the annotated newspapers of harbottle dorr, jr....2,234 newspaper pages (534 newspaper issues) 3,314...

The Annotated Newspapers of Harbottle Dorr, Jr.

How Grant-funded Digitization Services from the Boston Public Library

were a Timely Boon for the Massachusetts Historical Society

Nancy Heywood Digital Projects Coordinator Massachusetts Historical Society

Functional requirements

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Scope of the collection

Starting scope Ending scope

3 volumes 4 volumes

2,234 newspaper pages (534 newspaper issues)

3,314 newspaper pages (805 newspaper issues)

61 index pages 133 index pages

13 manuscript pages (front matter, Vol. 1 appendix)

65 manuscript pages (front matter, Vol. 1 appendix, Vol. 2 appendix)

No pamphlet pages 204 pamphlets (vol. 4) + 451 pamphlets (separated from vol. 2 and vol. 3)

BPL digitization

Metadata creation

The future: soon and less-soon

• OAI feed of metadata (item level = records for newspapers and pamphlets)

• Possible crowdsourcing activity layered onto website

• Please visit: www.masshist.org/dorr

• Questions? Comments? Please email: nheywood@masshist.org