Digital Collections
Minitex News articles tagged with "Digital Collections" (116):
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Love letters from Civil War general to his future wife now in MDL
The Minnesota Digital Library recently uploaded a set of 74 handwritten love letters from Gen. Theodore H. Barrett to his future wife, Georgia McKee, during the years 1877-1880.
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New MDL exhibit features the photography of Mathias O. Bue
The Minnesota Digital Library recently published a new online exhibit featuring the photography of Mathias O. Bue, who was the leading photographer in Lanesboro from 1912 to 1946.
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Two major collections from northwestern Minnesota added to MDL
New additions to the Minnesota Digital Library include a set of Bemidji city directories and a collection of letters about the World War I service of Maurice Masterson of Barnesville, Minnesota.
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History Center of Freeborn County shares local plat maps with MDL
In their first contribution to MDL since 2005, the History Center of Freeborn County has shared a set of plat map books on Freeborn, Dakota, Mower, and Waseca counties.
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Wright County Historical Society joins MDL with historic school photographs and maps
The Wright County Historical Society is the latest contributor to the Minnesota Digital Library. Their digital collection includes a set of county school photographs and plat maps.
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Roseau County Historical Society adds audio recordings to MDL
The Roseau County Historical Society recently added 95 audio recordings on Roseau County history to its digital collection in the Minnesota Digital Library.
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Coming this Spring: Digital Project Skills series from Minitex
Minitex will offer an introductory Digital Project Skills series on digitizing collections, metadata for digital collections, and preserving digital collections. The series is designed for staff of any library, archive, museum, or other organization planning or already working on digital projects. No previous knowledge is assumed.
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New in MDL: U.S. Representative Solomon G. Comstock’s correspondence with Civil War veterans
The Northwest Minnesota History Center at Minnesota State University Moorhead recently contributed the Solomon G. Comstock collection, which includes documents and correspondence with over 200 Civil War veterans or widows of veterans about their pension claims, from about 1889-1891.
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“Hoops and Dreams” basketball oral histories now available in MDL
A collection of oral histories about Black basketball titled “Hoops and Dreams and the Politics of Racial Resistance and Change in Minneapolis” is now available in the Minnesota Digital Library.
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Minnesota Digital Library celebrates 20 years of preservation and access
For over twenty years, the Minnesota Digital Library has been committed to the dual values of preservation and access. By digitizing collections from our partners all over the state and making them available via our website, we have ensured that Minnesota’s historical and cultural treasures will be saved and shared for years to come.