This article was adapted by Lindsay Negrello, Librarian at the University of the Virgin Islands, from the St. Croix Avis’s title essay first published in Chronicling America. The St. Croix Avis (sn84037526) began publication in 1844 under the direction of editor and publisher Richard Hatchett in Christiansted, St. Croix (VI). It is a successor ofContinue reading Introducing the St. Croix Avis
Launch of Recetas de las Américas / Recipes from the Americas, a digital humanities project created to explore food in newspapers!
We are thrilled to announce that all content selected of the Diario las Américas has been digitized and is now available for viewing! There are approximately 15,000 pages for November 1953 – December 1960 that are text-searchable in Chronicling America. This is the first title we have been able to introduce to ChronAm from FloridaContinue reading Introducing the Diario las Americas
This post was co-authored by project Advisory Board members at the University of the Virgin Islands, Jennifer Jackson, Cynthia Richards, and Judith Rodgers, Project Coordinator at the George A. Smathers Libraries (UF) Melissa Jerome, and NEH Program Officer Hadassah St. Hubert. The St. Croix Avis is the first newspaper from the Virgin Islands to be includedContinue reading Chronicling America travels to the Caribbean
Last month we announced that newspaper titles to be digitized during this phase of our project had been selected. Today, we would like to provide you a sneak peek of the type of content you will be able to delve into from Florida once it is digitized and uploaded to Chronicling America. Explore the highlightsContinue reading Update: Florida Title Sneak Peek
