Category Archives: Digital collections

Watch the WRAL video clip about the State Library’s Blue Ribbon Memories site

Posted on October 17, 2011 by GHLstaff

WRAL TV highlighted the State Library of North Carolina’s Blue Ribbon Memories site this evening. The video may be viewed on the WRAL Web site at http://www.wral.com/entertainment/statefair/video/10269369/. Take a look at the video to learn more about the project and … Continue reading →

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Blue Ribbon Memories at the Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market

Posted on September 6, 2011 by GHLstaff

at the Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market Browse the market and add your favorite State Fair memory to the growing collection. Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. City Plaza, 400 block of Fayetteville Street, downtown Raleigh Visit the … Continue reading →

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Help us transcribe family history documents!

Posted on July 22, 2011 by GHLstaff

The State Library needs your help transcribing family history / genealogy documents. Most are handwritten or poor quality typewritten documents that computers can’t translate into text using character recognition software. We need humans to transcribe the pages in order to … Continue reading →

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Share the State Fair with the Blue Ribbon Memories Online Exhibit

Posted on July 21, 2011 by GHLstaff

The State Library of North Carolina is getting in the mood for fried food and prize pumpkins as it launches a new online exhibit about the North Carolina State Fair: Blue Ribbon Memories: Your History of the NC State Fair, … Continue reading →

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New issue of the “Digital Insider”

Posted on July 5, 2011 by GHLstaff

The “Digital Insider” newsletter contains information pertaining to the digitization, digital preservation, and online usability activities of the State Library of North Carolina. The most recent issue is at: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/news/di/2011_0402.pdf Past issues can be found at: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/news.html

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Over 400 Bible Records Added to Family Records Collection

Posted on June 20, 2011 by GHLstaff

URL: http://familyrecords.ncdcr.gov Nearly 1,500 of the roughly 2,200  family Bible records in the State Archives collections are now available online through the Family Records Online Collection, a project of the State Archives and State Library. Since 2009, staff and volunteers … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Civil War

Posted on March 30, 2011 by GHLstaff

North Carolina Civil War Soldiers: Mapping the Conflict From Wilmington to Petersburg and Gettysburg, North Carolina soldiers served in many of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Homesickness, fear, patriotism, spirituality, hunger, all-night picket duty, and time in the … Continue reading →

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Digital Insider newsletter now available

Posted on February 8, 2011 by GHLstaff

This quarter’s “Digital Insider” contains articles that commemorate the Civil War, celebrate Black History Month, and co-locate new state publications. Read more about: North Carolina Public Documents, a recent addition to the State Publications online collection. This 51-volume, 64,500 page … Continue reading →

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The North Carolina Digital Collections

Posted on December 14, 2010 by GHLstaff

Whether you’re new to our digital collections or a long-time user, we hope you’ll enjoy the site we’re formally launching today: the North Carolina Digital Collections.  Staff at the State Archives and State Library have designed this website together, with … Continue reading →

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Fall Digital Insider now available

Posted on October 19, 2010 by GHLstaff

The fall issue of the Digital Insider, published by the Digital Information Management Program, is now available, and we’ve packed lots of great information into its two pages! This issue contains an update on the ever-growing, popular web resource, the … Continue reading →

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