Project Grant PJ30725526
- The Connecticut State Library received a $259,644 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, under the Preservation and Access Program (CFDA 45.149), to digitize 100,000 pages of historic Connecticut newspapers. The project will focus on digitizing newspapers related to political, economic, and social change in early 19th century Connecticut, the Polish immigrant community in New Britain, and suburbanization in the greater Hartford region in the 1940s and 1950s. The project...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), through its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149), awarded a $317,428 Project Grant to the Ohio History Connection (OHC) to digitize 100,000 pages of Ohio's microfilmed historical newspapers. By the end of 2027, OHC will have digitized over 620,000 pages of newspapers for inclusion in the Library of Congress' Chronicling America digital repository. The project will focus on newspapers that document...
- The Maine State Library has been awarded a $261,184 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) National Digital Newspaper Program to digitize 100,000 pages of historical newspapers from Maine over a two-year period from September 2024 to August 2026. This project, titled "Maine Digital Newspaper Program Proposal: 2023-2026 NDNP Cycle," aims to expand public access to stories and perspectives of Maine's diverse communities by digitizing news content, including...
- The Ohio History Connection, a non-profit organization, was awarded a $319,511 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund the digitization of 100,000 pages of Ohio's microfilmed newspapers to continue the National Digital Newspaper Program in Ohio. This effort will build upon the over 520,000 pages already digitized and made available through the...
- The Boston Public Library Fund, Inc. was awarded a $297,867 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program. The grant, with a start date of January 1, 2026 and end date of December 31, 2027, will support the Boston Public Library's efforts to digitize pre-1830 newspapers from Massachusetts and contribute them to the "Chronicling America" digital platform. This will provide...
- 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...
- The Providence Public Library (PPL), in partnership with the Rhode Island Historical Society (RIHS), has been awarded a $321,241.61 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access (CFDA 45.149) program. The funding will support the continued digitization of 100,000 pages of historic Rhode Island newspapers, with a focus on themes related to the American Revolution and Industrial Revolution. The project...
- The Maine State Library received a two-year, $447,150 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the agency's Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will support the Maine Digital Newspaper Program to digitize historical newspapers from Maine with a focus on titles related to Franco Americans and the labor movement. Over the grant period from September 2022 through August 2024, the Maine State Library as prime...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded an $800,192 Project Grant to the Connecticut Humanities Council, Incorporated to support programming under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). This funding will allow the Council to deliver local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming from June 2021 through April 2023. As the designated state humanities council for Connecticut, the organization works in partnership with the NEH to...
- The Colorado Digital Newspaper Project received $820,254.78 in funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for the period of September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2022. The State Historical Society of Colorado, doing business as the Colorado History Museum, will apply the funding to ensure long-term access and availability of Colorado newspaper content by digitizing historical newspaper...
The Connecticut State Library received a $249,194 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to digitize 100,000 pages of historic Connecticut newspapers. The project will provide online access to these materials through the Library of Congress' Chronicling America database. The digitized newspapers span the Revolutionary War through the early Republic and showcase Connecticut's contributions to the Revolution, as well as different political perspectives and debates over freedom of the press. The project will also digitize newspapers that can shed light on the social and cultural causes of environmental degradation, with a focus on the Connecticut River. The grant has an award date of January 1, 2026 and a target completion date of December 31, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $249.2k | 11/21/25 |