Happy #ArchivesGIFgiving@USNatArchives for support to establish our archives program. This may be the first holiday card from the Historical Society, 1966 or 1967, based on the officers' signatures, utilizing a rare photo of the City's 2nd H2O tower, 1894. #archiveshashtagparty
🎉 Joyeuse journée internationale des archives! Nous sommes ravis de célébrer avec vous. En 2007, le 9 juin a été choisi comme #IAD. La première célébration de #IAD a eu lieu le 9 juin 2009, et dix ans plus tard, en 2019, nous l'avons transformé en une semaine entière🥳
#IAW2021
A lantern slide of #lupine & other wildflowers, taken by Walter McClinktock on Montana's Blackfeet Reservation (circa early 1900s). McClintock’s slides were hand-colored by Charlotte Pinkerton Blazer, cofounder of the Santa Cruz Art League. #ArchivingWomen#FirstDayofSpring
Since 2018, Ravinia’s Guest Artists in the Classroom have presented Black History Month programs with spirituals, folk songs & classical repertoire as a way to promote & honor African American history & culture to the young students we serve. Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/JxEVVO3OUS
#ArchivesBlackEducation@CityHPIL resident Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932). Embree, Edwin R. Julius Rosenwald Fund: Review for the Two-Year Period, 1942-1944. Chicago: The Fund, 1944. Print. https://t.co/cz99wvyuQ4
Collections documenting African-American History, incl. high school autograph books, photos, "protective associations" records, + records of the 1970s program, "Highland Park : A Symphony of Many Cultures" ... to be discovered. https://t.co/IMUE7h8n7b #ArchivesBlackEducation
#fridayflowers Hand-colored, unidentified specimen photographed by Jesse Lowe Smith in the early 20th century. Identifications are welcome! https://t.co/lABu6tlgKy
#fridayflowers Bottle Gentian : one of the late-blooming Illinois prairie flowers. Photographed by Jesse Lowe Smith in the early 20th century and hand-colored. https://t.co/jLe53mIWur