Genealogical Workshop

Genealogists in the Nashville area will want to know about this event:
Located in the buckle of America’s Bible belt, Nashville, Tennessee is home to several major repositories of religious records.  Denominational archives, publishing boards, and local congregations offer a wide array of research opportunities.  In addition to documenting de­nominational histories, religious archives also preserve information [...]

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Oral History Collection to ACU

Click here for the announcement and here for the video describing the donation of this fine collection of material:
The collection consists of 20 separate files, 12 audio cassettes and 5 audio mini cassettes of interviews. The written files contain summary transcripts of the interviews, notes, and related material about each of the individuals interviewed and [...]

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Another archives blog

Keep up with Erin Adams, University Archivist at Freed-Hardeman University, here.
Check out the new website for the University Archives here.

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Tweets from the Past

My colleague Sara Harwell has an innovative project afoot.  In 2007 DCHS was given a marvelous collection of material from First Christian Church, Frankfort, Kentucky.  Included in the gift were decades worth of diaries kept by FCC minister George Darsie.  In brief daily entries George recounts the ins and outs, the people and moments, the [...]

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Two Disciples websites, and a reflection on archiving

DisciplesWorld’s website will change and evolve over the next few months.  Keep up with it all at Verity Jones’ blog here and get connected at the Intersection, a social networking site for Disciples and friends, here.  Change and evolution is the order of the day it seems.
It remains to be seen what an archive will [...]

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Louisville Free Public Library flood damage

Read the story and see the pictures at Library Journal.
Eerie…really eerie.  Especially since as I type this we have workmen in T. W. Phillips Memorial replastering the ceiling in the Fiers Lecture Hall in preparation for painting to be followed by new flooring.   Then the crew will move downstairs for more painting, more new floors [...]

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St. Lawrence Day again?…how time flies

Happy St. Lawrence Day!
Read Mary’s email from 10 August 2008 here.

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New archives blog

Concordia Historical Institute is the Department of Archives and History of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.  They are now blogging here.
Be sure to check them out and especially look through the photos of their new museum and exhibit center.  Next time I’m in St. Louis I want to visit in person.

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I keep these handy

The summer of 2009 has been, without question, the busiest research season in my three years at DCHS.  It’s been terrific: lots of people are working on congregational history, personal family history and genealogy, scholarly articles and presentations, theses and dissertations, plus an array of books.
In one sense our stacks are my reference shelf, but [...]

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DCHS card catalog back online

http://www.discipleshistory.org/catalog/alex.htm
Happy searching!

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