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Montpelier Digital Collections Project
The Montpelier Digital Collections Project is a collaborative effort to build an online, publicly accessible, collections management database that will integrate the many collections that are housed by The Montpelier Foundation. The project is a joint endeavor between The Montpelier Foundation and Michigan State University’s MATRIX, to build a tool that will enhance collaborative research… Read more
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First Baptist Church’s Kentucky Historical Marker Ceremony
The First Baptist Church celebrated the unveiling of their official historical maker this past Sunday in Henderson, Kentucky. The church is the oldest African American church in the county seat dating back to the pre-Civil War era. The Kentucky Historical Society awarded the historical marker to commemorate the everlasting impact that the church has had… Read more
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American Library Association’s RUSA-STARS Mentoring Award sponsored by Atlas Systems
Kim Ammons, Access Services Evening Associate, Mount Holyoke College Library, South Hadley, MA and Michelle Taylor, Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Specialist, Virginia Commonwealth University, were selected as winners of the STARS Mentoring Award sponsored by Atlas Systems. The award offers $1,250 to fund travel expenses associated with attending ALA’s annual conference and is awarded to a library practitioner who… Read more
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20th Anniversary Celebration at The African American Civil War Museum
The African American Civil War Museum and Memorial invited speakers to discuss their ancestral ties to soldiers who served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The event entitled Bearing Witness was hosted by famed author and Emmy award winning TV host, Cheryl Wills. Several presenters including the host, only recently discovered their ancestral connection to an… Read more
