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RAIN 20090104
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.
Archival stage material goes online
Variety - Los Angeles,CA,USA
By GORDON COX The American Theater Wing has partnered with the legit
helmers' union, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, to make
archival ...
<http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997905?categoryId=1009&cs=1>
Library plans to collect sermons for inauguration
The Associated Press
Michael Taft, head archivist at the Folklife Center, says it was decided to
collect inauguration-themed sermons because that speech form is poetic, ...
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRb3E2OyfqRKbxqk4HtE3CsLpDNgD95F6ENG0>
Welsh government data 'missing'
BBC News - UK
Four hard copy files belonging to the department for children and education
and meeting papers were among other documents in an assembly government van...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/7808180.stm>
Project at URI preserving Pell's
Providence Eyewitness News - RI,USA
... one of the most respected Senators in history." More materials are
being added to the archive everyday. You can see the entire collection
online as well.
<http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/local_wpri_pell_papers_uri_collection_20090101>
Nevada archivist picks retirement rather than cuts
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
By Martin Griffith • AP • January 2, 2009 Veteran Nevada state
Archivist Guy Rocha has announced his retirement plans, saying he doesn't
want to oversee the ...
<http://www.rgj.com/article/20090102/CARSON/901020301/1003>
Civil War letters provide rare look at 'crewel war'
MLive.com - MI,USA
"If this isn't one of the largest Civil War correspondences in the nation,
it's among the top three or five," said State Archivist Mark Harvey. ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/01/civil_war_letters_provide_rare.html>
Civil War letters donated
Niles Daily Star - MI, USA
LANSING - The Archives of Michigan announced it has received an extensive
collection, one of the largest in the country, of Civil War letters. ...
<http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/ndnews4.txt>
Hobson donates congressional papers to WSU
Springfield News Sun - Springfield,OH,USA
Wright State's archives is home to the largest Wright Brothers Collection
in the world. The repository also is home to the papers of former Gov. and...
<http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2009/01/03/sns010309hobson.html>
Historical Society lets students dig deeper into
local history
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Tamara Girardi Organizers of the Adopt-an-Artifact program at the
Alle-Kiski Historical Society in Tarentum are hopeful it will help students
learn more ...
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/today/s_605447.html>
Pioneer photo found on eBay
Mormon Times - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Now the Nebraska State Historical Society owns the 142-year-old photo of
the geological curiosity. The image was captured in July 1866 by Charles
Savage, ...
<http://www.mormontimes.com/studies_doctrine/church_history/?id=5676>
University wants to make public Pedro Pan records
Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA
By JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ MIAMI — When Eloisa Echazabal looked through the
Operation Pedro Pan archives housed at Barry University a few months ago,...
<http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/409674.html>
Historian hopes to boil down huge cache of documents
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com - Muskegon,MI,USA
Any information Harvey chooses will end up
inside the state archive
headquarters in Lansing,
where more than 110 million documents,
photographs, ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/01/historian_hopes_to_boil_down_h.html>
Chevron Corporate Archive a treasure trove
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
An archive can take up a lot of room and archivists keep running out of
space. That is one reason that the Chevron Corporate Archive moved out of
San Ramon ...
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-living/ci_11350796>
Historian hits out at gaps in archived files
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
Historian Eunan O'Halpin said he was particularly struck by the decision of
the Department of Defence to withhold large sections of its records, ...
<http://www.independent.ie/national-news/historian-hits-out-at-gaps-in-archived-files-1591620.html>
Papers of city's first mover and shaker donated to
UCSD
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
And there's more than business records in the 6 linear feet of acid-free
boxes that contain the careful jottings of a man in the know. ...
<http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/04/1c04morsem163047-morse/?zIndex=31158>
Historians hope Obama will undo records order
Houston Chronicle - United
States
By KEN HERMAN WASHINGTON — Historians and open-records advocates are
counting on President-elect Barack Obama to undo a 2001 executive order by
President ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6192113.html>
Ministry makes a mess of key papers filed by 150000
firms
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
... slowly these documents in physical form (hard copies) are getting
redundant. But that does not mean files are thrown here and there and left
unattended. ...
<http://www.livemint.com/2009/01/04234154/Ministry-makes-a-mess-of-key-p.html>