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An updated and shorter version for a brief presentation at Fayetteville Free Library's staff development day, October 12, 2009.
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INTRODUCING CENTRAL NEW YORK HERITAGEHTTP://CNYHERITAGE.ORG
Bradley Shipps, Fayetteville Free Library, October 12, 2009
What is CNY Heritage?
CNY Heritage is a digital repository dedicated to the cultural heritage of Onondaga, Oneida, Madison and Herkimer counties in upstate New York.More info: http://cnyheritage.org/cdm4/about.php
The Partnership
CNYH is brought to you by a partnership of The Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC), Fayetteville Free Library (FFL), Liverpool Public Library (LPL), and Syracuse University Library (SUL).
FFL’s Pilot Projects
Almquist Green Lakes CollectionArvin H. Almquist, pictured at right, was the original park superintendent of Green Lakes State Park. Almquist documented construction of the park’s roads, buildings, swimming and parking areas, and golf course. The photos depict the lives of the Civilian Conservation Corps workers who constructed these facilities. The photos were digitized by Almquist’s son, Richard, who grew up on park property. Of approximately 260 images, 120 have been uploaded to CNY Heritage.
Almquist Green Lakes Collection, Fayetteville Free Libraryhttp://cnyheritage.org/u?/fayfre01,132
FFL’s Pilot Projects
The Proposed Green Lakes State Park by Henry R. Francis
A presentation album presented at a luncheon held on February 1, 1924 to discuss creating a new state park in CNY. Includes maps and photos of the proposed site. Digitized with permission of the author’s family. Green Lakes Collection, Fayetteville
Free Libraryhttp://cnyheritage.org/u?/fayfre01,154
FFL’s Pilot Projects
Five photographs taken by Dr. Arthur Rood during the August 22, 1894 Farmers Day picnic at Green Lake in Fayetteville, NY (present-day Green Lakes State Park).
Green Lakes Collection, Fayetteville Free Library, http://cnyheritage.org/u?/fayfre01,181
LPL’s Pilot Projects
Fred R. Wolcott Photographic CollectionFred R. Wolcott (1862-1946) was a photographer who worked in the Syracuse area. Over a time span of 15 years near the turn of the twentieth century, he took photographs that illustrate the social lives and customs of the Onondaga Nation in Central New York, and also the salt industry. The photographs illustrate people and activities important to the culture and development of Central New York.
Fred R. Wolcott Photographic Collection, Liverpool Public Libraryhttp://cnyheritage.org/u?/livpub01,33
LPL’s Pilot Projects
Crawford CollectionToby Crawford was a Liverpool native who loved to collect historic photographs from various sources. The online collection includes scans of glass plate negatives and photographic prints from George “Waxy” Miller and James T. Rogers taken during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Both gentlemen were professional photographers with studios in Liverpool.
Crawford Collection, Liverpool Public Libraryhttp://www.cnyheritage.org/u?/livpub01,130
LPLs Pilot Projects
Schuelke Collection (coming soon)Ted Schuelke was a Liverpool, New York resident. His photograph collection is comprised of pictures taken in the immediate Liverpool area and in the Adirondacks. Many of the photographs record the Village of Liverpool during the early 1920s; others document Liverpool's salt and willow industries. There are also photographs of the areas surrounding Onondaga Lake, the Oswego Canal, Mud Lock, and the projects undertaken by the Work Relief Bureau under the leadership of Liverpool banker, Crandall Melvin Sr.
Tour of CNY HeritageSimple Search
Help
Browse
Simple Object
Reference URL
Favorites
Behind the Scenes at FFL
Digi1 Workstation Epson Perfection
V750 External hard
drive Digitization
Interns DigiWiki
Permissions and Requests Contact info in each
record refers users to the library’s gmail account.
Requests for images will be handled based on the permissions for that object or collection.
Forms on S drive Duplication Request
Form Request to Publish or
Display Form
What’s next?
For the partnership: Refining the user interface Collection-level descriptions and browsing Training for new contributing organizationsFor FFL: FFL’s Green Lakes Web Portal New intern and collections – Women of
Fayetteville Supporting new contributing organizations
New York 3R’s Digital Projects CDLC http://contentdm.cdlc.org/ LILRC http://www.longislandmemories.org/ MNYLC
http://cdm128401.cdmhost.com/index.php and http://nycdigital.org/dmetro/
NNYLN http://history.nnyln.net/index.html RRLC
http://cdm15109.contentdm.oclc.org/index.html SENYLRC http://www.hrvh.org/ SCRLC http://www.toolsofhistory.org/ WNYLRC http://www.wnylegacy.org/ New York Heritage (aggregator)
http://nyheritage.org/
Slides will be on slideshare.net/bcshipps
THANK YOU!