The Illinois Newspaper Project identifies, preserves, digitizes, and helps people use historical Illinois newspapers.
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The @TheDailyIllini was the first student newspaper to become a member of the Associated Press and, for much of the 20th century, was regarded as the best college paper in the U.S. Today, we're celebrating the enduring legacy of DI history.
#SweetHomeIllini | #UIAA150
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Find out more about @KerriArsenault and what she has planned for the 2023 National Digital #Newspaper Program Plenary.
Free and open to the public:
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Looking for some green herbaceous stalks? Well, you’re in luck! It’s peak time to harvest asparagus. Explore our historic newspaper archive for asparagus tips and recipes! chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l… #ChronAm
ALT Detail from a newspaper with the headline: Origin unknown: Asparagus grew in ancient Rome. Picture inset: Here the crisp, tender asparagus and thick slices of sauteed eggplant team up to make a delicious entrée. A rich cheese sauce goes over the top. Before the season is over, slice the raw spears on the diagonal and add to a bowl of tossed salad greens.
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Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren, a Latina activist who fought for women’s voting rights during the 20th century and was the first Latina ever to run for U.S. Congress, will be featured on the U.S. quarter being released today!
remezcla.com/culture/nina-ot… #WomensHistory
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It’s #NationalWatermelonDay! Time to slice open
this summer treat, whether your preference is seeded or seedless! Would you try this recipe for sweet pickled watermelon from 1942?
#ChroniclingAmerica #ChronAm #HistoricMDNews
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Today is International Chess Day! Whether you are an expert or novice player, celebrate this day by showing off your best moves on the board with either someone else or by yourself!
#ChroniclingAmerica #ChronAm #HistoricMDNews
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It’s National Pecan Pie Day! Check out this pie recipe from 1937! Would you try making it?
#ChroniclingAmerica #ChronAm #HistoricMDNews
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Pablo Cruz founded the Spanish-language weekly newspaper El Regidor (1888-????) to serve the Tejano community in San Antonio, TX. After his death, his wife Zulema P. de Cruz took over as the paper’s editor for the remainder of its run #ChronAm bit.ly/2ViHRUm
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Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo #OTD in 1914, precipitating #WWI.
See how the newspapers of the day covered the assassination and fallout across Europe with this #ChronAm research guide: bit.ly/3A76UtD
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You can read more issues of Ádahooníłígíí here! azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digit…
Robert W. Young & William Morgan began AZ paper Ádahooníłígíí in 1943, after co-publishing The Navajo Language dictionary that same year. The paper was primarily in Navajo with some summaries in English. Morgan wrote the text & Young set type. #ChronAm bit.ly/3dg7BXP
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Devil's Lake is Wisconsin's most popular state park and a wonderful place to enjoy the great outdoors. But how did it come to be? (1912) #ChronAmParty #GreatOutdoorsMonth #ChronAm chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l… #Wisconsin #WisconsinNews #WisconsinHistory
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#Juneteenth is celebrated in many ways, whether traveling to a nearby town with fresh summer fruits or attending a baseball game. Search for Juneteenth celebrations on the ChronAm site using keywords "Emancipation Day", "Jubilee Day", "Freedom Day" or "Liberation Day". #chronam
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On this day in 1854, newspaper publisher Edward Willis (E. W.) Scripps was born in Rushville, IL. The E. W. Scripps Company founder established the first major chain of newspapers in the U.S. and created the United Press syndicate. #ChronAm #otd chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l…
ALT Black and white photo of newspaper publisher Edward Willis (E. W.) Scripp
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Jewish German-Dutch diarist & Holocaust victim Anne Frank was born on this day in 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Read more about her in our historical newspaper archives. #ChronAm #otd chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l…
ALT Black and white photo of young Anne Frank
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Singer & actress Judy Garland, best known for her role as Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” was born #OTD in 1922.
This “Amusements” section of the 1941 “Evening Star” reported on Garland’s marriage to David Rose, on her 19th birthday: bit.ly/3vNgeQN
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The riverfront in Illinoistown (now East St. Louis) hummed with activity, people and goods shuttling across the Mississippi. Thomas Meads’s inn offered stables and “satisfactory” accommodations. This ad appeared in the Edwardsville Spectator on 11/28/1825 Source: @ILNewsProject
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June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month!
Celebrate by exploring the pages of historic newspapers from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in Chronicling America. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ 👇
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Newspaper accounts of the Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years ago this weekend, tell a story of both coverage & complicity. More in this post from our "Headlines & Heroes" blog, with source material from our historical newspaper archives: blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandhe… #Tulsa100 #ChronAm
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Newspaper accounts of the Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years ago this weekend, tell a story of both coverage & complicity. More in this post from our "Headlines & Heroes" blog, with source material from our historical newspaper archives: blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandhe… #Tulsa100 #ChronAm
