Old Vault Letters, Michelle Godfrey - March 27, 2013

This week, I worked on three more items from the collection MSS0113-b01f17-03; -b01f13-03; and -b01f13-02.

Even though the size of the first document was very small, it was really difficult to read. It was an itemized list for some sort for financial transaction and the document was in poor condition due to being water-stained and faded.

The second item was wonderfully clear in spite of having smudged ink and I was able to transcribe this land deed with no problems other than the names.

'Landford' ??

The document had quite a few tough spots to figure out. It didn’t help matters any that there was a string of names written but not separated by any commas.

Sheet music collection - Mary Sommerfeld March 27,2013

Working with the collection on the 5th floor, I was able to complete a total of 22 entries.
I started on row # 119 and ended at row # 139. I also added in two additional entries (#1257 to #1259).
I took photos of several covers but I will have to add these as a separate post since I did not have my cable to connect the ipod.

Old Vault letters & Meeting minutes - Elaine Patton, 3/25/13

Today's Old Vault Letters: MSS0113-b01f12-07, -b01f13-04, -b01f13-05.

Near the end of the first page of the first letter, there is text written perpendicular to the main text (listing the details of the deed transfer) that was a little hard to read where some of it overlapped. The clerk also writes capital Ds without a closed loop at the top, like so:

Deed

 All three follow the same boilerplate for deed/title transfer that we've seen previously, so nothing too unexpected or challenging there, aside from the typical problem of names.

I also had the unexpected joy of completing the meeting minutes digitization project-- hooray! Ten years of minutes and associated documents are all online and tagged.

Sheet Music Collection: SmartScore and Cover Art

This week I was able to process twenty additional midi files using the SmartScore software. There are still issues with the software's conversion process and the reading of the scores - there are too many timing and notational errors (according to the software), so I have been editing the SmartScore files to make sure that there are no hanging notes or sudden stops in the files. The resulting files are of a quality to where I can read the lyrics in tune to the music.

I also did some more scanning - 30 additional compound objects for the collection - as well as completed some derivatives and combined PDFs for the full document and notational parts of the objects.

Here are some cover illustrations that really stood out to me:

This is the first cover art that wasn't an illustration but a photograph. (And if it is an illustration, it is very realistic. Reminds me of Paul Cadden.)

WPA Maresh, Michelle Godfrey - March 20, 2013

Today, I continued working on the folders previously scanned and was able to complete the metadata for MSS1470-00174 thru -00181.  Fortunately, the size of those files was much smaller than the single one I worked on last week, so it feels like I got more accomplished by finishing those eight folders.

Sheet Music Collection - M. Sommerfeld March 20, 2013

I got through quite a few today.
Startingat row #106 I worked through to row #118 (12).
What really added up was the additional entreies from row #1236 to row #1356 (20).
The grand total was 32. Nothing really notable with the covers, lots of county star at various ages, hair style and assorted icons such as boots, trucks, & dogs.

Franklin Beauty School, Meeting Minutes - Elaine Patton, 3/18/13

Today I completed another box of Franklin Beauty School photos (entering metadata into a spreadsheet). Didn't encounter any problems; just found one envelope with 2 photos inside, which is marked on the spreadsheet.

I finished scanning all the pages for the meeting minutes: now to just get them all transferred into the blog. Still, the end is in sight!