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Bringing Circus History into the Digital World

Bringing Circus History into the Digital World. Maureen Brunsdale, Special Collections & Rare Books Librarian Illinois State University’s Milner Library. Four Collections. Rare & Fine Books Abraham Lincoln Collection of Harold K. Sage Children’s Literature & Historical Textbook Collection

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Bringing Circus History into the Digital World

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  1. Bringing Circus History into the Digital World Maureen Brunsdale, Special Collections & Rare Books Librarian Illinois State University’s Milner Library

  2. Four Collections • Rare & Fine Books • Abraham Lincoln Collection of Harold K. Sage • Children’s Literature & Historical Textbook Collection • Circus & Allied Arts Collection

  3. Circus & Allied Arts Collection Started in the 1950s by Eleanor Welch…

  4. Why Bloomington? • Circus relationship started in the 1870s • Centrally located in the United States • Ease of transportation (rail) • Less expensive than Chicago or St. Louis • Wonderful practice facilities in the community • Came to be known as “trapeze capital of the world”

  5. Home of Circus Stars

  6. Stars Who called Bloomington “Home”

  7. Collection now • Over 8000 books (oldest dated 1521) • Ledgers, cashbooks, contracts, correspondence (Ringling Archive) • Images - • Photographs • Negatives • Kodachrome slides

  8. How to Showcase them? Chose ContentDM as the platform in the Summer of 2010 *http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/circus

  9. Browse Options

  10. A Record

  11. Additional Benefits • Digital Storage • Customizable Search Functions • Sharing on Social Media sites • By partnering with Atlas Systems, • Users can request and pay for reproductions!

  12. The Wisdom of Welch

  13. May all your daYS … be circus days!

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