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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!

Behind The Scene: Production Update of November 2013

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Recently, VTDNP workspace received the rest of the microfilm reels to be digitized from our vendor. Approximately 76 reels of historic Vermont newspapers are ready to be digitized. These titles can be found on the bottom of this page. Please note that we pair master negative microfilm reel with its duplicate negative side by side. We also will add working microfilm copy (the ones stacked on top of the reels) for quality inspection.

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Also, we have received the digitized files of Cronaca Sovversiva. Please scroll down to see one version of their illustrated mast heads. We’ll keep you updated when the title have been ingested into Chronicling America‘s database. Grazie!

Cronaca Sovversiva masthead 1905
Cronaca Sovversiva masthead from Saturday, January 7, 1905. Year 3 Number 1.

News from the Library of Congress: October 1, 2013 (REVISED October 3, 2013)

Federal Government Shutdown

Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, all Library buildings are closed, all public events are canceled, and all inquiries and requests to the Library of Congress web-based services will not be received or responded to until the shutdown ends.

Information on loc.gov is not being updated.

Copyright.gov, THOMAS.gov and Congress.gov are all available.

A Note to loc.gov Users

Ahead of the temporary shutdown of the federal government, the Library alerted patrons that Library websites, except the legislative information sites THOMAS.gov and beta.congress.gov, would be inaccessible in the event of a shutdown.

 

The Library has restored access to all sites in addition to our legislative information sites. Other legislative branch agencies, and many executive branch agencies with informat!
ion functions similar to the Library, are granting public access as well.

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PR 13-A07
10/01/13
ISSN 0731-3527

 

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