University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD 20742-5141)
Jennie Levine Knies (Project Director: January 2012 to January 2015)
Babak Hamidzadeh (Project Director: January 2015 to June 2016)
Robin C. Pike (Project Director: June 2016 to August 2018)
Douglas P. McElrath (Project Director: August 2018 to September 2018)
Robin C. Pike (Project Director: September 2018 to March 2022)
Douglas P. McElrath (Project Director: March 2022 to present)
Robin C. Pike (Co Project Director: August 2018 to September 2018)
Rebecca E. Wack (Co Project Director: August 2018 to August 2018)
Douglas P. McElrath (Co Project Director: September 2018 to March 2022)
PJ-50106-13
National Digital Newspaper Program
Preservation and Access
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[Grant products]
Totals:
$1,778,366 (approved)
$1,431,582 (awarded)
Grant period:
9/1/2012 – 8/31/2023
Funding details:
Original grant (2013) $325,000
Supplement (2014) $290,000
Supplement (2016) $250,000
Supplement (2018) $264,000
Supplement (2020) $302,582
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Maryland Digital Newspaper Project
Digitization of 100,000 pages of Maryland newspapers, dating from 1836 to 1922, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
The University of Maryland Libraries propose a two-year project to select, digitize and contribute to the Library of Congress' Chronicling of America collection approximately 100,000 pages from historically and culturally significant newspapers from across the state of Maryland
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