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Stefani Twyford's Blog – September 2009 Archive (9)

The Houston Oral History Project, Houston, Texas

Yesterday Mayor Bill White and Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson, director of the Houston Public Library, launched the Houston Oral History Project (HOHP), a web-based archive that celebrates the many voices of Houston’s past.

Last summer Mayor White commissioned 100 initial interviews through the Houston Public Library. Well known civic, political and business leaders as well as witnesses to the historical events that shaped Houston were invited to visit libraries throughout the city to record… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 30, 2009 at 1:20pm — No Comments

Create Your Own Family Bible

We often do large photo archiving projects for families that involve scanning and creating digital records of photos albums, boxes of loose photos, newspaper articles, certificates and other family mementos that a family wants preserved. Families want this service because it provides a backup should anything happen to the original as well as a architected filing storage system that makes it simple to find any photo within minutes. If you have a large family, there is no need to argue over who… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 26, 2009 at 2:56pm — No Comments

Little Green Blog - TreeRing

Preserving memories "Green" - a look at Tree Ring, creators of yearbooks for the internet generation.

Little green Blog - TreeRing Preserving memories of childhood and our future earth

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 23, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

The Objects and Memory Project

From The Objects and Memory Project web site:

"The documentary film and educational initiative Objects and Memory is about how we respond to history while it is happening and how we tell our stories through the otherwise ordinary things in our homes and museums that are associated with people, places, and events.

The film was the PBS national prime time special in commemoration of the seventh anniversary… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 12, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

October is Family History Month

In 2003 the United States Senate officially recognized October as National Family History Month, a time "to encourage family history research, education, and the sharing of knowledge."

President George W. Bush, in signing a Proclamation in support of Family History Month in 2003, said, "Lessons in family lineage are often lessons in courage, endurance, and love. While tracing our roots can be challenging, the rewards can be great - affirming our pride in our history and keeping us… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 11, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

This has definitely been our year to brag

Two weeks ago we took yet another award, this one an ISES Crystal Icon Award for Best Videography. ISES is the International Society for Special Events and the Icon awards are recognized for top achievement within the special events industry.

It's such an honor to win all these awards and we really appreciate the opportunity to have our work judged by our peers. It's satisfying and gives us acknowledgment that indeed we are producing some great stuff over here. But truly, our biggest… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 11, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

Transferring 8mm & 16mm film to DVD

We get a lot old format film transferred to DVD work and I wanted to take the time to discuss this and our perspective on it.

Lots of you have boxes of old film laying around in the closets. Some of you have projectors but most of you don’t and therefore haven’t viewed the film in many years. Some of you may be reconciling the estate of a parent and didn’t realize how much footage they actually had.

Regardless of the circumstances and whether you have the projector or not,… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 5, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Dakota Memories Oral History Project

The Dakota Memories Oral History Project’s (DMOHP) mission is to preserve

the history and heritage of the second- and third-generation Germans from

Russia. Since the project’s 2005 inception, organizers have focused on

childhood memories and family relationships. In short, we chronicle what it

was like growing up German-Russian on the Northern Plains.

Dakota Memories Oral History… Continue

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 2, 2009 at 8:50am — No Comments

376th HEAVY BOMBARDMENT ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

Date: 2009-11-28
Description: 376th HEAVY BOMBARDMENT ORAL HISTORY PROJECT now web
streamed on the internet! Ball State University Libraries
Archives and Special Collections is now home to an excellent
online oral history resource. In 2007, more than forty veterans
were interviewed at a reunion of the 376th Heavy Bombardment

376th HEAVY BOMBARDMENT ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

Added by Stefani Twyford on September 2, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments