- With the running of the Boston Marathon this past week, be sure to check out Northeastern University's, "Our Marathon," a crowd-sourced, digital archive of pictures, videos, stories, and social media related to the Boston Marathon bombing. [via Ricc Ferrante, SIA]
- In the early days of my career as an archivist, I had the privilege of cataloging the papers of Grace Nicholson, a collector, businesswoman, and amateur anthropologist who collected not only Native American materials from tribes in California and the Southwest, but also focused Asian art. Now approximately 10,000 photos of hers are now fully organized and cataloged, including images from her collecting trips up and down the Pacific Coast. [via Verso, The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Gardens]
- Rooted in history - How the Star Spangled Banner got its color. [via O Say Can You See?, NMAH]
- Wayback Machine indeed, Google has gathered together historic Street View images going back to 2007. [via InfoDocket]
- Make sure its accessible - planning for your digital assets after you're gone. [via Unclutterer]
- The British Pathé recently released its collection on YouTube where there are more than 80,000 20th century videos available. [via Courtney Bellizzi, SIA]
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