Newspaper History – The US Caribbean & Ethnic Florida Digital Newspaper Project

Introducing the Boletín

We are happy to announce the addition of a new title to Chronicling America! There are now a little over 16,000 pages of Boletín mercantil de Puerto Rico available for January 1871 through

Posted in Florida, history

Extra! Extra! More pages of historical Florida newspapers added to Chronicling America!

Extra! Extra! More pages of historical Florida newspapers added to Chronicling America! That’s right, in the past week almost 16,000 new pages of content from The Florida agriculturalist, The

Posted in Florida

African American Newspaper Editors in Early 20th Century Florida

Discussion about the lack of coverage of African American newspapers in white Florida papers in the early 20th

Posted in Digital Humanities, Florida, history

New Content: The Lakeland Evening Telegram

Notice anything new? Our new Florida paper for this digitization cycle, The Lakeland evening telegram, is now up in Chronicling America. We’re pleased to announce that the content from the

Posted in Digital Humanities, Florida, history

Daytona Daily News Teaser

You may have noticed a number of posts in the past month discussing content that’s been recently uploaded to Chronicling America. This is because we’re at the point in our digitization cycle

Posted in Digital Humanities, history, Puerto Rico

New Puerto Rico Content Available!

We’re excited to announce that our first batch of Puerto Rican newspapers for this cycle is now up in Chronicling America! This batch contains content for one of our new titles, La democracia from

Posted in Digital Humanities, Florida, history

The Unsinkable Legacy of the Titanic in Florida Newspapers

Few events lead to sensational and speculative newspaper headlines quite like unexpected disasters. One such disaster covered by the papers in our collection is the sinking of the Titanic

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The Women’s Page: More than Meets the Eye

“In Women’s Realm,” “Society,” “People and Events,” “Over the Coffee Cups”- these are just a few of the names that denote women-centric columns in the English language newspapers