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Out of the Box – October
In honor of Archives Month all of this month’s items relate to agriculture Ag Outlook Optimistic for Kentucky Agricultural Exposition Center Agriculture Collection Inventory Agriculture Newsletter Archives Month Board of Regents College Heights Herald 2/17/1983 Hayward Brown Papers Holstein Wins … Continue reading
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#AskAnArchivist Day
October 30th has been declared Ask An Archivist Day. Archivists from around the country will be monitoring Twitter to respond to your questions. The day long event is sponsored by the Society of American Archivists as the send off for … Continue reading
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Squirrel!
There are days in the archives that I feel like Dug the talking Dog from the movie Up. I’m sitting at my desk working and all of a sudden . . . SQUIRREL! It’s not that I’m easily distracted. It … Continue reading
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“Plowed all day and never got done”
Union County, Kentucky native Charles Henry Omer (1865-1937) was a substitute teacher, postmaster, merchant, Mason, and elder at the Morganfield Christian Church. He and his wife Susan were the parents of 13 children, including two sets of twins. Somehow, they … Continue reading
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What Is an Archives?
Part of our continuing recognition of Kentucky Archives Month. Whether you are researching your family tree, searching for inspiration for your latest historical fiction novel,1 verifying the royal succession,2 or looking for information about the One Ring,3 the place to … Continue reading
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Electronic Records Day
Smack in the middle of Archives Month is Electronic Records Day. Coincidence? I think not. We generally think of electronic records as new, now, of the moment and not particularly permanent. email reports blog posts photos on your cellphone The … Continue reading
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The Path to Archives
A month or so ago a student asked me how to go about becoming an archivist. In constructing my response to him I mentally reviewed my 25+ years in the profession and the changes that have impacted the profession. Time … Continue reading
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