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Chatham Image Collection Updated

Chatham College has added new images to the Historic Pittsburgh image collection.

Chatham Image Collection Updated

Chatham College has added new images to the Historic Pittsburgh image collection.

Chatham Image Collection Updated

Chatham College has added new images to the Historic Pittsburgh image collection.

New Books Added

We are adding books to the Historic Pittsburgh Full-Text Collection on a weekly basis. To see a list of new books, please visit this link.

Historic Pittsburgh Celebrates Pittsburgh's 250th Anniversary

In recognition of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary, we are adding hundreds of newly digitized titles to the full-text collection throughout the year. Today, we added 157 new titles. The 250th anniversary marks the naming of the city by General John Forbes. In 1758, shortly after taking possession of the abandoned remnants of French Fort Duquesne at the Point, Forbes named the city in honor of the English Prime Minister Sir William Pitt.

Three New Image Collections Added and Updates

We added three new Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections and updated a fourth. Images are now available from the Archives Service Center's Pittsburgh Print Collection and Rust Engineering Company Records as well as from the Heinz History Center's Charles M. Stotz Collection. We also added 181 images to the Frank B. Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive from the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.

Historic Pittsburgh Chronology Updated

The Historic Pittsburgh Chronology was updated to include events from 2006.

"Zoomify" View Added To Maps

Two of our map collections now use the "Zoomify" tool for map viewing. Zoomify allows for dynamic zooming and panning within a high-resoultion map image, without the need to reload the entire page each time. A navaigation thumbnail shows which section of the map is currently on display. Give it a try, and let us know what you think. The two map collections using Zoomify are the City of Pittsburgh Geodetic and Topographic Survey and Maps from the Report of the Flood Commission of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, 1912.

New Finding Aids Added

We added 16 new archival finding aids from the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center to the Historic Pittsburgh Finding Aids Collection.

New Partner and Image Collection Added

We welcome Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation as a new institutional partner contributing images to our Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections site. Today we released a collection of images from The Frank B. Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive. This online collection contains slides taken by Mr. Fairbanks between 1948 to 1987 that document train engines and stations in the western Pennsylvania area. He spent his entire adult life riding, documenting, and collecting material from rail lines all over the world.

Upgraded Format for Historic Pittsburgh News

We've upgraded the Historic Pittsburgh News page to use a blogging software tool (we're using blosxom). As a result, you can now subscribe to an RSS feed of our news items. If you're not familiar with RSS feeds or how to read them, these Wikipedia articles on RSS and aggregators (feed readers) will get you started.

Also, please note that the URL to the news page has changed to
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/news/historic_pittsburgh/.
Please update your bookmarks and links accordingly.

New Additions to Full-Text Collection

We added a collection of Homestead city directories as well as a history of Crafton to the Historic Pittsburgh Full-Text Collection.

Two New Map Collections Released

We added two new map collections to Historic Pittsburgh. The City of Pittsburgh Geodetic and Topographic Survey Maps (1923-1961) contain 171 plates that depict contours and spot heights of much of Allegheny County. The Flood Commission of Pittsburgh maps (1912) contain 14 plates produced as part of the Report of the Flood Commission. They depict the results of the surveys, investigations and studies made by the commission for the purpose of determining the causes of, damage by, and methods of relief from floods in the Allegheny, Monogahela and Ohio rivers at Pittsburgh.

Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections Update

We added 83 new images to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections from the following collections: Darlington Family Photographs, Kingsley Association, Pittsburgh City Photographer, and University Archives.

Bungee View and Image Collection Updates

In conjunction with CMU research scientist Mark Derthick, we now offer an experimental visualization prototype called Bungee View for viewing selected Historic Pittsburgh image collections.

We also added 133 new images to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections from the following collections: Chatham College Archives, Darlington Family Photographs, Kingsley Association, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Edward J. Shourek, and University Archives.

Two New Image Collections Released, and Updates

We released two new Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections from the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh: CONSOL Energy Mining Archives and the Edward J. Shourek Collection. We also added 97 new images from the Pittsburgh City Photographer collection and Chatham College Archives.

Chronology Updated

The Historic Pittsburgh Chronology was updated to include events from 2005.

New Finding Aids Added

We added 62 new archival finding aids from the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center to the Historic Pittsburgh Finding Aids Collection.

Image Collections Updated

We added a total of 147 new images from the Chatham College Archives collection as well as the Pittsburgh City Photographer and UE News collections held by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections.

New Partner and Image Collection

We welcome Chatham College Archives as a new institutional partner contributing images to our Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections site. Today we released a small collection of images that begins to chronicle the students, faculty, and college community as academic pursuits, college events, student life and social activities have grown and changed throughout the college's history. More images will be added to the site in the coming months.

New Image Collection and Updates

A new Historic Pittsburgh Image Collection was added documenting the city of Pittsburgh in the 1940�s and 1950�s before and after smoke control ordinances were passed regulating the burning of coal: Smoke Control Lantern Slides. We also added 205 new images to the Pittsburgh City Photographer and University Archives collections maintained by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Image Collections Updated

200 new images from the following collections held by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections: Pittsburgh City Photographer, Irene Kaufmann, and University Archives.

Image Collections Updated

160 new images from the following collections held by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections: University Archives and Kingsley Association.

New Finding Aids Added, Plus Updates

19 new archival finding aids from the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Finding Aids Collection. In addition, 17 finding aids that were already online were updated.

New Image Collection, Plus Updates

A new Historic Pittsburgh Image Collection was added documenting the Union Switch & Signal strike in June 1914. We also added twenty-nine new images to the Father Cox and Pittsburgh City Photographer collections maintained by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Image Collections Updated

122 new images from the Pittsburgh City Photographer collection held by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections.

Historic Pittsburgh Poster Session

DRL Coordinator Ed Galloway presented a poster session on Historic Pittsburgh at The Library in Bits and Bytes: Digital Library Symposium held at the University of Maryland on 29 September 2005. The conference proceedings are now available.

Image Collections Updated

190 new images from the following collections held by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, University Archives, and Pittsburgh City Photographer.

Image Collections Updated

53 new images from Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company collection held by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections.

Image Collections Updated

239 new images from several collections maintained by the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections.

Image Collections Featured in D-Lib Magazine

The November issue of D-Lib Magazine features the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections.

New Collections Added to Image Collections

Two new collections were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections: Photographs of the Darlington Family and Union Arcade Building Photographs. We also added 51 new images to the Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection and the Spencer Family Collection.

New Browse Feature in Full-Text Collection

The Full-Text Collection includes new methods to browse the books by author, genre type, category, date published, and more!

Image Collections Updated

Eighty-nine new images from the UE News Photograph collection were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections.

Chronology Updated

The Historic Pittsburgh Chronology was updated to include events from 2004.

Image Collections Updated

We added 208 new images to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections.

Chronology Updated

The Historic Pittsburgh Chronology was updated to include events from 2004.

New Finding Aids Added

Forty new archival finding aids from the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center were added to the Historic Pittsburgh Finding Aids Collection. In addition, 24 finding aids that were already online were updated.

New Feature for Teachers

A new feature of Historic Pittsburgh gives teachers of American history Suggested Classroom Applications for incorporating the site in their lesson plans.

New Image Collection and Updates

Pittsburgh Railways Company was added to the Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections. Plus 236 new images were added to existing collections.