The Diário de Notícias Newspaper Digital Collection and search tool was made public today. The Diário de Notícias Newspaper Digitization Project, developed and supported by the Claire T. Carney Library’s Ferreira Mendes Portuguese-American Archives in collaboration with the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, will make 84,010 pages from 16,641 issues of the Diario de Noticias accessible to the world. The materials cover 1919 through 1973 and are available at no cost over the internet to students and academic researchers interested in Portuguese-related issues, as well as individuals tracing their family genealogy.
More Information:
- Ferreira Mendes Portuguese-American Archives digitizing project will provide global resource for students, faculty, and genealogists (UMass Dartmouth Press Release)
- Old Portuguese-language newspaper now read all over (SouthCoastToday.com)
The Claire T. Carney Library Associates is sponsoring a poetry reading for children from ages 6 to 16 to be held at the Claire T. Carney Library Browsing area on April 26th from 2 to 4 PM.