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A significant collection of manuscripts and photographs from Museum of New Mexico founder Edgar L. Hewett (1865-1946) are now browsable online thanks to a major grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The newly digitized collection expands New Mexico History Museum’s (NMHM) mission to offer statewide educational resources to anyone interested in learning about the diverse history of the state and its connections to the rest of the world.

Browse Edgar L. Hewett Digitized Collections

https://archives.newmexicoculture.org/edgar-l-hewett...

Hewett NMHM Collection page

https://nmhistorymuseum.org/.../the-edgar-lee-hewett...

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Southwest Summer School at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Photographer: Edgar L. Hewett

Date: 1927-1928

Negative Number: PAAC.056.0451a

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Book Review - Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News

By Will McClure

The dreaded phrase "fake news" has become a mainstay in political discussions and general social interactions over the past few years. This trend has been tied to the term “post-truth”, a concept “denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion or personal belief” (“Oxford Living Dictionaries,: nd.). The usage of “post-truth” skyrocketed from 2015-2016, increasing by 2,000% attributed, in no small part, to the U.S. presidential election and Brexit (“Word of the Year”, 2016). Post-truth circumstances have encouraged the term fake news to be tossed around with increased frequency. This may have you wondering how you can find the truth in what some refer to as a post-truth society.

The answer lies in education and personal development. It is the responsibility of both the individual and educators to hone critical thinking skills, which will allow one to navigate the tenuous and seemingly overwhelming landscape of the digital age and to identify personal biases that may contribute to post-truth circumstances. You may think to yourself, “there is no way to filter so much information!” Or, “I just have to take everything with a grain of salt.” Or even, “I use computers all the time, I know how to filter information and find answers, why do I care about post-truth and fake news?”. I am happy to say, there are resources out there to help you filter truth from falsities, one of which is the book, Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News by Jennifer Lagarde and Darren Hudgins.

The History

A common misconception, highlighted by Lagarde and Hudgins, is that fake news is a modern problem. The age-old adage, “There is nothing new under the sun” rings true here. Fake news has been documented in the United States as far back as the American Revolution! Benjamin Franklin used a method of fake news to “supplement” the newspaper the Independent Chronicle to ensure the United States achieved true independence from Great Britain before arriving at a peaceful resolution (National Historical Publications & Records Commission [NHPRC], n.d). Almost two hundred years, later Woodrow Wilson used the Committee on Public Information (the CPI) to similar ends with his “Four-Minute Men” to control the narrative around WWI (Daly, 2017). There are other examples from history, but these serve the point of illustrating that fake news is not a modern problem.

The Cause

The cause of post-truth circumstances and the clarion call of fake news is sourced at a very basic level. Lagarde and Hudgins identify the roots of the issue being linked to confirmation bias, the bias created by our brains seeking information that confirms what we already believe to be true; and implicit bias which refers to how our existing biases and stereotypes affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. In short, our brains like the easy way out, “I already believe x so y must also be true”. These biases are exacerbated by the massive amount of information one has at their disposal. Most of humankind’s knowledge is available to an individual with a few quick clicks. The staggering amount of data presented to us can often, consciously or unconsciously, cause us to go back to looking for the easy answer. What do I know to be true (correctly or incorrectly) and what corroborates this view? In short, post-truth and fake news are a historical problem ingrained in our psyches. It will take a conscious effort to overcome an unconscious response. Overcoming human nature may seem like a herculean task. However, Lagarde and Hudgins have provided numerous techniques and resources to empower you and your students to search for truth.

The Response

The research techniques identified by the authors will assist students in searching for truth with more purpose:

3 Pillars to Web Literacy (pg. 23)

Purposeful Search - Using advanced search techniques to narrow the scope and raise the quality of information found on the web.

Effective Organization and Collaboration - Being able to organize all of this information into a comprehensive and growing library of personal knowledge.

Sharing and making sense of information - Sharing what we find and what we learn with the world, and using the knowledge of others to help us make sense of it all (November & Mull, 2012).

Lagarde and Hudgins also identified the media literacy tool known as the CRAPP test, developed by the Meriam Library of California State University.

CRAPP Test (pg. 25)

Is it Current - When was it published? Are their references current? Is currency important to your topic?

Is it Relevant - Does the info relate to my topic? What audience is it written for? Is it an appropriate level for my needs?

Is it Authoritative - Who is the author/organization? Are they qualified? Is it edited or peer reviewed? If a website, does the URL tell you anything?

Is it Accurate - Where foes the information come from? Are there references? Are there errors, broken links, etc?

What is its Purpose - What’s the purpose of the information? Advertising, Scholarly work? Opinion? Is there bias?

Adding these techniques to your research and providing them to your students will start any research project off on the right foot. In addition to these general guidelines, Lagarde and Hudgins provide a series of tools to assist with more specific tasks and skill-building, here is a small sampling of the collected resources:

Provide Framework and Tips for Determining Credibility (pg 82-87)

Evaluating Sources: Using the RADAR Framework – List of questions, targeting students, to help them evaluate information.

Top Six Red Flags that Identify a Conspiracy Theory Article – Series of tips to help students identify a conspiracy theory within a news story or article.

The Future of Fake News – List of five essential questions to help students identify bias in a news story.

Sample Lesson Plans (pg 87-91)

Lesson Plan: Fighting Fake News - Resources, prompts, and activities to help students to determine the consequences of fake news becoming widespread and to evaluate news stories.

Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation – A multisession unit designed to help students develop strategies for identifying hoax news stories from real ones.

Fact Checking Tools and Other Useful Resources (pg 91-98)

FactCheck.org – a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Whois Lookup – DomainTools offers this search site as a way to learn more about a website based on its domain or IP address.

Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements? – This quiz allows students and educators to see how their own biases affect their ability to discern fact from opinion in the news.

The tools outlined in this book, paired with the insight into the history and psychology of fake news in a post-truth world, can equip you and your students to be discerning and savvy participants in any news environment. To close, I would like to highlight the proverbial call-to-arms: the author’s issue to their readers “We believe our classrooms and libraries can be safe places for students (and teachers) to learn how to navigate these potential minefields—but only if we step up as defenders of truth” (pg 130).

Source: University of Dayton - Center for Online Learning

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Original caption: “Hot Singer, Lena Horne, Has Audience Jumping With Her Singing at Hollywood Victory Committee Show” Ft. Huachuca, AZ, 9/6/1942, NARA ID 266694436.

Broadway First: Theater Named for LENA HORNE! First NYC theater named for a Black woman honors legend By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

Civil Rights activist, singer, actress, and dancer Lena Horne (1917–2010) broke racial barriers and achieved many “firsts” including being the first Black performer hired to sing with a major white band, play the Copacabana nightclub, and sign a Hollywood contract. This week she (posthumously) achieved another milestone when Broadway’s Atkinson Theatre was renamed The Lena Horne Theatre. She features prominently in our records: supporting the troops in World War II, meeting with presidents, and marching on Washington.

Video: Lena Horne Christens the USS George Washington Carver, Richmond, CA, 5/17/1943, NARA ID 77813.

Original caption: "Lena Horne conserves fuel (gas)." WWII, NARA ID 535820.

Lena Horne at the March on Washington 8/28/1963, NARA ID 542057.

Lena Horne with JFK 11/20/1963, JFK Library image.

Lena Horne with IKE 3/19/55, image online.

Lena Horne with President Truman at his Inaugural Gala where she sang "Stormy Weather" 1/19/1949. Truman Library 64-1-31. NARA ID 200002.

More online:

Black History special topics page - NARA’s related online resources

1966 Interview - hear Horne discuss her life and career, civil rights, Billie Holiday and Joe Lewis. Preserved by Pacifica Radio Archives with National Historical Publications and Records Commission support.

Celebrating Black History Month: Hidden Gems, AOTUS blog

Statement by President Obama on the Passing of Lena Horne, Obama Library

President Reagan’s remarks for Kennedy Center Honorees, 12/2/1984, Reagan Library

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Mary's Hat

Here's another letter written by Sarah Hall Benham Boardman to her sister-in-law Cornelia. This one is dated October 18, 1857 from New York where it seems Sarah came to visit, do some shopping, and attend a religious conference. What must have been an improvement over earlier trips is that she was planning to return home via train.

She tells Cornelia that Mary's hat arrived, and said "It is nicely made, the only objection is, I fear it fleeces to much to suit her but it is in the fashion, that is going to be worn, no doubt, this winter." Some things never change- it doesn't matter if you like it, just if it's in fashion!

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"Reception in Observance of 40th Anniversary of NHPC [now the NHPRC] and 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Henry Laurens," 2/25/1974

Series: Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel, 1935 - 1975. Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789 - ca. 2007.

Discover more about the National Historic Publications & Records Commission. 

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Digital Collection of Selma Dritz, Epidemiologist and AIDS Researcher

Highlighting the new digital collection of Selma Dritz, created as part of our NHPRC grant. 

- Selma K. Dritz, 1988. Selma Dritz papers, MSS 2009-04, carton 1, folder 22.

Selma K. Dritz, MD, MPH, served as Assistant Director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control and Chief of the Division of Occupational Health of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) from 1967-1984. She played a seminal role in the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area, tracking cases and collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and UCSF to help establish the etiology and epidemiology of the disease. She worked to educate gay and straight people about AIDS and its prevention.

- Connections Other Cities map charting AIDS cases, 1982-03. Selma Dritz papers, MSS 2009-04, carton 1, folder 17.

The Dritz papers in part document the relationships Dritz cultivated with other physicians, researchers, and community advocates. For instance, during her tenure at SFDPH, Dritz developed a close working relationship with Randy Shilts, author of And the Band Played On, a groundbreaking work that chronicled the early years of the AIDS epidemic. The digital collection includes thank you cards Shilts wrote to Dritz and the program for Shilts’s memorial service and Dritz’s handwritten notes she prepared for it following his death in 1994.

- Randy Shilts thank you card to Selma Dritz [1], 1983-05-13. Selma Dritz papers, MSS 2009-04, carton 1, folder 4.

Learn more about the collection and project on our blog.

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Read Two Nerdy History Girls’ explanation of the truth (and slight fictions) behind this advertisement. There’s a photo of the note (now at the Library of Congress) at the bottom of the post. 

A transcription of this letter, and others sent and received by Washington, can be found at Founders.archives.org, brought to you by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission 

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#repost @schafferlibrary.  I am interested in this gathering of felines, as found in a letter contained in the John Bigelow (1817-1911) collection at the Special Collections Department of Schaffer Library, Union College (Schenectady, New York, USA).  The cats are named Mary Kemp, Minny, Black Kitten, Tortoiseshell, and Lucy, and were drawn by Poultney Bigelow, son of John and Jane Bigelow, included in a letter from March 15, 1875.

https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/newsletter/june2022

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MIPoPS 2019 in Review!!!

It’s been a busy year for us at MIPoPS! From working with new partners, to beginning new projects, conferences, screenings, and everything in between - we’ve had a full, lively year! We couldn’t possibly list everything, but we’d like to share some highlights of our 2019 (in no particular order)!

We were able to get our LTO operations working smoothly, after weeks of troubleshooting!

We participated in a very cool event called NAER VAER at the Nordic Museum, with our friends Postcard From the Badland!

Libby was part of a piece by the Seattle Channel that featured MIPoPS and the work we’ve done with the Southwest Seattle Historical Society’s Log House Museum (with our long time volunteer Jen Zook!)

We presented at the Northwest Archivists Conference in Bozeman, Montana!

We had a great screening with the Seattle Art Museum during the summer! Thanks Traci and Marie!!

Tasia, at the Log House Museum, got excited about one of our Moving History screenings!

Speaking of screenings, we had a BUNCH this year!

We SOLD OUT the theater for a screening we did in collaboration with Jill Friedberg, steward of the archives of the Independent Media Center collection. These tapes document the incredible story of Seattle’s WTO protests. This screening celebrated the 20th anniversary of the event!

Libby and her husband looking sharp before a screening!!

We made some big progress on DV Rescue and presented on it at AMIA 2019 in beautiful Baltimore, thanks to the help of Dave Rice, Ashley Blewer, and Andrew Weaver!

MIPoPS’ archivist-at-large Andrew Weaver takes 3rd place in trivia, but first place in our hearts!

We hosted our first Best Practices Day, as part of an NHPRC grant. This one was on digital preservation and we had 30 attendees!!!

Paul Sieple from the Northwest Film Forum helped MIPoPS tear down and load up a ton of equipment from a local auction! We love Paul and couldn’t do what we do without his help!!

Steve Straney and Jeff Hindle made an awesome promo for MIPoPS this year and we are OBSESSED with it!

Jill Friedberg and Libby working on protecting our moving image history!

Sometimes you work so closely that you become twins! Long time volunteer Jen Zook stole my look. Or did I steal hers? Some questions will never be answered.

And, for our final act, here are some random pictures we’ve snapped during 2019:

We can’t wait to see what 2020 has in store! - The MIPoPS Team

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Government Documents: Founders Online

Founders Online is a collection of over 178,000 transcribed and annotated documents authored and/or received by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. [New items are added monthly.]

The site offers full access to search and browse the written record of the original thoughts, ideas, debates, and principles of our democracy: read first drafts of the Declaration of Independence, the spirited debate over the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the very beginnings of American law, government, and our national story.  

A project of The National Archives National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), in cooperation with  The University of Virginia Press.

The Adams Papers

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

The Papers of James Madison

The Papers of George Washington

Teaching Resources & Lesson Plans

America, the Creeks, and Other Southeastern Tribes

America and the Six Nations: Native Americans after the Revolution

After Shays’ Rebellion

Abigail Adams and “Remember the Ladies”

James Madison Debates a Bill of Rights

Citizen Leadership in the Young Republic

Benjamin Franklin’s Satire of Witch Hunting

The Revolution of 1800

Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

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Rock And Roll Archives Blogspot

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Rock And Roll Archives Blogspot 2019

Rock And Roll Archives Blogspot 2017

On this episode of the It's Only Rock And Roll Podcast, in-house session drummer for Memphis's legendary Sun Studio, J.M. VAN EATON tells of his time recording and touring in the 1950s with a slew of early rockabilly pioneers like Roy Orbison, Billy Lee Riley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis, drumming on classics like “Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On”, “Crazy Arms”, and “Great Balls. Category Archives: Rock and Roll BACKSTAGE PASSES. If the art auction market is a civilized dinner party, where beautiful works of art trade hands, the rock and roll memorabilia auction market is a stadium rock show, complete with raucous fans, huge contracts and auction prices sky rocking like pyrotechnics. Money and death.

Rock And Roll Archives Blogspot Youtube

Rock and Roll is the main topic of this blog. This music genre has been gathering people all over the world for dozens of years. I am a big fan on this music style, so this blog is intended to be a showcase of my favorite bands and music tracks.

This page is dedicated to the music and the musicians from Illinois. The artists, the recordings, the studios, the players, the labels, the managers, the agents and all those involved with making.

Rock And Roll Archives Blogspot 2019

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives celebrates its NHPRC grant project through an exhibit!

The National Archives grants program, carried out through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), awarded a two-year grant to the Rock Hall to fund the accessibility of the institution's historically important music resources. Included in the grant project are a number of collections related to NEO Sound, the Rock Hall’s local music preservation initiative.

Rock And Roll Archives Blogspot 2017

Now available online, Local Music U Want: Northeast Ohio Punk and New Wave showcases materials related to NEO Sound and made available through the NHPRC grant. Local Music U Want focuses on the unique Northeast Ohio punk and new wave scenes of the 1970s and ‘80s, fueled by the changing post-industrial landscape of the “Rust Belt.” Unlike other music scenes in the U.S., Northeast Ohio punk and new wave primarily flew under the radar, allowing the music to evolve into something more avant-garde and exploratory. Featured in the exhibit are photos, stickers, flyers, cassette zines and other promotional materials from the Rock Hall’s NEO Sound collections on local bands the Dead Boys, Devo, the Waitresses, Pere Ubu, the Styrenes, Tin Huey, 15 60 75 (The Numbers Band), and more! Donors featured include musicians Chris Butler and Marky Ray and photographer Dave Treat.

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Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan in 1888.

Helen Keller Met Anne Sullivan #OTW in 1887 Suffragist, Rights Activist, & Humanitarian By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

“The two most interesting characters of the 19th century are Napoleon and Helen Keller.” –-Mark Twain

Keller and Mark Twain, 1902, Keller left her records to the American Federation for the Blind (AFB). Our National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) helped fund online access to this collection. Happy Women’s History Month! 135 years ago this week, 6-year-old Helen Keller began working with Anne Sullivan (later dubbed “the miracle worker” & immortalized by Hollywood). Undeterred by her deafness and blindness, Keller became a suffragist, activist, educator, writer, and co-founder of the ACLU. Of course we have related records!

Interesting related fact Keller and Sullivan’s were inseparable for nearly 50 years (from 1877 until Sullivan’s death) and remain together today–interred in DC’s National Cathedral crypt, marked by a bronze plaque in braille. Sullivan was the first woman interred at the Cathedral (source here).

Suffragist Helen Keller Keller participated in the 1913 “Woman Suffrage Parade” in DC and spoke/wrote/advocated in support of not only women’s suffrage but also civil rights, labor rights, reproductive rights, and disability rights.

Petition to support the Federal Suffrage Amendment,6/15/1916, NARA ID 167059922.

We demand the right to vote, not because we think we are better or wiser than men, but because it is our right as much as it is theirs. And… we cannot abuse this right more than the men have done by themselves.

Excerpt from Keller’s speech: “Why Woman Wants to Vote” 1920, made available in part thanks to a grant from the NHPRC.

Helen Keller and Eleanor Roosevelt The two first met in 1936 and remained friends for decades. They had much in common as famous women actively involved in human rights, women’s rights, and global cooperation. Our FDR Library holds correspondence between Keller and both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Eleanor wrote about Keller in her July 3, 1945, My Day column, emphases added:

Last week I went to the office of the American Federation for the Blind to receive the resolution… which Miss Helen Keller wanted to present to me personally… commemorating my husband’s services as honorary chairman. As I stood and listened to Miss Keller speak, I thought how wonderfully both Miss Keller and my husband typified the triumph over physical handicap. Many of you may not know that Miss Keller, with her faithful friend and interpreter, has visited a number of our service hospitals. Some people felt that she might discourage our wounded men. Instead of that, the men recognized the greatness of her personality and the serene and courageous spirit which has made of her life a rich and full existence. She carried comfort to the men who were facing their own handicaps and trying to find the courage to build normal lives in spite of them.

Eleanor and Helen at Martha’s Vineyard, 8/25/1954, FDR Library, NARA ID 195945.

Letter from Keller to President Hoover, 2/5/1933, Hoover Library, NARA ID 7722949.

Helen Keller and President Hoover Keller asked President Hoover to visit the American Foundation for the Blind’s NY recording studio to see “talking books recorded on a phonograph disc.”

Excerpt:

Your presence at the Foundation studio would give a tremendous impetus to this project, and the blind in this country would be gladdened by a message from you saying that a new pathway of light is being blazed through their darkness.

See also:

Helen Keller wrote to 8 U.S. Presidents, from Teddy Roosevelt to LBJ, including: Letter from Keller to President Hoover

Helen Keller and the Hoovers, Hoover Heads blog

Research the Americans with Disabilities Act

Disability History from the Presidential Libraries, Pieces of History

Women’s History Month-related online resources. See also: Women’s Rights

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Off to College

Exhibit research for a show on the Ohio Western Reserve brings me back to the Boardman papers. I'm working to describe the correspondence of members of the family who managed land interests in Ohio, Henry Mason Boardman and his wife, Sarah Hall Benham Boardman.

This letter, written by Sarah to her sister-in-law Cornelia Boardman, concerns their son Elijah George Boardman who was apparently engaging in some less than acceptable behavior back in Connecticut where he was a student at Yale College in 1848. She writes, "What you say with regards to his conduct shocks me. I had never supposed but what that was good, he certainly stood fair at College Point- and I thought he was a conscientious good boy and there was not much danger of his being led astray." She goes on to encourage Cornelia to persuade him to join the temperance society, and later notes, "This letter my dear sister is intended for yours eyes alone, I venture to say some things to you that I would to no one else"

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Collection Highlight: Boardman Women of the Elijah Boardman Papers

Boardman Women of the Elijah Boardman Papers The Litchfield Historical Society Litchfield, Connecticut

In September, The Litchfield Historical Society began a project to digitize the papers of U.S. Senator Elijah Boardman with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). In his youth, Boardman served in the Revolutionary War. He then trained as a clerk in New Haven, Connecticut and went on to set up several shops in Northwestern Connecticut. As a member of the Connecticut Land Company, he participated in the settlement of Ohio where a town is named for him. Following six terms in the state legislature, he was elected Senator of Connecticut in 1821. The Society’s collection of the Senator’s papers is comprised mostly of business records detailing transactions that exchanged local agricultural products for foreign goods. These ledgers and receipts document not only the purchases of the upper class, but also the labor and barter of working men and women, including enslaved and free African Americans.

Elijah Boardman’s 1810 Ballance [sic] Book (left) and bundles of documents in the collection (right).

While we are thrilled to have the papers of such a significant figure, we were especially delighted to discover that the Boardman family had preserved the correspondence of Boardman’s wife, Mary Anna Whiting Boardman, and his daughters, Caroline Boardman Schroeder and Cornelia Boardman. These letters shed light on aspects of family life and the experiences of women, including how they managed and conversed about the health of various family members; the skills (or lack thereof) of hired help; financial difficulties; and politics. The letters include doodles and “kisses” from the children, but also address more serious topics like financial struggles and death. We are fortunate to have a published memoir of Mary Anna Whiting Boardman, which provides context for much of the correspondence. It is available in the Internet Archive which allows for easy searching.

A letter to Cornelia (top) and a “kiss” from Margaret (bottom).

Some of the correspondence was damaged by water prior to its arrival at the Historical Society, resulting in loss of content. Our hope is that digital enhancement will render some of the damaged items more legible. This rare glimpse of a late 18th and early 19th century family from the perspective of women will be made available alongside the ledgers and blotters as we work to create both an item-level finding aid and digital surrogates, beginning with bound materials and then moving on to correspondence, bills, and receipts.

We have chosen to make our work public as we move forward with the project. The finding aid is located at: http://archives.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org:8081/repositories/2/resources/1129.

The digital surrogates can be viewed in the Connecticut Digital Archive at http://collections.ctdigitalarchive.org/islandora/object/400002%3A33.

A Tumblr page documenting interesting finds: http://eboardman.tumblr.com/.

Memoir of the life and character of Mrs. Mary Anna Boardman, with a historical account of her forefathers, and biographical and genealogical notices of many of her kindred and relatives by Schroeder, John Frederick, 1800-1857, 1849, New Haven: Printed for private distribution. https://archive.org/stream/memoiroflifechar00inschr#page/n11/mode/2up

This collection will provide an important look at the lives of women in the Early Republic and we are appreciative of the funding from NHPRC to help make it available. Check back often to see our progress, and contact Linda Hocking (lhocking@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org) with any questions.

-submitted by Linda Hocking, Women’s Collections Section supporter

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