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News from SCRLC
New Metadata Dictionary for NYHeritage
After more months than I care to admit, we have revamped and re-published the Metadata Dictionary for NYHeritage. You can now take a look at Version 6 here. We edited with an eye toward clarity, consistency and conciseness. Links still work throughout, although if you do decide to print it, you'll be saved about 25 pages from the previous edition. We included a change report on pages 4 and 5 to list exactly what was altered between versions. I don't think any SCRLC members will need to change their metadata habits.
New Collections: American Association of University Women - Oneonta Chapter & Daughters of the American Revolution
Made of yearbooks, correspondence and ephemera related to the American Assocation of University Women and the Daughters of the American Revolution in Oneonta, these collections were created by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society thanks to a digitization grant from SCRLC. The grant also helped GOHS greatly expand the Jessie Elvira Jenks Papers. Jenks was from Oneonta and wrote to her parents frequently in the 1890s as she attended the New England Conservatory of Music.
New Collection: Aqua Festival Collection
Before CanalFest, there was the Aqua Festival. Seneca Falls Library paid SCRLC to digitize 119 three-ring binders full of newspaper clippings, and one stood out for its blue-ness. The late town historian, Roberta Halden, had compiled everything she could find about the annual Aqua Festival, held in the 1960s. This popular public event fizzled out, despite fireworks, boat races, and an "Aqua-cade."
New Collection: George M. Michaels Collection
Thanks to Consider the Source digitization funding, one of our new members, the Cayuga Musuem of History and Art, digitized a fantastic collection with modern relevance. George M. Michaels represented Auburn (which, of note, was a very Catholic city!) in the NYS Assembly in the 1960s, where he was best known for his changed vote that played a pivotal role in the passage of an expanded abortion rights law.
The collection includes his speech drafts, letters in support and against his vote, and photos.
Recently Asked Questions for the Archivists
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