The University Libraries is excited to announce the release of three new digital collections and additions to three historical photograph collections. While many of the items we digitize belong to the ...

For the first time in American broadcast history, Black Women in Radio (BWIR) has created a solution for archival documentation and sound preservation of Black women to thrive permanently. In ...

The Alamo acquired a rare swivel cannon from the 1836 battle, bringing its collection to 11 battle-used pieces with ties to ...

Anxious to mint a piece of crypto history as a digital collectible? The time has almost come. After amassing a waitlist of more than 400,000 participants, spurring a delayed but fairer launch, ...

The inclusions are so faint in the unpolished amber that Goethe, despite his interest in observing nature, likely never realized he had insects preserved inside what amount to biological time capsules ...

Temporary exhibitions often seem to steal the spotlight, but for some curators the real triumph is reinvigorating a museum’s permanent holdings. With lesser-known gems collecting dust in storage and ...

Historical organizations such as The History Center have been adding to their collections from the beginning. Lesson from the past Before the pandemic, The History Center, home to the Allen ...

Erin Greenwald serves as deputy director at the Historic New Orleans Collection, overseeing the divisions of collections development and exhibitions, audience engagement, digital services and ...

As I sit here writing this column, I have just returned home about 90 minutes later than normal. But it was all worth it. You see, I had a wonderful visit with a couple who are downsizing and had some ...

The Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection has the largest collection of works by Knoxville artist Catherine Wiley. Wiley was a prominent artist but was institutionalized at age 47 and never painted ...