Jennifer Noffze, Collections Manager at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, kindly spoke with Sara Brumfield about her experience using FromThePage. First, tell us about your documents. Our collection includes over 6,000 letters written to Ryan White along with condolence cards sent to his mother, Jeanne White Ginder. Ryan was an Indiana teenager who became internationally … [Read more...] about An Interview with Jennifer Noffze of the Indianapolis Children's Museum
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An Interview with Dr. Camille Westmont of Sewanee: The University of the South
Dr. Camille Westmont, Visiting Professor of History at the University of the South, kindly spoke with Sara Brumfield about the Convict Leasing Project, and her experience using FromThePage. First, tell us about your documents. The documents we are working to transcribe are the prison records from the Lone Rock Stockade. The Lone Rock Stockade was a private prison built by the … [Read more...] about An Interview with Dr. Camille Westmont of Sewanee: The University of the South
WWII Letters: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Today marks the 79th year since Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. On this December day in 1941, 2,403 American citizens were lost in the surprise attack by the Japanese. The following day, America declared war on Japan and thus entered the country into World War II. Americans, and those all over the world, were forever changed by this global conflict. To get a glimpse into … [Read more...] about WWII Letters: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Interview: Sonya Coleman on Transcribing for the Library of Virginia and Coding New Features for FromThePage
Sonya Coleman is Digital Engagement + Social Media Coordinator at the Library of Virginia. First, tell us about your documents. The Library of Virginia houses over 124 million archival items, including state and local records, personal papers, microfilm, maps, photographs, and more. Many of these documents contain structured data, such as the World War I Questionnaires. These … [Read more...] about Interview: Sonya Coleman on Transcribing for the Library of Virginia and Coding New Features for FromThePage
The Stagville Accounts in DEPCHA: Plantation Financial Records as Linked Data
On March 8, 2018, I presented this talk at a conference at Michigan State called "Enslaved: People of the Historic Slave Trade". The conference was live-streamed, so a video recording of all presentations is available on the MATRIX YouTube channel. My presentation starts at 1:04:55 and is embedded below, followed by slides and text. It's important to begin by … [Read more...] about The Stagville Accounts in DEPCHA: Plantation Financial Records as Linked Data