g Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age” on October 19 at 7 p.m. at the National Archives building in Washington, DC.

In 2007, the Academy’s Science and Technology Council released their landmark study The Digital Dilemma. Five years later, archival institutions and film industry continue to address the “digital dilemma” when facing the task of preserving and restoring our motion picture history.

A panel including Josef Linder, Preservation Officer for the Academy Film Archive, and Criss Kovac and Bryce Lowe, Motion Picture Preservation Specialists at the National Archives, will discuss this important issue and present examples from their latest projects.

Image: Deteriorating film before and after being treated in the Motion Picture Preservation Lab at the National Archives.

which was a federal offense at the time. Had Morgan sold the whiskey outside of Indian Territory, he would have had been able to do so legally. He pled guilty to “disposing of liquor” and was sentenced to one year and six months. Early Leavenworth inmate case files, such as this one, often contain sparse content, but Morgan stated that he committed the crime “to accommodate some friends.” For more information on prohibition inside Indian Territory, check out the Oklahoma Historical Society’s website:
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/P/PR018.html

pi: Going Places” to promote Mississippi Archives Month 2012. The poster features a 1924 automobile road map of the state and iconic advertising of the era.

Several Mississippi institutions will present events commemorating Archives Month. For example, the research library at MDAH in Jackson will be open for extended hours next Tuesday as a treat to regular patrons and as an invitation to new users. For information about events during Archives Month throughout Mississippi, please visit www.msarchivists.org.

Archives Month activities in Mississippi are supported by funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

d contributions from that time are still readily apparent in New England. Well-known genealogist Marcia Melnyk, a specialist in Italian family history, will share the secrets of researching Italian family history.

before supper. Mr. Howard installed running water in his kitchen but dirty hand washing is usually done at the front yard faucet. Gilliam Coal and Coke Company, Gilliam Mine, Gilliam, McDowell County, West Virginia., 08/13/1946 "

encountered while volunteering at the National Archives on the Civil War Widows Pension files project.

This letter was the second and final rejection sent to Henrietta Frances Kane in her petition to have her widow's pension restored. Why was she rejected and what happened to her? Read her story in today's blog post: http://go.usa.gov/YXTw

rtifacts and a very clear decision. When goods are imported they fall into categories and then the import tax is levied. The little red strips you see were classified, if you can believe it, as playing cards. These would be the very first playing cards with invisible letters should you chose to believe that these are playing cards. It was up to Hip Lung to challenge this classification, and he did and he won the appeal. In fact these are counters or as we might say "chips" used in card playing not the cards themselves. Need I add," 'Hip, Hip, Hooray!!,' for Hip?"