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Navigating Archives: FAQ for Archival Research

2 replies, 2 voices Last updated by Samantha Chang 5 years, 9 months ago
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    • 12 June 2020 at 11:41 am EDT #32212

      Samantha Chang
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      Archives are integral to many of our research projects. Share your tips and strategies on navigating archives and post questions you have about archival research below.

    • 28 June 2020 at 3:46 pm EDT #32965

      Barbara E. Dietlinger
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      My dissertation made me discover quite a number of archives in Europe (especially the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany). Something that I wish somebody would have told me before is the temperature in the archives. Depending on the archive, it varies A LOT. I want to draw your attention to this helpful list compiled by Megan Cook.

    • 4 July 2020 at 2:52 pm EDT #33842

      Samantha Chang
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      For those struggling with organizing archival document photos and transcriptions, I recommend using Tropy as a research photo management tool. The tool allows you to enter metadata, add tags, enter transcriptions and annotations, and organize the photos into projects and lists. You can also group multiple images under one object and adjust colour contrast, which is useful when taking various photographs of the same page, trying to get the best shot or different angles of objects. Best of all, Tropy is free, open-source software!

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