Archival Adventures in Small Repositories
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Archival Adventures in Small Repositories
9/26/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
As the air outside chills (but stays steady indoors under the humming HVAC system), October is nearly here and American Archives Month will be upon us again. The scene is familiar, straight out of a Normal Rockwell painting: sleepy-eyed researchers rush through the archives doors, gather in the glow of UV-filtered light sources, and excitedly unwrap the treasures in their Hollinger boxes. Merry Archives Month to all!
9/19/12
Author mgubicza
Well our one year pilot program is coming to an end. We have visited 47 repositories and surveyed 513 collections. That equals 4,666 linear feet of materials. That’s enough to fill 11,190 document boxes! That’s the equivalent of 58 Blue Whales (the largest mammal on earth), or 175 school buses in length!
9/12/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
HSP's upcoming History in Pennsylvania Awards (HIP Awards) next month will honor several participants in the "Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories." We're very proud of them, and hope that you'll join us on October 19, 2012, to celebrate their accomplishments!
9/5/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
We are very pleased to announce that the finding aid site for HSP’s Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) is now online. The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) has agreed to include finding aids created through the HCI-PSAR project on their online union catalog at http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/index.html.
8/29/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
Are you looking for sources on your historical research topic, but desire a fresh alternative to the well-trodden archival canon? Try a small repository!
Topics : Arts and Culture, Military conflict, Women
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8/22/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
Before James H. Hirokawa bought his home in Montgomery Township, Pa., the seller checked with all the neighbors if they were willing to live near a Japanese man. The year was 1945, and Hirokawa had just been released from an internment camp.
Topics : Ethnic history, World War II
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8/15/12
Author Andree Mey Miller
"When balmy summer breezes blow, and music fills the air . . ." these lines from the song, "My Willow Grove Sweetheart", conjure up thoughts of summertime fun and the endless amusements to be found at Willow Grove Park, an area amusement park well documented in the collections of the Upper Moreland Historical Association.
Topics : 19th century, 20th century, Recreation and Sport
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8/8/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
Guest blogger Ashley Harper writes about Bartram's Garden, the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America, and home of some amazing archival materials!
Topics : Colonial period, Environment and Nature
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8/1/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
Imagine a private home bigger than the White House. Now imagine it outfitted with machine guns trained on proletariat-uprisers, and now trained on Nazi art thieves. Now imagine it transformed into laboratories... If you're having trouble picturing all that, visit the Springfield Township Historical Society to see their extensive collection on Whitemarsh Hall!
Topics : 20th century, Architecture, Depression, World War II
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7/25/12
Author Celia Caust-Ellenbogen
A lot has changed in 225 years, but some things have stayed the same. When the squat building nestled in a corner of the St. James' Episcopal Church cemetery was built in 1788, it was a schoolhouse for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Today, it is still a space dedicated to teaching--but now, as the St. James' Community History Center, the focus is history.
Topics : 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, Genealogy, Religion
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