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r/Historians r/WW2info r/olddiary r/ephemera r/Militariacollecting r/oldphotos
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Huge Digitizing and Archival Project

I am planning a large scale project to digitize my collection of thousands of letters, diaries, and newspapers. I have some letters scanned but not many. I started a discord if anyone is interested in checking how it’s going or for anyone who would like to offer their assistance and/or knowledge.

I’m starting the scanning process and as I get further along I would like to start a website where people can read the letters typed while also seeing the scans of the actual letters. Eventually I would love to be able to share some of my favorites with people in person by having educational displays in museums, schools, and other public events.

I haven’t had a discord in so long I can hardly remember how to set it up but if anyone is interested in joining, here is the link.

https://discord.gg/W4q9cw4tP

Even if you aren’t interested in the project it could still be interesting to talk, share our finds, and even set up trades.

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u/definitelynotagurl — 1 month ago
▲ 104 r/ephemera

Jacqueline Kennedy’s secretary response to a letter requesting an autograph

Came with a facsimile autograph card.

I received a binder inside of a large box of various ephemera and it’s got a few letters from the Kennedys (JFK, Jacqueline’s secretary) plus a few thank you cards from Lyndon B Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. Pretty interesting read. The box also contained a ton of letters from various political figures, astronauts, and celebrities. Plus probably over 100 autograph cards which I have no idea if any are real but still pretty cool to look through. This guy definitely enjoy sitting around and writing letters to public figures. I love reading it all! Times were so different before Twitter.

u/definitelynotagurl — 1 month ago