Wish list for Grant from NEW Genealogical Society
As to fitting in to your Preserve America stuff.....definitely making old newspapers available digitally would be a high request for us. We use newspapers extensively in our research whether looking for individuals or looking for items of historical significance (like the building of Grand Coulee Dam and other major events, the history of a building, the history of an area). Having them OCR'd is even a bigger "wish" on our "wish list." Even if not totally accurate, it would be a huge help. We currently have almost 60,000 entries in our newspaper database but it took us over 10 years to get to that point and we still have lots to index.
I know that the Washington State Archives has started to digitize some of our oldest newspapers in the state, but would expect it would be quite awhile before they get over here. You can see what newspapers they have done at
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx.