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National Digital Newspaper Program
The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) is a joint effort between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. This is a long term endeavor aimed at creating a nationwide online digital database for newspapers published between 1836 and 1922.
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records received the 2 year grant in 2008 which was renewed in 2010. We are proud to contribute 100,000 pages to the NDNP by documenting and digitizing select Arizona newspaper titles from this vital time in history in preparation for global online access at Arizona Digital Newspaper Program (ADNP) the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America website. This site is freely available to Internet users everywhere.
Importance of the Project
The years in question are central to the development and identity of Arizona. Many significant historical events between 1880 and 1922 had an enormous impact on the state. In fact, it could be argued that those years represent the period when the era of Arizona’s "Five C's" – copper, cattle, cotton, citrus, climate – began to emerge. When it did, according to historian Thomas Sheridan,"…every aspect of Arizona society – business, labor, ethnic relations, the scale of production – became subordinate to an extractive economy whose markets and centers of power lay far beyond the borders of Arizona itself." (Thomas E. Sheridan, Arizona: A History. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1994, p. 103).
Selected Newspapers
An Advisory Board made up of historians, archivists, librarians, and academics, who after an arduous process, chose the 10 titles. The selection criteria had many requirements, some of which were based on how well the newspaper represented all of Arizona’s geographical, population, tribal and cultural areas between the years of 1859 and 1922.
- Arizona Republican
- Graham Guardian
- Arizona Silver Belt
- Mohave County Miner
- Bisbee Daily Review
- Tombstone Epitaph
- Coconino Sun
- Weekly Arizonian
- Arizona Sentinel
- Arizona citizen
Explore
All digitized newspapers are accessible on Chronicling America, a site produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program. It provides free, public access to select digitized newspaper pages and a wealth of information about historic American newspapers held in libraries across the country.
If you have questions about this project, please contact the Arizona National Digital Newspaper Program by e-mail or call or write to the staff listed below:
Arizona National Digital Newspaper Program
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
History and Archives Division
1901 West Madison
Phoenix, Arizona 85009
Telephone: (602) 926-3720
The Arizona National Digital Newspaper Program is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Library of Congress, and administered by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
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