National Digital Newspaper Program
A partnership between the Library & the National Endowment for the Humanities
Program News
Check here for the latest news on NDNP and its website, Chronicling America.
- 05/10/2012: Chronicling America now online
- 05/7/2012: Chronicling America is currently unavailable
- 10/5/2011: Newspapers added: more than 4.1 million pages available
About the NDNP
The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. An NEH award program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories.
Learn more about the Library's role in the NDNP »
See what states are participating in the program »
Guidelines & Resources
Information on technical specifications for NDNP, best practices, publications, technical premises and more.
Read most recent technical guidelines for awardees (PDF) »
Visit Guidelines & Resources for links to Content Selection Criteria, Writing Guidelines, and other useful resources.
Chronicling America
This website allows you to search and view American historic newspapers, published 1836-1922, digitized through the NDNP, as well as discover more about newspapers published in the U.S., 1690-present.
Extra! Extra! Beyond NDNP...
Experience the richness of historic newspapers through these websites highlighting material found in Chronicling America, contributing your own content, and uses of NDNP-sponsored technology:
To view PDFs
Last Updated: 05/14/2012
