#personalpapers — Public Fediverse posts
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Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/canadian-press-harpers-archival-collection-includes-one-million-photos-a-quilt-and-a-hockey-card/ -
Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/canadian-press-harpers-archival-collection-includes-one-million-photos-a-quilt-and-a-hockey-card/ -
Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/canadian-press-harpers-archival-collection-includes-one-million-photos-a-quilt-and-a-hockey-card/ -
Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/canadian-press-harpers-archival-collection-includes-one-million-photos-a-quilt-and-a-hockey-card/ -
Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/07/canadian-press-harpers-archival-collection-includes-one-million-photos-a-quilt-and-a-hockey-card/ -
University of Michigan: New Additions to the Thomas Gage Papers Digital Collection. “The William L. Clements Library would like to announce the availability of new additions to the Thomas Gage Papers Digital Collection. General Thomas Gage served as the British Army’s Commander-in-Chief in North America from 1763 to 1775, the highest level of administration in the American colonies at that […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/28/university-of-michigan-new-additions-to-the-thomas-gage-papers-digital-collection/ -
Yale Library: Five new and nine expanded collections now available for researchers. “Beinecke Library reports that from July to September, staff processed 5 new collections and added new materials to 9 existing collections—including the Louise Glück papers. All the collections are discoverable in Archives at Yale.”
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The Wire: New Smartphone-Friendly Nehru Archive Goes Live. “…the platform offers an easily searchable and freely downloadable collection initially centred on the 100 published volumes of the Selected Works of [Jawaharlal] Nehru, covering the years 1903 to 1964. The Nehru archive currently hosts more than 75,000 pages and over 3,000 illustrations.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/21/the-wire-new-smartphone-friendly-nehru-archive-goes-live/
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Jewish Press: Preserving the Legacy of Rabbi Norman Lamm. “A treasure trove of previously unpublished sermons, correspondences, and essays by Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm (zt”l) – a foundational figure in twentieth-century Modern Orthodoxy – is now available online through the newly launched Lamm Legacy Project.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/18/jewish-press-preserving-the-legacy-of-rabbi-norman-lamm/
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New Mexico State University: NMSU Archives acquires Frederick Nolan papers, a treasure trove on Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid. “New Mexico State University’s Archives and Special Collections has acquired the papers of Frederick Nolan, the pre-eminent historian of Lincoln County, the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid. The collection, shipped from London to Las Cruces, marks a highly […]
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Vanderbilt University: Heard Libraries complete digitization of Lamar Alexander Papers, making vital political history more widely accessible. “The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives has completed a long-term project to fully digitize the Lamar Alexander Papers, which document the life and work of a significant figure in Tennessee and U.S. […]
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Vanderbilt University: Heard Libraries complete digitization of Lamar Alexander Papers, making vital political history more widely accessible. “The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives has completed a long-term project to fully digitize the Lamar Alexander Papers, which document the life and work of a significant figure in Tennessee and U.S. […]
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Associated Press: Stephen Sondheim’s papers go to Library of Congress, offering a look into a Broadway genius. “Manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks from Stephen Sondheim have been donated to the Library of Congress, offering the public a chance to see firsthand the creativity of one of musical theater’s giants.”
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Brooklyn Rail: Carolee Schneemann’s Digitized Diaries. “[Carolee] Schneemann was a life-long documentor and kept diaries and scrapbooks dating back as early as 1951, now all part of Stanford University’s archives. Following the five year embargo period on their use, the first thirty-six volumes in this collection (1951–78) are now fully digitized and available to view online, providing […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/brooklyn-rail-carolee-schneemanns-digitized-diaries/
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Catholic Review: Daughters of Charity, DePaul University expand digital collection of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s papers, letters. “As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton approaches Sept. 14, many of her family’s documents are being made public digitally. The archives of the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise, in collaboration with the digital […]
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The Guardian: Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein. “He was a self-educated genius whose groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of physics and chemistry electrified the world of science and laid the foundations for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity nearly a century later. Now, the little-known notebooks of the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday […]
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The Guardian: Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein. “He was a self-educated genius whose groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of physics and chemistry electrified the world of science and laid the foundations for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity nearly a century later. Now, the little-known notebooks of the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday […]
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The Guardian: Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein. “He was a self-educated genius whose groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of physics and chemistry electrified the world of science and laid the foundations for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity nearly a century later. Now, the little-known notebooks of the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday […]
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The Guardian: Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein. “He was a self-educated genius whose groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of physics and chemistry electrified the world of science and laid the foundations for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity nearly a century later. Now, the little-known notebooks of the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday […]
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The Guardian: Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein. “He was a self-educated genius whose groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of physics and chemistry electrified the world of science and laid the foundations for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity nearly a century later. Now, the little-known notebooks of the Victorian scientist Michael Faraday […]