The Library of Congress launched the American Memory project in 1994 to make digitized historical materials from its special collections freely available online.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Wikipedia, Library of Congress official press release, and a contemporaneous 1996 D-Lib Magazine article. Minor nuance that a pilot began in 1990, but 1994 launch date and purpose are well corroborated. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- American Memory project | digital library | Britannica (seed:culture_and_philosophy)
- https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-01-004/ (corroboration)
- https://www.dlib.org/dlib/april96/loc/04c-arms.html (corroboration)