http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives Just another Maagblog.ysu.edu Blogs weblog Fri, 29 May 2009 16:19:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last several years we have heard the death knell of newspapers, (and books) as the primary mechanism of informational and knowledge delivery. This cauldron has been led by bloggers (our modern day Benjamin Franklins), wiki's and web pages, along with the belief that this will "democratize information creation" ... http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2009/01/30/the-death-of-newspapers-or-a-rebirth/ Second part of FDR's speech on the continuing banking and Wall Street Crisis. This video comes courtesy of Youtube [Part 2 of 2]. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpbGmTSVZeM] http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2009/01/30/fdr-and-the-banking-crisis-of-1932-part-ii/ With the continuing banking and Wall Street Crisis, the YSU Archives turn to another FDR Fireside Chat on how the FDR administration dealt with the crisis of 1932. This video comes courtesy of Youtube [Part 1 of 2]. watch?v=kFvrL_nqx2c http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/11/26/fdr-and-the-banking-crisis-of-1932/ For the last five months, the Archives Staff has been creating ocr'd pdf's of all the Jambar Newspapers (1931-present). The first stage of the project was to have all the Jambar Newspapers scanned and put in pdf files. The second stage had the archives staff take the images and apply ... http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/11/20/jambar-archives/ YSU Archives now has it's own Facebook page. http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/11/18/ysu-archives-now-on-facebook/ Within the last several weeks, employees of the Maag Library's IT, MMC, and Archive Departments have teamed up to start the conversion of analog oral histories to digital files (in cooperation with the YSU Oral History Department). This project is expected to take about two years and make available all ... http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/11/03/digitizing-analog/ In February 1999, the Youngstown Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority celebrated Black History Month with a project commemorating the achievements of the local African American community. The women in this group took upon themselves the responsibility to continue the oral history tradition by creating an audio-visual presentation documenting ... http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/10/23/the-delta-heritage-project/ Recently, I came to be fascinated by the historical theories of Oscar Handlin and William McNeill, which focus on whether or not history is true.  I was exposed to their essays while reading Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History, Volume II Reconstruction to the Present for ... http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/09/29/historical-truth/ If there is a scientific aspect to archives, the study of Diplomatics would be that area. Its function is the same as anatomy is to a doctor, and grammar to a linguist. Its indispensable for having an understanding of the meaning and function of the constituent parts of a document. ... http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/09/25/how-to-study-documents/ Our video of the month takes us back to 1933 and how Franklin D. Roosevelt dealt with the tumultuous economic period of the 30’s. In this particular segment he addresses mortgages, farms, and the dollar crisis. [video [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8032602925483552183&ei=O5KpSITeHIPM4AK_rew3&q=Six+FDR+1933+Fireside+chats+] nolink] http://maagblog.ysu.edu/ysuarchives/2008/08/18/fdr-on-mortgage-farm-and-dollar-crisis/