Latrobe Area Historical Society

Skills

• Writing          - Research and write feature articles for the Gazette

• Donations     - Fill out Deed of Gift record

• Cataloging    - Place catalog numbers on artifacts

• Photography - Photograph artifacts

• Data Entry    - Enter Deed of Gift digital information

• Filing            - Sort and file donated printed materials

• Filing            - Create digital images of donated photos

• Research     - Assist with requests for research

• Inventory      - Assist with periodic inventories of artifacts

• Design          - Create seasonal displays

• Web Editing  - Update our web page

• Media           - Post digital content on social media

• Signage       - Create signage to explain history of displayed objects using text and images​

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Current Projects

• Migrate analog and digital media (cassette tape, VHS, CD, DVD) to .mp4 using VLC Media player

• Add narration to PowerPoint slide presentations, save as .mp4

• Maintain cemetery records

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Ongoing Projects

• Digitize and catalog photo collection

• Photo and tag existing objects (10,000+)

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Potential Projects

• Create digital record of transcripts of series of citizen oral histories recorded in 1991

• Create digital record of mid 1930s Latrobe High School research titled “Problems of Democracy”

• Create digital record of soldiers letters home from Vulcan Mold employees serving in World War II

• Create digital record of history of Latrobe borough structures by location, dates, occupants, construction type. We often get requests from people researching the history of specific buildings or homes. Primary sources would be City Directories, Sanborn fire insurance maps (1887, 1892, 1897, 1903, 1909, 1925), Latrobe Bulletin newspaper special edition business inserts and Latrobe High School yearbook ads.​

• Create digital record of cemetery records on shelf MA-B01-SHC

• Create digital record of family histories on shelf MA-B01-SHD