Florida Digital Newspaper Library

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The Florida Digital Newspaper Library provides access to the news and history of Florida through local Florida newspapers. It is supported by the University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries and hosted in the University of Florida Digital Collections funded partially by grants and sources, including Florida’s Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grants Program, the National Endowment for the Humanities' National Digital Newspaper Program, the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the University of Florida, by Florida Heritage Project funds from the University of North Florida and the [University of South Florida], and with the assistance of digital library endowment from the Estate of the late Governor and Mrs. C. Farris Bryant (who's papers are within the Bryant Collection).

In addition to multiple funding sources, these newspapers are indexed and included in multiple collections, including Chronicling America, the state of Florida's PALMM collections, and it is indexed by the Florida Electronic Library.