Josh Jones writes about the Newberry Library's Transcribing Faith project, a transcription / translation project of its collection documenting 'the entwined practices of religion and reading" in early modern Europe.
Collection Includes Copies of First Continental Congress Petition to King George III, Drafts of the Treaty of Paris, Diplomatic Correspondence, Notes on Electricity and Drawing of Bifocals
The collection is online at: loc.gov/collections/benjamin-franklin-papers/about-this-collection
This one-day international conference on 21st April at SOAS, University of London, will provide a platform to discuss Igbo heritage studies and modes of documenting the past. The ‘Memory, Culture and Community’ conference seeks to promote the creation, management and use of records and archives, highlighting the need to preserve the archival heritage of people of Igbo descent around the world, through the sharing of experiences, research and ideas.
A new article on Project STAND just came out on the blog of the Academic Archivist:
Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, "Project STAND: Documenting Student Activism from the Margins," Academic Archivist, April 12, 2018, https://academicarchivist.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/project-stand-documenting-student-activ...
Lae’l Hughes-Watkins is University Archivist, Assistant Professor at Kent State University and founder of Project STAND.
This one-day international conference on 21st April at SOAS, University of London, will provide a platform to discuss Igbo heritage studies and modes of documenting the past. The ‘Memory, Culture and Community’ conference seeks to promote the creation, management and use of records and archives, highlighting the need to preserve the archival heritage of people of Igbo descent around the world, through the sharing of experiences, research and ideas.
In 1868, the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) was established in London to promote knowledge about the British empire’s colonies abroad. Many of its members were civil servants, doctors, soldiers, and even missionaries who worked in India. Over the years, they donated to its library their diaries, letters, and artifacts, which revealed much about what it was like to live on the other side of the world.
Thank you to readers who offered suggestions on where I might find the Sunday Dispatch article I asked about. I still haven’t located the article, but I’m following leads so helpfully sent to me and welcome any further ideas.
The Hannah Arendt Papers collection at the Library of Congress has been digitized.
Source: Open Culture, Febrary 27, 2018, http://www.openculture.com/2018/02/large-archive-of-hannah-arendts-papers-digitized-by-the...
After centuries of separation, one of the most valuable collections of manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age – the Bibliotheca Palatina – has been virtually reunited.
Source: Medievalists.Net, February 21, 2018, http://www.medievalists.net/2018/02/collection-3000-medieval-manuscripts-now-online/
The Newberry has announced a major revision to its policy regarding the re-use of collection images: images derived from collection items are now available to anyone for any lawful purpose, whether commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library.
