WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) today announced a $259,300 grant for historical digitization of Kansas newspapers.

The funds were awarded to the Kansas State Historical Society for the Kansas Digital Newspaper Project which will digitize 100,000 pages of Kansas newspaper titles, dating from 1860 to 1922 as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

The grant was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). For more information, go to http://neh.gov .

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