University of Florida Receives Grant to Digitize Historic Newspapers from Florida, Puerto Rico

By: University of Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida were recently awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize approximately 100,000 pages of historic newspapers.

The $325,000 grant will fund the “Florida and Puerto Rico Digital Newspaper Project,” which is part of the state’s and territory’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program.