Scientists have used the remains of some 500 people to create a series of “bone biographies” that provide a glimpse inside the ordinary lives of plague survivors of the English city of Cambridge. The skeletons, which came from a series of archaeological digs that began in the 1970s, date back to between 1000 and 1500. …
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Finnish American Heritage Center Joins UPLINK
The Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock, Michigan—formerly part of shuttered Finlandia University and now managed by Finlandia Foundation National—has joined UPLINK, an effort to digitize Upper Peninsula historical materials to facilitate online access and preservation. The Central U.P. and Northern Michigan University Archives hosts the UPLINK website and is the principal service site in …
National Archives To Award $2 Million For Historical Records Projects
The following is a press release issued by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan approved 27 proposals totaling $2,009,467 in National Archives awards for projects in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The National Archives grants program is carried out with the advice and recommendations of the …