
Angry Archivist: Cutting Up History
Angry Archivist: Cutting Up History Don’t you love it when you sit down to read through a historic book and someone has cut pages out of it? Isn’t that wonderful? No? I did…

4 Benefits of a Digitized Collection
4 Benefits of a Digitized Collection Last week, we went over some tips for scanning your collection. So, you’ve gotten a scanner and digitized your Civil War era photographs, …

How to Scan Your Collection
How to Scan Your Collection This is only a basic guide on how to scan your collection. For this purpose, I’m focusing on documents and photographs. Things like maps, glass n…

The Scanners to Digitize Your Collection
The Scanners to Digitize Your Collection Last week we discussed in some basic detail the advantages of having a digitized copy of your collection available. This week, I want…

Why Digitize Your Collection
One of the things I’ve written about in previous posts is the importance of digitizing your collection. Whether it’s a photograph collection, or document collection, it’s impo…

The Humanity of the Battle of Gettysburg in Primary Sources
The Humanity of the Battle of Gettysburg in Primary Sources As a professional or amateur researcher, the best information you can find about a historical topic will come from…

3 Simple Tips for Displaying Your Collection
3 Simple Tips for Displaying Your Collection One of the highlights of owning a nice collection (or even a beginner-level collection) of Civil War memorabilia is displaying…

Angry Archivist: Stop Writing on and Putting Sticky Notes on Historical Documents
Angry Archivist: Stop Writing on and Putting Sticky Notes Historical Documents You may remember that I wrote (ranted) about people marking up original historical documents…

Angry Archivist: Can I Just Glue It?
Angry Archivist: Can I Just Glue It? For this post blog post, I’m deviating a bit from the Civil War and shifting gears into archival madness that I sometimes run across on a …

Archive Tips: NPS Conserve O Grams Are a Fantastic Free Resource
Archive Tips: NPS Conserve O Grams are a Fantastic Free Resource Caring for a private collection of historical material can be overwhelming, especially if you have not…