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A New Way to Explore Bureau of Indian Affairs Photographs

November 25, 2020March 15, 2021 by dferriero, posted in NARA Records

The National Archives launched a new web-based finding aid featuring digitized historical photographs from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) records in Record Group 75. For the first time, you can explore digital copies of over 18,000 photographs through an engaging and easy to use interactive experience: the Bureau of Indian Affairs Photographs Finding Aid. … Continue reading A New Way to Explore Bureau of Indian Affairs Photographs

Democratizing Access to our Records

September 1, 2020March 15, 2021 by dferriero, posted in Collaboration, NARA Records, Technology

The National Archives has a big, hairy audacious strategic goal to provide public access to 500 million digital copies of our records through our online Catalog by FY24. When we first announced this goal in 2010, we had less than a million digital copies in the Catalog and getting to 500 million sounded to some … Continue reading Democratizing Access to our Records