “street” and the phrase “O.M. Fisher.” I did not limit the years, but did limit results to the state of Vermont.

Historic newspapers on Chronicling America hold an abundance of information regarding local and national news and cultural trends of the past. Newspapers are also particularly helpful in uncovering the history of the built landscape of our communities. Continue reading Researching historic buildings on Chronicling America →

VTDNP Celebrates Completion of Phase 2

August 29, 2014 VTDNP

Today, August 29, 2014, marks the last working day of VTDNP Phase 2. Vermont now have 243,952 pages digitized and made available online on Chronicling America. We have approximately 10,000 more pages under review before being added to the website. We will be in Phase 3 starting next work day (September 2, 2014) and working towards digitizing another 100,000 pages of Vermont historic newspapers. Last but not least, we would like to thank everyone involved so far for their support and energy. Have a great Labor Day weekend!