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Digitizing Somerset County's Hispanic Heritage

In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month

2020-10-06 10:30:00 2020-10-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Digitizing Somerset County's Hispanic Heritage SCLSNJ will be collecting, cataloging, and preserving the Hispanic heritage of Somerset County residents. North Plainfield branch -

Tuesday, October 06
10:30am - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2020-10-06 10:30:00 2020-10-06 19:30:00 America/New_York Digitizing Somerset County's Hispanic Heritage SCLSNJ will be collecting, cataloging, and preserving the Hispanic heritage of Somerset County residents. North Plainfield branch -

SCLSNJ will be collecting, cataloging, and preserving the Hispanic heritage of Somerset County residents.

Utilizing a suite of digitization equipment including a high resolution scanner, a lightbox, a digital single-lens reflex camera, and more; and the expertise of SCLSNJ’s archival and historical librarians, the Library will be providing residents the opportunity to both preserve and learn about their own history and that of their neighbors.


Somerset County residents should bring no more than 5 items to each digitization session, including:

Historic photographs, letters, or documents;
Sketches, paintings, or other artwork;
Family heirlooms including recipes;
Jewelry or decorative arts;
Textiles such as quilts, samplers, flags, or uniforms;
Antique toys;
And, other artifacts.

SCLSNJ will make these collective memories available for research and use for future generations by contributing digitized items to Rutgers University’s New Jersey Digital Highway, by making them available in our library’s online catalog, and by submitting them to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Local History & Genealogy |

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North Plainfield branch

northplainfield@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8435

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Fri, Nov 21 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Nov 22 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Nov 23 Closed

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