Alaska's Digital Newspaper Program
The Alaska State Library recently was awarded a third National Endowment for the Humanities grant for the 2020-2022 cycle of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). The purpose of the program is to digitally preserve and provide free access to historical newspapers in a searchable online database, Chronicling America. The database allows users to search subjects across thousands of U.S. historic newspapers from as early as 1789 through 1963, and is hosted by Library of Congress. Currently, Alaska has added over 250,000 pages to Chronicling America. Some of the Alaska titles are linked below. You can see an updated list of Alaska titles uploaded to Chronicling America by choosing Alaska and Digitized Newspapers on Chronicling America.
For more information & project updates, follow us on our WordPress blog or Instagram @alaskahistoricalnewspapers. Learn more about the history of the Alaska Newspaper project. Or contact us: Christopher Russell, Project Coordinator: christopher.russell2@alaska.gov or Anastasia Tarmann, Project Director: anastasia.tarmann@alaska.gov.
Some Alaska Titles Selected for Digitization
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Advisory Committee Members
- Jo Antonson
Former Alaska State Historian, retired
Office of History and Archeology, Anchorage - Jason Russell
Archivist/Technical Services Librarian
Tuzzy Consortium Library - Rebecca Moorman
Head of Technical Services
Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alaska Pacific University, with a degree in history - David Noon
Associate Professor of History, specializing in American History
University of Alaska Southeast
Past Advisory Committee Members
- Chris Allan
Historian
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
National Park Service, Fairbanks - Michael Blackwell
Consulting Geological Engineer
Historical Researcher, Gastineau Historical Society - Michael Carey
Editorial columnist
Formerly editorial page editor for the Alaska Dispatch News (formerly called the Anchorage Daily News) - James Brooks
State Reporter
Juneau Empire - Esther Ilutsik
Director of Yup'ik Studies with the Southwest Region Schools
Dillingham - Barbara Thompson
Second Vice Chair
Alaska State Board of Education - Marjorie Thompson
Manager
Digital Photographic Services
Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks - Jennifer Ward, MLIS
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Outreach Services Librarian
Egan Library