The University Of Kentucky Research Foundation was awarded a $322,526 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant provides funding from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025 to digitize 100,000 pages of historic Kentucky newspapers, including those from underrepresented populations and German-language volumes, for inclusion in the Chronicling America and Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program digital repositories. Key deliverables include the digitized newspaper pages, associated metadata, and microfilm assets.