Personal Digital Archiving 2018

Please join us after the first day of conference for refreshments while you discuss posters and demonstrations from more presenters.

Poster sessions & demonstrations will include:

Delis Negrón Digital Biography: From a Personal Archive to a Digital Project - Sylvia Fernandez & Annette Zapata

Permanent Digital Preservation for All - Permanent Legacy Foundation’s Permanent.org - Robert Friedman
Permanent.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is focused on permanent, enduring cloud based data storage for all people. Permanent.org aims to fulfill the goal of permanent and secure digital archiving.

Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture,  Prairie View A&M University - Michael Hurd

Descendants of Olivewood Cemetery - Kyle Cooper

Texas Genealogy Challenges  - Linda Reynolds
Genealogists are the gathers and keepers of family information and historical documents. Each genealogist organizes their materials in various ways, it could be by surname, a program number or even by geographical area. In some cases, there is no separation of original material, photocopied material, and notes. With the proliferation of digitization more genealogists want to share their family treasure troves. All issues that institutions have for digitizing material, genealogists have but on a smaller scale.
As the archivist for the Texas State Genealogical Society I help genealogists navigate the digitization realm by simplifying the process to something that is doable for them. What genealogists typically do is put material on a scanner and then upload to their social media or personal web sites without thought of preservation or care. I help them think about and plan for long term access, preservation, and organization. I also provide connections to local institutions that have digital community collections such as the Portal to Texas History and our own East Texas Digital Archives, Community Collection.

The Sig Byrd Digital Archive Project - Robert Kimberly

William J. Hill Texas Artisans & Artists Archive Demonstration - Margaret Culbertson & Michelle Verret Johnson
Initiated by Bayou Bend’s Powell Library and launched in 2012, the William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive, a free online archive, is intended to facilitate research and appreciation of Texas decorative arts, painting, photography, architecture, and other media.  It has been funded by a generous donation from William J. Hill and a grant from IMLS.   Now containing over 95,000 records, the continually evolving archive provides primary source materials of the 19th century as well as later research and publications about Texas artisans and artists and images of the objects they created.  Records are contributed by partner institutions, volunteers, fellows, and staff members.  By including thousands of census and city directory records for individual artisans, in addition to newspaper advertisements and photographs of actual objects, the Archive provides exceptional widespread coverage of 19th century artisans and artists across the state.  The inclusion of account books, journals, receipts, and other detailed documentation of individual artisans enables the archive to provide in-depth material on the actual process of creating and marketing art and decorative arts.