▁newspaper ▁collections . ▁I SH L ▁staff ▁sent ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁surve ys ▁to ▁libraries , ▁newspaper ▁publish ers , ▁historical ▁soci eties , ▁gene alog ical ▁organizations , ▁and ▁anyone ▁whom ▁they ▁learned ▁might ▁own ▁newsp apers . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁planning ▁phase ▁completed ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁the ▁Illinois ▁New sp aper ▁Project ▁team ▁received ▁another ▁grant ▁from ▁NE H ▁to ▁undert ake ▁the ▁catalog ing ▁and ▁invent ory ing ▁work ▁( or , ▁" field work "), ▁with ▁technical ▁assistance ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress . ▁The ▁IN P ▁began ▁invent ory ing ▁and ▁catalog ing ▁the ▁newspaper ▁collections ▁at ▁the ▁I SH L ▁in ▁Spring field , ▁Illinois ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Historical ▁Society ▁in ▁Chicago . ▁This ▁work ▁took ▁the ▁IN P ▁six ▁years ▁to ▁complete . ▁ ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁– ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁field work ▁on ▁the ▁collections ▁at ▁I SH L ▁and ▁CH S ▁was ▁completed , ▁the ▁IN P ▁re located ▁its ▁office ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois ▁at ▁U rb ana - Ch amp aign ▁Library ▁in ▁U rb ana , ▁Illinois . ▁Staff ▁at ▁CH S ▁continued ▁invent ory ing ▁and ▁catalog ing ▁other ▁collections ▁in ▁n ortheast ▁Illinois , ▁and ▁the ▁UI UC - based ▁staff ▁began ▁invent ory ing ▁and ▁catalog ing ▁the ▁newspaper ▁collections ▁at ▁UI UC . ▁IN P ▁staff ▁completed ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁collection ▁at ▁UI UC ▁in