http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton Processing the Hugh Morton Photographs and Films Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:16:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Grandfather Mountain's Mile High Swinging Bridge was dedicated 56 years ago on September 2, 1952 by then-Governor William B. Umstead (pictured above at the ceremony at center, with his daughter, WBT Radio announcer Grady Cole on the left, and Hugh Morton on the right). The bridge was one of several projects ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/09/mile-high-milestone/ Thus far, our student assistant David's scanning efforts have been focused on what I call the "loose strips"—the unlabeled, unidentified masses of negatives that need to be inspected before we can decide what to do with them. (The inspecting, of course, becomes much easier when you can look at a ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/08/making-a-difference-in-nc/ Elizabeth's last "Behind the Scenes" post on our file nomenclature has a flip side: "Once you name them, how do you organize those scans on the server side?" Two weeks ago I received what I've kiddingly called a "cease and desist" order from our IT department. At seven minutes before ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/08/serving-up-server-space/ This coming weekend (August 16-17) is the annual Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic, founded by Morton in 1952 as a networking and educational opportunity for photojournalists—and one of the events that helped earn him the titles of "photographer's photographer" and "the father of N.C. photojournalism education." From the Grandfather website: "A freelance ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/08/camera-clinic-this-weekend/ I gave a quick "tour" of the Morton collection recently to a group of local archivists who specialize in audio-visual materials, and after explaining a bit to them about the file naming scheme we've adopted, they suggested I share it on the blog. WARNING: some may find this a bit ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/08/name-that-file/ From Elizabeth: Allow me to introduce our summer student assistant, David Meincke, the author of this post. David grew up in the small town of Hebron, Connecticut, received his BA in English from the College of William and Mary in May of 2007, and began the Masters of Library Science ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/07/one-golden-roll/ Be sure to tune in to North Carolina Now, UNC-TV's nightly news program, tomorrow (Tuesday 7/29) at 7:30pm, for a feature on our work with the Hugh Morton collection. Thanks to Rob Holliday and other folks at UNC-TV for this great publicity! And while you're at it, check out UNC-TV's Biographical ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/07/morton-collection-on-unc-tv-729/ As a recent Boston Globe article discusses, historians, archivists, and other cultural professionals are increasingly relying on the public to help provide information and feedback about the materials in their collections. These efforts have been hugely expedited by the internet—see, for examples, Flickr collections put up by the Library of ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/07/crowdsourcing-ids%e2%80%94another-method/ Every year, as part of its Reliable Lighthouse Restoration Initiative, JELD-WEN provides new windows and doors for one historic lighthouse. This year, North Carolina's Bodie Island lighthouse (a favored photography subject of Hugh Morton's) is one of the 12 finalists.  Vote now! http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/07/vote-for-the-bodie-island-lighthouse/ Every year, the second full weekend in July sees the arrival near Linville, NC of the largest collection of Scoto-philes in Eastern America . . . As North Carolina's largest Tartan Jamboree, this Track & Field, Bagpipes and Highland Dance extravaganza must arguably be America's ultimate spree in ethnic indulgence. This ... http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2008/07/who-am-i%e2%80%94highland-games-edition/