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Archive for 'Digital Projects'Select Confederate Records Digitization ProjectOur guest blogger today is DeAnne Blanton, reference archivist at Archives I. The Archives I Reference Section is pleased to announce our in-house digitization project in honor of the Civil War sesquicentennial. During the course of the next five years or so, the 2,750 volumes comprising the Collected Record Books of Various Executive, Legislative, and [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on June 20, 2012, under Archives I, Digital Projects, Military Records, Reference. Cargo and Contraband during the Civil WarToday’s post is written by Stephanie Stegman, the special media projects volunteer at the National Archives at Fort Worth. This is the third post in a three-part series. (If you missed them, follow these links to the first and second posts.) Cargo – it was the main business of the New Orleans Custom House. After the [...] Posted by stegman on May 3, 2012, under Civil Records, Digital Projects, NARA beyond DC/MD. Of paper cuts and ink stains: the paperwork of the Custom HouseToday’s post is written by Stephanie Stegman, the special media projects volunteer at the National Archives at Fort Worth. This is the second post in a three-part series. (If you missed it, the first post can be found here.) Today’s topic is paperwork. Paperwork was a vital part of daily life at the New Orleans Custom [...] Posted by stegman on April 26, 2012, under Civil Records, Digital Projects, NARA beyond DC/MD. Inside the New Orleans Custom HouseToday’s post is written by Stephanie Stegman, the special media projects volunteer at the National Archives at Fort Worth. This is the first post in a three-part series. Electoral projections are a popular topic these days, and everyone has an opinion. In July 1860, two engineers in Louisiana exchanged their predictions on the upcoming presidential [...] Posted by stegman on April 19, 2012, under Civil Records, Digital Projects, NARA beyond DC/MD. Launch of new web pages on Foreign Affairs recordsTo assist researchers interested in records of the Department of State and other foreign affairs agencies, the most heavily used records in the National Archives, the Textual Archives Services Division has launched a newly revamped set of pages on the Archives’ website for providing an introduction to foreign affairs records. The conduct of foreign affairs [...] Posted by David Langbart on March 5, 2012, under Civil Records, Digital Projects, Reference, Researchers, The Process. From College Park to Edinburgh: 30 Days with the National Collection of Aerial PhotographyToday’s post is written by Tom McAnear, a processing archivist in College Park. Tom is participating in the Archival Development Program, an in-house multi-year training course for all of NARA’s archivists. As part of my Archival Development Program (ADP) training I recently completed a 30-day rotation in June at the National Collection of Aerial Photography [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on October 11, 2011, under Digital Projects, Outside NARA, The Process. Rusty the Comfort DogToday’s post is written by Onaona Guay, a processing archivist in College Park. Among the handmade ephemera of the September 11 Recovery Program records are a few professionally made items. One of these items is an autographed photographic portrait of Rusty. Following the September 11 attacks, many individuals volunteered their time and skills to the [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 16, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Digital Projects, Reference. The ZoneToday’s post is written by Onaona Guay, a processing archivist in College Park. One of the more unique items in the September 11 Recovery Program records is a cartoon sketch of Ground Zero and surrounding areas—referred to as “The Zone”—done on a whiteboard. Although the National Archives receives records in a variety of media and [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 15, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Digital Projects, Reference. International ReactionToday’s post is written by Onaona Guay, a processing archivist in College Park. The American Red Cross September 11 Recovery Program received many gifts of compassion and sympathy from people around the world: cards from Australia, letters from Romania and Indonesia, drawings from Belize, postcards from Hong Kong. Students, faculty and staff of Ecole Routhier [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 13, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Digital Projects, Reference, Researchers. September 11 Through the Eyes of ChildrenToday’s post is written by Onaona Guay, a processing archivist in College Park. For those of us who lived through September 11, 2001, we will always remember where we were when our nation came under attack. 9:50 am. I was just returning to our off-campus house from my first class of the day when my [...] Posted by Guest Blogger on September 12, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Digital Projects, Reference. |
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