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Hines' Jazz Archive to Berkeley
Dec 9, 2009
Campus musicians receive gift from pianist Earl Hines' estate

Moreland-Springarn Research Center
Nov 11, 2009
Allegations that the research center could close due to an inadequate budget

Black Educator's papers to Emory
Oct 15, 2009
Ulysses S. Byas Was First Post-Desegregation Black School Superintendent

Shakur papers to Woodruff Library
Oct 9, 2009
Tupac's mother donates his writing for research

Octavia Butler collection
Oct 7, 2009
Huntington receives sci-fi writer Octavia Butler's collection

Ebony, Jet archives Digitized

Dec 15, 2008

(Source: Wailin Wong, Chicago Tribune, December 10, 2008)

Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Company said Wednesday it has partnered with Google to digitize the archives of Ebony and Jet magazines, making them searchable on the technology giant's growing database of books.

The conversion of Johnson's extensive archives into digital form has already started, and issues of Ebony, Jet and Black World published after 1960 are currently available at Google's Book Search (books.google.com).

The database stores full issues of the magazines and makes them readable in full color, like browsing a digital version of the original magazine. The content is also searchable.

Johnson said older issues of its magazines, as well as its first publication, Negro Digest, will be added to Google in the coming months.

Google announced Tuesday on its official blog that it's partnering with magazine publishers on its book initiative. Popular Science and New York Magazine are also participating in the project.