New titles added to the IDNC

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 2022 NDNP grant are also accessible through the national digitize newspaper database, Chronicling America, administered by the Library of Congress. Additional titles, digitized as part of a deal with Newspapers.com, are also recently added to the IDNC.

NDNP grant titles

Newly added titles as part of our NDNP grant include: 

• Canton register (1872-1891) (Canton, Fulton Co., Ill.)
  • 1 November 1872 – 9 July 1891 (839 issues)

• Canton weekly register (1850-1872) (Canton, Fulton Co., Ill.) 
  • 17 January 1852 – 25 October 1872 (878 issues)

• Canton weekly register (1891-1915) (Canton, Fulton Co., Ill.) 
  • 16 July 1891 – 3 July 1902 (519 issues)

• Fulton journal (Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill.)
  • 2 March 1877 – 26 December 1879 (144 issues)

• Genius of liberty (Lowell, LaSalle Co., Ill.) 
  • 19 December 1840 – 2 April 1842 (52 issues)

• Genius of universal emancipation (Hennepin, Putnam Co., Ill.)
  • 9 November 1838 – 13 September 1839 (12 issues)

• The Du Quoin tribune (Du Quoin, Perry Co., Ill.)
  • 28 March 1867 – 28 December 1871 (246 issues)

• The Grayville herald (1855-1856) (Grayville, White and Edwards Co., Ill.) 
  • 11 August 1855 – 9 February 1856 (24 issues)

• Grayville weekly herald (1856-1858) (Grayville, White and Edwards Co., Ill.) 
  • 23 February 1856 – 3 July 1858 (118 issues)

• The Grayville herald (1858) (Grayville, White and Edwards Co., Ill.) 
  • 28 October 1858 – 24 November 1858 (3 issues)

• The Greenville Advocate (Greenville, Bond Co., Ill.)
  • 11 February 1858 – 22 December 1864 (257 issues)

These titles are only a fraction of our NDNP grant, which funds the digitization of 100,000 pages of historical newspapers. Please be on the lookout for more NDNP content in the coming months! 

If you missed our 2022 nomination opportunity and want to read about our call and the selected titles, please visit the Participate page on our website: https://www.library.illinois.edu/illinoisnewspaperproject/get-involved/nominating/  

Additional titles

Newly added titles from other projects include:  

• The daily Calumet (190?-1957) (Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.)

• • 1 July 1938 – 17 August 1957 (4866 issues)

• The daily Calumet (1965-1984) (Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.)

• • 1 April 1966 – 31 December 1977 (3376 issues)

• Chicago evening post (Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.) 

• • 14 April 1869 – 10 January 1874 (878 issues)

• Chicago Weekly Post and Mail (Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.)

• • 15 January 1874 – 29 June 1876 (110 issues)

• Great Lakes bulletin (Great Lakes, Lake Co., Ill.)

• • Existing IDNC title. New content: 4 January 1936 – 16 December 1977 (1470 issues) 

• • Military newspaper published at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center

• Hannibal daily messenger (Hannibal, Marion Co., MO) 
  • 2 March 1860 – 1 September 1861 (422 issues)

• The Collyer’s eye (Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.) 
  • Existing IDNC title. New content: 6 January 1923 – 8 June 1929 (336 issues) 

• Collyer’s eye and baseball world (Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.) 
  • 15 June 1929 – 13 June 1942 (676 issues)