423
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Faye Wilson Leach Collection (in progress)
Description
An account of the resource
These items are from the personal files of Faye Wilson Leach.
The first set of items are from her membership in the social sorority XI Delta Pi. There are photographic slides, membership directories and event programs.
After that, the items are a bit more jumbled. Roughly, there are three kinds of materials:
1) Purely family items, including both printed items, such as letters, and photographs
2) Fairmount United Church of Christ items, including church directories and photographs
3) Wichita items, including materials about businesses and people.
Many of these items are recent, copyrighted, or refer to living people, so, while they are in the digital database, they are not available on the web-based interface. If you find something intriguing in this collection online, there is a very good chance that there are additional materials not online. You may search and view these in our library.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Megan Fields
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Church Bulletin
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Title
A name given to the resource
First Christian Church WWII Service Bulletin
Description
An account of the resource
Bulletin for a church service honoring WWII soldiers
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
November 7, 1943
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
First Christian Church
Subject
The topic of the resource
People;
1940s;
First Christian Church;
Clifford Bailey, James Boren, James Bruce, Tom Bechtold, Ralph Beard, Harold Bechtold, James Blake, Roy Carman, Bill Barber, Bob Barber, George Binder, John R. Cox, N. D. Crowder, Roy Cartee, Robert Canfield, Morris Cartee, Paul E. Cyphers, Eugene Decker, Donald Dickerson, Joe Dillard, Charles C. Cowles, Glen Ehert, Wayne Elliott, James Elliott, Wayne Frost, John Frost, Jim Frost, Carl Juller, Virgel Himo, Paul E. Jones, Billy Koons, Bill M. Long, Charles Long, J. D. LaVollette, William McVay, Emerson McElhaney, Curtis McClelland, Jess McCalla, Vernon McDuffee, Oral Maxwell, Raymond, Loren Malone, Earl L. Mercer, James Mark, Bud Nutter, John O'Neal, Norman Pendegraft, Don Phillips, Wayne Porter, Taylor Peckham, Victor Peterson, Chester Peterson, Bill Ray, Tod Rood, Don Ruggles, Tom Rensdale, Bernard Sapp, Francis Spencer, Jack B. Smith, B. F. Smith, J.Ba. Strait, Glen Stevens, Bob Sharp, William Seaborn, Jimmie Schultz, Buddy Schultz, Bob Tarman, Charles Tague, Coe Thompson, Raymond Tague, Delbert Thomas, Earnest Thomas, Harry Willings, Don Wakefield, Thomas Whitlock, Dan Wentz, James Watson, Albert Wilson, Melvin Wilson, Alice Sunbarger, Charles Morten, William Brainerd, Joe Crowder, Cecil Smith, Gerald Shryock, Walter Binder, Charles Murphy, William Emerson, Albert Lee Cody, B. M. Thomas, Robert Pruitt, George Gravor, Keith Corbin, Bill Japp, Norman Worrell
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Corner State and Main, Augusta, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MHGS_Leach_A01a2
Publisher
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Digitized by Midwest Historical & Genealogical Society, Wichita, KS
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Copyright First Christian Church, Augusta, Kansas
1940s
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Faye Wilson Leach Collection (in progress)
Description
An account of the resource
These items are from the personal files of Faye Wilson Leach.
The first set of items are from her membership in the social sorority XI Delta Pi. There are photographic slides, membership directories and event programs.
After that, the items are a bit more jumbled. Roughly, there are three kinds of materials:
1) Purely family items, including both printed items, such as letters, and photographs
2) Fairmount United Church of Christ items, including church directories and photographs
3) Wichita items, including materials about businesses and people.
Many of these items are recent, copyrighted, or refer to living people, so, while they are in the digital database, they are not available on the web-based interface. If you find something intriguing in this collection online, there is a very good chance that there are additional materials not online. You may search and view these in our library.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Megan Fields
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Card
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Raymond Wilson Board of Health Card
Description
An account of the resource
Weight card
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1930
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Butler County Board of Health
Subject
The topic of the resource
1930s;
Raymond Wilson
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Butler County, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MHGS_Leach_A01b
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by Midwest Historical & Genealogical Society, Wichita, KS
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
MHGS in unaware of any copyright issues for this item.
1930s
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Faye Wilson Leach Collection (in progress)
Description
An account of the resource
These items are from the personal files of Faye Wilson Leach.
The first set of items are from her membership in the social sorority XI Delta Pi. There are photographic slides, membership directories and event programs.
After that, the items are a bit more jumbled. Roughly, there are three kinds of materials:
1) Purely family items, including both printed items, such as letters, and photographs
2) Fairmount United Church of Christ items, including church directories and photographs
3) Wichita items, including materials about businesses and people.
Many of these items are recent, copyrighted, or refer to living people, so, while they are in the digital database, they are not available on the web-based interface. If you find something intriguing in this collection online, there is a very good chance that there are additional materials not online. You may search and view these in our library.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Megan Fields
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Postcard
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Postcard from Frank Wilson to Faye Wilson
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard from a WWII soldier to his sister.
The return address is "Pvt. A. F. Wilson, Ward B16 Harmon Gen. Hosp. Longview, Texas" and the postcard was sent to "Miss Faye Wilson, 337 North Market, Apt 4, Wichita, Kansas"
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
October 11, 1943
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Frank Wilson
Subject
The topic of the resource
1940s;
Albert Frank Wilson;
Faye Wilson Leach;
Harmon General Hospital
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Longview, Texas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MHGS_Leach_A01c2
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Digitized by Midwest Historical & Genealogical Society, Wichita, KS
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
MHGS in unaware of any copyright issues for this item.
1940s
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Snapshot Wichita (on-going)
Description
An account of the resource
This is a collection of photographs of contemporary Sedgwick County, Kansas. Although they may be interesting or useful currently, they are primarily a gift from today's MHGS library volunteers to future volunteers who will be asked for photos of houses, buildings, events and activities from the "past." Researchers using these photos will have the advantage of knowing when and where the photos were taken, and by whom, along with a copyright license that expressly allows for non-commercial use (see below.)
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Julia Langel
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These photographs are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution & Non-Commercial license (see individual items for link to more details.)
Attribution -- Essentially, this means that these photos were taken with the intent that could be used by genealogists, historians, educators and others who need photographs of Sedgwick County locations, as long as you give credit to the photographer and MHGS.
Non-Commercial -- These photographs are NOT licensed to be used in commercial endeavors such as the covers of mainstream books, t-shirts, greeting cards, etc. MHGS is making one exception to the non-commercial restriction; if you are writing a genealogy or history book, blog, classroom or conference presentation, paid or not, and need an illustration, you are welcome to use these photographs (with attribution, of course.)
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
bd 's Mongolian Grill
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of a restaurant
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 21, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Business;
Towne East Square;
bd's Mongolian Grill
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
111 S. Rock Road, corner Douglas Avenue, Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MHGS_Snapshot_001752
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Snapshot Wichita (on-going)
Description
An account of the resource
This is a collection of photographs of contemporary Sedgwick County, Kansas. Although they may be interesting or useful currently, they are primarily a gift from today's MHGS library volunteers to future volunteers who will be asked for photos of houses, buildings, events and activities from the "past." Researchers using these photos will have the advantage of knowing when and where the photos were taken, and by whom, along with a copyright license that expressly allows for non-commercial use (see below.)
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Julia Langel
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These photographs are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution & Non-Commercial license (see individual items for link to more details.)
Attribution -- Essentially, this means that these photos were taken with the intent that could be used by genealogists, historians, educators and others who need photographs of Sedgwick County locations, as long as you give credit to the photographer and MHGS.
Non-Commercial -- These photographs are NOT licensed to be used in commercial endeavors such as the covers of mainstream books, t-shirts, greeting cards, etc. MHGS is making one exception to the non-commercial restriction; if you are writing a genealogy or history book, blog, classroom or conference presentation, paid or not, and need an illustration, you are welcome to use these photographs (with attribution, of course.)
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Southwest National Bank Building
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of a bank branch
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 21, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s, Business, Towne East Square, Southwest National Bank
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
225 S. Towne East Mall Drive, Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MHGS_Snapshot_001753
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Snapshot Wichita (on-going)
Description
An account of the resource
This is a collection of photographs of contemporary Sedgwick County, Kansas. Although they may be interesting or useful currently, they are primarily a gift from today's MHGS library volunteers to future volunteers who will be asked for photos of houses, buildings, events and activities from the "past." Researchers using these photos will have the advantage of knowing when and where the photos were taken, and by whom, along with a copyright license that expressly allows for non-commercial use (see below.)
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Julia Langel
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These photographs are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution & Non-Commercial license (see individual items for link to more details.)
Attribution -- Essentially, this means that these photos were taken with the intent that could be used by genealogists, historians, educators and others who need photographs of Sedgwick County locations, as long as you give credit to the photographer and MHGS.
Non-Commercial -- These photographs are NOT licensed to be used in commercial endeavors such as the covers of mainstream books, t-shirts, greeting cards, etc. MHGS is making one exception to the non-commercial restriction; if you are writing a genealogy or history book, blog, classroom or conference presentation, paid or not, and need an illustration, you are welcome to use these photographs (with attribution, of course.)
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Omni Business Center
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of an office building
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 21, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Business;
Towne East Square;
Omni Business Center
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
111 S. Whittier Street, Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MHGS_Snapshot_001754
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Description
An account of the resource
MHGS has started to archive materials related to the coronavirus pandemic in Sedgwick County.
Here are my thoughts on how this will work:
Scope
Strictly, ruthlessly focused on Sedgwick County. Even this is probably too big, but we'll see.
Materials
Newspaper -- I'm going to assume that the Wichita Eagle digital archive will be available in the future, and will not attempt to save Eagle articles
Facebook -- I'm only preserving things that relate directly to Sedgwick County (like ad images for special takeout menus). Although it might be fascinating for future researchers, I don't see any realistic way to preserve things like the comments on a post.
Radio and TV -- I don't know what to do about these. In many cases, they are either reporting on the same things the paper is, or the story is based on an underlying source, like a press release, which I have been able to find and archive. I am open to ideas here!
Websites -- This is where I'm getting the bulk of my material so far. Many organizations have created COVID-19 pages, and I will be taking periodic snapshots of these, as well as downloading any relevant supporting documents.
Photographs -- We need more images! I'd like pictures of interesting signs, people, and places that show the impact of the pandemic or the stay-at-home order.
Process
I am generating a list of bookmarked websites as I discover new pages. At least once per week, I return to each bookmarked website to see if anything has changed.
As to the dates on items -- the date on a website item is the date I looked at it, and not necessarily the date it changed. The date on, say, a press release, is the date on the release, not the date I found it. In general, if something has a date, I use it, otherwise, I use the date on which I archived it.
Formats
Webpages -- I am using Chrome's "Print to PDF" to create PDF files from individual web pages. I investigated fancier web archiving techniques, but decided on the fast and simple approach, both to let me work quickly now, and also to simplify future archive maintenance and access. These PDFs don't preserve the exact layout of a website, but they do get all the text and most of the images (those carousel things where several images rotate automatically don't get captured.)
Video -- I've found a little program that enables me to download YouTube and Facebook videos, so I am cautiously beginning to add those. They are real space hogs, so I'm trying to be judicious. The funny one from Cowtown was a no-brainer, of course.
Documents -- So far, all the documents I've found are either PDF or DOCX, so I'm keeping them in their original format. If something odd comes up, I'll try to convert to PDF.
Images -- As with documents, I'm keeping these in their original formats.
Negative Results
I've been collecting both passively, grabbing things as they get mentioned, and actively, searching for Wichita's major employers, retailers, churches, suburbs, etc. If I find something, I add it to the archive. I can't, however, add things to the archive that I don't find. So, here's a list of places I looked, but didn't find anything specific to both Sedgwick County and the Coronavirus. This, of course, doesn't mean they didn't do or publish anything, just that I didn't find it through a public website. Cessna, for example, probably has an employees-only site I couldn't access.
LDS Church
Jehovah's Witness Church
Cessna
Availability
Currently, only the photographs in the archive are publicly available. I don't want there to be any chance that someone doing a Google search for, say, information from the Wichita Public Schools, might accidentally land on one of our archived web pages and miss the latest information on their page. Once the pandemic has passed, we can open the archive for research.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Safety Precautions at Star Lumber & Supply
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of COVID precautions in a retail store
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 11, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Coronavirus;
Star Lumber & Supply
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Star Lumber Safety 1
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Description
An account of the resource
MHGS has started to archive materials related to the coronavirus pandemic in Sedgwick County.
Here are my thoughts on how this will work:
Scope
Strictly, ruthlessly focused on Sedgwick County. Even this is probably too big, but we'll see.
Materials
Newspaper -- I'm going to assume that the Wichita Eagle digital archive will be available in the future, and will not attempt to save Eagle articles
Facebook -- I'm only preserving things that relate directly to Sedgwick County (like ad images for special takeout menus). Although it might be fascinating for future researchers, I don't see any realistic way to preserve things like the comments on a post.
Radio and TV -- I don't know what to do about these. In many cases, they are either reporting on the same things the paper is, or the story is based on an underlying source, like a press release, which I have been able to find and archive. I am open to ideas here!
Websites -- This is where I'm getting the bulk of my material so far. Many organizations have created COVID-19 pages, and I will be taking periodic snapshots of these, as well as downloading any relevant supporting documents.
Photographs -- We need more images! I'd like pictures of interesting signs, people, and places that show the impact of the pandemic or the stay-at-home order.
Process
I am generating a list of bookmarked websites as I discover new pages. At least once per week, I return to each bookmarked website to see if anything has changed.
As to the dates on items -- the date on a website item is the date I looked at it, and not necessarily the date it changed. The date on, say, a press release, is the date on the release, not the date I found it. In general, if something has a date, I use it, otherwise, I use the date on which I archived it.
Formats
Webpages -- I am using Chrome's "Print to PDF" to create PDF files from individual web pages. I investigated fancier web archiving techniques, but decided on the fast and simple approach, both to let me work quickly now, and also to simplify future archive maintenance and access. These PDFs don't preserve the exact layout of a website, but they do get all the text and most of the images (those carousel things where several images rotate automatically don't get captured.)
Video -- I've found a little program that enables me to download YouTube and Facebook videos, so I am cautiously beginning to add those. They are real space hogs, so I'm trying to be judicious. The funny one from Cowtown was a no-brainer, of course.
Documents -- So far, all the documents I've found are either PDF or DOCX, so I'm keeping them in their original format. If something odd comes up, I'll try to convert to PDF.
Images -- As with documents, I'm keeping these in their original formats.
Negative Results
I've been collecting both passively, grabbing things as they get mentioned, and actively, searching for Wichita's major employers, retailers, churches, suburbs, etc. If I find something, I add it to the archive. I can't, however, add things to the archive that I don't find. So, here's a list of places I looked, but didn't find anything specific to both Sedgwick County and the Coronavirus. This, of course, doesn't mean they didn't do or publish anything, just that I didn't find it through a public website. Cessna, for example, probably has an employees-only site I couldn't access.
LDS Church
Jehovah's Witness Church
Cessna
Availability
Currently, only the photographs in the archive are publicly available. I don't want there to be any chance that someone doing a Google search for, say, information from the Wichita Public Schools, might accidentally land on one of our archived web pages and miss the latest information on their page. Once the pandemic has passed, we can open the archive for research.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Signs on the Door of Star Lumber
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of COVID signs at a retail store
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 11, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Coronavirus;
Star Lumber & Supply
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Star Lumber Safety 2
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Description
An account of the resource
MHGS has started to archive materials related to the coronavirus pandemic in Sedgwick County.
Here are my thoughts on how this will work:
Scope
Strictly, ruthlessly focused on Sedgwick County. Even this is probably too big, but we'll see.
Materials
Newspaper -- I'm going to assume that the Wichita Eagle digital archive will be available in the future, and will not attempt to save Eagle articles
Facebook -- I'm only preserving things that relate directly to Sedgwick County (like ad images for special takeout menus). Although it might be fascinating for future researchers, I don't see any realistic way to preserve things like the comments on a post.
Radio and TV -- I don't know what to do about these. In many cases, they are either reporting on the same things the paper is, or the story is based on an underlying source, like a press release, which I have been able to find and archive. I am open to ideas here!
Websites -- This is where I'm getting the bulk of my material so far. Many organizations have created COVID-19 pages, and I will be taking periodic snapshots of these, as well as downloading any relevant supporting documents.
Photographs -- We need more images! I'd like pictures of interesting signs, people, and places that show the impact of the pandemic or the stay-at-home order.
Process
I am generating a list of bookmarked websites as I discover new pages. At least once per week, I return to each bookmarked website to see if anything has changed.
As to the dates on items -- the date on a website item is the date I looked at it, and not necessarily the date it changed. The date on, say, a press release, is the date on the release, not the date I found it. In general, if something has a date, I use it, otherwise, I use the date on which I archived it.
Formats
Webpages -- I am using Chrome's "Print to PDF" to create PDF files from individual web pages. I investigated fancier web archiving techniques, but decided on the fast and simple approach, both to let me work quickly now, and also to simplify future archive maintenance and access. These PDFs don't preserve the exact layout of a website, but they do get all the text and most of the images (those carousel things where several images rotate automatically don't get captured.)
Video -- I've found a little program that enables me to download YouTube and Facebook videos, so I am cautiously beginning to add those. They are real space hogs, so I'm trying to be judicious. The funny one from Cowtown was a no-brainer, of course.
Documents -- So far, all the documents I've found are either PDF or DOCX, so I'm keeping them in their original format. If something odd comes up, I'll try to convert to PDF.
Images -- As with documents, I'm keeping these in their original formats.
Negative Results
I've been collecting both passively, grabbing things as they get mentioned, and actively, searching for Wichita's major employers, retailers, churches, suburbs, etc. If I find something, I add it to the archive. I can't, however, add things to the archive that I don't find. So, here's a list of places I looked, but didn't find anything specific to both Sedgwick County and the Coronavirus. This, of course, doesn't mean they didn't do or publish anything, just that I didn't find it through a public website. Cessna, for example, probably has an employees-only site I couldn't access.
LDS Church
Jehovah's Witness Church
Cessna
Availability
Currently, only the photographs in the archive are publicly available. I don't want there to be any chance that someone doing a Google search for, say, information from the Wichita Public Schools, might accidentally land on one of our archived web pages and miss the latest information on their page. Once the pandemic has passed, we can open the archive for research.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Safety Precautions at Wichita Public Library Advanced Learning Library
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of COVID precautions in a library
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 16, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Coronavirus;
Wichita Public Library
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
WPL ALL 1
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
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http://mhgswichita.org/om/files/original/d4080049ca203ff10fdefe3357e7fb50.jpg
132b931fa31f069a16835434b56928e1
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Description
An account of the resource
MHGS has started to archive materials related to the coronavirus pandemic in Sedgwick County.
Here are my thoughts on how this will work:
Scope
Strictly, ruthlessly focused on Sedgwick County. Even this is probably too big, but we'll see.
Materials
Newspaper -- I'm going to assume that the Wichita Eagle digital archive will be available in the future, and will not attempt to save Eagle articles
Facebook -- I'm only preserving things that relate directly to Sedgwick County (like ad images for special takeout menus). Although it might be fascinating for future researchers, I don't see any realistic way to preserve things like the comments on a post.
Radio and TV -- I don't know what to do about these. In many cases, they are either reporting on the same things the paper is, or the story is based on an underlying source, like a press release, which I have been able to find and archive. I am open to ideas here!
Websites -- This is where I'm getting the bulk of my material so far. Many organizations have created COVID-19 pages, and I will be taking periodic snapshots of these, as well as downloading any relevant supporting documents.
Photographs -- We need more images! I'd like pictures of interesting signs, people, and places that show the impact of the pandemic or the stay-at-home order.
Process
I am generating a list of bookmarked websites as I discover new pages. At least once per week, I return to each bookmarked website to see if anything has changed.
As to the dates on items -- the date on a website item is the date I looked at it, and not necessarily the date it changed. The date on, say, a press release, is the date on the release, not the date I found it. In general, if something has a date, I use it, otherwise, I use the date on which I archived it.
Formats
Webpages -- I am using Chrome's "Print to PDF" to create PDF files from individual web pages. I investigated fancier web archiving techniques, but decided on the fast and simple approach, both to let me work quickly now, and also to simplify future archive maintenance and access. These PDFs don't preserve the exact layout of a website, but they do get all the text and most of the images (those carousel things where several images rotate automatically don't get captured.)
Video -- I've found a little program that enables me to download YouTube and Facebook videos, so I am cautiously beginning to add those. They are real space hogs, so I'm trying to be judicious. The funny one from Cowtown was a no-brainer, of course.
Documents -- So far, all the documents I've found are either PDF or DOCX, so I'm keeping them in their original format. If something odd comes up, I'll try to convert to PDF.
Images -- As with documents, I'm keeping these in their original formats.
Negative Results
I've been collecting both passively, grabbing things as they get mentioned, and actively, searching for Wichita's major employers, retailers, churches, suburbs, etc. If I find something, I add it to the archive. I can't, however, add things to the archive that I don't find. So, here's a list of places I looked, but didn't find anything specific to both Sedgwick County and the Coronavirus. This, of course, doesn't mean they didn't do or publish anything, just that I didn't find it through a public website. Cessna, for example, probably has an employees-only site I couldn't access.
LDS Church
Jehovah's Witness Church
Cessna
Availability
Currently, only the photographs in the archive are publicly available. I don't want there to be any chance that someone doing a Google search for, say, information from the Wichita Public Schools, might accidentally land on one of our archived web pages and miss the latest information on their page. Once the pandemic has passed, we can open the archive for research.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Safety Precautions at Wichita Public Library Advanced Learning Library
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of COVID precautions in a library
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 16, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Coronavirus;
Wichita Public Library
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
WPL ALL 2
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
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http://mhgswichita.org/om/files/original/2fc438b9fc80672c00d08b03d6887873.jpg
466b81874eb5bd3ae9fb8b75a08cf096
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Description
An account of the resource
MHGS has started to archive materials related to the coronavirus pandemic in Sedgwick County.
Here are my thoughts on how this will work:
Scope
Strictly, ruthlessly focused on Sedgwick County. Even this is probably too big, but we'll see.
Materials
Newspaper -- I'm going to assume that the Wichita Eagle digital archive will be available in the future, and will not attempt to save Eagle articles
Facebook -- I'm only preserving things that relate directly to Sedgwick County (like ad images for special takeout menus). Although it might be fascinating for future researchers, I don't see any realistic way to preserve things like the comments on a post.
Radio and TV -- I don't know what to do about these. In many cases, they are either reporting on the same things the paper is, or the story is based on an underlying source, like a press release, which I have been able to find and archive. I am open to ideas here!
Websites -- This is where I'm getting the bulk of my material so far. Many organizations have created COVID-19 pages, and I will be taking periodic snapshots of these, as well as downloading any relevant supporting documents.
Photographs -- We need more images! I'd like pictures of interesting signs, people, and places that show the impact of the pandemic or the stay-at-home order.
Process
I am generating a list of bookmarked websites as I discover new pages. At least once per week, I return to each bookmarked website to see if anything has changed.
As to the dates on items -- the date on a website item is the date I looked at it, and not necessarily the date it changed. The date on, say, a press release, is the date on the release, not the date I found it. In general, if something has a date, I use it, otherwise, I use the date on which I archived it.
Formats
Webpages -- I am using Chrome's "Print to PDF" to create PDF files from individual web pages. I investigated fancier web archiving techniques, but decided on the fast and simple approach, both to let me work quickly now, and also to simplify future archive maintenance and access. These PDFs don't preserve the exact layout of a website, but they do get all the text and most of the images (those carousel things where several images rotate automatically don't get captured.)
Video -- I've found a little program that enables me to download YouTube and Facebook videos, so I am cautiously beginning to add those. They are real space hogs, so I'm trying to be judicious. The funny one from Cowtown was a no-brainer, of course.
Documents -- So far, all the documents I've found are either PDF or DOCX, so I'm keeping them in their original format. If something odd comes up, I'll try to convert to PDF.
Images -- As with documents, I'm keeping these in their original formats.
Negative Results
I've been collecting both passively, grabbing things as they get mentioned, and actively, searching for Wichita's major employers, retailers, churches, suburbs, etc. If I find something, I add it to the archive. I can't, however, add things to the archive that I don't find. So, here's a list of places I looked, but didn't find anything specific to both Sedgwick County and the Coronavirus. This, of course, doesn't mean they didn't do or publish anything, just that I didn't find it through a public website. Cessna, for example, probably has an employees-only site I couldn't access.
LDS Church
Jehovah's Witness Church
Cessna
Availability
Currently, only the photographs in the archive are publicly available. I don't want there to be any chance that someone doing a Google search for, say, information from the Wichita Public Schools, might accidentally land on one of our archived web pages and miss the latest information on their page. Once the pandemic has passed, we can open the archive for research.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Safety Precautions at Wichita Public Library Advanced Learning Library
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of COVID precautions in a library
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 16, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Coronavirus;
Wichita Public Library
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Wichita, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
WPL ALL 3
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s
-
http://mhgswichita.org/om/files/original/6f4109e99c1e0d1af7ea25126913fba8.jpg
83cc58fa919b82c721188503abd45c4a
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic
Description
An account of the resource
MHGS has started to archive materials related to the coronavirus pandemic in Sedgwick County.
Here are my thoughts on how this will work:
Scope
Strictly, ruthlessly focused on Sedgwick County. Even this is probably too big, but we'll see.
Materials
Newspaper -- I'm going to assume that the Wichita Eagle digital archive will be available in the future, and will not attempt to save Eagle articles
Facebook -- I'm only preserving things that relate directly to Sedgwick County (like ad images for special takeout menus). Although it might be fascinating for future researchers, I don't see any realistic way to preserve things like the comments on a post.
Radio and TV -- I don't know what to do about these. In many cases, they are either reporting on the same things the paper is, or the story is based on an underlying source, like a press release, which I have been able to find and archive. I am open to ideas here!
Websites -- This is where I'm getting the bulk of my material so far. Many organizations have created COVID-19 pages, and I will be taking periodic snapshots of these, as well as downloading any relevant supporting documents.
Photographs -- We need more images! I'd like pictures of interesting signs, people, and places that show the impact of the pandemic or the stay-at-home order.
Process
I am generating a list of bookmarked websites as I discover new pages. At least once per week, I return to each bookmarked website to see if anything has changed.
As to the dates on items -- the date on a website item is the date I looked at it, and not necessarily the date it changed. The date on, say, a press release, is the date on the release, not the date I found it. In general, if something has a date, I use it, otherwise, I use the date on which I archived it.
Formats
Webpages -- I am using Chrome's "Print to PDF" to create PDF files from individual web pages. I investigated fancier web archiving techniques, but decided on the fast and simple approach, both to let me work quickly now, and also to simplify future archive maintenance and access. These PDFs don't preserve the exact layout of a website, but they do get all the text and most of the images (those carousel things where several images rotate automatically don't get captured.)
Video -- I've found a little program that enables me to download YouTube and Facebook videos, so I am cautiously beginning to add those. They are real space hogs, so I'm trying to be judicious. The funny one from Cowtown was a no-brainer, of course.
Documents -- So far, all the documents I've found are either PDF or DOCX, so I'm keeping them in their original format. If something odd comes up, I'll try to convert to PDF.
Images -- As with documents, I'm keeping these in their original formats.
Negative Results
I've been collecting both passively, grabbing things as they get mentioned, and actively, searching for Wichita's major employers, retailers, churches, suburbs, etc. If I find something, I add it to the archive. I can't, however, add things to the archive that I don't find. So, here's a list of places I looked, but didn't find anything specific to both Sedgwick County and the Coronavirus. This, of course, doesn't mean they didn't do or publish anything, just that I didn't find it through a public website. Cessna, for example, probably has an employees-only site I couldn't access.
LDS Church
Jehovah's Witness Church
Cessna
Availability
Currently, only the photographs in the archive are publicly available. I don't want there to be any chance that someone doing a Google search for, say, information from the Wichita Public Schools, might accidentally land on one of our archived web pages and miss the latest information on their page. Once the pandemic has passed, we can open the archive for research.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Digital Photograph
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Vaccine Clinic Entrance
Description
An account of the resource
Photograph of entrance to Sedgwick County vaccine clinic at old downtown library building
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
March 19, 2021
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Julia Langel
Subject
The topic of the resource
2020s;
Coronavirus;
Sedgwick County
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Sedgwick County, Kansas
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
SC VC 01
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
2020s