The Illinois Newspaper Project is happy to announce the completion of our 2022 National Digital Newspaper Program grant (which took place between March 2023 and August 2025). We have officially digitized and provided access to the nine nominations selected by our advisory board for this grant cycle: Canton Weekly Register (Canton, Ill.) 1852-1914, nominated by […]
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INP completes 2022 NDNP Grant
November 19, 2025
Illinois Newspaper Project to host webinar on newspaper preservation in Illinois Libraries
November 11, 2025
The University of Illinois Library and the CARLI Preservation Committee are hosting a webinar on newspaper preservation and digitization for Illinois cultural heritage institutions. This webinar will be held on Thursday, December 11, from 1-2pm via Zoom. Learn about preserving, digitizing, and providing access to historical newspapers in your library collections! Staff of the Illinois […]
August 2025: New titles added to the IDNC
August 29, 2025
Several new titles, as well as new content for existing titles, have been added to the IDNC! Among the newspapers included are Black newspapers and newspapers in non-English languages, primarily Lithuanian and Polish. This batch also made 4 new Illinois counties available on the IDNC map! We’re happy to have added the first IDNC digital […]
July 2025: New titles added to the IDNC
July 29, 2025
New titles have been made available for research in the IDNC! This batch is particularly exciting because it includes the first newspapers available in the IDNC for three counties: Henry County, Monroe County, and Ogle County. Available dates (for new titles) and dates of new content (for existing IDNC titles) are formatted as YYYY/MM/DD. New […]
May 2025: New titles added to the IDNC
May 21, 2025
New issues, from titles selected for digitization for the 2022 NDNP grant, are now up for research in the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. The Citizen (Chicago, Ill.) | Available dates: 1892/09/17 – 1897/01/30 (150 issues) Canton Weekly Register (Canton, Ill.) | Dates of new content: 1914/10/01 – 1915/04/29 (30 issues) Chicago Citizen (Chicago, Ill.) | […]
April 2025: New issues added to the IDNC
April 4, 2025
Additional new titles have been added to the IDNC and are now freely available to search and browse. Like our titles added last month, the latest batch ingest includes titles digitized through the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) 2022 grant as well as newspapers digitized through a deal with Newspapers.com. New Additions to the IDNC […]
March 2025: New titles added to the IDNC
March 6, 2025
Happy March! New titles have been added to the IDNC and are now freely available to search and browse. The newest batch ingest includes titles digitized through the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) 2022 grant as well as newspapers digitized through a deal with Newspapers.com. New Additions to the IDNC Note: Available dates (for new […]
Using the IDNC: Researching Black newspapers, labor, and business
February 3, 2025
Happy Black History Month! This month, the Library has put together several events and exhibits celebrating Black history and culture focusing on the theme of “African Americans and Labor.” The Illinois Newspaper Project (administered by the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library) has partnered with the University Archives to exhibit Library material on Black labor […]
New titles added to the IDNC
January 15, 2025
The Illinois Newspaper Project (INP) is thrilled to announce that new content has been added to the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections (IDNC). These titles mark the first batches of our statewide nomination opportunity hosted by the INP as part of our 2022 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) grant. All titles digitized as part of the […]
INP’s newest feature: topical research guides!
November 14, 2024
The Illinois Newspaper Project’s topical research guides compile newspaper articles that surround a theme, person, or historical event and freely available through the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections (IDNC). IDNC researchers can use these guides to explore new topics or as launching pads for your own research. To access the IDNC topical research guides from the […]