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Carlton Jackson Papers Celebrate Archives Month
Heartbreaking memories of the 1918 influenza pandemic. The FBI dossiers on a husband-and-wife team of socialist labor activists. Gracious letters from Gone With the Wind star Olivia de Havilland. The gritty details of a guest’s sudden collapse and death during … Continue reading
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Archives Month Exhibit
The Kentucky Museum, WKU Library Special Collections & WKU Archives contain thousands of objects, documents and photographs. While the majority Kentucky-centric, many reflect the world outside Kentucky and the United States as experienced by Kentuckians. This online exhibit called Seven … Continue reading
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Archives Month 2017 – Education
Archives Month is a time to focus on the importance of records of enduring value. This year the theme is Education. With the help of the Kentucky Museum, Library Special Collections has created an exhibit in the Western Room of … Continue reading
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Archives Month – Pecha Kucha
October is Archives Month and in Kentucky the theme was Civil Rights. This year members of Library Special Collections celebrated by co-hosting a Pecha Kucha about Civil Rights with the Kentucky Museum. A pecha kucha is a powerpoint presentation consisting of 20 … Continue reading
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Archives Month
Archives Month is an annual celebration of all things archival and the work of institutions that preserve historical records while making them available to researchers. This year’s theme for Kentucky is Agriculture in the Commonwealth. This month WKU Archives will be … Continue reading
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Archives Month – Athletics in Archives
October is Archives Month and in Kentucky the theme is Athletics in Archives in honor of the 2012 Olympics. This year’s poster features images of sports being played and enjoyed by Kentuckians of all ages. The WKU photo shows children … Continue reading
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Archives Month
Holy Cross archivist Sarah Campbell stated that “archives aren’t lending libraries.” Special collections serve a different mission than lending libraries. They hold unique, one of a kind items that need special care and handling in order to preserve them for as long … Continue reading
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Archives Month – No Food & Drink in Archives
Shari Theroux contributed “Archives are not a good place to eat,” to the list of what an archives is not. Archivists, like conservators generally follow the rule of “do no harm” to the collections in their care. One easy way … Continue reading
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October is Archives Month
Barbara Niss, archivist at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York responded: “Archives are not where information comes all neatly wrapped in a package; they are a place for searching and thinking and piecing together bits and pieces of fact, … Continue reading
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Education in the Archives
For October’s Kentucky Archives Month and its theme of “education,” the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives section of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections can boast of many collections documenting the work of teachers and schools in Kentucky. We hold materials … Continue reading
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