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Century Library and the Craft of Making Local History Visible
For anyone involved in preserving and sharing local history — whether as a museum administrator, site curator, librarian, educator, or family historian — one of the ongoing challenges is not just collecting material, but presenting it in a way that invites people in. Archives matter. Accuracy matters. But engagement matters too. How history is framed, designed, and visually supported often determines whether it’s absorbed, remembered, or quietly overlooked. Century Library…
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Century Library and the Craft of Making Local History Visible
For anyone involved in preserving and sharing local history — whether as a museum administrator, site curator, librarian, educator, or family historian — one of the ongoing challenges is not just collecting material, but presenting it in a way that invites people in. Archives matter. Accuracy matters. But engagement matters too. How history is framed, designed, and visually supported often determines whether it’s absorbed, remembered, or quietly overlooked. Century Library…
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The Los Angeles Printers Fair: A Celebration of Print, Paper, and the Book Arts
PrintersFair.com is the official website for the Los Angeles Printers Fair, an annual event hosted by the International Printing Museum in Carson, California. This vibrant fair celebrates the art of printing, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, and letterpress through hands-on exhibits, vendor booths, live demonstrations, and interactive workshops. Bringing together artists, designers, printers, collectors, and the simply curious, the Printers Fair transforms the museum grounds into a bustling marketplace of creativity and…
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Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL): Connecting the Region Through History
MWDL.org is a digital hub that connects over 200 libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies from across the Mountain West region—including Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, and beyond—into a shared network of digitized cultural heritage. As a service hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), the Mountain West Digital Library plays a key role in making local collections accessible on a national scale. MWDL doesn’t host the content directly,…
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Digital Commonwealth: A Gateway to Massachusetts History
DigitalCommonwealth.org is a nonprofit digital library that offers free online access to thousands of historical photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, newspapers, maps, and other culturally significant materials from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies across Massachusetts. Its mission is twofold: to provide access to these valuable historical resources and to support member institutions in digitizing and sharing their collections. The platform serves educators, students, researchers, genealogists, and history enthusiasts by making…
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Major Resources For Local History in Utah
Here is a curated list of local history resources in Utah, including archives, museums, libraries, and online collections valuable for research, education, and storytelling on LocalHistorical.com: Statewide Institutions University & Academic Collections Local History Centers & Museums Community & Grassroots Resources Local Historical Societies in Utah (by County) Here is a detailed directory of Utah’s counties and their corresponding historical societies, including websites and contact information when available: County Name…
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Through My Eyes: Cambodian Culture Thriving in Salt Lake City
Discussion with Jorge Iturrieta A New Beginning in Utah When I first learned of Salt Lake City’s Cambodian community, I saw more than refugee stories—I saw resilience, culture, and living history woven into Utah’s fabric. Founded in the early 1980s, after the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, nearly 1,000 Cambodians resettled here by 1990 (nhmu.utah.edu, en.wikipedia.org). West Valley City’s Wat Buddhikaram (est. 2013) now stands as a cultural and spiritual…