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Creating a winning online exhibition : a guide for libraries, archives, and museums

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14336

Author: Kalfatovic, Martin R.,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 659.152 K14

Responsibility: Martin R. Kalfatovic.

ISBN: 0838908179 (alk. paper)

Author: Kalfatovic, Martin R.,

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: American Library Association,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xvii, 117 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index.

Subjects: Library exhibits - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Library Web sites - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Web sites - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Libraries - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 659.152 K14

Preserving your family photographs : how to organize, present, and restore your precious family images

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16856

Author: Taylor, Maureen Alice.

Date of Publication: c2001.

Call Number: 771.46 T244

Responsibility: Maureen A. Taylor.

ISBN: 1558705791 (alk. paper); 9781558705791 (alk. paper)

Author: Taylor, Maureen Alice.

Place of Publication: Cincinnati, Ohio

Publisher: Betterway Books,

Date of Publication: c2001.

Physical Description: 246 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-242) and index.

Contents: Introduction: Preserving Our Past for the Future -- Stories Worth Saving -- Retaining the Original Order -- Photo Identification Techniques -- Adding to Your Collection -- A Family Collection Through the Generations -- Sentimental vs. Market Value -- Checklist: Getting Ready -- The Preservation Facts -- Damage to Photographs -- Should You Clean Your Pictures? -- Storage Considerations -- Take Care of Your New Images -- Mailing Photographs -- Choosing a Storage Facility -- Copying Methods -- Scanning the Images -- Printing Digital Images -- Digital Information Online -- Know the Law Before You Copy -- Checklist: The Preservation Facts -- Cased Images: Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and Tintypes -- Daguerreotypes -- Handling Suggestions -- Ambrotypes -- Tintypes -- Telling Them Apart -- Cases -- Frequently Asked Question -- Checklist: Cased Images -- Photographic Prints and Negatives -- The Nineteenth Century -- Identifying the Process -- Card Photographs -- Candid Photographic Prints -- Paper Supports -- Surface Treatments -- Resin-Coated (RC) Papers -- Photographic Albums -- Negatives -- Film-Based Negatives -- Checklist: Photographic Prints and Negatives -- Color -- Deterioration -- Instant Color -- General Suggestions for Color Prints and Negatives -- Film and Glass Slides -- Movie Film -- Hiring a Professional Photographer -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: Color -- The Digital Age: The New Family Album -- Digital Photography History -- Computer Files -- Photo CDs -- Online Photo Community -- Photo Suppliers -- Preservation Issues -- Family Pages and Extended Family Sites -- Designing a Family Home Page -- Privacy Issues in the New Family Album -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Checklist: The Digital Age -- Professional Help: Conservation and Restoration -- Why You Need a Professional -- What Can a Conservator Accomplish? -- Disaster Preparedness -- Water Damage -- What to Save in Case of Disaster -- Restoration -- Airbrush Restoration -- Digital Restorations -- Paper Print -- Becoming a Professional -- Checklist: Professional Help -- Ways of Organizing (Keep It Simple) -- Ways to Organize -- Finding the Time -- To-Do List -- Indexing Systems -- Sample Inventory of the Smith Family Collection -- Photo Software and Databases -- Organizing Slides -- Museum Registration Methods -- Chronological Methods -- Hiring a Professional Organizer -- Becoming a Photo Curator -- Special Consideration: Organizing Before You Donate -- Checklist: Organizing -- Safe Scrapbooking -- Albums -- Rubber Stamping -- Sheet Protectors -- Stickers -- Family Memorabilia -- Lamination vs. Encapsulation -- Artifacts -- Creating the Scrapbook -- Digital Scrapbooks -- Consult the Experts -- Supplies for a Safe Scrapbook -- Rules for Safe Scrapbooking -- Checklist: Safe Scrapbooking -- Three Family Collections -- The Taylor Family Collection -- The Betlock/Virnig Collection -- The Emison Family Collection -- Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Using Your Photographs in a Family History -- Displaying Family Photographs -- Family Reunion Activities -- Creating a Better Family Photo Collection -- Checklist: Having Fun With Your Family Photographs -- Conservators -- Magazines -- Societies and Organizations -- Copying and Restoration Services -- Archival Storage Facilities -- Cellulose Nitrate Storage -- Conference Lectures--Repeat Performance -- Web Sites of Interest -- Professional Study Programs -- Accredited Degree Programs in Library Science -- Degree Programs in Archival Training -- Digital Photography and Restoration.

Summary: Publisher Fact Sheet

Subjects: Photographs - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Photograph collections - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Photographs in genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Photography of families - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Digital preservation - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 771.46 T244

Photographs : archival care and management

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15452

Author: Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn.

Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 771.46 R615

Responsibility: by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler and Diane Vogt-O'Connor with Helena Zinkham, Brett Carnell, and Kit Peterson.

ISBN: 1931666172; 9781931666176

Author: Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Society of American Archivists,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: xvi, 529 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Notes: IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf; Rev. ed. of: Archives & manuscripts--administration of photographic collections. 1984.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: 1. Photographs in archival collections -- 2. History of photographic processes -- 3. Reading and researching photographs -- 4. Appraisal and acquisitions -- 5. Accessioning and arrangement -- 6. Description and cataloging -- 7. Preservation -- 8. Integrating preservation and archival procedures -- 9. Reference services and the research room -- 10. Legal and ethical issues of ownership, access, and usage -- 11. Copying and duplication -- 12. Digitizing photographs -- 13. Outreach : public programs, public relations, and fund-raising

Subjects: Photographs - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Photograph collections - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Photographies - Guides, manuels, etc.

Additional Author: Vogt-O'Connor, Diane.; Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 771.46 R615

Your guide to the Family History Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11553

Author: Warren, Paula Stuart,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2001.

Call Number: 016.929 W278

Responsibility: Paula Stuart Warren and James W. Warren.

ISBN: 1558705783 (alk. paper)

Author: Warren, Paula Stuart,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Cincinnati, Ohio

Publisher: Betterway Books,

Date of Publication: c2001.

Physical Description: 258 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.

Subjects: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. - Family History Library - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Genealogical libraries - Utah - Salt Lake City - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Salt Lake City (Utah) - Guidebooks.

Additional Author: Warren, Jim,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.929 W278

Field guide to emergency response

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15263

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 025.82 F453

Alternate Title: Guide to emergency response

Responsibility: produced by Heritage Preservation in support of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force.

Place of Publication: [Washington, D.C.?]

Publisher: Heritage Preservation,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: ii, 58 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 DVD + 2 forms folded to 22 x 10 cm.

Notes: Field guide team: Jane S. Long, Diane Mossholder, E.D. Tully Rambo, Mary Rogers.; "A vital tool for cultural institutions"--Cover.; Spiral-bound.; Field Guide Assessment Form and Disaster Supplies Shopping List inserted in p. [2] of cover.; Instructional DVD inserted in p. [4] of cover.; Description of cover images on inside of front and back covers.; IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf; Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58).

Subjects: Emergency management - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Assistance in emergencies - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Museums - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Library materials; Archival materials; Cultural property - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Buildings; Employees

Additional Author: Long, Jane S.

Additional Corporate Author: Heritage Preservation (Organization); Heritage Emergency National Task Force (U.S.); National Endowment for the Humanities.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 025.82 F453

Disaster recovery : salvaging art on paper

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13738

Author: Downey, Anne

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 025.7 D611a

Alternate Title: Salvaging art on paper

Responsibility: [Anne Downey and Mary Schobert].

Author: Downey, Anne

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 1 folded sheet (6 p.) : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Caption title.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 6).

Subjects: Libraries - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Library materials - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Emergency management - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Flood damage.

Additional Author: Schobert, Mary.

Additional Corporate Author: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 025.7 D611a

James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11958

Author: Santella, Andrew.

Date of Publication: c2003.

Call Number: 923.173 B918sa

Responsibility: by Andrew Santella.

ISBN: 0756502632 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Author: Santella, Andrew.

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, Minn

Publisher: Compass Point Books,

Date of Publication: c2003.

Physical Description: 64p.: ill.; 24 cm.

Series: Profiles of the presidents

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Reason to celebrate -- Young man of Pennsylvania -- A life in politics -- Honors at home and abroad -- A run for the White House -- Conflicts and controversies -- Bleeding Kansas and John Brown -- A nation divided -- Taking the blame -- Glossary -- James Buchanan's life at a glance -- James Buchanan's life and times -- World events -- Understanding James Buchanan and his presidency better.

Summary: A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Presidents.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918sa

American genealogical research at the DAR, Washington, D.C

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12822

Author: Grundset, Eric.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: c2004.

Call Number: 016.9291 G891

Responsibility: by Eric G. Grundset and Steven B. Rhodes.

ISBN: 1892237083 (pbk.)

Author: Grundset, Eric.

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,

Date of Publication: c2004.

Physical Description: 175 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Daughters of the American Revolution. - Library - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Genealogy.; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Additional Author: Rhodes, Steven B.

Additional Corporate Author: Daughters of the American Revolution.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9291 G891

Unveiling of the tablet commemorating the bicentennial of the James Wright house and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3725

Author: Hiestand, Elizabeth F. G.

Date of Publication: 1938

Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

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Responsibility: by Elizabeth F. G. Hiestand.

Author: Hiestand, Elizabeth F. G.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1938

Physical Description: [125]-137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 42, no. 5

Subjects: Wright, James.; Wright, John, - 1667-1749.; Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Columbia (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Columbia (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 42, number 5 (1938), p. 125-137Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.42

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The cult of domesticity in James Buchanan's Wheatland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20386

Author: Curtin, Kelli

Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 974.9 L245 vol. 111

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Responsibility: Kelli Curtin.

Author: Curtin, Kelli

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: pp. 108-113.

Series: The Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society vol. 111, no. 3 (2009-10)

Subjects: Buchanan, Henrietta Jane; Buchanan, James; Manners and customs; Domestic relations; Women - United States; Lancaster, Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Journal

Call Number: 974.9 L245 vol. 111

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