Rhode island historical newspaper digitization project [with support from the national endowment for the humanities? National digital newspaper program, providence public library (PPL), in partnership…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $285,979 Project Grant to the Providence Public Library (PPL) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program. The grant will fund a collaborative digitization project between PPL and the Rhode Island Historical Society to digitize over 100,000 pages of historical Rhode Island newspapers from PPL's microfilm collection. This will make these important primary sources widely available through the Library of Congress's National Digital Newspaper Program for the first time. The project will be completed by August 31, 2025.

Rhode island historical newspaper digitization project [with support from the national endowment for the humanities? National digital newspaper program, providence public library (PPL), in partnership with the rhode island historical society (RIHS), will complete an extensive newspaper digitization project that will result in a wealth of rhode island?S historical newspapers being digitized and widely available through the library of congress for the first time in history. RIHS currently holds master negative microfilm of 314 newspaper titles that ceased prior to 1923. As a result of this project, at least 100,000 pages will be digitized. [edited by staff.]]