USA Archives News
Friends of the Archives Next
Meeting
The Friends of the University of
South Alabama Archives invite you to their semi-annual meeting. The speaker for the
meeting will be Scotty E. Kirkland, a recent MA history graduate. The title of Mr.
Kirkland's talk is "Mobile, the Boswell Amendment, and the transformation of
Alabama's Democratic Party."
When: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: Room 181, University Library
Refreshments will be served.
Those wishing to attend MUST RSVP to the University Archives at 434-3800 by March 20. |
Archives Receives Another Grant
Late last year we told you about our grant application, in
conjunction with Junior League of Mobile,
to the J. L. Bedsole Foundation for funds to purchase supplies to process Junior League
Records. On January 11, we received confirmation from the foundation that our grant
application had been fully funded. The check will soon be in hand, the records transferred
to us, supplies purchased, and processing begun. Please click
here for the press release announcing the grant award. |
Grant Awarded
On November 25, the Archives was notified that its grant
application in the amount of $5,917 to the National Endowment for the Humanities was fully
funded as a We the People grant. The monies will go to complete processing of the
Wilson C. Burton Collection and begin processing of
the Wilbur F. Palmer Collection. We will
continue to post reports on the progress of the projects. |
Archives partners with Junior League of Mobile
Several months ago the Junior League of Mobile
approached the Archives about donating its records. The two organizations then partnered
to apply for a grant from the Bedsole Foundation for funds to purchase archival supplies
to re-house and organize the Junior League's papers. We should receive word on the success
of the grant by the middle of December. The official donation of the records is pending
that decision. |
Archives completes
requirements for NHPRC/HRAB grant
On April 6, 2009, the National Historic Publications and Records
Commission, through the Alabama state Historical Records Advisory Board, awarded the
Archives a $2,500 grant. The grant was applied toward supplies to re-house and organize
the Wilson C. Burton photographic collection. The monies arrived and this past summer,
graduate students began working on the collection. To date, 80 percent of the collection
has been re-housed, or an estimated 72,000 negatives. For more on the collection, please
see our guide to photographic collections. |
Archives announces change to scan policy
Effective October 1, 2009, the Archives instituted a new policy
for scans. Scans for for personal use, for computer monitor viewing, or for a web site
viewing are limited to 72 to 96 dots per inch (dpi). Those for inclusion in powerpoint
presentations will not be scanned any higher than 300 dpi. Only scans for commerical
publication or special projects (with the prior approval of the archivist) will be
reproduced at a dpi higher than 300 .jpg.
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