American history online.

AuthorSwartz, Nikki
PositionNews, Trends & Analysis - Newspaper and periodical collections - Brief Article

Within a few years, anyone with an Internet connection will be able to access millions of pages from old U.S. newspapers.

In 2006, the National Digital Newspaper Program will make available the first batch of what will eventually include 30 million digitized pages from papers published from 1836 through 1922, according to USA Today. Currently, the only way to view old papers is to pore through thousands of microfilm reels at the Library of Congress, regional libraries, and newspaper offices.

The National Endowment for the Humanities is working on the project with the Library of Congress. The span of the joint project is limited because the typefaces printers used before 1836 are too...

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