National digital newspaper project in ohio, round VII [ohio history connection (OHC) requests $317,428 to digitize 100,000 pages of ohio?s microfilmed newspapers for the continuation of the national…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Ohio History Connection $317,428 under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for Round VII of the National Digital Newspaper Project in Ohio. The award, obligated on January 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2027, funds the digitization of approximately 100,000 pages of Ohio's microfilmed newspapers for inclusion in Chronicling America, the Library of Congress's publicly accessible digital newspaper database. Upon project completion, Ohio History Connection will have contributed over 620,000 digitized newspaper pages to this national resource.

The Round VII project specifically focuses on digitizing newspaper titles that document Ohio's rich democratic history, emphasizing early statehood, community building, and national movements and politicians. This initiative will expand the existing Chronicling America collection with previously underrepresented narratives and lesser-known historical accounts from Ohio, while maintaining NEH's program priority of providing free public access to digitized humanities materials. The project builds on Ohio History Connection's established expertise in collections digitization and preservation, demonstrated through prior successful completion of Round VI funding under the same National Digital Newspaper Program.

National digital newspaper project in ohio, round VII [ohio history connection (OHC) requests $317,428 to digitize 100,000 pages of ohio?s microfilmed newspapers for the continuation of the national digital newspaper program in ohio. By the end of 2025, OHC will have digitized over 620,000 pages for the library of congress digital newspaper website, chronicling america. During the proposed seventh round, OHC will build on this existing collection by focusing on papers that document ohio?s rich history of democracy through a focus on early statehood, community building, and national movements and politicians. The stories these titles capture will expand on those already found on chronicling america while shedding light on untold and lesser-known histories.]