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The Railroad's Effect On Racial And Gendered Consumption Practice In Nacogdoches County, East Texas: A Case Study Of Melrose, Tx, Evadney Cooper
The Railroad's Effect On Racial And Gendered Consumption Practice In Nacogdoches County, East Texas: A Case Study Of Melrose, Tx, Evadney Cooper
Undergraduate Research Conference
This project is an in depth look on the disproportionate lifestyles of black and white households during Nineteenth Century East Texas, from women's shopping records
The Comparison And Contrast Of South Africa’S Apartheid With Australia’S Stolen Generations., Alexis Lynn Powers
The Comparison And Contrast Of South Africa’S Apartheid With Australia’S Stolen Generations., Alexis Lynn Powers
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
A War Ignored: A Collection Of Oral Histories, Brandon English, Josh Gwyn, Beau Torres, Miranda Ellis, Naveen Khan, Sarah Cavalcanti
A War Ignored: A Collection Of Oral Histories, Brandon English, Josh Gwyn, Beau Torres, Miranda Ellis, Naveen Khan, Sarah Cavalcanti
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Black Women And Apartheid: Oppression, Resistance And The Post-Apartheid Struggle, Erika Levy
Black Women And Apartheid: Oppression, Resistance And The Post-Apartheid Struggle, Erika Levy
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Crowdsourcing Transcriptions Of Archival Materials, Aaron G. Noll
Crowdsourcing Transcriptions Of Archival Materials, Aaron G. Noll
Graduate History Conference, UMass Boston
Crowdsourcing is a method that has been effectively used to pool the knowledge and skills of large numbers of online volunteers for the creation of information resources utilized by historians, genealogists, and scientists. In recent years, archivists have begun to crowdsource the transcription of their handwritten records. Transcription of such records has traditionally been completed by professional transcribers who are skilled in reading multiple handwriting styles, knowledgeable about the creators and historical context of the records, and can interpret varying record formats and genres. However, increasingly limited resources of time and money have made traditional transcription more difficult to accomplish. …
Born Digital: Event-Driven Archives, Vincent Capone
Born Digital: Event-Driven Archives, Vincent Capone
Graduate History Conference, UMass Boston
The growth of the internet has brought numerous tools and opportunities for archivists to both enhance their collections and reach out to potential patrons. Archives across the globe have begun immense digitization efforts to bring collections into the digital age and make them accessible to a broader audience. But what challenges face new archives whose collections are born-digital? How do these archives prove that they are indeed an archival facility and not simply a memory institution? These questions have risen around numerous digital archives born in the past decade to document and commemorate social events and tragic disasters, including the …