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Tag Archives: Digitization
What I Learned Digitizing 100-Year-Old Negatives
The American Heritage Center offers internships for University of Wyoming students in various areas. One example is the opportunity to work with Grace Derby, the Center’s Photography Lab Supervisor. Students learn procedures for preserving historic photographic materials. Here, Gabby Castro … Continue reading
Posted in behind the scenes, Interns' projects, Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged Archival photography, Clark H. Getts, Digital preservation, Digitization, Gabby Castro, Glass plate negatives, Grace Derby, Historic photographs, Large format photography, Negative scanning, Osa Johnson, Photographic negatives, Photographic preservation, Photography, Preservation methods, Sheet film, Student internships, Wet plate negatives
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On the Road: How Wyoming’s New Roving Archivist Program is Supporting Local History
Imagine trying to preserve a century-old photograph album in a historic building with challenging climate controls or figuring out how to digitize thousands of irreplaceable documents with limited resources. Across Wyoming, local institutions face daily challenges as they work to … Continue reading
Posted in Archival work, Community Impact, Local history, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged Archives, archivist, community, Digitization, heritage, historical, history, localhistory, museums, nhprc, outreach, preservation, records, shrab, Wyoming
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Revitalizing Indigenous Languages at the Archive: The American Heritage Center and the Arapaho Language
November marks Native American Heritage Month, a time to honor the rich cultures, traditions, and histories of Native communities. In celebration, the American Heritage Center is spotlighting collections that support the revitalization of Indigenous languages, particularly the Arapaho language, through … Continue reading
Posted in Archival preservation, Digital Resources, Indigenous Peoples, Language Preservation, Native American Heritage Month, Uncategorized
Tagged American Heritage Center, American Philosophical Society, Arapaho language, Bambi (1994 Arapaho version), California Language Archive, Cultural Preservation, Digitization, Disney, Dr. Steve Greymoming, Indigenous education, Indigenous language archives, Indigenous Language Digital Archive, Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives, John Roberts, Language documentation, Language revitalization, Linguistic heritage, Missionary records, Oral History, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, Wyoming Folklife Archive, Zdenek Salzmann
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