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The HeirLoom Project at Texas A&M University-Commerce James G. Gee Library is a grant-funded project that works with public libraries in NortheastTexas to assist them with digitization projects. These digitization projects will focus on preserving local history and creating connections in the community. In this, the second year of the project, the focus in on African American History.
To browse the content that we have uploaded so far, visit our Digital Collection.
- Deadline 6/15 - Call For Proposals - Digital Frontiers (9/21-22, Unt)
Deadline 6/15 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Digital Frontiers (9/21-22, UNT) The deadline for submissions for Digital Frontiers ? a conference and THATCamp for and about the diverse communities using digital tools for research, teaching, and learning ? is fast...
- Call For Objects: The Object Ethnography Project
Call for Objects: The Object Ethnography Project The Object Ethnography Project investigates how objects accumulate stories as they move from one life to another. We are looking for donations of objects?any kind of object?and the stories that come with...
- Call For International Paper Session (ala Annual - Washington, D.c. 2010)
CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PAPER SESSION (ALA Annual - Washington, D.C. 2010) For more information, visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/iro/iroactivities/papersession.cfm The American Library Association, International Papers Committee invites...
- Free Grant Proposal Writing Program - June 15
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Central Library for a program on how to write a successful grant proposal to a foundation. Key components will include: How the proposal fits into the overall grantseeking processWhat to include in a standard...
- Our Local History Collection Is Now On Flickr!
Lee Highway, 1895 - from the Places set Reading about local history is cool, but seeing it is even cooler - and now you can view hundreds of images of Arlington history online, thanks to the Virginia Room's Local History project. The Local History...
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HeirLoom Project
Downtown Clarksville Cotton Sale 1910
Red River County Public Library has partnered with Texas A&M University-Commerce to create an online collection of documents and objects of local historical interest.
An "HeirLoom" is "something valuable that has been in the possession of a family for a long time and has been passed on from one generation to the next". Public libraries are an important part of community life and are enjoyed by generations of citizens from that community. We believe public libraries are, in a sense, community heirlooms-valuable and sustained through time.
Our goal is to solicit family heirlooms from the community so that we may photograph or scan them and include them in the online collection to be preserved and enjoyed by many.
To see a sample of the pictures offered in the collection, visit our Flickr page.
To browse the content that we have uploaded so far, visit our Digital Collection.
Please contact us if you have any documents you would be willing to contribute. Your heirlooms need not leave your possession while they are being processed. You will take them with you the same day, if you desire. We would be happy to answer any questions.
This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.
- Deadline 6/15 - Call For Proposals - Digital Frontiers (9/21-22, Unt)
Deadline 6/15 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Digital Frontiers (9/21-22, UNT) The deadline for submissions for Digital Frontiers ? a conference and THATCamp for and about the diverse communities using digital tools for research, teaching, and learning ? is fast...
- Call For Objects: The Object Ethnography Project
Call for Objects: The Object Ethnography Project The Object Ethnography Project investigates how objects accumulate stories as they move from one life to another. We are looking for donations of objects?any kind of object?and the stories that come with...
- Call For International Paper Session (ala Annual - Washington, D.c. 2010)
CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PAPER SESSION (ALA Annual - Washington, D.C. 2010) For more information, visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/iro/iroactivities/papersession.cfm The American Library Association, International Papers Committee invites...
- Free Grant Proposal Writing Program - June 15
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Central Library for a program on how to write a successful grant proposal to a foundation. Key components will include: How the proposal fits into the overall grantseeking processWhat to include in a standard...
- Our Local History Collection Is Now On Flickr!
Lee Highway, 1895 - from the Places set Reading about local history is cool, but seeing it is even cooler - and now you can view hundreds of images of Arlington history online, thanks to the Virginia Room's Local History project. The Local History...