Tag: archives
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Reflection on Final Project
In the beginning of the semester, we worked together as a team of Humanities 100 students and professors to transcribe Payne and Froehlich’s 1747 travel journal. Using the digital copy of the journal, various digital humanities tools, and help from our professors, my classmates and I were able to look at the journal from both…
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On Material and Digital Archives: Old Info, New Medium.
Digitizing archival material comes with advantages and disadvantages; creating a large responsibility for the archivist. Digitally cataloging historical information makes the material accessible. For example prior to the travel journals being published online, the only way one could read them would be by reading the actual journal. Now the contents are available online, so the information can be…