From the Article: In the special collections department of the University of Vermont [UVM] library, you can find newspapers dating back to the mid 1800s. All those years of handling have left some of the papers damaged. So 10 years ago the library embarked on a project to convert as many newspapers from across the state as it could find into microfilms. [Clip] Nowadays, microfilm– like newspapers– is being replaced by online information. So the Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities teamed up to create the Chronicling America...

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