• Century Library and the Craft of Making Local History Visible

    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,

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  • Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL): Connecting the Region Through History

    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

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  • Digital Commonwealth: A Gateway to Massachusetts History

    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

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  • Major Resources For Local History in Utah

    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

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Local Historical is a passion project of Briyan Frederick Baker. It’s for curators, biographers, museum admins and others interested in preserving and building local and personal history experiences that engage a community that supports it. Read more about it and learn about done for you services to help you achieve this here.

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