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Preservation Perspectives: Continuing Education, Bill Stolz
Preservation Perspectives: Continuing Education, Bill Stolz
University Libraries' Staff Publications
The author encourages public librarian in Kentucky to attend one-day conferences focused on archives, preservation, and historical research. Topics discussed include this year's spring conference offered by Kentucky Council on Archives (KCA) with the theme "If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring and Managing Facilities in Archives" and the 32nd Kentucky Archives Institute on June 17 with genealogist J. Mark Lowe's speaking on early Kentucky courts.
Our Rich History: Covington Ladies Home Celebrating 130th Year, Serving Senior Women With Quality Care, Bill Stolz
Our Rich History: Covington Ladies Home Celebrating 130th Year, Serving Senior Women With Quality Care, Bill Stolz
University Libraries' Staff Publications
2016 marks the 130th year of operation for the Covington Ladies Home located at 702 Garrard Street in the Licking Riverside Historic District. The organization, originally called the Home for Aged and Indigent Women (still visible in the stone above the main entrance today), was founded in 1886 by Covington resident Ellen B. Dietrick, an early advocate for equality and education for women, with the goal of providing care for women over the age of 60. Today, 130 years later, the mission of the Covington Ladies Home is the same, “to serve senior women, regardless of their economic circumstances, by …
Preservation Perspectives: Family Photographs Part Ii - Labeling And Preservation, Bill Stolz
Preservation Perspectives: Family Photographs Part Ii - Labeling And Preservation, Bill Stolz
University Libraries' Staff Publications
The article offers tips for preserving family photographs for the next generation. Tips include finding a space where humidity and temperature remain constant and away from the light, contacting an expert when in doubt about photograph preservation and purchasing photograph storage supplies and enclosures from reputable national suppliers like Gaylord Archival and Hollinger Metal Edge.
Preservation Perspectives: Family Photographs, Part I-Identification, Bill Stolz
Preservation Perspectives: Family Photographs, Part I-Identification, Bill Stolz
University Libraries' Staff Publications
The author opines on identification of photographs. Topics discussed include identifying the type of photographs through the online chart by The Northeast Document Conservation Center, scanning and email the image to family members, and noticing clothing, hats, and hair, and checking the background and objects in the photograph.