From the Abingdon Virginian to the Wytheville Dispatch, Virginia Chronicle (virginiachronicle.com) provides free access to over a million newspaper pages from the commonwealth and beyond. These full-text searchable and digitized images give glimpses into the lives of Virginians from 1787 to 2013, outlining everything from local politics to community happenings to notable moments in American history. Volunteers help correct the text of articles from 140,241 issues comprising 183,885 articles, making searches more accurate. Virginia Chronicle is a product of the Virginia Newspaper Project, which works to locate, describe, inventory, preserve, and provide public access to United States imprint newspapers housed at the Library of Virginia and throughout the commonwealth. Virginia Chronicle contributes images to Chronicling America, the national version of this database. Yesterday’s news, tomorrow’s research!
The Virginia Newspaper Project is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.