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The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the South Dakota State Historical Society-State Archives a $294,665 grant in 2014 to digitize historical newspapers. The project is part of a Library of Congress initiative to develop an online database of select newspapers.
The South Dakota State Archives is partnering with the Minnesota State Historical Society on this project.
The project will allow for the digitization of close to 100 rolls of newspapers pre-dating 1922.
The digitized versions of the newspapers will appear on the Library of Congress website, Chronicling America.
Selection Committee for the South Dakota National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) - October 17th Meeting Agenda
The State Democrat (Aberdeen, SD) - 1898-1900
The Aberdeen Democrat (Aberdeen, SD) - 1902-1909
The Herald (Big Stone City, SD) - 1883-1890
Brookings Register (Brookings, SD) - 1890-1894
Semi-Weekly Register (Brookings, SD) - 1894-1898
Brookings Weekly Register (Brookings, SD) - 1898-1903
The Brookings Register (Brookings, SD) - 1903-1923
The Canton Advocate (Canton, SD) - 1877-1888
Dakota Farmer's Advocate (Canton, SD) - 1890
Dakota Farmer's Leader (Canton, SD) - 1890-1916
The Daily Dakota Farmers' Leader (Canton, SD) - 1890
Canton Daily Leader (Canton, SD) - 1896
Custer Weekly Chronicle (Custer, SD) - 1890-1922
Kingsbury County Independent (DeSmet, SD) - 1904-1911
The Daily Courier (Elk Point, SD) - 1890
Eureka Post (Eureka, SD) - 1902-1907
Hot Springs Weekly Star (Hot Springs, SD) - 1892-1917
The Kadoka Press (Kadoka, SD) - 1923-1924
The Kimball Graphic (Kimball, SD) - 1883-1905
The Herald-Advance (Milbank, SD) - 1890-1922
The Pioneer Press (Miller, SD) - 1893-1904
The Miller Sun (Miller, SD) - 1904-1908
The Miller Press (Miller, SD) - 1906-1924
Süd Dakota Nachrichten (Mitchell, SD) - 1890-1899
Philip Weekly Review (Philip, SD) - 1907-1912
Philip Weekly Review and Bad River News (Philip, SD) - 1912-1918
The Pioneer (Philip, SD) - 1917-1919
Philip Weekly Review (Philip, SD) - 1918-1920
The Pioneer-Review (Philip, SD) - 1920-1922
Black Hills Union and Western Stock Review (Rapid City, SD) - 1904-1911
Süd Dakota Nachrichten und Herold (Sioux Falls, SD) - 1900-1901
Nachrichten=Herold (Sioux Falls, SD) - 1901-1907
Deutscher Herold (Sioux Falls, SD) - 1907-1918
The Sisseton Weekly Standard (Sisseton, SD) - 1904-1921
The Tabor Independent (Tabor, SD) - 1913-1922
The New Era-Leader (Wagner, SD) - 1911-1912
The Wagner Leader (Wagner, SD) - 1912
Wagner Post (Wagner, SD) - 1912
Warner Sun (Warner, SD) - 1885-1888
Yankton Daily Press and Dakotaian (Yankton, SD) - 1875
Press and Daily Dakotaian (Yankton, SD) - 1880-1889
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NATIONAL DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the South Dakota State Historical Society-State Archives a $294,665 grant in 2014 to digitize historical newspapers. The project is part of a Library of Congress initiative to develop an online database of select newspapers.
The South Dakota State Archives is partnering with the Minnesota State Historical Society on this project.
The project will allow for the digitization of close to 100 rolls of newspapers pre-dating 1922.
The digitized versions of the newspapers will appear on the Library of Congress website, Chronicling America.
Selection Committee for the South Dakota National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) - October 17th Meeting Agenda
Now Available on Chronicling America
Aberdeen
The Star (Aberdeen, SD) - 1894The State Democrat (Aberdeen, SD) - 1898-1900
The Aberdeen Democrat (Aberdeen, SD) - 1902-1909
Big Stone City
The Grant County Herald (Big Stone City, SD) - 1879-1883The Herald (Big Stone City, SD) - 1883-1890
Brookings
Brookings County Sentinel (Brookings, SD) - 1882-1890Brookings Register (Brookings, SD) - 1890-1894
Semi-Weekly Register (Brookings, SD) - 1894-1898
Brookings Weekly Register (Brookings, SD) - 1898-1903
The Brookings Register (Brookings, SD) - 1903-1923
Canton
Lincoln County Advocate (Canton, SD) - 1876-1877The Canton Advocate (Canton, SD) - 1877-1888
Dakota Farmer's Advocate (Canton, SD) - 1890
Dakota Farmer's Leader (Canton, SD) - 1890-1916
The Daily Dakota Farmers' Leader (Canton, SD) - 1890
Canton Daily Leader (Canton, SD) - 1896
Clifton
Sully County Watchman (Clifton, SD) - 1883-1894Custer
Custer Chronicle (Custer, SD) - 1880-1890Custer Weekly Chronicle (Custer, SD) - 1890-1922
DeSmet
The DeSmet Leader (DeSmet, SD) - 1883-1890Kingsbury County Independent (DeSmet, SD) - 1904-1911
Effington
The Sisseton Posten (Effington, SD) - 1902-1912Elk Point
Union County Courier (Elk Point, SD) - 1877-1913The Daily Courier (Elk Point, SD) - 1890
Eureka
Die Eureka Post (Eureka, SD) - 1904-1912Eureka Post (Eureka, SD) - 1902-1907
Forest City
Forest City Press (Forest City, SD) - 1903-1919Gann Valley
The Dakota Chief (Gann Valley, SD) - 1893-1913Hot Springs
The Hot Springs Star (Hot Springs, SD) - 1887-1892Hot Springs Weekly Star (Hot Springs, SD) - 1892-1917
Hurley
Turner County Herald (Hurley, SD) - 1883-1918Kadoka
The Kadoka Press and Kadoka Reporter (Kadoka, SD) - 1910-1923The Kadoka Press (Kadoka, SD) - 1923-1924
Kimball
Kimball Enterprise (Kimball, SD) - 1883The Kimball Graphic (Kimball, SD) - 1883-1905
Lemmon
The Lemmon Herald (Lemmon, SD) - 1912-1917Madison
Madison Daily Leader (Madison, SD) - 1890-1922Milbank
The Advance (Milbank, SD) - 1890The Herald-Advance (Milbank, SD) - 1890-1922
Miller
Hand County Press (Miller, SD) - 1882-1893The Pioneer Press (Miller, SD) - 1893-1904
The Miller Sun (Miller, SD) - 1904-1908
The Miller Press (Miller, SD) - 1906-1924
Mitchell
The Mitchell Capital (Mitchell, SD) - 1885-1918Süd Dakota Nachrichten (Mitchell, SD) - 1890-1899
Mobridge
Mobridge News (Mobridge, SD) - 1909-1917Newell
Newell Reclamation News (Newell, SD) - 1915-1917North Lemmon
The State-Line Herald (North Lemmon, ND) - 1908-1912Philip
Bad River News (Philip, SD) - 1906-1912Philip Weekly Review (Philip, SD) - 1907-1912
Philip Weekly Review and Bad River News (Philip, SD) - 1912-1918
The Pioneer (Philip, SD) - 1917-1919
Philip Weekly Review (Philip, SD) - 1918-1920
The Pioneer-Review (Philip, SD) - 1920-1922
Pierre
Pierre Weekly Free Press (Pierre, SD) - 1890-1918Pine Ridge
Oglala Light (Pine Ridge, SD) - 1905-1920Rapid City
The Black Hills Union (Rapid City, SD) - 1889-1904Black Hills Union and Western Stock Review (Rapid City, SD) - 1904-1911
Scotland
The Citizen-Republican (Scotland, SD) - 1903-1921Sioux Falls
Süd Dakota Nachrichten (Sioux Falls, SD) - 1896-1900Süd Dakota Nachrichten und Herold (Sioux Falls, SD) - 1900-1901
Nachrichten=Herold (Sioux Falls, SD) - 1901-1907
Deutscher Herold (Sioux Falls, SD) - 1907-1918
Sisseton
Sisseton Posten (Sisseton, SD) - 1902-1912The Sisseton Weekly Standard (Sisseton, SD) - 1904-1921
Sturgis
Sturgis Advertiser (Sturgis, SD) - 1887-1891Tabor
The Bon Homme County Independent (Tabor, SD) - 1904-1913The Tabor Independent (Tabor, SD) - 1913-1922
Timber Lake
Dewey County Advocate (Timber Lake, SD) - 1910-1913Wagner
The Charles Mix New Era (Wagner, SD) - 1905-1911The New Era-Leader (Wagner, SD) - 1911-1912
The Wagner Leader (Wagner, SD) - 1912
Wagner Post (Wagner, SD) - 1912
Warner
Warner Weekly Sun (Warner, SD) - 1883-1885Warner Sun (Warner, SD) - 1885-1888
Watertown
Saturday News (Watertown, SD) - 1908-1919Webster
Reporter and Farmer (Webster, SD) - 1884-1913Wessington Springs
Wessington Springs Herald (Wessington Springs, SD) - 1883-1891Wood
The Mellette County Pioneer (Wood, SD) - 1912-1924Yankton
Daily Press and Dakotaian (Yankton, SD) - 1875-1880Yankton Daily Press and Dakotaian (Yankton, SD) - 1875
Press and Daily Dakotaian (Yankton, SD) - 1880-1889
News
South Dakota newspapers now available on national online database (10/5/2015)
Four additional South Dakota newspaper titles now available online (1/14/2016)
Historic Kimball newspaper titles now available online (4/4/2016)
Six more historic newspaper titles now available online (6/30/2016)
State Historical Society receives grant to put more historic newspapers online (12/16/2016)
Newspaper digitization advisory board selects newspapers to digitize for federal grant (4/26/2017)
State Historical Society receives grant to put more historic newspapers online (8/9/2018)