Category Archives: Archives in the News

New shelves!

Ok, so I admit it’s not the best photo but I’m excited and had to share this with you. Meet our new shelves! I can’t wait to fill them!

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Ancestry.com adds Sears catalogs

Thought this would be of interest to any of you Ancestry.com users: Now with more context! From the article: “Ancestry.com, an online repository of historical records and web service for building family trees, has spent the past year working with … Continue reading

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Pardon our dust!

We are excited to announce that the archives will be moving to our new space over the course of the next month. We anticipate having everything settled in to the new location by the first of the year, and in … Continue reading

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Saving your treasures

This instructional video from the Smithsonian may be of interest to those of you looking to preserve your family’s treasures.  The video shows how to remove photos from those horribly acidic, damaging sticky albums.  The albums that all of my … Continue reading

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Archives Month, Day 26

If you haven’t seen the amazing 1848 daguerreotype at the main branch of the public library, I recommend that you do so immediately. If you aren’t running out the door right this second, take a look at this article from … Continue reading

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Archives Month, day 19

U5S6B09F34P002 Originally uploaded by Cincinnati State Archives Since we approaching an election, I thought I would share this story about how important archives are to a democracy.

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Archives around the world!

It is Archives Month and as an archivist I get to celebrate however I like.  Today I would like to share some treats with you from around the world.  Today, from the University of Cambridge, listen to recordings of modern … Continue reading

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Brian May, in stereo?

Who? you might ask. He was the guitar player for British rock band Queen, turned PhD from Imperial College in London, turned curator of stereoscopic photography. Talk about a renaissance man. I feel it is my duty as an archivist … Continue reading

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The things we keep

U5S6B02F09P001 – Engr Tech, Civil Engineering TechOriginally uploaded by Cincinnati State Archives “What should I be saving for the archives?” you may be asking yourself. Well since you asked… Consider this snippet of an article on Miami University archivist Bob … Continue reading

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Destination Cincinnati, by way of the USSR, 1980

Greetings!  Zdravstvuite! I was going through our clippings file, looking for something else entirely, when I came across this interesting bit of Cincinnati State history.  In 1980, Cincinnati State (CTC at the time), in partnership with The Jewish Vocational Service, … Continue reading

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