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Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers

Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers. The National Digital Newspaper Program in Hawaiʻi. November 2010. National Digital Newspaper Program. National Endowment for the Humanities Library of Congress State projects English language newspapers All states and D.C.

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Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers

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  1. Chronicling AmericaHistoric American Newspapers The National Digital Newspaper Program in Hawaiʻi November 2010

  2. National DigitalNewspaper Program • National Endowment for the Humanities • Library of Congress • State projects • English language newspapers • All states and D.C. • now to include territories • 1836 – 1922

  3. NDNP - Annual Expansion • More states (and territories) • More newspaper titles • More content

  4. Chronicling AmericaQuarterly Updates

  5. Newspaper Title Selection Process • Advisory board • Content criteria • Research value • Geographic representation • Temporal coverage • Additional criteria • Technical criteria • Availability of microfilm • Technical quality of microfilm

  6. Chronicling America Hawaiʻi titles currently available • The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu, 1865-1916; online: 1877-1913) • The Saturday Press (Honolulu, 1880-1885) • Daily Bulletin (Honolulu, 1882-1894) • The Daily Honolulu Press (Honolulu, 1885-1886) • The Daily Herald (Honolulu, 1886-1887) • Evening Bulletin (Honolulu, 1895-1897) • The Independent (Honolulu, 1895-1905) • Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly (Honolulu, 1899-1900) • The Honolulu Republican (Honolulu, 1900-1902) • The Honolulu Times (Honolulu, 1902-1911) • The Democrat (Honolulu, 1910-1910)

  7. Still To Come • From 2008 - 2010 grant, awaiting upload • Hawaiian Star • For 2010 - 2011 grant • Completion of Hawaiian Gazette (currently online: 1877-1913)(adding on: 1865-1876, 1914-1916) • Hilo Tribune Herald

  8. Still To Comefor 2010-2011 grant • From Hawaiʻi (to be confirmed) • The Garden Island (Kauaʻi) • Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu) • The Maui News (Maui) • The Polynesian (Honolulu) • Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commere (Honolulu) • Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu)

  9. Still To Comefor 2010-2011 grant • From US-administered Pacific (to be confirmed) • The Cablenews-American, 1902-1920 (Manila, Philippines) • O Le Faʻatonu, 1903-? (for NDNP, 1903-1922)(Pago Pago, Am. Sāmoa) • Guam News Letter, 1909-1922(Agaña, Guam)

  10. Still To Comefor 2010-2011 grant • From US-administered Pacific – OTHER TITLES? • Selection criteria up to now: • Karen Peacock said so • Selection criteria now: • from a US-administered area, during US administration • between 1836-1922 • in the English language (primarily English) • representing geographic and temporal diversity • representing cultural and political diversity • offering research value

  11. article that includes one of our search terms but not both of them, and not as a phrase article with our search terms, AMERICAN SAMOA, as a phrase

  12. Chronicling AmericaSearch Strategies

  13. Chronicling America • Additional content • Topics in Chronicling America • Annexation of Hawaii • From Territory to Statehood • Historical essays for selected newspapers • General information for all newspapers • Exportable images

  14. Project Staff: Joan Hori, project director Martha Chantiny, project coordinator Dore Minatodani Beth Tillinghast

  15. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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