Liz Coelho is the Executive Associate for Projects at the Maryland State Archives. She kindly agreed to be interviewed by Sara Brumfield about the Archives’ use of FromThePage. Please tell us about your project The Maryland State Archives currently has one fielded-form project posted on FromThePage, a collection of marriage certificates from 1978. No index exists for … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Marriage Certificates at the Maryland State Archives
Protected: How to Learn to Read Shorthand
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Project Profile: Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation
Tanner Potts is Research Associate for the Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation at the University of the South. First, tell us about your documents. Our documents on FromThePage focus on the founding period of the University of the South, 1856-1868. During this time, the ten southern-most dioceses of the Episcopal church united to found a university that … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation
Project Profile: LA County's Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs
Kelly Riddle is the Digital Projects Coordinator at LA County Library. First, tell us about your documents. The letters in this collection were written by many different individuals in California to the federal Office of Indian Affairs between 1849 and 1880. Federal and state government officials and private citizens wrote to the Office, headquartered in Washington, … [Read more...] about Project Profile: LA County's Letters of the Office of Indian Affairs
Project Profile: Indiana Archives and Records Administration's World War I Service Record Cards
Claire Horton is Deputy State Archivist at Indiana Archives and Records Administration. First, tell us about your documents. Our first project is to create an index to Indiana’s World War I Service Record cards. These cards detail a soldier’s service in the military, and list biographical details like residence, date of birth, and place of birth. We chose this project to … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Indiana Archives and Records Administration's World War I Service Record Cards