The Ladd & Katherine Hancher Library Foundation has awarded three Texas public libraries with grant awards totaling $76,340.00 to digitize their community newspapers. The award recipients are: The La Porte Public Library to digitize the La Porte Chronicle The Pilot Point Public Library to digitize the Pilot Point Post-Signal The Crowley Public Library, to digitize… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded UNT Libraries $216,859 for an eighth consecutive round of the National Digital Newspaper Program
Special thanks to Spencer Houghton, the NDNP graduate student assistant, for his help in editing this announcement. UNT Libraries are pleased to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities and Library of Congress (LC) have selected us for an eighth, two-year cycle of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This award, which comes to… Read more »
Opening of the Laredo-Mexico Highway
This post was prepared by NDNP graduate student assistant Spencer Houghton, supported by Timothy Gieringer, Coordinator for the NDNP-Texas project. Spencer Houghton is a student at the University of North Texas pursuing a master’s degree in Archival Studies. He lives in Denton, TX with his wife Kaylia and two dogs Joey and Penny. On the… Read more »
New Historical Texas Newspapers Available on Chronicling America
As part of UNT Libraries’ seventh round of National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) grant funding awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress has begun uploading more Texas newspaper issues to Chronicling America, the digital repository for historic U. S. newspapers. This seventh round of funding, focused on building content from… Read more »
TexTreasures 2024-2025 Grants Awarded
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), in collaboration with the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Library Services Technology Act funds, offers an annual competitive grants program to libraries across Texas. This month, TSLAC has announced multiple newspaper digitization grant awards recipients, whose materials will be added to The Portal to Texas History… Read more »
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