The WSU Vancouver library and the history department have partnered with the Vancouver Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Clark County Historical Society and Museum to archive and then digitize selections of the NAACP’s local historical records.
The three partners will have a signing ceremony at 2 p.m., Dec 20, at the museum, 1511 Main St., Vancouver.
The Vancouver NAACP will donate its archive to the Clark County Historical Society and Museum, which will in turn work with WSU Vancouver on archiving and digitizing the project.
WSU Vancouver’s role will include creating an online, digital archive dedicated to the collection, linked from both the museum and NAACP’s websites.
WSU Vancouver associate professor of history Laurie Mercier and director of information services Leslie Wykoff received an internal WSU Vancouver grant to help fund the project through June 2007.
“We have this wonderful, valuable collection that the NAACP has carefully preserved,” said Mercier. “Now we are able to process that with university expertise to make it more widely available to the public and researchers.”
For more information about the Vancouver NAACP, visit https://www.naacpvanc.org. For more information about the Clark County Historical Society and Museum, visit https://www.cchmuseum.org/publications.htm.
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