Another bit of useful information... -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Hays [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 6:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Fw: [STATE-COORD-L] Newspapers on-line ----- Original Message ----- From: "MAK" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Newspapers on-line > FYI from another list. > > WASHINGTON - June 11, 2001 - More than 20,000 community newspapers, some long > out of print, have recorded American life since the 17th century and two unique > organizations have set the common goal of providing Internet access to this > documentation of American heritage. The National Newspaper Association (NNA) > and Cold North Wind Corporation signed a letter of intent today to create > America's Chronicles SM, an online search engine that accesses the digital > archives of America's community newspapers, beginning with the archives of the > 3600 NNA member newspapers. The project could eventually result in 500,000,000 > pages of original, historical content dating back to the 1600s and will be > available online at http://www.americaschronicles.com . The site will be > launched at the NNA's 116th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Milwaukee, > September 12-15, with access to the first of many digital archives. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. > http://buzz.yahoo.com/ > >