Hopeful news: after a five-alarm fire, the Museum of Chinese in America is cautiously optimistic about recovering its archives. [via Gothamist]
This week’s motherlode of newly-digitized materials includes the early records of the American Federation of Labor... [via Library of Congress]
...a newspaper atlas from the Oceanic Exchanges team... [via Dr. Emily Bell]
...almost 100,000 item records from the National Museum of the American Indian... [via Smithsonian Voices]
...maps to tickle the fancy of any fan of the Upper Midwest... [via Minnesota Historical Society, South Dakota State News]
...and over 5,000 pamphlets documenting Latin American history. [via Harvard Library]
Not impressed yet? Check out the National Archives’ Record Group Explorer to see just how massive a feat digitization can be. [via U.S. National Archives]
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