This archive only recently opened, actually just this month,
and so far it has over 30,000 photos. It has some really amazing images of
Cornish life, and the photo span is from the late 1800s to current times.
According to the site’s ‘About’ page, Cornish Memory was created to “help museums, heritage organizations and private collectors improve
access to the film, audio and photographic heritage that they hold.” However
beyond the ‘About’ page, there is little to no context information about the
overall site or each individual collection. Additionally, the metadata provided
with each collection and/or record is spotty. It is almost like ARTstor in a sense
that they rely on each individual institution to provide the information about
the photos and collections they are uploading. That being said, this is
literally a brand new digital archive, so that might change.
This photo archive has over 20,000 images from the
American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) and according to their website
this project is under “continuing development”.
The photos of this archive all have a geographical theme to them, and
while the scope of the full AGSL collection is worldwide, this particular
archive only deals with photos of Asia and the Middle East. They have
everything from historical prints through approximately the 1970s. I found all
the above information on the ‘About’ page of the collection, and while that
page provides a little more information on the AGSL, there isn’t anymore
contextual information provided by the site.
The tagline for this site is “a resource where students, researchers and specialists can
access once-secret documents from governments and organizations all over the
world.” It is perhaps the most interesting digital archive I have found, and it
has both photographs and scans of documents.
(I did not find an actual number of how many records were in this database,
so it might be below the minimum of 5,000. However I thought it was too cool
not to share). The ‘About’ page of this website states the specific goals of
not only this archive but also the Wilson Center as whole. Additionally the
archive’s homepage has a newsfeed on the side that links up the Wilson Center’s
main page to show what the center as a whole is doing. Lastly, each individual collection also has a
short description of what it is about. Out of the three digital archives I
found, this site provided the most contextual information.
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