275 years of history at a click
The archives of L'Express and L'Impartial are fully accessible online. L'Express was founded on October 2, 1738; in 2013, it celebrated its 275th anniversary, making it the oldest French-language newspaper in the world to have been published continuously.
To celebrate this extraordinary history, all published issues of the Express and its sister paper L'Impartial, which was founded on 1 January 1881, have been digitized. All issues of the two titles from their foundation until February 2013 are publicly accessible online. The new issues will be continuously digitized and gradually put online. With the 275 years it covers, this project is a milestone in the history of the Swiss press. No fewer than 1.5 million pages are available at the click of a mouse.
According to the press release, it took the cooperation of several partners to make the project a success. Under the leadership of the publisher of the two titles, the société neuchâteloise de Presse (SNP), the Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel, the Bibliothèque de la Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Swiss National Library were involved. The project was financially supported by the Loterie romande and the Banque cantonale neuchâteloise.
