Dec
10
New Look for Website
December 10, 2007 | All, Website | Leave a Comment
The Center for Archival Collections and the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes will be sporting a new look for 2008.
In keeping with BGSU’s web guidelines, the sites have been reorganized and re-designed. They will now share more information in common, and we hope that our patrons will find the information they are looking for more easily. Although the look is different, the information remains the same.
A new feature has been added: A Digital Exhibits page will lead users to the many photographs we have available through the Archival Chronicle and other web resources.
Because the website is such a large one, the remaining pages will gradually be converted over the course of the next few months.
We hope our patrons will let us know about what features of the new site they like as well as any problems they might encounter while visiting.
Oct
8
Wartime memories preserved
October 8, 2007 | Acquisitions, All, Local History, News | Leave a Comment
Thanks to Ken Burns’ documentary The War, seen this month on PBS, Americans are taking a greater interest in the experiences of servicemen and the homefront during the Second World War.
The Center for Archival Collections takes pride in our collection of wartime correspondence, diaries, and memoirs, many of which have been transcribed and are available online. Visit our bibliography, The U.S. in Wartime to see descriptions of these collections.
The CAC welcomes the donation of correspondence, diaries, photographs, and other records of individuals and organizations that preserve the record of our nation during those turbulent times. For more information about donating records like these, please contact Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts, or telephone the CAC at (419) 372-2411.
Aug
29
Lorain County Civil War Newspapers
August 29, 2007 | All, Local History, Website | Leave a Comment
Letters from Civil War soldiers published in two Lorain County newspapers have been added to the CAC’s Civil War Newspaper Index. As with our other Civil War newspaper indexes, letters can be found by date of publication, or by unit, or by individual soldier’s name.
A brief biography of most of the correspondents (along with available photographs) can be found on our webiste under Northwest Ohio in the Civil War. Check it out!