Vermont Newspaper
United States Newspaper Program
Also, the Illinois State Historical Library, Newspaper Library, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62701-1507, telephone: 217-785-7956, cooperates with the Illinois Newspaper Project and preserves originals and microfilm of many Illinois newspapers. ... The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]
U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress
The researcher using this list is cautioned that not all newspapertitles held by the Library of Congress are indexed; however, earlyU.S. newspapers often covered areas much larger than just thetowns where they were published. The user is further cautioned that few indexes are complete, and many errors and omissions can beexpected. ... U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress Home Page ... The format of the entry follows that of the Library's printed catalogcard including the classification number and an indication of the holdingsin the Newspaper and Current Periodical Room. ... [Read More]
Archived:Vermont
Relations: When the program kicked off in fall 1997, the Vermont State Colleges actively promoted the effort with local media and received coverage through the state's largest newspaper and television station. The colleges are working to promote ongoing stories about tutors who have been placed in interesting settings. ... [Read More]
News & Periodical Resources on the Web - Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress)
Union List of Selected Western European Newspapers and News Magazines in New York Metropolitan Libraries (compiled by the METRO Task Force on Foreign Newspapers - Western Europe) ... [Read More]
bernie :: release :: Sanders Introduces “Freedom To Read Protection Act”
Even more frightening, the FBI can investigate American citizens based in part on an American’s exercise of his or her First Amendment Rights, such as writing a letter to the editor of a newspaper or reading books the government may not approve of. ... [Read More]
Welcome to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Unless otherwise noted newspapers listed are weeklies. ... For more information, see Newspaper Microfilm policies on this web site. Simply select the city that you are interested in and click Go! The contents have been saved in Word format. If you have any questions please contact Jan Perone of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library at (217) 785-7941 or by email at jan_perone@ihpa.state.il.us . ... [Read More]
Archived:Vermont
This semester, close to 125 students and other volunteers are working with young children up to the third grade. The reading partners work in local libraries, daycare centers, after-school programs, doctors' offices, and other settings. Faculty and staff from the Vermont State Colleges are coordinating the America Reads activities with statewide literacy groups. Funding is provided from a state grant through the Vermont Department of Education. The steering Committee for Vermont's America Reads program is currently developing methods to evaluate the activities for their effectiveness. When the program kicked off in fall 1997, the Vermont State Colleges actively promoted the effort with local media and received coverage through the state's largest newspaper and television station. The colleges are working to promote ongoing stories about tutors who have been placed in interesting settings. ... [Read More]
Division of Preservation and Access
Newspapers chronicle the daily life of America's citizens in small towns and cities across the country. They document the civic, legal, historical, and cultural events that have occurred in every region of the nation during the past three hundred years. All fifty states, two U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia are now involved in the Endowment's United States Newspaper Program, a national initiative to catalog and preserve on microfilm the country's newspapers on a state-by-state basis. At the conclusion of currently funded NEH newspaper projects, more than 133,000 unique newspaper titles will be available in a national database and approximately fifty-eight million deteriorating newspaper pages will have been transferred onto microfilm. ... [Read More]
EPA NE: In the News
NOTE: This online newspaper is free of charge. However,registration/filling out a survey may be required. ... NOTE: This online newspaper is free of charge. However, registration/filling out a survey may be required. ... Today's top newspaper stories about the New England environment and links to related information. ... [Read More]
bernie :: letter :: Congressional Town Meeting on Civil Liberties
As you may know, 92 cities and towns across the country have passed resolutions expressing their concerns about the USA Patriot Act, including 11 in Vermont. Newspaper editorial pages such as the LA Times, Detroit Free Press, Nashville Tennessean, Bangor Daily News, Caledonian Record and others have expressed concern on this issue and have supported the legislation I have offered. ... [Read More]
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